PDF export from app fixed
They’ve finally fixed PDF export when using the iOS iPhone app.
Cannot use Apple Pencil
Apple Pencil annotations looking mushy or hard to read—Readcube told me they were aware of this more than a year ago. But nothing changed. I emailed once again and am told they are working on this (maybe for more than years). I know this is not a note taking app but it’s important feature for the ipad. I have been using this app 10+ years. If I switch one day, kind of ignorance about use experience would be one of the biggest reason
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Keeps getting worse
Papers has now reached v 4.1, about 5 months after the first release, and none of the issues and bugs that I had listed in my original review have been addressed. But we got some AI paraphernalia because it’s cool and fashionable.
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Papers 4.0 continues its tradition of getting worse than the previous iteration. After a few days of daily usage, here is a list of observations: (1) the main issue with this version is that the underline feature on iOS has become buggy to the point of being unusable, as the cursors jumps left and right whenever I drag it across the page; (2) we are now at version 4.0, and still no bookmarking feature. Simply unbelievable; (3) there is still the issue that if you tap the top of the screen, you are sent to p. 1 of the PDF. The issue needs to be fixed ASAP, see Apple Books for reference; (4) the annotation tools have been redesigned, and now any action I take requires more taps than in Papers 3; (5) the GUI looks nicer. Lipstick on a pig?
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Papers 4.0 continues its tradition of getting worse than the previous iteration. After a few days of daily usage, here is a list of observations: (1) the main issue with this version is that the underline feature on iOS has become buggy to the point of being unusable, as the cursors jumps left and right whenever I drag it across the page; (2) we are now at version 4.0, and still no bookmarking feature. Simply unbelievable; (3) there is still the issue that if you tap the top of the screen, you are sent to p. 1 of the PDF. The issue needs to be fixed ASAP, see Apple Books for reference; (4) the annotation tools have been redesigned, and now any action I take requires more taps than in Papers 3; (5) the GUI looks nicer. Lipstick on a pig?
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Apple Pencil
I wonder if they fixed the Apple Pencil issue where in certain cases the text written with it disappears. Have mentioned it and supported it with examples but until now, no fix. Hopefully this update will fix it.
Please develop this app!
This is a very neglected app. The team is busy with their web platform, but there are so many bugs unfixed for years, and features that are clearly missing.
Needs So Much Work
The app is slow and has little functionality compared to Papers 3. Scrolling, highlighting, everything lags, and it’s not my setup. Other reading apps work fine. I’ve been with Papers for many years, hoping they’d fix the problems so I don’t have to migrate my massive library elsewhere, but the time has come to leave.
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Good, but not as good as the destkop
This is OK for reading on the go, but the annotation (selecting and highlighting) is TOUGH. Very twitchy, also it’s hard to highlight or underline something without it accidentally thinking you meant to click on a reference and taking you many many pages away from where you were.
Keeps getting worse
About 4 months after release, none of the issues and bugs that I had listed in my review have been addressed by an update.
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Papers 4.0 continues its tradition of getting worse than the previous iteration. After a few days of daily usage, here is a list of observations: (1) the main issue with this version is that the underline feature on iOS has become buggy to the point of being unusable, as the cursors jumps left and right whenever I drag it across the page; (2) we are now at version 4.0, and still no bookmarking feature. Simply unbelievable; (3) there is still the issue that if you tap the top of the screen, you are sent to p. 1 of the PDF. The issue needs to be fixed ASAP, see Apple Books for reference; (4) the annotation tools have been redesigned, and now any action I take requires more taps than in Papers 3; (5) the GUI looks nicer. Lipstick on a pig?
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Papers 4.0 continues its tradition of getting worse than the previous iteration. After a few days of daily usage, here is a list of observations: (1) the main issue with this version is that the underline feature on iOS has become buggy to the point of being unusable, as the cursors jumps left and right whenever I drag it across the page; (2) we are now at version 4.0, and still no bookmarking feature. Simply unbelievable; (3) there is still the issue that if you tap the top of the screen, you are sent to p. 1 of the PDF. The issue needs to be fixed ASAP, see Apple Books for reference; (4) the annotation tools have been redesigned, and now any action I take requires more taps than in Papers 3; (5) the GUI looks nicer. Lipstick on a pig?
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Can’t highlight properly
Used to use the app to highlight PDFs whilst reading as well as organise into collections. However most recent update has ruined highlighting function. I have alerted the development team but no action taken. Will not be using now it much I’m afraid … until it’s improved….
Bad design choices
A “new” app that looks dated and can’t even work offline (on macOS) - is this a joke?
Offline mode
One star for not being able to open local available pdf file while being offline. This is the most ridiculous thing ever.
Can be improved
It does not work as well as the MacOS app and it crashes if the iPad is connected to a HMDI monitor: this is something the developers might want to address
Import papers function non-functional
After this major update, I can no longer import papers from this app to my library. The safari plugin works, in that an article is added to the import section of this app, but there is no way to then take that item imported into the app and add it to the library. I can see where to do it, there is just no functionality to do it.
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Very buggy pdf annotation
Many bugs since the new update, including highlighted and underlined sections spontaneously disappearing, making PDF annotation a tedious and long process. I like the integrated AI on the desktop version, but I use my iPad for annotation so that I can take advantage of the Apple pen, but since new update, this is difficult because of all the bugs while using the Apple pen. Also lost the ability to easily access the synced PDF on computer, which is frustrating when you want to send and share PDFs. I’m likely moving back to Zotero soon. Better tags, organization of files, and fewer bugs for a fraction of the cost.
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Terrible update
I used to love readcube, but now I’m considering canceling my subscription. The mobile app is almost unusable - there is no easy way to open a PDF and email out a copy for example (like you used to be able to). You have to log in to your desktop, open the PDF, download the PDF and then attach to an email.
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Please stop updating
I normally welcome any app updates, but for the case of Readcube, please stop doing so. As a royal user since the Mac Papers era, I observed that Readcube has a reputation of breaking already-working things down and updating with useless/unnecessary updates. For this time, the new UI is extremely stupid and you need to click more buttons than what it needs before. Please stop doing stupid updates
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So not reliable
The app does not work properly (cannot highlight text) and customer support was down. Not the first time it was down. Simple app but not reliable. Canceled my subscription.
Keeps getting worse
Papers 4.0 continues its tradition of getting worse than the previous iteration. After a few days of daily usage, here is a list of observations: (1) the main issue with this version is that the underline feature has become buggy to the point of being unusable, as the cursors jumps left and right whenever I drag it across the page; (2) we are now at version 4.0, and still no bookmarking feature. Simply unbelievable; (3) there is still the issue that if you tap the top of the screen, you are sent to p. 1 of the PDF. The issue needs to be fixed ASAP, see Apple Books for reference; (4) the annotation tools have been redesigned, and now any action I take requires more taps than in Papers 3; (5) the GUI looks nicer. Lipstick on a pig?
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Problem after update
It becomes much more difficult to select specific contents using drag and drops. When I drag my finger to select a whole sentence, the starting points keep changing. It is quite annoying!!
Excellent, however here is why I can’t move to Papers completely
It is really helpful, an excellent, as a Zotero User, i like the unique and great additional functionalities such as a preview of the reference instead of taking you to the reference page is a life changer, other functionalities such as the analytic tab is also crucial. However, I feel like the iPad version faces several issues, mainly in displaying them and it is very annoying and disturbing. For example, text highlight stops displaying on certain regions (even though not deleted), same thing happen for the pencil annotation, it’s like they get erased/washed away and couldn’t be displayed correctly… I wish you can come up with some newer version that deals with these issues very soon…
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