Comparison

Progress Clock vs Obsideck

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Progress Clock

Visualize your entire life in weeks and track the passage of time with beautiful progress bars. This app offers inspirational quotes and goal tracking to help you understand what truly matters and find the courage to pursue your aspirations.

Highlights
  • Life Calendar (90-year visualization)
  • Progress tracking for Day, Week, Month, Year
  • Inspirational quotes on time and courage
  • Goal tracking and insights
  • Widgets for at-a-glance tracking
  • Premium themes and Dark Mode
Features
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Progress Clock shows time as progress, not just hours and minutes. Open it and see how much of today has already passed, how much is left, and the same view for this week, this month, and this year. The Arcs face draws each one around the clock. Analog hands stay in the center. Dial is there if you want the classic sweep. Keep a countdown to a date, a timer to a date and time, or time since a day that mattered. One goal is included. Edit and delete from the Goal tab. Set a birthdate and Life draws every week as a dot, childhood through later decades on one calendar. Progressium is free. Other themes, large and Lock Screen widgets, the Goal widget, and extra goals are Progress Clock Premium, an optional monthly subscription. Purchases and cancellation go through your Apple ID. Birthdate, goals, and settings stay on your device. No account. No analytics. Terms of Use: https://unobatbayar.github.io/ProgressClock/terms/ Apple Standard EULA: www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://unobatbayar.github.io/ProgressClock/privacy/

About

Obsideck

A casual Markdown note-taking app for iPhone and iPad that displays your notes as a grid of cards. It allows for quick previews, following links and tags, and editing with a focused editor, all while respecting your privacy.

Highlights
  • Card grid for casual browsing
  • Rich Markdown preview
  • Wiki link navigation
  • Tappable tags
  • Interactive task lists
  • Focused Markdown editor
  • Privacy-focused, no account needed
Features
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Your notes, as cards. Obsidian, made casual. Obsideck is a relaxed way to use your Obsidian notes on iPhone and iPad. Point it at any folder — your Obsidian notes in iCloud Drive, a local folder on your device, or anywhere the Files app can reach — and your notes appear as a tidy grid of cards. Tap a card for a quick preview, follow links and tags, check off tasks, and switch to a focused editor whenever you want to make a change. Everything stays fast and light — no heavy setup, no plugins to configure, just your notes, ready when you are. **Free to start, unlock once** Free to download: browse, search, edit, create notes, and use the preset themes. One Unlock adds pins, card colors, backlinks, the Custom theme, daily notes, and widgets — no subscription, Family Sharing supported. Existing buyers get everything at no extra cost. **A card grid for casual browsing** Your notes are laid out as cards in a masonry grid, like sticky notes. Sort by date modified, date created, or name. Reorder by dragging. With Unlock: pin notes to the top and color cards. Long-press a card for quick actions. **Themes** Choose Violet, Ocean, or Warm, or build a Custom theme: per-element colors, bold and italic, and code block colors. Adjust text size and line spacing for the preview and the editor in Appearance. **Daily notes and widgets** Obsideck reads your Obsidian daily-note settings and shows today's note on a Today card. Add New Note, Today, or Pinned widgets to your Home Screen; the data they show stays on your device. **Rich Markdown preview** - Headings, emphasis, lists, quotes, and code blocks - Frontmatter shown as a clean, structured panel - Callouts (`> [!note]`, `> [!warning]`, and more) rendered with icons - Images embedded with Obsidian syntax: `![[image.png]]` **Wiki links that actually work** Tap a `[[note]]` link to jump straight to that note. Obsideck searches all your notes to resolve links, supports aliases and heading links, and lists backlinks to the note you're reading; with Unlock, tap one to jump there. **Tappable tags** Tap any `#tag` to instantly search your notes for every one that uses it — inline tags and frontmatter tags alike. **Interactive task lists** Check and uncheck `- [ ]` task items right in preview — tap anywhere on the row, not just the checkbox. Your changes are written back to the file. **Edit with a focused editor** Switch to edit mode for syntax-highlighted Markdown editing. Changes auto-save back to the file, so your notes stay in sync with Obsidian and every other tool you use. **Privacy first** - No account or sign-in, and no servers of ours — only Apple's iCloud sync and App Store purchases - No ads, no tracking, no analytics - Your notes never leave your device or your own iCloud Drive - Obsideck reads and writes only the folder you explicitly select **Please note** - Obsideck is a companion reader/editor for Markdown notes; it is not affiliated with Obsidian or Obsidian.md. - Obsideck is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed, or sponsored by Dynalist Inc. Obsidian is a trademark of Dynalist Inc. - The app works with plain Markdown (.md) files. Some advanced Obsidian plugin syntax may not be rendered. - Obsideck is designed for everyday note collections — roughly up to a few hundred notes per folder and a few thousand notes in total. Performance is not guaranteed for very large collections beyond this range. - To use your Obsidian notes, keep them somewhere the Files app can reach (for example, iCloud Drive). - Card layout (order, pins, and colors) is saved in a small hidden `.obsideck` folder at the top of the folder you chose, so it syncs across your devices along with your notes (for example, via iCloud Drive). It never modifies your note files, and Obsidian simply ignores the folder. Deleting the `.obsideck` folder resets the layout to default. Terms of Use: https://unadongames.com/obsideck/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://unadongames.com/obsideck/privacy.html

Screenshots

Progress Clock4 screens
Obsideck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Obsideck at none against Progress Clock's 4. Obsideck also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). Progress Clock's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Progress Clock sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Obsideck asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Progress Clock against 5.0 for Obsideck. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Progress Clock ships an update every 5 months, Obsideck every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Progress Clock versus Obsideck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgress ClockObsideck
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUsukhbayar BatbayarShota Hori

Customer experience

Progress Clock

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Obsideck

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Progress Clock

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Themes$0.991 Month
One-time3
  • Support $5$4.99
  • Support $25$24.99
  • Support $100$99.99
None

Obsideck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Progress Clock free?
Progress Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Obsideck free?
Obsideck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Progress Clock or Obsideck?
Progress Clock and Obsideck are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Progress Clock or Obsideck have ads?
Neither Progress Clock nor Obsideck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Progress Clock or Obsideck?
Progress Clock ships an update every 5 months, and Obsideck every 2 months. Most recently, Progress Clock was updated on October 6, 2026 and Obsideck on October 10, 2026.

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