Obsidian

Name: Obsidian
Rating: 4.123077 (17142 reviews)
Author: Dynalist Inc.

By: Dynalist Inc.

Plain-text personal knowledge base on the go

Features & Capabilities

Obsidian is a robust personal knowledge base designed to operate on a local folder of plain text Markdown files, providing a seamless experience for users who want to capture and organize their ideas efficiently. Now accessible on Android devices, Obsidian enables users to carry their "second brain" wherever they go.

Key features include a customizable toolbar, quick pull-down actions, an intuitive graph view to visualize your notes, sharing capabilities both to and from the app, access to community plugins for enhanced functionality, customizable themes, and sidebar pinning optimized for tablet use. Obsidian empowers users to build a flexible and personal knowledge management system on the go.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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Version:

1.12.7 Last updated: 2026-03-19

Version code:

303

Creation date:

2021-07-07

Publisher country:

Permissions:

android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION Very high risk
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION Very high risk
android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO Very high risk
android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE High risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk
android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS Low risk
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED Low risk

Size:

18.05MB

Email:

su*****@obsidian.md

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-03

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 23,203 ▲ 206

Other rankings

#113 in Productivity (Free) ▼ 16#9 in notion keyword 53 ▲ 7#21 in note keyword 43

Other platforms

Obsidian - Connected Notes (v1.12.7)

4.50

(2,545)

For Developers

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Contact the developer

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Developed by:

Dynalist Inc.

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=md.obsidian

Email:

su*****@obsidian.md

Website:

https://obsidian.md/

User Reviews

Obsidian Android is praised for its offline-first design, deep customization, privacy focus, and graph-based PKM features. Major downsides across reviews are performance and lag on mobile, confusing UI changes, editing/text-selection bugs, occasional destructive actions, and limited cloud syncing options (notably no Google Drive).

Pros

Offline-first design with high customization and data portability
Strong PKM features with graph view for visualizing notes and connections
Open-source with emphasis on privacy and user control
Cross-device syncing potential with free syncing options and data portability
Robust keyboard shortcuts and fast editing workflows (hotkey support)

Cons

Android app performance is slow and laggy, especially with larger docs or complex elements
UI/UX navigation has become unintuitive due to interface changes and inconsistent search behavior
Editing/interaction bugs persist, including issues with selecting/copying text, scrolling, and editing mode
Specific bugs like link issues after updates and actions that can delete files (e.g., long-tap adding a note)
Cloud sync options are limited (no Google Drive sync; reliance on Obsidian Sync subsystem)

Recent reviews

Dragging and selecting texts is absolute pain (gets deselected randomly). "Select All" doesn't select all texts and "cut, copy, paste" toast box doesn't even appear. Functioning on the app gives me headache. The app should have been much much more modern and fluid smooth.

za*****, 2026-05-29

on the desktop version u can sign in using your Google account etc with a button but the app doesn't let you and this is a huge oversight please fix

Da*****, 2026-05-29

was working just fine and then stopped a few days ago. doesnt load anything after the main splash screen. this is for new version and previous version. not sure why but the app is now completely unusable. fortunately, the files arent lost and can be transfered to other file types but now I have a project. obsidian saves markdown files; there are many other MD file editors available like VSCODE and notepad++