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About

Organize, share and take notes on web pages, PDFs, videos and podcasts, so you can learn faster, remember more and get things done. Sending that article, report, or video to Mindstone takes seconds from our iOS app or browser extension on your desktop, which means you can do it even on your busiest day. You will always know where that great article or report is and which is the most important to read. You can store and file information in seconds knowing you will always be able to instantly retrieve it. Using highlighters is scientifically proven to help extract information from written content so your brain connects with it. We loved doing this as kids with books and pens, and now you can with Mindstone. It’s not only easy and fun, but with a proven scientific remit for adults and children, it ensures you remember and connect with the material you are reading.

About

Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files. The human brain is non-linear: we jump from idea to idea, all the time. Your second brain should work the same. In Obsidian, making and following "connections" is frictionless. Tend to your notes like a gardener; at the end of the day, sit back and marvel at your own knowledge graph. Note-taking is incredibly personal. Tried every app, but there's always something not quite right? You deserve better. Obsidian is built to be extensible. With 22 core plugins and 149 community plugins, set up your own toolkit and get running in minutes. You'll even be able to install third party plugins or build your own once Obsidian reaches v1.0. Sky's the limit. In our age when cloud services can shut down, get bought, or change privacy policy any day, the last thing you want is proprietary formats and data lock-in. With Obsidian, your data sits in a local folder.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Anyone seeking a solution to organize, share and take notes on web pages, PDFs, videos and podcasts

Audience

Anyone who needs a powerful knowledge base a powerful knowledge base to work with a local folder of plain text markdown files

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

$25 one-time payment
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.3 / 5
ease 4.7 / 5
features 4.7 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 4.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Easy for new users to install, point to a folder tree, and go to work. But also very customizable as you learn. Hot key, installable themes and plugins are all available to make doing what you want to do easier. This is also one of the few markdown based editors we've found that lets you use YOUR chosen folder tree on an android device. Most want to lock you in to whatever folder tree they decided to create for you -- which makes using repositories (like git) impossible.
  • Simple structure - all based on Markdown. Can be edited in any text editor, is very portable, yet has a lot of potential for extending functionality into any productivity/automation area you can think of. It becomes your second memory, really. The more notes you add, the more connections you create, create a network of interconnected knowledge that can be easily displayed as a graph. Impressive. Not only collecting knowledge, but connecting the ends and creating something new on that basis. It's open source, meaning there's a lot of community development and addition of plugins from all sides etc. It's generally free - with the option to buy some extra functionalities. I use the real-time secure sync plugin to synchronize content between smartphone and desktop vaults. Works like a breeze.
  • Obsidian is undoubtedly a diamond in the rough, which is still possible to exploit a lot of potential, it is a unique platform that offers a great particularity, and that is knowledge management, it provides a huge space to create notes on various aspects of our work and being able to review them when we need it most, either online or offline, and that is undoubtedly a plus to be able to maintain the flow of our work. That it is stored in the cloud also gives us peace of mind, knowing that all our notes and important information will be safe, backed up and that the storage will always be ample. The color of the interface is quite friendly for work in front of a computer, after so much work being able to make notes and the learning and correction process on a comfortable platform like Obsidian has undoubtedly earned millions of points, it is one of the characteristics What we liked the most, it provides an easy and simple interface to use, with a few clicks everything is done. The quick access is very special too, being able to access my notes and files quickly from a quick access we liked it a lot, it makes all the review quick and easy. It offers a space where the organization is present, it helps us to categorize the notes to always know in which folder it is located and in this way the search for the notes is not a problem at all.

Cons

  • NOT 100% markdown compatible. The developers (stupidly, in my opinion) decided to hijack the markdown/html "#tagid" construction for their own use. So standard markdown code such as [description](foo.bar#tagid) will open the file "foo.bar" but it will NOT go to the "#tagid" in the file. Obsidian interprets the hash tag as a request to search the HEADERS in the file for the name "tagid". So, having co-opted the hashtag, the developers had to come up with propriety replacement for the standard id="tagid" that is completely incompatible with any other "markdown" system. This means that, in the final analysis, Obsidian is no better than any other proprietary note keeping system, and in fact is as bad as Nimbus Notes when at comes to finding yourself locked in. Like with Nimbus Notes, the only way to get out of Obsidian once you're in is to either hand edit each note that contains special Obsidian code, or export it as HTML and then import it as a standard markdown.
  • Though you can start using Markdown right after installation, the tool benefits a lot from first getting acquainted with the "Zettelkasten" methodology and pre-configuring your setup to your needs (for collecting notes). Great for individual use, limited use for shared team collaboration. I would wish for better granular automation integration on the Smartphone - e.g. automatically adding pre-filled notes for podcasts, videos or articles - but I believe this is more a shortcoming of Android, which doesnt yet (by default) allow a very granular degree of task automation.
  • I think a much faster synchronization is needed, in real time, sometimes it can take time to display all the current notes. It would also be nice to be able to obtain more material to understand its use well, it took us a while to take the thread on our own when we were beginners, it was a process to achieve a correct flow of the notes. We are waiting for updates, its function is undoubtedly magnificent, however visually we believe that it has better things to exploit so that Obsidian has greater potential for use and graphic design.

Training

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Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
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Company Information

Mindstone
Founded: 2000
United Kingdom
www.mindstone.com

Company Information

Obsidian
obsidian.md/

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Atomic Bot
Automna
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FlowShare
Friendware
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Microsoft Edge
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Snipd
Superlist
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Unkover
VoiceInk
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