Comparison

GoCoEdit vs Obsidian Web Clipper

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

Head to head
About

GoCoEdit

Edit local and remote files with a powerful code editor. Supports cloud storage, SSH, and a wide range of programming languages with syntax highlighting and advanced editing features.

Highlights
  • Sublime-like code editor
  • Dropbox, OneDrive, FTP, SFTP/SSH support
  • Syntax highlighting for numerous languages
  • Multi-caret editing
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
  • Drag & Drop file support
  • Markdown Preview & HTML Export
Features
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GoCodeEditor is a Code Editor optimized for fast opening and editing local and remote files (Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, FTP, SFTP/SSH) on your iOS Device. FEATURES: ------------------------------ • Sublime like Code-Editor! • Universal App (use it on your iPad, iPhone & iPod Touch) • iPhone X (s/s Max) support • Full iPad Pro support (including smart keyboard support, shortcuts, split-screen multitasking) • iPadOS Mouse & Trackpad • NEW! Multi-caret Editing • NEW! Siri Shortcuts - create newfile / start shell / connect to shell / preview - more soon... • Drag & Drop Support - Support for Drag & Drop files from the Files App - Support for Drag & Drop files / repos and folders from Working Copy App - Support for Dragging local files from GoCoEdit to other Apps • Compatible with Apple Watch Start a ssh-shell from your wrist right now! Run your self defined scripts with one tap. • Extra keybar with swipe functions and trackball to precisely move the cursor and select text • Syntax highlighting for many coding languages like: (apache, arduino, asp/vb.net, c, c#, c++, ceylon, clojure, coffeescript, css, dart, dockerfile, elixir, erlang, fortran, go, handlebars, haskel, html, jade, java, javascript (es6 support), jsx, kotlin, latex/stex, less, lisp, livescript, lua, markdown, mathematica, nginx, objective-c, pascal, perl, php, plist, powershell, pug, puppet, python, r, rss, ruby, rust, sass, scala, shader, shell, sql, squirrel, stylus, svelte, swift, typescript, verilog, vue(js), xml, yaml) • Some comfort features: code folding, code hinting, auto indent, auto close brackets, line wrapping, smart indent, tag and bracket matching, find by regular expression, replace, replace all, symbolic/function search for many syntax modes • Quick CMD-mode (keep your hands on the On-Screen-Keyboard) - p.e. press cmd+c, cmd+v to copy and paste selected text - over 15 shortcuts supported • Different themes ( include solarized, monokai and many more ) and font-sizes • Import / export / open files from icloud drive and other file providers • Open entire folders or repositories from the Git client Working Copy or the Files App using the iOS document picker • Extendable - Custom Syntax Modes -- create your own Syntax highlighting modes now you can write own modes and use it for your own file types - Custom Themes -- create your own editor themes - Snippets -- use short fragments of text again and again ( with filed and placeholders support ) • Preview Browser with Javascript console ( in iPad version resizeable for preview iPad or iPhone layouts ) • Markdown Preview & HTML Export • Connect to your servers via SFTP, FTP, DRIVE, G-DRIVE, ONEDRIVE or DROPBOX NEW! with OneDrive 365 and OneDrive for Business support • NEW! File has changed detection ( GCE is now able to detect external file changes on local and remote files ) • Upload and Download files/folders or edit files directly on your server/dropbox/drive/onedrive without download • Very fast reconnect and recover of open files after restart • Edit your files directly on your server without download. • Integrated Shell (ssh) to perform background tasks like a Grunt, Gulp, npm or another shell job ( type direct or define scripts and run it with a single tap ) • Supporting advanced features like textselection by cursor, Splitview, Slide-Over and Drag & Drop • 3D Touch support - Show/move cursor by 3D touch the keyboard - Quick Actions (new file, start shell, connect shell to last server, show preview of last file) • External/Bluetooth keyboard support ( all iOS shot-cut keys are supported + lots of shortcuts available ) ------------------------------ If you want to support the project and increase the development speed become a patreon. ------------------------------

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

GoCoEdit4 screens
Obsidian Web Clipper1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Obsidian Web Clipper at Free against GoCoEdit's $8.99. Obsidian Web Clipper also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). GoCoEdit's advantage is review sentiment (78% vs 69%). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Obsidian Web Clipper is free to download; GoCoEdit costs $8.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for GoCoEdit against 4.4 for Obsidian Web Clipper. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 122 and 98 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of GoCoEdit's written reviews are positive against 69% of Obsidian Web Clipper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoCoEdit ships an update every 2 months, Obsidian Web Clipper every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
GoCoEdit versus Obsidian Web Clipper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoCoEditObsidian Web Clipper
Price$8.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (122 ratings) — better4.4 (98 ratings)
Positive reviews78.0% of reviews — better68.8% of reviews
Number of ratings122 — better98
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristoph GogolinDynalist Inc.

