Actions For Obsidian vs Apt Card Scan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Apt Card Scan
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Turn appointment cards into calendar events in seconds with Apt Card Scan—no more typing every detail by hand. Simply point your iPhone or iPad camera at an appointment card. Apt Card Scan identifies the event title, date, time, location, and address, then places everything into an easy-to-review form. Check the captured details, make any corrections, and add the appointment directly to your default Apple Calendar with a tap. Apt Card Scan includes: • Smart recognition for a wide variety of appointment-card layouts • Support for written, numeric, and compact dates • Support for a.m./p.m., military time, noon, midnight, and time ranges • Apple Maps location checking for more accurate names and addresses • Editable results before anything is saved • Clear confirmation when an event is added to Calendar • Built-in help, tips, and instructions • A convenient Submit Bug option for feedback and support Scan it. Check it. Add it. Your next appointment is on the calendar.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Actions For Obsidian at Free against Apt Card Scan's $0.99. Actions For Obsidian also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 24 months). Apt Card Scan's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On 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
Actions For Obsidian is free to download; Apt Card Scan costs $0.99 up front. Actions For Obsidian sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Apt Card Scan asks for nothing beyond the download.
Actions For Obsidian ships an update every 3 weeks, Apt Card Scan every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Actions For Obsidian | Apt Card Scan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (40 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 17.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carlo Zottmann | Kyle Steighner |
Bugs and 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
Apt Card Scan
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
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
Apt Card Scan
No in-app purchases
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