Quick Capture vs ObSync
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Capture
Effortlessly capture ideas, moments, and thoughts directly into your Obsidian vaults. This app streamlines note-taking by allowing you to create multiple destinations within a vault or connect to different vaults, ensuring your inspirations are saved without interruption.
- Capture notes in Obsidian
- Multiple vault connections
- Append to existing notes
- Voice recording with transcription
- Document scanning
- File and photo sending
- Sketching and drawing capture
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Quick Capture - Vault notes for Obsidian app This Quick Capture app is designed for power users of Obsidian, helping you focus purely on capturing ideas, moments, and thoughts as they come—without primarily worrying about which vault or page to open. It removes distractions, letting you effortlessly capture drafts and inspirations in Obsidian app, keeping you in the creative flow. → You can create multiple destinations to one vault → You can also connect to multiple vaults where each destination is dedicated to one vault → You can create a new note in a vault. → You can append text to an existing note in a vault. → You can send voice recordings with transcription to your vault. → You can scan documents to your vault. → You can send files or photos to your vault. → You can sketch and send those drawings to your vault.
ObSync
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ObSync syncs your git-hosted Obsidian vaults to your iPhone or iPad. One tap to pull the latest, or push your changes back. No terminal, no workarounds, no emulators. Built with SwiftUI and libgit2 for native git performance. Features: • One-tap sync — clone on first run, fetch and update on every sync after • Read-only or read-write — pull only, or auto-commit and push local changes • Multi-vault — sync as many repos as you want • Branch selection — pick which branch to track per vault • Shortcuts & Siri — sync vaults from the home screen or by voice • Conflict detection — warns when local and remote diverge, with a one-tap discard option • GitHub OAuth — secure login, token stored in iOS Keychain • Recent commits — see what changed, open commits directly on GitHub
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ObSync at none against Quick Capture's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Quick Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ObSync asks for nothing beyond the download.
Quick Capture ships an update every 10 days, ObSync every 6 days. Both last shipped on September 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Quick Capture | ObSync |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (102 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 102 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pradeep Burugu | Karlo Milicic |
In-app purchases
Quick Capture
- Lifetime plan$4.99
ObSync
No in-app purchases









