Papers by ReadCube

ReadCube

About this app

Papers by ReadCube is the simplest way to read, manage and discover research literature. Papers on your Android device is the perfect companion to the Papers desktop app, enabling you to access your papers anywhere – read on the go, organize your library, and annotate PDFs with notes and highlights.


Enhanced PDF:
• Tap-able inline citations, reference lists, and author names so you can quickly find cited articles and related information
• Supplements are automatically attached where available
• Fullscreen or double-page PDF viewing plus multi-touch zoom/navigation for an optimal reading experience
• Multi-color highlighting and note taking tools
Easily find new papers:
• Search the Papers databases within the app
• Quickly download new articles with a single tap when you’re on campus or with your institutional proxy
• Import directly from your browser, email attachments, and other apps
• In your preferred browser, use any search engine to find article PDFs
• Use the “Open In…” option from the browser or any app to add PDFs to your Papers library
• Metadata is automatically resolved - no more guessing with cryptic file names
Personalized Recommendations:
• Discover relevant new papers based on your library or lists – you’ll never miss another important paper again!
Stay organized:
• Create custom lists and sort articles into one or multiple lists
• Quickly search your entire library (and all annotations)
• Add any number of #tags to further customize your library organization
• Sync everything – papers, notes, highlights – between the Papers desktop and web apps or your other mobile devices
Simplify your research life – try Papers for free on your mobile and computer.
We love feedback from our users - please email [e-mail] with any suggestions or issues. Thanks for using Papers!

Ratings and reviews

I've thoroughly enjoyed this app; I also use it on my iPad and Mac as well. The syncing and integration is super useful. The only thing I find lacking is the S-pen functionality. I find that the latency is higher than other apps that allow for annotations, though I don't notice this on my iPad. Improving this would remove my only major gripe with the app. For reference, I use a Note 20 Ultra.

Offline functionality is bad. I downloaded a bunch of papers, after reading and annotating some offline, I opened the app again and it automatically tries to sync and then says there's no papers in my library. I checked storage and the downloaded papers are still in the app. But my Papers library on the app just says there's nothing there. Outside of that, the app is ok.

This app is pretty useful for syncing PDFs between devices, and tracking annotations and citations. I almost didn't install it because the icon, in my opinion, makes it look like some kind of corporate garbage built by an under-motivated contractor. I'd really suggest changing it; the old Papers icon for MacOS was quite good and gave an impression of design quality. My only complaint about the app itself is that it doesn't have location syncing across devices.

What's new

Added AI Assistant for PDF reader.
Improved item list editor.
Added ordering for collections download.
Added option to select number of search and share items in menu.
Improved application performances.
Various other small improvements and bug fixes.