Obsidian Web Clipper vs ThinQR
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
ThinQR
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ThinQR is your on-device AI-powered personal wiki and knowledge assistant. Capture, organize, and retrieve information with the power of AI — completely privately, with your data staying on your device. Key Features: • On-Device AI: Runs on Apple Intelligence or a downloaded Gemma model — your content stays on your device • Smart Wiki: Build your personal knowledge base and let AI help you find answers instantly • QR Integration: Scan and connect knowledge using QR codes • AI Quality Scan: Identify and fix gaps in your knowledge base • Quiz Yourself: Master any topic with AI-generated quizzes • Ask Anything: Get instant answers from your personal knowledge base • Capture from Anywhere: Save ideas, articles, and notes in seconds • Browse & Organize: Keep all your knowledge beautifully organized Optional Cloud API: if you prefer, bring your own Claude or OpenAI API key. ThinQR explains what would be sent and asks for your permission before anything leaves your device, and you can switch it off at any time. ThinQR Pro is a one-time purchase — no subscription, nothing renews. It unlocks cross-source synthesis, voice memo capture, Quiz Me, graph time-lapse, smart link suggestions, and Lint + Heal. Your knowledge. Your privacy. Your assistant. Terms of Use (EULA): https://airussolutions.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://airussolutions.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Obsidian Web Clipper at none against ThinQR'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
Both are free to download. ThinQR sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Obsidian Web Clipper asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Obsidian Web Clipper | ThinQR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (105 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 68.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 105 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dynalist Inc. | https://airussolutions.com/ |
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
ThinQR
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Obsidian Web Clipper
No in-app purchases
ThinQR
- ThinQR Pro (Lifetime)$9.99









