# Wispar — Stay updated with research!

> Stay updated with research! (iPhone/iPad app by Francis Lapointe.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wispar/id6741366984 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Francis Lapointe](https://appshunter.io/developer/1793933535)
- Category: Education, Productivity
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 56 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2025-02-04
- Data updated: 2026-06-20
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wispar/id6741366984/reviews.md

## What is Wispar?

Wispar is your personal research companion — a privacy-friendly app for exploring academic journals and scientific articles.

Using the Crossref and OpenAlex APIs, Wispar helps you stay updated on your favourite journals. Follow journals to receive the latest research abstracts in your main feed — no account required.

- Search scholarly articles and journals
- Follow journals to stay updated
- Access open-access articles via Unpaywall
- Use EZproxy to unlock paywalled research
- Chat with AI about your downloaded papers
- View graphical abstracts
- Send articles to your Zotero library
- Translate abstracts to your preferred language
- Built for researchers, students, and the academically curious

Wispar is user-friendly, open-source, and designed to respect your privacy.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 0.10.5 — 2026-06-07

- Fixes the database export function, PDF files and graphical abstracts are now exported correctly again
- Fixes possible crashes
- Update dependencies and translations

### 0.10.3 — 2026-04-27

- Fixes the downloads screen not working if a journal title or another information is missing
- Fixes a sync issue where articles that were favorited/hidden would be overridden when new articles are fetched on another device
- Adds a missing sync trigger for the saved queries
- Fixes the home screen sorting by applying the primary sort option, then sorting by DOI. That should prevent publication cards from changing order when hiding a card
- Translation updates

### 0.9.0 — 2025-10-19

- Graphical abstracts can now be scraped and displayed
- Adds customizable swipe gestures and options to display or not specific information on the publication cards
- Adds an optional paper count in feed(s)
- Improves the PDF download button to work with Elsevier and Wiley platforms
- Adds an Unpaywall prompt to let users decide to open the paper via Unpaywall or go to the website
- Allow storing the database files outside the app container (experimental)

### 0.8.0 — 2025-09-08

- Reworked the EZproxy logic, it should fix problems for many users
- The UI has been reworked to better accommodate iPad
- Adds a chat with PDF feature, allowing asking questions to AI about downloaded papers
- Improved PDF viewer experience
- Added options for custom AI temperature and translation prompts
- Allowed overriding the user agent for articles access
- Fixed a crash occurring when exporting large database
- Updated the app icon
- Translations update

### 0.7.0 — 2025-07-30

- Downloads have been vastly improved! They should now work for all publishers!
- Title and abstract can be translated using AI (requires an API key)!
- Publication cards now have a swipe gesture, revealing two buttons: 1) Send to Zotero and 2) Hide this publication
- Translations update

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