Instant Note for Notion vs Actions For Obsidian
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Instant Note for Notion
Quickly capture and tag notes directly within Notion. Utilize lock screen and home screen widgets for even faster input. Notes can be saved offline and synced later, with secure official authorization.
- Quick note capture
- Tagging system
- Lock screen widget
- Home screen widgets
- Offline note saving
- Official Notion authorization
- Multiple database support
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The quickest way to save tagged notes to Notion. Quick: it only takes seconds to write and tag a note. Add a Lock Screen widget to start writing even faster. Secure: use the official Notion authorisation method, without generating your tokens manually. Your data is transmitted directly to Notion. Offline: notes saved without internet connection will be sent later. Get the "Instant Notion Pro" subscription to use additional features: Home Screen Widgets: create widgets with your tags and start creating notes even faster Create tags in the app: add new tags without opening Notion Multiple databases: quickly switch between all of the shared databases Saved notes: view all of the saved notes - also offline. You can copy each note or open it in Notion Licensed application end user license agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Actions For Obsidian
This app bridges your personal knowledge management notes with Apple's automation tools. It offers over 40 actions to integrate your notes with other applications, enabling seamless data flow between your vaults and the wider Apple ecosystem.
- Create and manipulate notes
- Search and organize notes
- Work with files and folders
- Integrate with Dataview
- Utilize note properties
- Execute Obsidian commands
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Actions For Obsidian integrates the personal knowledge management tool Obsidian with Apple's automation ecosystem. With 40+ Shortcuts actions, it brings your notes and automations together, making Obsidian a first-class citizen in Apple's Shortcuts app. Use it to bring information from other apps into your notes, or to bring information from your vaults into other apps. Some of the possibilities it adds: - Creating, manipulating, searching, opening, organizing notes, including daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly ones - Working with files - Working with Dataview - Working with note properties - Working with your vault's files and folders - Working with Obsidian commands For a full list and detailed description, please click the "Website" link to the right or visit https://actions.work/actions-for-obsidian. ——— This application is not affiliated with or endorsed by Obsidian.md.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Instant Note for Notion at weekly against Actions For Obsidian's every 3 weeks. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Instant Note for Notion sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Actions For Obsidian sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Instant Note for Notion against 4.8 for Actions For Obsidian. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 90 and 40 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Instant Note for Notion's written reviews are positive against 88% of Actions For Obsidian's.
Instant Note for Notion ships an update weekly, Actions For Obsidian every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Instant Note for Notion | Actions For Obsidian |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (90 ratings) — better | 4.8 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.5% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 90 — better | 40 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michal Zolnieruk | Carlo Zottmann |
Customer experience
Instant Note for Notion
Actions For Obsidian
Bugs and requests
Instant Note for Notion
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Actions For Obsidian
Reported bugs
6 issues- App returns to Actions app instead of staying in Obsidian
- Black screen when opening Obsidian on completion
- Continuous pop-up asking for money
- Splash screen opens on iOS every time Shortcut runs
- Lists removed vaults
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- No shortcuts appear in Apple Shortcuts after installation
Requested features
4 requests- Better handling of app switching after action completion
- Option to clear removed vaults
- Native Apple Watch support for commands
- Open source the entire app
In-app purchases
Instant Note for Notion
- Pro$2.991 Month
- Pro$4.491 Month
- Pro$9.791 Year
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- Pro3 Days trial$9.891 Year
- Pro$14.991 Year
- Pro$19.991 Year
- Pro$24.491 Year
- Pro (Lifetime)$17.90
- Pro (Lifetime)$24.49
- Pro (Lifetime)$29.49
Actions For Obsidian
- macOS+iOS License Upgrade (S)$6.99
- macOS-only License (S)$8.99
- iOS-only License (S)$8.99
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- macOS+iOS License Upgrade (M)$8.99
- macOS-only License (M)$11.99
- iOS-only License (M)$11.99
- iOS-only License (L)$14.99
- macOS + iOS License (S)$14.99
- macOS + iOS License (M)$19.99
- macOS + iOS License (L)$22.99
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