Top 10: Reference Management software for Android

2021. Paperpile comes to iOS and Android



Paperpile has announced the availability of its Academic Paper Management software for iOS and Android, enabling users to sync their web library seamlessly across all their mobile devices. Any new references saved on the web app on the computer will be instantly available on the phone and tablet and vice versa. The software allows users to select which PDFs to download to their device instead of automatically downloading all 10 GB worth of PDFs. Users can also choose to download all PDFs in a specific folder or with a specific label. The "Add new" tab features a search bar with an up-to-date database of over 150 million articles, including biomedical papers from PubMed, preprints from arXiv and articles with DOIs from CrossRef. With the Chrome extension, users can save references and PDFs with a single click while browsing.


2021. Reference Management software Mendeley mobile app for Android and iOS is retired



Mendeley developers have decided to withdraw lesser used mobile app from service to focus on those products that are used by more of the Mendeley Community. The app has been withdrawn from the App Store and Google Play. While some researchers indeed used the native Mendeley mobile apps, unfortunately overall usage figures showed that this feature does not support the majority of Mendeley users. Having discontinued the mobile app the developers will now focus on the solutions that the majority of the suite users value most. This includes making improvements to Mendeley Reference Manager, Mendeley Cite and Mendeley Web Importer. In order to continue the use of their Mendeley library, app users are advised to sync their library to the cloud in advance. Users can then access their library on Mendeley Reference Manager web or desktop application.

2016. Mendeley enables colored annotations



Mendeley now allows users to annotate PDF articles in eight different colors, enabling the creation of a rainbow of annotations and sticky notes. In addition to this feature, other changes have been made to the reference manager to enhance the annotation experience. Menus will appear when texts or annotations are selected, making the process quicker and more intuitive. Furthermore, organizing documents in the Web Library has become easier with the ability to Drag 'n' Drop documents and folders into other folders. These features are now available in the latest version of Mendeley (iOS 2.90, Desktop 1.16, Android 1.8.2). If you can't see these features, ensure that you have restarted the application while connected to the internet and that you have the latest version of Mendeley.


2015. Mendeley is available on Android



Reference Management software Mendeley has launched an Android version of their app on Google Play. The app allows users to read, annotate and manage their research from their Android phone or tablet. Users can also sync their annotations and documents across all their devices, save PDFs to their Mendeley library from other apps or their web browser, search their library for keywords and edit document details such as the title, authors and publication details. The app also allows users to download or remove PDFs on demand to manage device storage space. All features are available on both tablet and phone devices.