AirBrowser vs Obsidian
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AirBrowser
Experience a full desktop web browser on your TV without a PC. Surf the web, watch streaming videos, and read content comfortably on a larger screen using your iOS device and an Apple TV. Enjoy features like pinch-to-zoom and a responsive pointer for a seamless browsing experience.
- Full desktop web browsing on TV
- Watch streaming videos fullscreen
- Pinch to zoom and swipe gestures
- Multi-tab system
- Bookmarks
- Responsive pointer with mouse effects
- Scale page to fit for comfortable reading
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AirBrowser is the APP you need if you have got an Apple Tv!! *** Supported devices: iPhone (4s or greater), iPad (2 or greater) iPod touch 5th generation. Watch the video on http://www.airbrowser-app.com! Air Browser gives you a full desktop internet browser experience, but without a PC. All you need is an iOS device and an Apple TV (or a supported HDMI Cable). You will be able to surf the web, to watch streaming videos in full screen on your TV, to read newspapers and anything else you normally do with a standard PC or a Mac browser. Pinch to zoom, swipe gesture to navigate through the navigation history, an easy to use multi tab system, bookmarks and more. Air browser works fine with any web site included youtube and Facebook, fully supported with photos and videos upload, chat with friends and videos watching with fullscreen mode!! AirBrowser has a real responsive pointer, giving you a real desktop browsing experience, with all the mouse related effects that normally occurs on a PC web browser. Thanks to the “scale page to fit” feature, AirBrowser optimizes fonts on your TV to let reading more comfortable. Supported devices: iPhone (4s or greater), iPad (2 or greater) iPod touch 5th generation. Watch the video on http://www.airbrowser-app.com !
Obsidian
Organize your thoughts and ideas with a powerful knowledge base that stores your notes as plain text Markdown files. Access your personal second brain on any device, with extensive customization options and community-driven plugins.
- Local Markdown file storage
- Customizable toolbar
- Graph view
- Community plugins
- Themes
- Sidebar pinning
- iCloud vaults
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Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files. It is a second brain, for you, forever. Now available on the go for iOS! Features include: - Customizable toolbar - Pull down quick actions - Graph view - Community plugins - Themes - Sidebar pinning for tablet - iCloud vaults
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Obsidian at Free against AirBrowser's $4.99. Obsidian also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.3) and review sentiment (62% vs 42%). AirBrowser's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Obsidian is free to download; AirBrowser costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Obsidian holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Obsidian has 2.8K ratings behind it against 92, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of AirBrowser's written reviews are positive against 62% of Obsidian's.
AirBrowser ships an update every 6 weeks, Obsidian every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AirBrowser | Obsidian |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.3 (92 ratings) | 4.5 (2.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 41.5% of reviews | 62.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 92 | 2.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #118 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IdeaSolutions S.r.l. | Dynalist Inc. |
Customer experience
AirBrowser
Obsidian
Bugs and requests
AirBrowser
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Obsidian
Reported bugs
3 issues- Sync issues leading to data loss
- Freezing and crashing on mobile devices
- Editing bugs and text input issues
Requested features
5 requests- Improved sorting and organization options
- WYSIWYG editing on mobile
- Better integration with other cloud storage services
- More intuitive onboarding process for new users
- Native mobile widgets and share sheet integration
In-app purchases
AirBrowser
No in-app purchases
Obsidian
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is AirBrowser free?
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