High confidence · 99 reviews analyzed · Based on 99 reviews. Signal may be noisy.

Mixed

Recent user voice shows a mixed sentiment. Users appreciate high customizability and flexibility and powerful knowledge management, but report poor mobile ui/ux and navigation and syncing and cloud issues.

Rating: 4.3

Reviews: 99

Confidence: high

How did the latest release land?

Overall
4.2/ 5
(19K)
Current version
4.5/ 5
+0.3 vs overall
(2.5K)
Main signal post-update: high Customizability and Flexibility.

Review themes

Praise

What users love

  • High Customizability and Flexibility
    • It can be whatever you want/need it to be.
    • Best note-taking app for my needs. This app have rich plugin and very customizable.
  • Powerful Knowledge Management
    • Finally a single place for all my notes... It's becoming my second brain.
    • I manage my entire life in Obsidian.
Complaint

Common complaints

  • Poor Mobile UI/UX and Navigation
    • The new UI update made everything slow, clunky and simply unappealing.
    • The side bar/ribbon and menu bars are an ugly mess.
  • Syncing and Cloud Issues
    • You are forced to use iCloud for your own device syncing.
    • Needs a subscription to sync files.

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