How does it compare to Obsidian? Obsidian is a winner for me because I can run it locally, and if I want to sync, I can use whatever cloud service I already use.
Markdown, images, tags, plugins ... etc.
Markdown, images, tags, plugins ... etc.
Obsidian all the way.
I'm going for a different approach. All my docs are stored as Markdown in iCloud, and I use iA Writer to edit them. It's a proprietary app, but one with an exception track record of "buy once, use forever". It's a native app, too, unlike a lot of the alternatives. And if iA Writer ever explodes, all my files are right there in glorious plaintext. I could do, and have done, the same with Obsidian, but I just like using Writer more.
The only database-backed app I've ever completely trusted is Drafts. Yes, my data is stored in its proprietary system. However, it exports the data regularly to a JSON backup file that's trivially easy to parse. It's also never, not once, ever, lost a single byte I've put in it. That little app's bulletproof.
Working Copy (paid, free for students): https://github.com/CharlesChiuGit/Logseq-Git-Sync-101/wiki/F...
ish (free): https://forum.obsidian.md/t/mobile-sync-with-git-on-ios-for-...
It understands Markdown formatting cues, with some more flair (color, tables, etc.), however it needs a different way of thinking.
I used them for a brief period of time while I got weary of bugs in Evernote's publicly shared notes' formatting. However, I love Evernote for what it is.
At the end, my technical notes, and digital garden is moving to Obsidian, but all the private notes are staying in Evernote. Why? 1) I collaborate there. 2) ENEX is a very nice XML format which you can convert to anything. 3) GPS tagged notes are nice when combined with collaboration for me.
So they're different tools, and work differently. They do not fill each-other's places, either. Evernote is more of a note-based mobile and connected office. Obsidian is a documentation and knowledge management powerhouse.