# Obsidian for iOS and iPadOS

The Obsidian mobile app for iOS and iPadOS brings powerful note-taking capabilities to your iPhone and iPad. You can download it from the Apple App Store.

This page covers iOS-specific features including widgets, Siri integration, and Shortcuts.

# Sync

For information on syncing notes between devices, please see Sync your notes across devices.

# Widgets

Obsidian for iOS offers several widgets to take quick actions on your vault.

# Lock Screen and Control Center widgets

Lock Screen and Control Center widgets allow you to:

• Create a new note
• Open a specific note
• Open daily note
• Open search
• Open Obsidian

# Home Screen widgets

Home Screen widgets allow you to:

• Create a note
• View a note
• Open your daily note

# Customizing widgets

You can customize widgets to suit your workflow, such as choosing which vault to use or specifying a particular note to open.

• Home Screen widgets: Tap and hold the widget, then select Edit Widget.
• Lock Screen widgets: Touch and hold your Lock Screen, tap Customize, select the Lock Screen, then tap the widget you want to customize.
• Control Center widgets: Open Control Center, tap the + button at the top left to begin editing, then tap the widget you want to customize.

New Note widget configuration options:

View Note widget configuration options.

# Shortcuts

Obsidian integrates with Apple's Shortcuts app, allowing you to create powerful automations. Available shortcuts include:

• Open a note — Open a specific note in your vault
• Create a new note — Create a new note in your vault
• Open daily note — Jump directly to today's daily note
• Capture to Daily Note — Append or prepend text to the daily note without opening the Obsidian app
• Capture to Bookmark — Append or prepend text to a bookmarked note without opening the Obsidian app

Capture shortcuts are particularly useful for quick note-taking, as they allow you to add content to a note in the background.

# Siri integration

You can use Siri voice commands to interact with Obsidian:

• "Capture using Obsidian"
• "Capture to Obsidian"
• "Open my daily note in Obsidian"
• "Search in Obsidian"

# Spotlight integration

When you search for "Obsidian" in iOS Spotlight, you'll see quick actions:

• New Note
• Search
• Daily Note