Obsidian vs TekoClaw
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 stores your notes as plain text Markdown files. Access your personal second brain on any device, with extensive customization options and community-driven plugins.
- Local Markdown file storage
- Customizable toolbar
- Graph view
- Community plugins
- Themes
- Sidebar pinning
- iCloud vaults
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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
TekoClaw
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TekoClaw is an independently developed iPhone workspace for people who operate their own agent gateway. Organize your work • Group sessions into focused topics • Search sessions and messages from one mobile workspace • Review conversation context, queues, and runtime state Stay in control • Monitor skills, automations, connections, and activity • Review supported actions before applying changes • See clear online, offline, partial, and unsupported states Built for your data • Account-scoped workspace data stays on your iPhone • Connect to your own user-operated OpenClaw Gateway • Optional backups are encrypted on the device before upload A compatible user-operated gateway and a TekoClaw account are required for connected features. Feature availability depends on capabilities exposed by the gateway. TekoClaw is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the OpenClaw Foundation. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://openclaw.tekoai.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Obsidian at none against TekoClaw's 5. Obsidian also leads on chart position (#116 vs unranked). TekoClaw's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. TekoClaw sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Obsidian asks for nothing beyond the download.
Obsidian ships an update every 3 weeks, TekoClaw daily. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Obsidian | TekoClaw |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #116 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Dynalist Inc. | Hui Zhou |
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
TekoClaw
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Obsidian
No in-app purchases
TekoClaw
- TekoClaw Cloud Monthly$9.991 Month
- TekoClaw Cloud Annual$99.991 Year
- AI Credit $10$8.99
- AI Credit $50$45.99
- AI Credit $100$89.99
