Paperpile User Reviews

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Best app for large library of references

Excellent app which handles large reference libraries MUCH better than Mendeley, Endnote, Zotero etc..

Basic features missing

Desktop paperpile is great but the app is missing some basic features like changing the PDF file, saving to downloads, editing metadata (!). Also in serious need of dark mode! Unfortunately the app hasn’t been updated in two years..

주석 오류

주석 하이라이트가 겹쳐 있으면 삭제할 때 별도로 표시한 주석이라도 한꺼번에 삭제되는 오류가 있습니다.

cool

for the first time ever I have a structure in the scientific papers,user friendly, search, annotations,.. the best tool

Highlighting on iPadOS still disappearing

Every time I revisit a paper, I have to correct missing highlights because parts or entire segments of highlights are missing. It’s almost like I’m rereading the entire document. Please fix

Not updated for a year

lots of great features in the website are not in the mobile app yet, such as shared folder. I really hoped the developers can update the app.

Simple and efficient

I like this app because it’s simple

No sign in option with my university email on IOS

Really disappointing that there is just sign in option for gmail account on IOS apps!, i wish did not buy the annual membership!

The app doesn‘t work

I used to enjoy this app in iOS. But it simply doesn’t work for about couple of months. And the lastest update version is too old… need to fix this problem.

Absolute favorite

Please keep up the updates! We appreciate it!

Sync issues

This used to be great. Now I can’t sync without logging out and in and there seems to be no fix in sight.

Need a way to switch library in the app

This app is not usable any more because we upgraded our shared folder to shared library. And then it is not accessible from the app!

Dictionary Missing

The app is fantastic for reading papers. I would give 5 stars if it can have the “look up” function. Wish the developers can enable this function.

Great App with Some Great Features

Have been using this daily now for quite some time and love it compared to other offerings in the market. Would be great if there were some more features to help sort documents (eg ability to rate papers rather than just a star). Would also love if I could use on all my browsers, limiting to needing chrome + the extension means I can’t access this on my work computer.
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Love the app, hate the problems

I am an everyday user of this app, both in its intended use as a reference manager and also as a very good PDF reader. There are just several things which degrade my user experience heavily in regular use.

I. There’s no option to edit existing entries. Why? You do this on your website, which you’ve helpfully not let me access on mobile because you have this inferior app. Utterly nonsensical, and your insistence on me using the app by not letting me use the website is worthy of losing four stars alone. By your own admission, this app lacks the full features of the website. So why in the world would you make the website inaccessible to mobile users??? This is a puzzling and frankly stupid decision on your part. You either a) let me access the website so I can use the features that I am PAYING for, or b) actually finish the app, as it’s been a few years now and you just aren’t even close.

II. The file size limit is frustrating and just completely unnecessary. For two reasons. 1), do you REALLY need every file to be online? It’s nice but you can get rid of this by just storing files over 100mb on the iPad itself in the app’s directory (probably with a little warning mark indicating that it is not available online). This is an opportunity for you to actually add a feature on the app that wouldn’t be available on the website. Regardless 2), you store the files I upload to my google drive. Unless google made some stupid decisions recently, they have no such limit. Further, the app’s actual size limit is closer to 50mb than the 100mb you claim, which leads me to believe the limit has more to do with deficiencies in coding than with server space. You should fix this before you charge your customers, yes?

There are a few other small issues but they wouldn’t even be able to knock off a star. I am serious in saying this is a great app and it has no reason at all to have to have to be rated this low. You dropped the ball. Dearly, now pick it up and fix it.
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Honestly the best thing ever created

The only good thing on this planet

worth every cent!

I have been looking for a reference manager which syncs automatically between my laptop and iPad. I have used all the more famous ones like Mendeley, Zotero, etc. This one is by far the cleanest, easiest to work with and instantly syncs across multiple devices. You can highlight text, and freely write or draw on PDFs and seemlessly organize references. I wish more researchers started to use it so you could do shared work more easily.
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I am really angry

It took me too much effort to adjust the opacity of the texts and equations across multiple PDF files, only to find out that all these settings were reset when I returned to these files later on. This is truly a no-go.

No contest

I prefer pen and paper but this is game changing. Honestly, forget Mendeley, Endnote and Zotero. This is the best reference manager I’ve ever had.

Takes a while to update though and syncing is annoying.

Very unstable

Keeps crashing