Obsidian vs DocuText
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Obsidian
Organize your thoughts and ideas with a powerful knowledge base that utilizes local Markdown files. This app acts as your personal second brain, accessible on your mobile device for seamless note-taking and idea connection.
- Local Markdown file storage
- Customizable toolbar
- Graph view for connections
- Community plugins
- Themes
- iCloud sync
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Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files. It is a second brain, for you, forever. Now available on the go for iOS! Features include: - Customizable toolbar - Pull down quick actions - Graph view - Community plugins - Themes - Sidebar pinning for tablet - iCloud vaults
DocuText
Create structured mini-documents directly within messaging apps. Organize messages, checklists, decisions, and requests with clear titles and purposes. Share editable versions or PDFs, and track revisions with timestamps.
- Create titled, structured messages
- Identify message purpose
- Send editable DocuTexts
- Send PDFs
- Track revisions and timestamps
- Save unfinished drafts
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DocuText fills the gap between a text message and a document. Create clear, structured mini-documents without leaving Messages. Use DocuText for messages, checklists, decisions, and requests, then send them in the format that fits the moment. With DocuText, you can: • Create titled, structured messages • Identify each DocuText’s purpose • Send an editable DocuText to another DocuText user • Send a PDF anyone can open • Ask a question and receive a clearly identified answer without changing the original question • Mark responses such as Complete, Approve, Decline, Answer, or Request Changes • Preserve who created each revision, when it was created, and which revision it was based on • Automatically save unfinished drafts DocuText keeps communication lightweight when a text is not enough and a full document is too much. More than a text. Less than a document.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DocuText at 5.0 against Obsidian's 4.5. Obsidian's advantage is ratings volume (2.8K vs 1) and chart position (#132 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
DocuText holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Obsidian has 2.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Obsidian | DocuText |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2.8K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #132 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dynalist Inc. | Jim Berney |
Bugs and requests
Obsidian
Reported bugs
3 issues- Sync issues leading to data loss
- Freezing and crashing on mobile devices
- Editing bugs and text input issues
Requested features
5 requests- Improved sorting and organization options
- WYSIWYG editing on mobile
- Better integration with other cloud storage services
- More intuitive onboarding process for new users
- Native mobile widgets and share sheet integration
DocuText
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Obsidian
No in-app purchases
DocuText
No in-app purchases
