Comparison

ObSync vs Vaultlens

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

Head to head
About

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

About

Vaultlens

Features
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See what's happening inside your Obsidian vaults — without opening Obsidian. Vaultlens is a fast, private inspector for the Obsidian vaults you keep in iCloud Drive. Point it at a vault folder and it reads the structure and metadata directly — giving you a health score, activity trends, link maps, and signals of AI-agent editing, all computed on your iPhone. Private by design. Vaultlens has no servers, no analytics, and makes no network connections whatsoever. Your notes never leave your device. Nothing is collected, tracked, or shared — because there's nothing to send it to. FREE • Single-vault dashboard: file & folder counts, size, folder depth, file-type breakdown • Most-recently-edited, last-scan time • Activity heatmap (GitHub-style) • iCloud sync status and .git / .obsidian detection • Agent-activity summary and vault growth • Link-map totals PRO • Vault health score — a 0–100 read on freshness, conflicts, structure, and sync, with the full breakdown • Multiple vaults + side-by-side comparison • Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets • Deep-scan link engine: word/line counts, tags, wikilink graph, orphans and broken links • Agent signals: per-signal and edit-session breakdown, agent-vs-human classification, anomaly and conflict flags • Shortcuts & Siri: vault summaries, rescans, and agent-config listing Works with whichever AI coding agent you use — Vaultlens detects AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, GEMINI.md, GitHub Copilot and Cursor configuration, and surfaces only the ones your vault actually uses. SUBSCRIPTION AND PRICING Vaultlens Pro is available as an auto-renewing subscription at Ā£3.99 per month or Ā£42.99 per year, or as Pro Lifetime, a one-time purchase of Ā£99.99 that never renews. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://joe-heaton.github.io/vaultlens/privacy-policy.html Vaultlens is an independent, unofficial tool. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Obsidian (Dynalist Inc.).

Screenshots

ObSync3 screens
Vaultlens4 screens

Verdict

The call

ObSync and Vaultlens are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ObSync ships an update every 6 days, Vaultlens weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
ObSync versus Vaultlens: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterObSyncVaultlens
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKarlo MilicicJoseph Heaton

In-app purchases

None

ObSync

No in-app purchases

None

Vaultlens

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ObSync free?
ObSync is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vaultlens free?
Vaultlens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ObSync or Vaultlens have ads?
Neither ObSync nor Vaultlens shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ObSync or Vaultlens?
ObSync ships an update every 6 days, and Vaultlens weekly. Most recently, ObSync was updated on October 7, 2026 and Vaultlens on October 1, 2026.

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