Comparison

Obsidian vs DIRECTIVE73

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Obsidian

Organize your thoughts and ideas with a powerful knowledge base that stores your notes as plain text Markdown files. Access your personal second brain on any device, with extensive customization options and community-driven plugins.

Highlights
  • Local Markdown file storage
  • Customizable toolbar
  • Graph view
  • Community plugins
  • Themes
  • Sidebar pinning
  • iCloud vaults
Features
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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

About

DIRECTIVE73

Features
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MOTIVATION IS NOT CONTENT. IT'S A PROTOCOL. Every motivation app is a slot machine wearing a gym shirt — infinite quotes, zero weight. DIRECTIVE73 issues one order per day, at the hour you set, from men who earned the right to be quoted. You read it. You execute. You come back tomorrow. ONE ORDER PER DAY Delivered at your reveille — the time you choose. Harvey Specter to Marcus Aurelius, Rocky Balboa to David Goggins. Curated, sourced, never random noise. Scarcity is the feature: no feed, no infinite scroll, no doomscrolling at 1AM. THE VAULT Every order you've received, archived with dossiers and field notes: who said it, where, and what it cost him. Context free quote apps don't have. DISCIPLINE LOG An unbroken streak you won't want to break. Your record lives on your device and your iCloud — nowhere else. SHARE ASSETS Every quote exports as a poster — hazard stripes, barcode, directive number. Send it to the men who need it. BUILT LIKE A BUNKER No account. No email. No analytics. No ad SDK. No trackers. Your streak, your saved orders, your call sign — stored on your device and your private iCloud. We can't sell your data. We don't have any. THE ARSENAL FILM — Specter, Balboa, Corleone. BOOKS — Willink, Goggins, Gregorek. STOIC — Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus. GRIND — Ali, Lee, the SEALs. AND MORE. Show up tomorrow. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Obsidian4 screens
DIRECTIVE734 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Obsidian at none against DIRECTIVE73's 3. Obsidian also leads on chart position (#119 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DIRECTIVE73 sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Obsidian asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Obsidian versus DIRECTIVE73: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterObsidianDIRECTIVE73
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#119 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDynalist Inc.Oleksii Kyrychenko

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

DIRECTIVE73

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Obsidian

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

DIRECTIVE73

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly — Field Rate$1.991 Month
  • Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Annual3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Obsidian free?
Obsidian is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DIRECTIVE73 free?
DIRECTIVE73 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Obsidian or DIRECTIVE73 have ads?
Neither Obsidian nor DIRECTIVE73 shows ads.

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