Comparison

Actions For Obsidian vs Flowstate

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

Flowstate

Features
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Your handwriting knows Things a keyboard never will Safe in its new home Flowstate is the bridge between deep thinking and your digital world. Capture handwritten notes and voice memos—then we transcribe, format, and deliver them to Obsidian, Notion, and more. Set up custom note-taking workflows once, and reuse them with a single tap. CAPTURE YOUR WAY • Snap a photo of handwritten notes • Record a voice memo • Upload a file or PDF • Email notes from your e-ink tablet to your unique Flowstate address • Share text or audio from any app on your phone FLOWSTATE CLEANS IT UP Transcription is just the start. Tell Flowstate how to make your notes more useful, and we'll handle it. It can format, summarize, translate, write a haiku, or anything your heart desires. IT LANDS WHERE IT BELONGS Your cleaned up notes get filed and named exactly how you want, in the apps you already use. Automatically. OUR INTEGRATIONS • Obsidian – Sync to your vault via a custom plugin. • Notion – Create pages in databases or append to existing notes. • Google Drive – Save as Google Docs in any folder. • OneNote – Add notes to any notebook section. Works with personal and business Microsoft accounts. • Need an integration we don't have yet? Reach out to us through the app and we'll (probably) build it! WORKS WITH E-INK TABLETS! Send notes from reMarkable, Supernote, Boox, Daylight, and more using your unique Flowstate email address HUMAN-FRIENDLY PRICING Start with 50 free credits (1 credit = 1 minute of audio or 1 page of notes). Subscribe for monthly credits that roll over, or buy top-up packs that never expire. Thanks for checking out our app. We hope you find it as useful as we have! -Raj and Rob Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Actions For Obsidian2 screens
Flowstate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Flowstate at 15.1 against Actions For Obsidian's 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 Flowstate sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Actions For Obsidian ships an update every 3 weeks, Flowstate every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Actions For Obsidian versus Flowstate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActions For ObsidianFlowstate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (40 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings40 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarlo ZottmannDune Ventures

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
4 purchases

Flowstate

Subscriptions2
  • Subscription – Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Max Subscription$24.991 Month
One-time2
  • 200 credits$4.99
  • Credits Pack (750)$14.99

Questions

Is Actions For Obsidian free?
Actions For Obsidian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flowstate free?
Flowstate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Actions For Obsidian or Flowstate have ads?
Neither Actions For Obsidian nor Flowstate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Actions For Obsidian or Flowstate?
Actions For Obsidian ships an update every 3 weeks, and Flowstate every 5 weeks. Most recently, Actions For Obsidian was updated on October 24, 2026 and Flowstate on October 28, 2026.

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