Comparison

Actions For Obsidian vs Quick Draft 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

Quick Draft for Obsidian

Capture ideas instantly on your mobile device and seamlessly send them to Obsidian. Supports text, voice, images, and file attachments with customizable organization options. Offers AI assistance and a WYSIWYG Markdown editor.

Highlights
  • Instant note capture to Obsidian
  • Voice recording with transcription
  • Image to Markdown conversion
  • File and document attachments
  • AI Assist
  • WYSIWYG Markdown editor
  • iOS widgets and shortcuts
Features
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Quick Draft for Obsidian is built for quick capture of ideas. No clutter, no delays—just a blank page ready the instant inspiration strikes. Type, dictate, or snap an capture, and Quick Draft handles the rest. Your notes flow instantly into Obsidian, so you can quickly capture on mobile and organize later on desktop. With deep IOS integration and seamless Obsidian support, Quick Draft makes quick capture effortless—bridging the gap between inspiration and organized action. Built by an Obsidian fan — for the Obsidian community Quick Capture Features - Quickly capture notes directly into Obsidian - Unlimited notes, Routes, and Vaults (free) - Attach images, videos, documents, and files - AI Assist - Voice recording with high-quality transcription - Convert text from images to Markdown (handwriting supported) - Save nearby locations with one tap - Capture into existing files or create new ones—append, prepend, or insert text - Built for IOS: widgets & shortcuts for instant quick capture - Share any content from your phone to Obsidian with no extra prompts - Customizable file destinations - WYSIWYG Markdown editor - Templates from presets or existing notes - Customizable toolbar - Drafts history - No sign-in required Privacy & Setup Your privacy matters—Quick Draft never needs full Vault access. You choose which files or folders (Destinations) your notes go into. Setup is simple with an in-app tutorial. Use Routes to streamline quick capture: send notes to multiple Destinations, apply formatting, and automate actions. Customize everything anytime in Settings. Quick Draft is free, with optional paid features to cover operational costs. This app is developed independently. Obsidian® name and logo are trademarks of Obsidian.md, used here for identification only. Terms Of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Actions For Obsidian2 screens
Quick Draft for Obsidian4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Actions For Obsidian at 4.8 against Quick Draft for Obsidian's 3.0. Actions For Obsidian also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 50%) and ratings volume (40 vs 2). Quick Draft for Obsidian's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.4). On price, update cadence, 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 Quick Draft for Obsidian sells 3 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 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Actions For Obsidian has 40 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Actions For Obsidian's written reviews are positive against 50% of Quick Draft for Obsidian's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Actions For Obsidian ships an update every 3 weeks, Quick Draft for Obsidian fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on August 1, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Actions For Obsidian versus Quick Draft for Obsidian: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActions For ObsidianQuick Draft for Obsidian
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (40 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings40 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.416.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB150 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarlo ZottmannSerhii Petrenko

Customer experience

Actions For Obsidian

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

Quick Draft for Obsidian

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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
3 purchases

Quick Draft for Obsidian

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Mini Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Pro Max Monthly$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Actions For Obsidian free?
Actions For Obsidian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quick Draft for Obsidian free?
Quick Draft for Obsidian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Actions For Obsidian or Quick Draft for Obsidian?
Actions For Obsidian is rated higher. Actions For Obsidian averages 4.8 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while Quick Draft for Obsidian averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Actions For Obsidian or Quick Draft for Obsidian have ads?
Neither Actions For Obsidian nor Quick Draft for Obsidian shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Actions For Obsidian or Quick Draft for Obsidian?
Actions For Obsidian ships an update every 3 weeks, and Quick Draft for Obsidian fortnightly. Most recently, Actions For Obsidian was updated on August 1, 2026 and Quick Draft for Obsidian on September 16, 2026.

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