Comparison

Amplenote vs Obsidian

Amplenote and Obsidian both land on Depends.

Amplenote

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy it if you're an individual who wants notes, tasks, and calendar in one cheap app.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy it if you're an individual who wants a powerful, private, local-first knowledge base and will invest time learning it.

Amplenote versus Obsidian
Compare	Amplenote	Obsidian
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Individual note-takers	Personal knowledge bases
Who it's not for	Teams needing real-time collaboration	Teams needing shared, out-of-box collaboration
Privacy	Encrypted Vault Notes, public security design docs, and a bug bounty; one unverified user concern, no public breaches found.	Private, local-first design with third-party audits, but the plugin ecosystem has attracted real malware abuse.
Support quality	Founder engages users; little formal support evidence	No direct support-quality evidence found.
Public sentiment	Users love the notes-to-tasks workflow but flag a learning curve, pricing gripes, and questions about the app's growth.	Users love the flexibility and adaptability but frequently flag the steep learning curve, and some long-time fans are drifting away.¹²
Biggest gotcha	Long-time users call paid plans overpriced; expect ~$6-7/mo, not the teaser price^⁴	Malicious plugins have been abused to deploy malware; vet third-party plugins carefully.