Customer experience

GoCoEdit

All ratings122 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral4.9%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews205 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral6.8%
Negative15.1%

Obsidian Web Clipper

All ratings98 ratings
Positive82.7%
Neutral4.1%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive68.8%
Neutral9.6%
Negative21.6%

User reviews

GoCoEdit

From 122 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent remote file editing via SFTP/SSH
  • 👍 Intuitive and clean user interface
  • 💡 Multiple cursor support like Sublime Text
  • 🎨 Beautiful themes and syntax highlighting
  • 📱 Works seamlessly on iPad and iPhone

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Settings not preserved across app updates
  • 🐛 FaceID authentication only works once per session
  • 🐛 Frequent SFTP crashes with large repositories
  • 🐛 Dropbox integration shows incomplete file listings
  • 🐛 File size limitations (cannot open 4MB+ files)

Obsidian Web Clipper

From 98 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fantastic web clipper
  • 👍 Seamless and light on the system
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 👍 Powerful and customizable
  • 🚀 Works flawlessly

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Does not work on Mac
  • 🐛 Takes over Obsidian startup on iOS
  • 🐛 Extension not showing on macOS
  • 🐛 Complicated to use, not working on important websites

Bugs and requests

GoCoEdit

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Settings reset after app or OS updates
  • FaceID authentication fails on subsequent app launches
  • SFTP crashes with large repositories
  • Dropbox integration missing files in directories
  • Cannot open files larger than 4MB
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  • Extra whitespace created when pressing enter (Python compatibility issue)
  • Google Drive integration stopped working
  • OneDrive shows incorrect/empty directories
  • External keyboard space key not functioning
  • App crashes when entering OneDrive password
  • Slow/non-functional SFTP uploads
  • SFTP protocol incompatibility with macOS Sierra
  • Terminal CTRL key issues
  • Keyboard jumps up unexpectedly
  • File browser shows cached information loss
  • Cannot delete folders containing files without deleting individual files first

Requested features

26 requests
  • Vi/Vim key bindings for external keyboard
  • Remember last cursor position in files
  • Preserve user preferences across updates
  • Print functionality
  • Block editing/selection features
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  • FTP with SSL support
  • GitHub/Bitbucket integration
  • Native Git support
  • Code compilation support (C++, PHP, etc.)
  • Emmet support for HTML
  • Mosh terminal support for better responsiveness
  • Side-by-side tab editing
  • SSH key import capability
  • Auto-formatting and customizable text editor options
  • Space-for-tab indentation option
  • Syntax highlighting within markdown code blocks
  • Collapsible code blocks
  • Full screen file management
  • Equal-sized tabs like web browsers
  • Light/dark mode theme selection for UI
  • Intellisense/code completion improvements
  • LaTeX/TeX improvements
  • BASIC language support
  • MySQL/database support
  • Spanish UI translation
  • Preview window in split-screen mode

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

In-app purchases

None

GoCoEdit

No in-app purchases

None

Obsidian Web Clipper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GoCoEdit free?
GoCoEdit costs $8.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Obsidian Web Clipper free?
Obsidian Web Clipper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GoCoEdit or Obsidian Web Clipper?
GoCoEdit is rated higher. GoCoEdit averages 4.5 out of 5 from 122 ratings, while Obsidian Web Clipper averages 4.4 from 98 ratings.
Do GoCoEdit or Obsidian Web Clipper have ads?
Neither GoCoEdit nor Obsidian Web Clipper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GoCoEdit or Obsidian Web Clipper?
GoCoEdit ships an update every 2 months, and Obsidian Web Clipper every 9 days. Most recently, GoCoEdit was updated on October 11, 2026 and Obsidian Web Clipper on October 13, 2026.

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