ObsiKO vs Stellata
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ObsiKO
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Tired of converting files or picking plugins? Spent the day on settings and never wrote a line? Plenty of features, none of them talking to each other? Everyday writing, LLM wikis, ontologies, Zettelkasten, mindmaps, reading logs, codices, schedules, file conversion — one app, no account or subscription. Obsidian vaults (.md/.canvas/.base) open as-is. (AI runs on your own API key; with Apple Intelligence on, it can run on the device with no key.) ■ You see it first, before anything changes · AI rewrites arrive as a suggestion card — nothing changes until you press Replace · The AI agent works on a copy; only what you pick reaches your notes · Before the first send to an outside AI, it shows what goes where and sends only if you allow ■ Share to the web, sync between devices (GitHub) · "Share to the web" publishes a note at one address — theme, tables and images intact, comments too · The text lives only in your GitHub account, never on our servers; "Stop sharing" takes it down · Sync runs through your own repository and only ever deletes to the trash ■ Write once, it connects itself · A "color" property colors the tab, header, tree icon, .base and codex cards. Define your own types and relations too · Type "book" pops a search that fills the rest; "project" adds start/due to the calendar · Highlight a PDF and quotes collect into a note of the same name, searchable and on the graph · Wiki links, types, relations and PARA form one constellation — more links, brighter star ■ Infinite mindmap canvas (.canvas) · Apple Pencil drawing — turn a sketch into an AI image. Have AI build an editable mindmap, or hand it yours · Auto-build from a note's links, auto-layout, embeds, groups, relations. 5 styles, 10+ presets. Drop a URL or file to add a card ■ .base files and search · Projects, kanban, cards, charts, a library (book/paper search), PARA, a budget that pastes receipts. Dataview queries become tables · Filenames, full text, Korean jamo, semantic search — pin results, bookmark a query, or ask Siri ■ A dashboard and themes you arrange · 50+ widgets plus query and embed boards — calendars, to-dos, habit trackers, stats. 20+ themes, your own fonts ■ Markdown and a writing helper · Calm editing tuned for Korean. Format bar and cheat sheet, Mermaid, 20+ charts, inline drawing, video in a note · 70+ structures across 13 genres (Hero's Journey, Save the Cat, SCQA, character sheets), Socratic questions and style polish · Spell check, dictionaries, device TTS, a saved assistant role, on-device translation ■ Schedules and viewers · A date in any file lands on the calendar (Obsidian Tasks compatible) — year/month/week/day, timeline, widget, reminders · One frontmatter line switches the viewer: book, web novel, messenger, visual novel, codex ■ Clipping and conversion · The article body and photos become a note, not just the URL — share button or RSS · One-click Markdown for doc/docx, PDF, hwp/hwpx — one file or a folder; a read-only panel opens dozens more · Import from Apple Notes, Notion, Evernote, Bear or Logseq — always into a new folder · Highlight PDFs and Markdown to insert or quote. AI OCR and transcription (labelled by speaker) ■ AI agent · Add an API key and go (Claude, Gemini, GPT) — the app is complete without one · Builds mindmaps and .base tables on your phone and reads existing ones. Read-aloud and images in the editor · File creation, automatic memory, LLM wikis, ontology and Zettelkasten design, MCP. Bulk work is desktop-only ■ Export, images, and everything else · Marp properties make a deck. Export to PDF, HWPX, DOCX, EPUB, HTML, ZIP, wiki markup · Dictate on iPhone (on device), Control Center, Lock Screen and Home widgets, Watch quick notes · Ready for iOS 27 — Markdown round-trips with Apple Notes, the new Siri can add to a note, 4×6 widget · Image editing, free image search, colors panel, routines, palette, focus timer, screen lock All of it is free. No account, no payment, a small download.
Stellata
This app helps you visually organize saved links, images, videos, and PDFs. It automatically groups content by theme and offers multiple unique viewing modes, including a 3D galaxy and interactive moodboards. Collaborate with friends by merging libraries and discover content through visual search.
