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Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by jl6 »

nyx wrote: post #19
wiradikusuma wrote: post #13

Has anyone used Joplin ( https://joplinapp.org/ )? How does it compare to Obsidian? I've used Joplin for a while. It's Markdown so I like it. The UI is dry (compared to Evernote).

Yeah, I've used both. I think the main things that Obsidian does better are its UI (which is pretty good, some annoyances around creating new notes and managing folder structure), and the fact that its notes are one-to-one with actual .md files on disk. In comparison, Joplin keeps its notes in a more opaque format, where the notes database is a bunch of files with garbage filenames and so on... and the UI is, er... f…

The website says it’s free for personal use. Is there a bait-and-switch somewhere?

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by rvieira »

usrme wrote: post #22

I was actually very surprised to learn from a comment above that you are also working on Dynalist, something I'm a happy user of. While I understand that Dynalist is an outliner and that Obsidian acts as more of a knowledge base, I'm still curious to know whether you see Obsidian superseding Dynalist in the future? Would I also be able to transfer everything I have in Dynalist to Obsidian in the future?

You might want to check LogSeq [0] for an Obsidian/Dynalist hybrid :) (Not affiliated, just a huge fan)

[0] - https://logseq.com/

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by eXpl0it3r »

That went faster than expected, awesome to see!

My major issue with the mobile apps is the syncing. On iOS you get to decide between iCloud or Obsidian Sync. On Android you can hack together something with third-party syncing apps and local disk storage. But if you have been using Dropbox or OneDrive for syncing on your PC, you won't be able to (bidirectional) sync your data to your mobile devices (out of the box).

Obsidian Sync is awesome and at $4 per month (early bird lifetime) very tempting, but then with max 4 GB per vault (à 5 vault) including history, you can't exactly compare it with the 1+TB you get on Dropbox and OneDrive, meaning you'll have to cut out pictures, audio files, videos etc.

This leaves me a bit conflicted and forces me to rethink the setup I have right now.

https://help.obsidian.md/Licenses+%26+add-on+services/Obsidi...

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by simonbarker87 »

TRcontrarian wrote: post #20

Obsidian is the closest thing I've found to the Pensive from Harry Potter. It's a data recording format good enough for me to extract thoughts from my mind, represent them with enough fidelity to reconstruct later, connect them to the concepts that they are related to in my head, and then forget the thought completely so I can move on and process it later. I was only willing to try it out because I had heard it menti…

You’re right it was on Cortex, clarification though:

Grey loves Obsidian, Mike doesn’t really get it though. Neither like Notion, even though it has a massive fan base.

There is a whole episode (maybe the one in question) where it comes to light that Grey has spent most of his life NOT making notes like most people do and instead just highlighting areas in source material and referring back to it.

Very funny episode given they were over 100 episodes into a productivity podcast at this point and had spoken about note taking extensively - without realising that one of them has a very different concept of the practice/process.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by noisy_boy »

wiradikusuma wrote: post #13

Has anyone used Joplin ( https://joplinapp.org/ )? How does it compare to Obsidian? I've used Joplin for a while. It's Markdown so I like it. The UI is dry (compared to Evernote).

I started using it - not bad since it stores the data in .md files + offers various export formats. Works fine on Linux and Android. My wishlist would be a more polished Android client, ability to synchronize immediately using iNotify and ability to designate a notebook/page as "main"/"default" and a button to jump to that from anywhere.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by chrisco255 »

yhoiseth wrote: post #34
hebrox wrote: post #33

I've picked up studying math. Right now I'm using "plain" markdown, but I'm starting to struggle with writing down formulas. Is this something that Obsidian (or something related) support well?

https://help.obsidian.md/How+to/Format+your+notes#Math

Thank you, very helpful.

Re: Show HN: Obsidian for Mobile – Plain-text knowledge base on the go

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Post by gexla »

Raphomet wrote: post #3

I'm a note-taking power nerd who has used all the buzzy apps on Macs. Obsidian is by far the best — it's become my personal journal, my knowledge base, a quick and dirty blog, a place to keep loose notes. The development velocity of the (TWO PERSON!) team behind this app is ridiculous. They're constantly pushing updates, and seem to handle all facets of app development with aplomb. No affiliation, just a happy user!

And isn't this a side project? They are also the dev team behind Dynalist?
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