Comparison

Actions For Obsidian vs MindDrop Notes

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

MindDrop Notes

Features
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This simple app let you speak, record and organize your next action items. Easy to use and ADHD users friendly.

Screenshots

Actions For Obsidian2 screens
MindDrop Notes1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MindDrop Notes at none against Actions For Obsidian's 11. MindDrop Notes also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.4). On price, ads and device support 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. MindDrop Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Actions For Obsidian versus MindDrop Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActions For ObsidianMindDrop Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (40 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings40 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarlo ZottmannManikandan Jagatheesan

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
None

MindDrop Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Actions For Obsidian free?
Actions For Obsidian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MindDrop Notes free?
MindDrop Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Actions For Obsidian or MindDrop Notes have ads?
Neither Actions For Obsidian nor MindDrop Notes shows ads.

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