Obsidian Web Clipper vs Yosuga
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.
Yosuga
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Read later, for real. Yosuga brings your saved links back on the day you pick. The articles, videos, and places you meant to get to come back that day, instead of disappearing into a read-later pile. HOW IT WORKS 1. Add from the share sheet Works with Safari and any other app. Tap Share, then Yosuga. The title and site name fill in automatically. You can also copy a link and paste it in the app. 2. Pick a day Today, tomorrow, the weekend, next week. It shows up in that day’s Up Next. You can also decide later. 3. One notification, on that day On days with something scheduled, you get one notification. It names the item, so you know what’s up without opening the app. Set the time in Settings. Nothing scheduled, no notification. 4. Mark it done Open it in the app, then tap Read. The button matches the type: Read, Watched, Visited, Bought, Made. There’s no confirmation dialog. Tapped by mistake? Just undo. EVERY DAY - Swipe for Read, Another day, or Not for me - Overdue items show a plain count, like “+2 days,” with no nagging - Arrange spreads undated saves over this week’s open days - See and search everything you’ve saved in Queue - A Home Screen widget shows today’s Up Next, with a done button on each item - Done items clear automatically after 30 days No folders, no tags. For everything on today’s list, there are three choices: finish it, move it to another day, or let it go. YOSUGA PRO Adding, dates, notifications, and the widget are free, with no limit on saves. Pro adds tools that help you actually finish what you save. - Reader: just the text, without ads or menus - Listen: hear it read aloud, with each sentence highlighted as it goes - Resume: pick up where you left off - Detailed notifications: separate times for weekdays, days off, and each type - Stats: 12 weeks of history, plus when you tend to actually get to things - Offline and backup: read without a connection, and export your data Pro is an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID, and it renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. PRIVACY - No account needed. There’s no Yosuga server; what you save stays on your device. - No behavior tracking and no ad networks. - Syncs across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac through your own iCloud, at no extra cost. Terms of Service: https://rinro.jp/yosuga/legal/terms-of-service/index.en.html Privacy Policy: https://rinro.jp/yosuga/legal/privacy-policy/index.en.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Obsidian Web Clipper at none against Yosuga's 3. Obsidian Web Clipper also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and device support (4 vs 2). 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. Yosuga sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Obsidian Web Clipper asks for nothing beyond the download.
Obsidian Web Clipper ships an update every 9 days, Yosuga every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Obsidian Web Clipper | Yosuga |
|---|---|---|
| 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 — better | Every 3 months |
| 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 | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Dynalist Inc. | RINRO |
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
Yosuga
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Obsidian Web Clipper
No in-app purchases
Yosuga
- Yosuga Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yosuga Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
- Yosuga Pro$29.99









