# Papers: Read Research with AI — Read research papers with AI

> Read research papers with AI (iPhone/iPad app by Akhil Katakam.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/papers-read-research-with-ai/id6828593628 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Akhil Katakam](https://appshunter.io/developer/6774721490)
- Category: Education, Reference
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 26.1 · 13 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-11-02
- Data updated: 2026-11-04

## What is Papers?

Papers turns research papers into something you can actually read on your phone.

Stuck on a sentence? Highlight it and tap Explain. Ask for a summary, the key ideas or the limitations. The AI reads the whole paper and looks things up when it needs to.

Tell the Learn tab what you want to understand. It finds the papers that matter and lays them out as a reading track, in order. Every paper it suggests is checked, so nothing is made up.

• The newest papers in the fields you follow, from language models to astrophysics
• Search by keyword, or paste a paper's link or ID
• Your reading list remembers how far you got
• Bring your own AI: Gemini (free keys available), Claude, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Groq, xAI, DeepSeek, Mistral, or any OpenAI-compatible server

Private by design: no account, no tracking, nothing collected. Your AI key is kept in the iOS Keychain and only sent to the provider you choose.

Papers is free. AI features need your own API key from a provider; the provider's terms and any charges apply.

Thank you to arXiv for use of its open access interoperability. Papers was not reviewed or approved by, nor does it necessarily express or reflect the policies or opinions of, arXiv.

## Is Papers safe?

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## Is Papers legit?

Papers: Read Research with AI has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Papers is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-11-02

No release notes.

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