WikiTree Sourcer vs Obsidian Web Clipper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WikiTree Sourcer
This tool streamlines genealogy research by searching other sites for records and automatically building citations from found data. It also helps locate free versions of original sources across different platforms.
- Search genealogy websites for records
- Extract data to build citations
- Find free versions of original sources
- Minimal performance impact
- Does not modify web pages
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The WikiTree Sourcer extension saves time and typing by assisting WikiTree users with three tasks: 1. From a WikiTree profile page it provides the ability to search other genealogy websites for relevant records. 2. From one of these genealogy websites' records page it can extract data and build a citation. 3. Also from one of these genealogy websites records page it can search other genealogy websites for similar records. For example on an Ancestry page it can help find free versions of the same original source.
Obsidian Web Clipper
Save web content directly to your personal knowledge base for offline access. Organize research, recipes, articles, and more with customizable templates and smart triggers. Your data is private, secure, and stored locally in durable Markdown format.
- Clip any web content
- Select page content or extract main article
- Customizable templates for metadata
- Smart triggers for automatic template application
- Seamless integration with Obsidian vault
- Save as local Markdown files
- Offline access to clipped content
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Bring the web to your personal knowledge base. Save content to your Obsidian vault so you always have access to it, even offline. Obsidian is secure, private, and designed around durable open formats that allows you to preserve your data for the long term. Whether you're researching for a project, saving recipes, bookmarking travel destinations, or collecting inspiring articles, the Obsidian Web Clipper helps you organize your ideas. - Clip anything: From news articles and blog posts to recipes, product pages, and research papers — if it's on the web, you can save it. - Select page content: Clip entire pages, selected text, or let the clipper intelligently extract just the main content. - Customizable templates: Create tailored templates to automatically extract metadata from web pages. Perfect for academics, movie buffs, book lovers, or anyone who wants structured notes. - Smart triggers: Set up rules to automatically apply the right template based on the website you're clipping from. - Seamless integration: all your clips flow directly into Obsidian, in the vault and folder of your choice. As with everything Obsidian, Web Clipper is designed to protect your privacy, and give you control over your data. - No lock-in: All your clips are saved in clean, durable, portable Markdown files — no proprietary formats. - Offline access: your saved clips are saved locally, and always at your fingertips, with or without an internet connection. - 100% private: all your clipped content is stored locally in your Obsidian vault. Your thoughts are yours. Obsidian helps you create connections and links between your notes so you can organize your thoughts. You can create links between everything — ideas, articles, lists, locations, books — anything you can put in a note, you can link to other notes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Obsidian Web Clipper at free against WikiTree Sourcer's paid. Obsidian Web Clipper also leads on ratings volume (105 vs 3). WikiTree Sourcer's advantage is review sentiment (83% vs 69%). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for WikiTree Sourcer against 4.3 for Obsidian Web Clipper. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Obsidian Web Clipper has 105 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of WikiTree Sourcer's written reviews are positive against 69% of Obsidian Web Clipper's.
WikiTree Sourcer ships an update every 10 days, Obsidian Web Clipper every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WikiTree Sourcer | Obsidian Web Clipper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better | 4.3 (105 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 68.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 105 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Pavey | Dynalist Inc. |
Customer experience
WikiTree Sourcer
Obsidian Web Clipper
Bugs and requests
WikiTree Sourcer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Obsidian Web Clipper
Reported bugs
2 issues- Defining a file path with a subfolder does not work
- Doesn't wait for page load, resulting in missing content
Requested features
2 requests- Immersive reading experience with ability to hide top and bottom bars
- Autofill possible vaults for clipping
In-app purchases
WikiTree Sourcer
No in-app purchases
Obsidian Web Clipper
No in-app purchases
Questions
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