# Cite It Now: Easy referencing — APA, MLA end text citations

> Academic referencing tool for APA, MLA, and other styles. (iPhone/iPad app by Jacob Snell.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cite-it-now-easy-referencing/id1508936570 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jacob Snell](https://appshunter.io/developer/1505065338)
- Category: Reference, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.41/5 from 217 App Store ratings · 30 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 32 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2020-08-01
- Data updated: 2026-07-05
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cite-it-now-easy-referencing/id1508936570/reviews.md

## What is Cite It Now?

Cite It Now makes academic referencing a quick and easy task, complete with book, webpage and journal article citation look up features. 

Easily manage your citations into projects and with support for multiple referencing styles including APA, MLA or simply export to popular reference managers for even more styles.

Automatically generate a webpage citation using a URL or cite a book by scanning its barcode.

Download now and remove the headache of academic referencing.

Privacy Policy: https://www.citeitnow.com/privacy
Terms of Service: https://www.citeitnow.com/tos

## Key features

- APA and MLA citation support
- Book, webpage, and journal article citation lookup
- Barcode scanning for book citations
- URL input for webpage citations
- Project management for citations
- Export to reference managers

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Monthly use: Academic Pro | $0.99 | per month |
| Yearly use: Academic Master | $7.49 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lifetime use: Academic Legend | $18.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 30)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cite-it-now-easy-referencing/id1508936570/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Waste of money

*2025-04-15, version 1.3*

Waste of money

### 2/5 — Would Be 5 Stars With Tech Support

*2024-09-10, version 1.3*

I bought this as an elegant, and efficient means to build bibliographies. It really does have a nice interface and automates a lot of the drudgery of building references.

I've run into difficulties with exporting, however, and the link to the designer's page/tech support just goes to a landing page that points back to the app store. So, it's not compatible with Scrivener, I can't realley get my data out of CIN in any usual form, and I paid for lifetime access to the thing.

### 1/5 — Poorly Designed

*2023-01-05, version 1.3*

This app does cite the articles correctly, but it is impossible to copy and paste the cites.  When you email them, they are scrambled.  They do not have many options of sources to cite and it does not even put the sources in order.   Extremely disappointed and a waste of money!

### 2/5 — Difficult to Use

*2022-12-02, version 1.3*

This app did not work for me while we were trying to cite some books for my daughters 3rd grade project. Not sure why? We had proper ISBN number, title, author, etc. 

Probably had to pay more for it to work.

### 1/5 — Terrible

*2022-10-17, version 1.3*

Creates great citations but none of the app functions actually work. Wont export to a PDF, cannot copy to your clipboard, plain text options are filled with coding crap. Absolutely useless, had to hand type my citations regardless. STEER CLEAR.

### 1/5 — Does Not Find Any Books by Barcode Scan

*2022-09-20, version 1.3*

Not one book is found when using the scan feature, including books published this year. Have to add everything manually. No help contact available. Denied refund.

### 1/5 — doesn’t work

*2022-04-15, version 1.3*

paid for subscription and the export doesn’t work

### 1/5 — Worst app for citations. AVOID this app. It is a SCAM!

*2022-03-19, version 1.3*

I DEMAND a full refund! I wasted time and money on this for my project. If I could, I’d give ZERO STARS

### 1/5 — Does not help with websites

*2022-02-22, version 1.3*

I signed up for a year. Then I tried using this app for my APA paper. It would not help me with my online references. I thought we had 3 days to cancel.  I down graded to the monthly subscription. And now I have 2 subscriptions instead of one that I was already charged for.  And the app tells me to change my preferences from the Apple store. It’s not possible.

### 4/5 — Great app but still a few bugs

*2022-02-14, version 1.3*

Love this app how ever there seems to be still a few bugs had issues exporting the folder I created.

## Frequently asked questions about Cite It Now

### What does Cite It Now do?

Cite It Now is an application designed to simplify academic referencing. It allows users to quickly generate citations for various sources like books, webpages, and journal articles, supporting popular styles such as APA and MLA.

### What citation styles does the app support?

The app directly supports multiple referencing styles, including APA and MLA. It also offers the flexibility to export citations to popular reference managers, which can support an even wider range of styles.

### How can I cite a book or webpage?

You can cite a book by scanning its barcode using your device's camera. For webpages, you can automatically generate a citation by simply providing the URL of the webpage.

### Can I manage my citations within the app?

Yes, the app allows you to easily manage your citations by organizing them into different projects. This helps keep your references organized, especially for larger academic works.

### Is Cite It Now free to use?

The application is free to download and use, with options for in-app purchases. This allows users to access core referencing features without an upfront cost.

## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.3 — 2020-10-18

Performance improvements.

### 1.2 — 2020-08-28

Exporting PDF's is now possible.

### 1.1 — 2020-08-01

No release notes.

## More apps by Jacob Snell

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All apps by Jacob Snell: https://appshunter.io/developer/1505065338

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