Comparison

Obsidian Web Clipper vs ScreenshotZen

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

Head to head
About

Obsidian Web Clipper

Save web content directly to your personal knowledge base for offline access. Organize research, recipes, articles, and more with customizable templates and smart triggers. Your data is private, secure, and stored locally in durable Markdown format.

Highlights
  • Clip any web content
  • Select page content or extract main article
  • Customizable templates for metadata
  • Smart triggers for automatic template application
  • Seamless integration with Obsidian vault
  • Save as local Markdown files
  • Offline access to clipped content
Features
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Bring the web to your personal knowledge base. Save content to your Obsidian vault so you always have access to it, even offline. Obsidian is secure, private, and designed around durable open formats that allows you to preserve your data for the long term. Whether you're researching for a project, saving recipes, bookmarking travel destinations, or collecting inspiring articles, the Obsidian Web Clipper helps you organize your ideas. - Clip anything: From news articles and blog posts to recipes, product pages, and research papers — if it's on the web, you can save it. - Select page content: Clip entire pages, selected text, or let the clipper intelligently extract just the main content. - Customizable templates: Create tailored templates to automatically extract metadata from web pages. Perfect for academics, movie buffs, book lovers, or anyone who wants structured notes. - Smart triggers: Set up rules to automatically apply the right template based on the website you're clipping from. - Seamless integration: all your clips flow directly into Obsidian, in the vault and folder of your choice. As with everything Obsidian, Web Clipper is designed to protect your privacy, and give you control over your data. - No lock-in: All your clips are saved in clean, durable, portable Markdown files — no proprietary formats. - Offline access: your saved clips are saved locally, and always at your fingertips, with or without an internet connection. - 100% private: all your clipped content is stored locally in your Obsidian vault. Your thoughts are yours. Obsidian helps you create connections and links between your notes so you can organize your thoughts. You can create links between everything — ideas, articles, lists, locations, books — anything you can put in a note, you can link to other notes.

About

ScreenshotZen

Features
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Clean your gallery. Protect your privacy. Master your screenshots. Is your photo library buried under thousands of screenshots? ScreenshotZen is the premium, privacy-first solution designed to help you reclaim your storage and organize your digital life using powerful, on-device AI. Unlike other apps, ScreenshotZen never uploads your photos to the cloud. Every scan, every text extraction, and every AI edit happens 100% locally on your iPhone. WHY CHOOSE SCREENSHOTZEN? Swipe-to-Cleanup: decluttering your gallery is as easy as swiping right to keep and left to delete. AI Smart Categorization: Our on-device AI automatically labels your screenshots into categories like Recipes, Memes, Receipts, Code, and more. Duplicate Finder: Find and remove identical or near-identical photos safely. Our perceptual hashing technology ensures you always keep the best-quality original. AI Magic Editor: Blur sensitive text, remove unwanted objects, or erase backgrounds with a single tap. Secure Vault: Hide your most sensitive screenshots (ID cards, bank statements, private chats) behind Face ID/Touch ID. Privacy First: No cloud uploads, no tracking, and no data collection. Your photos never leave your device. KEY FEATURES: Total Transparency: Track your progress with detailed stats. See exactly how many photos you've processed and how much storage space you've recovered. Safe Deletion: Deleted items are moved to your recently deleted album, giving you a 30-day safety net for recovery. One-Time Purchase: No subscription fatigue. Unlock the full power of ScreenshotZen for a lifetime with one simple purchase. Stop scrolling through clutter and start find what matters. Download ScreenshotZen today and experience the future of photo management.

Screenshots

Obsidian Web Clipper1 screens
ScreenshotZen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Obsidian Web Clipper at none against ScreenshotZen's 1. Obsidian Web Clipper also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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. ScreenshotZen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Obsidian Web Clipper asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Obsidian Web Clipper versus ScreenshotZen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterObsidian Web ClipperScreenshotZen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (104 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings104 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDynalist Inc.Ramill Ibragimov

Bugs and requests

Obsidian Web Clipper

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Defining a file path with a subfolder does not work
  • Doesn't wait for page load, resulting in missing content

Requested features

2 requests
  • Immersive reading experience with ability to hide top and bottom bars
  • Autofill possible vaults for clipping

ScreenshotZen

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Obsidian Web Clipper

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ScreenshotZen

One-time1
  • Screenshot Zen Premium$14.99

Questions

Is Obsidian Web Clipper free?
Obsidian Web Clipper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScreenshotZen free?
ScreenshotZen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Obsidian Web Clipper or ScreenshotZen have ads?
Neither Obsidian Web Clipper nor ScreenshotZen shows ads.

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