ReadCube Reviews & Product Details

The added functionality that Papers offers puts it a notch above the free competitors. I am a fan of the ability to hover over in-line referenced and see the full citation without having to scroll to the end and back. And, if you click on the in-line reference, it will jump to the end, but give a button to jump back to where you were reading. Further, the "similar papers" suggestions have made it much easier to get through lengthy periods of reading paper after paper. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My primary complaint so far is support for freehand annotations. While this feature is great in theory, I have now tried a plug-in tablet and an e-ink e-reader, and neither has given a smooth annotating experience. In general, broader e-reader support would solidify Papers as the best reference manager in my mind. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

How easy it is to get paper into my own library with all the details included. I no longer have to search for paper online myself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would love to be able to attach certain documents, such as additional data spreadsheets, to the paper pdfs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It gorgonizes my dissertation articles, it allows me to color-code and make notes about them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The app on the phone is excellent, but it does not allow to color code the articles or see the color codes already done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It just works.

It runs extremely stable on my 16 inch MBP. No Problems, I think it never crashed - you are able to open quite a lot of tabs. Thats one of the most important parts, that Excel for expample is somehow not able to archive.

I like the functionality. It provides everything that i need. I can also use my iPhone on the go for reading papers. Synchronizing everything is no problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In word with Citation-Style from Nature it was not as fast as I would have linked when adding new citations in a relatively small document with only 50 pages.

But it wasnt a huge downer for me. It is still fine and doesnt hinder me in my normal workflow as one would think. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that the programs works across my iPad, laptop and desktop. The ability to store papers in folders -like the original Papers program - is key for me.

Full disclosure: Readcube offered me a $20 gift card to write this review. I still tell the truth, but readers should be aware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I find the automatic completion of the full reference to be inadequate. Sometimes, it will show up later (minutes to hours), but sometimes it just can't figure things out, even when it is in a well-known journal. This makes bibliographies unreliable, and is perhaps the most frustrating part about using ReadCube Papers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I used for 1 year and i am using downgraded version now but its sufficient given i am always on web version. I tried to explore other reference managers

Mendeley: now moving towards online ( web edition) which will take time and present version is slow

Citavi: very strong desktop edition but web edition just started development in 2021.

Endnote, etc : too expensive

Even in trial version, no restriction on cloud storage unlike mendeley and endnote

Cross-reference is probably best and might take years for others to catch up. Best output of readcube is in web version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Would like to have additional tabs or sections with subsections. Update pdf to latest versions of articles automatically. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Critical tool for properly archiving content and then providing for proper and essential citation as I write. There is not a better tool across multiple platforms and I've been using this since it was originally Papers 1.0. Just gets better and better and the latest version gets highest marks yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing that is significant. Small personal preference issues of placement and organization, but nothing functional. It works, and works well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fast, efficient, nice user interface, ease of customization Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mobile app could be better for large libraries Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The UI and PDF reader interface of ReadCube is outstanding. I used to use Zotero for many years until I saw a colleague one day using ReadCube, which I had never used before. What caught my eye was that he was viewing a PDF and there was a side-panel which had all of the figures pre-populated in the paper AS WELL AS another tab with all the references (typically located at the end of the article, which makes it tedious to always scroll down to view). It absolutely blew my mind. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have found nothing to dislike at the moment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that I can access my library from any device and through the web. The interface is consistent and easy regardless of the device I am using. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Matching scholarly article metadata is good, but sometimes I can't find metadata I'm looking for and the search seems to be off. I search for words in a title or specific articles and the results have neither of these. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.