Obsidian
★ 4.1What it actually doesObsidian is an app for creating a knowledge base from local Markdown files with graph visualization and plugins; on mobile platforms it suffers from numerous bugs with interactivity and text input.
Actually does
- ✓Note taking80% of reviews
- ✓Markdown editor60% of reviews
- ✓Note linking70% of reviews
- ✓Mind mapping50% of reviews
- ✓Offline-first70% of reviews
- ✓File manager40% of reviews
- ✓Настраиваемая панель инструментов и интерфейс30% of reviews
- ✓API access60% of reviews
- ✓Dark mode20% of reviews
- ✓Ad-free(bonus)30% of reviews
- ✓Data export(bonus)20% of reviews
- ✓Cloud sync(bonus)15% of reviews
- ✓iPad-optimized20% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠File sharing
Common complaints
- ✗Critical text selection bug: handles go off-screen, copy buttons disappear, difficulty selecting large text fragments35% of mentions
«text is impossible to select for copying. the selection handles always go off the tab, above the level, and the copy and paste buttons fly into space»
- ✗App freezes during long press on files/folders: interface stops responding to touches25% of mentions
«When holding text, files, folders - error - it just doesn't release and the app hardly responds to touches»
- ✗Tablet mode issues: interface crashes when creating files, database column management impossible via touch15% of mentions
«when I'm in tablet mode and try to resize one of the columns [in the database] the interface breaks»
- ✗Initialization loop error on Android: requests permissions and folder, then repeats cycle infinitely10% of mentions
«The app requested 1. a folder for local storage and 2. access to it. Then back to 1. infinitely»
- ✗Complex and illogical interface: menus scattered across different places, unclear icons, steep learning curve20% of mentions
«too complex interface»
What people praise
- ★No ads or telemetry, data privacy (local storage)
«no subscriptions and ads»
- ★Powerful knowledge base creation and information structuring system
«Excellent app for everything: learning, note-taking, structuring projects»
- ★Full offline functionality with local Markdown files, no cloud required
«Best app for offline notes in basic form»
- ★Rich plugin ecosystem allows unlimited functionality expansion
«thanks to plugins, you can turn it into a universal tool for everything, including synchronization and git»
- ★Convenient editing with bracket auto-completion and logical keyboard shortcuts
«the interface is intuitive, and there are various quality-of-life features, for example, when you type a bracket, the second one is automatically added»