Comparison

Actions For Obsidian vs Widgets for Obsidian

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Create and manipulate notes
  • Search and organize notes
  • Work with files and folders
  • Integrate with Dataview
  • Utilize note properties
  • Execute Obsidian commands
Features
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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.

About

Widgets for Obsidian

Quickly capture notes and access your Obsidian vault directly from your home screen. Automate note creation with custom destinations and launch any Obsidian command with a single touch.

Highlights
  • Home screen quick capture widget
  • Customizable note destinations
  • Zettel timestamp support
  • Append to existing notes
  • Customizable actions widget
  • Launch any Obsidian command
Features
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Widgets for Obsidian is the definite companion for your favourite note-taking app. Access your personal Vault right from your home screen. The Quick Note Widget solves one of the biggest pain points of writing notes on mobile: Quick capture. Bypass waiting for files to sync, and immediately start writing. Custom destinations empower you to create your own workflows: Automatically create and add to daily notes, ensure unique notes with Zettel timestamps, append to an existing note… – the options are endless! You can configure custom Actions to launch any Obsidian command with a single touch. The Actions Widget is based on Obsidian’s URI scheme, empowering you to run automations as simple or complex as you like. Widgets for Obsidian is built by a solo developer, and allows unlimited captures for free. Once you’re ready to access power user features, like multiple destinations, you can subscribe to support app development. This application is not created by, affiliated with, or supported by Obsidian. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Actions For Obsidian2 screens
Widgets for Obsidian4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Actions For Obsidian at 4.8 against Widgets for Obsidian's 4.5. Actions For Obsidian also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 67%). Widgets for Obsidian's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Actions For Obsidian sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Widgets for Obsidian sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Actions For Obsidian holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Actions For Obsidian's written reviews are positive against 67% of Widgets for Obsidian's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Actions For Obsidian ships an update every 3 weeks, Widgets for Obsidian every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on August 1, 2026 and July 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Actions For Obsidian versus Widgets for Obsidian: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActions For ObsidianWidgets for Obsidian
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (40 ratings) — better4.5 (31 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings40 — better31
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.417.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarlo ZottmannJOSCHUA GLAU

Customer experience

Actions For Obsidian

All ratings40 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral3.1%
Negative9.4%

Widgets for Obsidian

All ratings31 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral6.5%
Negative9.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Actions For Obsidian

One-time11
  • 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
  • macOS-only License (L)$14.99
  • iOS-only License (L)$14.99
  • macOS + iOS License (S)$14.99
  • macOS + iOS License (M)$19.99
  • macOS + iOS License (L)$22.99
2 purchases

Widgets for Obsidian

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Actions For Obsidian free?
Actions For Obsidian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Widgets for Obsidian free?
Widgets for Obsidian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Actions For Obsidian or Widgets for Obsidian?
Actions For Obsidian is rated higher. Actions For Obsidian averages 4.8 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while Widgets for Obsidian averages 4.5 from 31 ratings.
Do Actions For Obsidian or Widgets for Obsidian have ads?
Neither Actions For Obsidian nor Widgets for Obsidian shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Actions For Obsidian or Widgets for Obsidian?
Actions For Obsidian ships an update every 3 weeks, and Widgets for Obsidian every 10 days. Most recently, Actions For Obsidian was updated on August 1, 2026 and Widgets for Obsidian on July 18, 2026.

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