Papers 3 - Reference Manager
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Productivity | Free | mekentosj.com | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
• Revolutionize how you collect, organize, and read documents.
• Search simultaneously from 20+ repositories, including PubMed, Google Scholar and ArXiv.
• When you import papers into your library, Papers lets you organize them in collections and read, annotate and freehand draw them in glorious full screen.
• Import Word, PowerPoint, and other document files to your library and organize them just as easy as your PDFs.
• Automatically find and download the PDF for references you import from search engines, when the full-text is available!
• Papers now also optionally lets you synchronize your library via your local Wi-Fi network or Dropbox to your Mac, PC and iOS devices.
• Create Shared Collections and add content to your Reading List, also accessible via your web browser.
• Support for Apple Pencil in the reader mode.
Papers is a full workflow solution designed to make sure you spend time on what’s important: your research.
Reviews
Most useful App on iPad
worldconcepts
I read more research papers becoz of this App and sync via Dropbox works great.
Behind on updates
Baskinase
Papers was acquired by readcube...still waiting to see if they will update the app and continue support.
Not compatible with iPhone X’s all-screen
Isaac_Rixin
More than one year after the launch of iPhone X, Papers 3 still does not support the all-screen new iPhones. This app now wastes a lot of screen space and needs an urgent update.
Buggy, limited functionality
Bythenessy
I’ve been a fan of the Papers app for years — it’s been great to be able to access my Papers article collection on my iPad, but this app is pretty buggy when you try to add new PDFs or curate your journal collection, or do anything besides reading articles. Syncing also requires a Dropbox account. That has been the case for a very long time, of course, but there are many other (cheaper, more functional) cloud syncing services now, including Apple’s iCloud. The authors have made no attempt to update the app and support alternatives. In general updates to the app are rare and usually do not add new functionality. One gets the impression that active development of the app has ceased, unfortunately.
Unable to import PDFs
Frisbeedoggy
The only way to import PDFs into Papers3, is to use Dropbox. Since I cannot access Dropbox through Papers3, this app is essentially useless. All of my PDFs are on my iPad, yet there is no access to “Files” on this app. There are so many ways to store PDFs, but they insist on using Dropbox. Dropbox refuses to provide support for 3rd party apps trying to gain access, and Papers is no help, so my advice is to try another reference manager, not this one.
Promising but doesn’t work
Anthony Naranjo
I have the Mac version of papers and wanted to take advantage of being able to share articles across my devices. This is where papers suffers drastically. It is not a user friendly process in trying to sync your articles across devices (which you would think is a basic functionality at this point). I spent over 30 mins trying to figure it out using they’re basic directions, but still have not been able to sync successfully. Disappointing
The only app for managing large numbers of PDFs
intermediatic
Papers is a godsend for any analyst who reads for a living. Syncing PDFs and annotations is flawless. Search works. What else is there to say?
