# BrowZine — Academic journals simplified > Scholarly journal access, organization, and sharing for researchers. (iPhone/iPad app by Third Iron, LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/browzine/id463787411 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Third Iron, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/463787414) - Category: Education - Price: Free - Rating: 4.10/5 from 62 App Store ratings · 76 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 12.0 · 47 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2011-12-07 - Data updated: 2026-08-02 - Monetization: ad-supported - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/browzine/id463787411/reviews.md ## What is BrowZine? Use BrowZine to easily find, read, and monitor thousands of scholarly journals available from your university, hospital, or corporate library who has a BrowZine subscription, or through Open Access publishers, covering all disciplines. With BrowZine you can: • Browse titles by subject to easily find journals of interest • Easily view table of contents of current and past journals • Create a personal bookshelf of favorite journals • Save articles to EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, RefWorks, Dropbox, and other services • Share with other researchers by posting to Facebook, Twitter and more ## Key features - Browse journals by subject - View table of contents - Personalize journal bookshelf - Save articles to citation managers - Share articles on social media ## Recent user reviews (10 of 76) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/browzine/id463787411/reviews.md ### 4/5 — Good, but could use improved search function *2026-07-15, version 2.25.1* Love the app for just keeping up to date with journal articles - if you have a university account, it's absolutely stellar. I wish I could search within a journal, even just a title search, though. It's not feasible to do research with the app currently, just to browse (which makes sense with the name, I'd just prefer a within-journal search function). ### 1/5 — Crashes upon opening *2025-01-02, version 2.24.0* Latest update continuously crashes within 10 seconds ### 1/5 — Very buggy *2024-07-21, version 2.23.0* Stuck trying to find a full text article - when clearly, if you just tap on the screen, you can see in the background that it has loaded the page that it needs to. It just doesn’t show it. What’s the point of the app if it doesn’t let you read the journal articles? ### 3/5 — Programmers have been responsive *2024-06-20, version 2.23.0* I use BrowZine on the iPad format. The program was formally a good usable platform for reading journals. However, in the past several months, it has become almost unusable. I primarily use it for reading the New England Journal of Medicine. Formerly articles downloaded in a matter of seconds, now it takes up to one to two minutes for each article to load. Formally I was required to sign in one time to start a program session, now I have to sign in frequently. Scrolling is much less intuitive or reliable than it once was and I am periodically thrown out of an article which I’m reading and have to start the reloading process again. this makes for a very frustrating user experience. After filing the above review the BrowZine programmers did get in touch with me and did help me work through some of the interface problems. It turns out that the BrowZine interface is a little different for each institution which has its own internal formatting and requirements. Although not perfect, the user experience has certainly improved. ### 5/5 — Love it *2024-05-26, version 2.23.0* This is a great app for those wanting to keep track of new titles in a wide range of academic journals. The university systems enabling access has hiccup prompts that make access to PDFs less efficient but the app is great overall. ### 5/5 — Unread view is a game-changer *2024-04-22, version 2.23.0* Love this app and its ability to help me follow new articles across journals. The unread view is something I just discovered and has changed my workflow significantly for the better to quickly review new articles in press and across issues. 5 stars, essential for academic medicine. ### 2/5 — Please hire some programmers *2024-02-13* I use BrowZine on the iPad format. The program was formally a good usable platform for reading journals. However, in the past several months, it has become almost unusable. I primarily use it for reading the New England Journal of Medicine. Formerly articles downloaded in a matter of seconds, now it takes up to one to two minutes for each article to load. Formally I was required to sign in one time to start a program session, now I have to sign in frequently. Scrolling is much less intuitive or reliable than it once was and I am periodically thrown out of an article which I’m reading and have to start the reloading process again. this makes for a very frustrating user experience. **Developer response:** We're sorry to hear about these problems! Our developers are looking into your comments but if you could contact us directly at support@thirdiron.com we would be interested in getting some additional details. ### 1/5 — Clunky and not user friendly *2023-11-21, version 2.23.0* Whilst access to my institutions library of journals in an app is extremely useful, the app itself is terrible and made worse by more recent updates. Very clunky and slow to open a full journal article, can’t export them as a pdf from the app any more, difficult to navigate things when the browser opened within the app. Also unable to edit my “bookshelf” - just appears in the order I add them. Did not find an easy way to offer this feedback to the app producers either. ### 3/5 — Loved the previous version *2023-01-15, version 2.10.0* I have been using Browzine like it’s my Sunday morning paper for about a year now. Until the latest update, I was very happy with the app and encouraged my friends (fellow grad students) to download and use it. I could even easily send papers to my friends if it looked like something they would be interested in. Alternatively, when a paper seemed very useful to my research, I found it incredibly easy to export the pdf to Zotero for reading and taking notes. It was an awesome, smooth experience. I’m not sure what happened with the latest update. I now have to repeatedly log back in, have to decide whether I want to read the article’s html or see the pdf before previewing it, and when I send a paper to Zotero, it will not send the pdf. These problems have made using Browzine on my iPad cumbersome. I wish I had the old version where none of these problems were happening. Until the next version, which will hopefully fix these issues, I’m no longer encouraging people to download it on their iPads. ### 3/5 — Was brilliant but now… *2022-12-23, version 2.10.0* Recent updates maybe in the journals have made it impossible to get the pdfs and difficult to read in html. Not sure what’s gone wrong but it’s a pain now! ## Frequently asked questions about BrowZine ### What does BrowZine do? BrowZine allows users to discover, read, and monitor scholarly journals. It provides access to journals through institutional subscriptions or Open Access publishers, covering a wide range of academic disciplines. ### How can I organize my research with BrowZine? You can organize your research by browsing journals by subject, viewing tables of contents for current and past issues, and creating a personal bookshelf of your favorite journals. Articles can also be saved directly to popular citation managers like EndNote, Mendeley, and Zotero. ### Is BrowZine free to use? Access to BrowZine requires a subscription from your university, hospital, or corporate library, or through Open Access publishers. The app itself is free to download and use, but may display advertisements. ### What devices is BrowZine compatible with? BrowZine is available for mobile devices, allowing you to access and read scholarly journals on the go. Specific compatibility details for operating systems like iOS and Android can typically be found in the app store listing. ### Can I share articles I find on BrowZine? Yes, you can share articles with other researchers through various social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter directly from the app. This feature facilitates collaboration and dissemination of research findings. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.25.1 — 2025-06-02 This release includes under-the-hood improvements to make the BrowZine app faster, more reliable, and addresses minor issues. Happy Reading! ### 2.24.0 — 2024-10-24 This release includes under-the-hood improvements to make the BrowZine app faster, more reliable, and addresses minor issues. Happy Reading! ### 2.23.0 — 2023-09-26 This release includes under-the-hood improvements to make the BrowZine app faster, more reliable, and addresses minor issues. Happy Reading! ### 2.22.0 — 2023-07-28 This release includes under-the-hood improvements to make the BrowZine app faster, more reliable, and addresses minor issues. Happy Reading! ### 2.17.0 — 2023-06-13 This release includes under-the-hood improvements to make the BrowZine app faster, more reliable, and addresses minor issues. 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