- Automatic content grouping
- Multiple visual display modes (Grid, Board, Wall, Galaxy, Globe, Projects)
- Interactive moodboard creation
- Direct phone-to-phone collaboration
- Import from existing platforms (Instagram, Pinterest, Are.na)
- Visual and text-based search
- Camera-based visual search
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Some things stay with you. The image you stop for. The idea you come back to. Stellata is where they go. Tap Share in any app — Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, Pinterest, a blog, anything — and the picture, the words and the video come across with the link. Screenshots, photos, videos and PDFs come in too, no link needed. Then it starts to sort itself. ALIKE SAVES DRIFT TOGETHER Every link is read on your phone: its words, and what its picture shows. Nothing is sent anywhere. Tags appear on their own, and saves that belong together drift into groups in the galaxy, so even from far off you can see what your saving is really about. The same links gather into themes you can filter by — branding, motion, space, whatever you turn out to be into. SIX WAYS TO LOOK Grid — everything you saved, at a glance, image first. Pinch to see more or less at once. Board — your saves spread over one plane, like a wall. Drag to roam, pinch to zoom. Wall — your pictures in columns that go on forever, whichever way you go. Leave it be, and it drifts on its own. Galaxy — your library as a world in space, alike saves floating together in groups. Tap a link and a light travels out through everything it connects to, by picture, by meaning, by tag, through its own group and across to the others. Follow it somewhere unexpected. Sort it by color, by time, by site or by style, or place words of your own, and the links they're about gather around them. Globe — step inside the galaxy, your saves all around you, above and below. Drag to look around. Projects — a space for a trip, a piece of work, or whatever you're into this week, each with a moodboard to lay out by hand: move, pinch and twist the pictures, then draw, write and join them with arrows. Send one out as a lookbook, a PDF of every save. Hold a finger still and draw a loop in the galaxy or on a board, and everything inside is picked, ready to move, share or delete together. SIT DOWN WITH A FRIEND Put two phones side by side and your libraries become one galaxy, each in its own color. See where your tastes meet, pass a link across, and leave with a little of theirs. The phones talk to each other directly — nothing goes through a server, and only what you choose to bring ever leaves your phone. BRING WHAT YOU ALREADY SAVED Your Instagram saves come across, and your Pinterest boards and Are.na channels too, so you start with your real collection instead of an empty page, and watch it sort itself into groups. FIND YOUR WAY BACK Type what you're looking for, or tap + to pick a color, a style or a photo, and the saves that fit fly in close. Or describe what a picture shows, like “cracked ice,” and Search finds it, even when no title or tag says so. It reads the words in your pictures too, so a screenshot turns up by what it says. Point the camera at a poster or a wall to see the saves that look most like it. Filter by site, by type, by color. Or just wander. ON YOUR MAC TOO Stellata is on the Mac as well, your library kept in step by iCloud, and Stellata Unlimited comes along. IT STAYS YOURS Everything syncs through your own iCloud, and previews are kept on the phone, so your library is there with no signal. Share a project and a few people can save into it together, on one moodboard. No account to make, no feed, no one else's algorithm. STELLATA UNLIMITED The free plan holds 30 links. Unlimited holds any number, as a monthly subscription or a one-time purchase. If Unlimited ends, nothing is deleted: your newest 30 stay open and the rest wait for you. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://stellata.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ObsiKO at none against Stellata's 2. ObsiKO also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Stellata's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 days). On price, 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. Stellata sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ObsiKO asks for nothing beyond the download.
ObsiKO ships an update every 6 days, Stellata every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ObsiKO | Stellata |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hyojin Kim | Abdullah Alkhatib |
In-app purchases
ObsiKO
No in-app purchases
Stellata
- Stellata Unlimited$1.991 Month
- Stellata Unlimited Lifetime$14.99








