The same folder opened in Obsidian, and why switching the tool never touched the system
Evidence comparison
Obsidian vs Roam Research
Across all dates, 20 tracked creators have mentioned Obsidian, compared with 1 for Roam Research.
Mentions can include recommendations, criticism or sponsorship. They do not establish current use.
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Public switch records: Obsidian to Roam Research
0Public switch records: Roam Research to Obsidian
Obsidian
Note-taking & PKM
What it does
Local-first Markdown note app built around bidirectional links and a graph view. Notes are plain files on disk, extended by thousands of community plugins. Optional paid services add end-to-end-encrypted sync and web publishing.
20 creators · all time6 mentions / 30 days100% organic · all time
- All-time public mentions
- 43
- Pricing
- freemium
- Tracked since
- 11 Jun 2026
- Website
- obsidian.md
Public mentions by creator · all time
Mentions over the past 12 weeks
Roam Research
Note-taking & PKM
What it does
Outliner-based networked note tool that popularized daily notes and bidirectional block references. Every bullet is an addressable block that can be embedded and linked across pages, aimed at researchers and writers building long-term knowledge graphs.
1 creators · all time1 mentions / 30 days100% organic · all time
- All-time public mentions
- 1
- Pricing
- paid subscription
- Tracked since
- 11 Feb 2026
- Website
- roamresearch.com
Public mentions by creator · all time
Mentions over the past 12 weeks
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Recent public mentions and sources
Obsidian
In this video I go through Obsidian and its 3 levels of integration with AI.
Roam Research
from an iPad and handwriting apps to Evernote, Roam, Obsidian, Notion, Mem and Tana
Is there a newer or better option?
Other Note-taking & PKM tools creators are actually adopting — beyond Obsidian and Roam Research, by real momentum.
Creators with public mentions of both tools
Questions, answered with receipts
How many creators have mentioned Obsidian and Roam Research?
Across all dates, 20 tracked creators have mentioned Obsidian, compared with 1 for Roam Research.
Which creators have public mentions of both Obsidian and Roam Research?
Creators with public mentions of both tools include ICOR with Tom | AI Productivity.
data updated