After months of private beta, the Obsidian mobile app is finally here! It has almost all the features of the desktop app, plus mobile-centric features like customizable toolbar and pull-down Quick Action.
I've been using Obsidian every single day for over a year now, and all I can say is that it's incredible. The rate of development by @shida_li and @erica_xu is nothing short of amazing, as is the sense of community and support across the available channels (Discord and their community forum being the main ones). And I haven't even mentioned the lively plugin developer community that sprung to life after introducing the API (Todoist integration anyone?).
While the apps themselves may not be open source, one of the main differentiators for me initially was that Obsidian allows you to maintain a local database of .md files, meaning there's interoperability with other Markdown apps as well as no vendor lock-in. (Plus, it means you can choose not to store your data in the cloud/pay for a monthly subscription).
I've tested most if not all of the personal knowledge base/wiki, second brain, networked thought, relational/knowledge graph type apps out there (and continue to do so) - and end up migrating my test data into Obsidian every single time.
Both beautiful and elegant, it's one of the few tools out there that allow you to adopt new behaviors successfully and, as a result of that, become more productive (and dare I say creative).
The launch of Obsidian Sync (syncing between devices, end-to-end encryption, version history) and Obsidian Publish (selective publishing with graph view and outlines) opened up a large number of additional use-cases for many... and now there's a solid mobile app. Kudos and congrats to the dev team.
If you haven't already, visit the Obsidian website, get the app(s) you need- donate and subscribe if you can - and don't look back. It might be the best decision you make all year.
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