Roam v. Obsidian

Posted by jsamlarose
May 24, 2021 at 08:01 PM

Simon wrote:
>I’m currently using bear, drafts, Standard Notes and Omnioutliner. Could
>either Roam or Obsidian replace these? My use case is teaching and
>sermon prep, plus running a church/charity.

Not to wishing to add more for you to consider, but IMHO, while Roam and Obsidian are probably The Big Two at the moment, Logseq is also worthy of consideration (https://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/9422/0/logseq—like-roam-but-based-on-markdown-files—making-major-strides) and Foam’s not far behind, if you’re desktop based and happy to work with VS Code as a base (https://foambubble.github.io/foam/).

Personally, my stack is based largely around Drafts (notes), iThoughts (maps and outlines) and Raindrop (web-based references). I’ve tried all of the PKM apps listed above (and a fair few others), but nothing has been so revolutionary that it’s made me consider shifting from Drafts. I sometimes think about running a system alongside Drafts (“syncing” a subset of notes between Drafts and Obsidian/Logseq for specific projects that might benefit from the features they provide, but that seems like more hassle than it’s worth. Instead, I’ve been doubling down on Drafts workflows, and experimenting with some alternative visualisations of relationships between notes. Nothing fancy, but enough for me to derive some further value…