Comparison

Actions For Obsidian vs CRPL

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

CRPL

Features
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CRPL is a personal text expander for iOS. Define short codes like ;sig or ;feat and have them expand into longer snippets — anywhere you can type, in any app. WHY CRPL? You write the same things over and over: email signatures, commit messages, code boilerplate, addresses, replies. CRPL turns those into a few keystrokes you actually remember. HOW IT WORKS 1. Create groups of codes in the app — Git & Commits, Email Signatures, Code Snippets, whatever you need. 2. Each entry has a trigger code and a replacement. 3. Switch to the CRPL keyboard using the globe key. 4. Type your code, then press space (or any other trigger you've enabled) — the code is replaced by the full snippet. FEATURES • Short, memorable trigger codes; replacements of any length • Multiple groups, each individually toggleable • Built-in variables: {datum}, {tijd}, {clipboard} insert dynamic values • Suggestion bar shows partial matches as you type • Long-press a key for accented alternates (é, è, ñ, ç…) • Custom emoji row in the keyboard • iCloud sync — your snippets follow you across devices • Import / export as plain text • Dark, editorial design built for people who type a lot PRIVACY CRPL stores your data on your device and, if you enable iCloud sync, in your private iCloud container. Nothing is ever sent to us or to anyone else. No analytics, no tracking, no accounts. Requires iPhone or iPad on iOS / iPadOS 17 or later. Full Access for the keyboard is required only for the {clipboard} variable..

Screenshots

Actions For Obsidian2 screens
CRPL3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Actions For Obsidian at Free against CRPL's $1.99. CRPL'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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Actions For Obsidian is free to download; CRPL costs $1.99 up front. Actions For Obsidian sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. CRPL asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Actions For Obsidian versus CRPL: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActions For ObsidianCRPL
PriceFree — better$1.99
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, iPad
Requires iOS18.417.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarlo ZottmannTom Bode Multimedia B.V.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Actions For Obsidian

One-time10
  • 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
None

CRPL

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Actions For Obsidian free?
Actions For Obsidian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CRPL free?
CRPL costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Actions For Obsidian or CRPL have ads?
Neither Actions For Obsidian nor CRPL shows ads.

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