No confirmation email
Gave valid email. Insists on two factor authentication, but never sends the code. Unusable.
Should be a paid app.
Very impressed by this apps features. Remaining files using meta data is genius!
Constantly surprised
I’m constantly amazed at the capabilities this app has
Buggy
Buggy for large pdfs.
Doesn’t sync consistently with iPad
I love Zotero, so my frustration really comes with not being able to use it. I pay for storage, and recently files have been syncing inconsistently between my computer (windows) and my iPad. The documents are in the web app just fine.
Fantastic app otherwise!
Fantastic app otherwise!
There is one problem
I just downloaded the app for my exams and it cannot verify my email. It is getting frustrating.
How can this be free?!
An absolutely astounding app. Works seamlessly on Mac and iPad and syncs beautifully.
The best research tool!
Zotero does a lot of things that are often split across many different apps: citation management within other proprietary software, PDF and ebook reading and annotation across devices, library syncing across multiple devices, note-taking and web-clipping... It's a lot! All while not mining and selling personal data. I have been using Zotero as a research tool for several years now across my iPad, desktop and phone. It syncs without issue. There are always new features to develop and improve, and the developers are super responsive to requests and bugs. So grateful to this team!
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Question
May I ask if it is compatible with iOS 16.3? My tablet is a 2018 model, and upgrading to 16.3 would be very slow. Currently, on iOS 16.3, I can only install the 1.0.45beta version, but it doesn't sync at all—it just throws errors when trying to sync. Thank you!
imposible to login in IPad and IPhone
blocked by the stupid human verification software cloudflare. What a deception
Amazing
I wish the Apple Pencil squeeze function was “undo”.
I love this app. Use it all the time for grad school.
I love this app. Use it all the time for grad school.
Serious about Writing
For anyone serious about writing, l highly recommend you use zetero. Zetero is like the matrix lol! No one can tell you about it but you will only understand when you have tried it yourself. Any more comments from me will be mere flattery. If it’s functionally and efficiency you want, look no further!
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Apple Pencil support please
Hello, I would love to be able to annotate pdfs in Zotero using my Apple Pencil. I want to make notes on the pdfs directly and still have them synced to Zotero with my pencil. As a PhD student, I need to be able to take notes on my pdfs.
My complaints are almost nit-picky
January, 2026
I continue to use Zotero daily and am apparently out of storage, but I don't know how to increase it. The dialogue box says the overflow is saved to local storage, and I can increase my Zotero storage in settings. I can't find that in either the app or iPad settings. Can you clarify this for me?
I wrote this in ~January, 2025:
I love the basic functionality of Zotero, especially since I've been hunting for a place (an app) to store and organize links, my purchase records, and ideas, search results from myriad areas of research, writing, and, well, everything. The native Apple Notes worked beautifully until it began crashing, and protracted conversations with Apple folks left us all baffled. I feel like I have the basics of Zotero in hand by now, so I'm noticing what needs refinement.
Foremost, I'm an enormous fan of outlines, so that extends to folders, subfolders, etc., but all I see here is a single list without an apparent way to differentiate between top-level folders OR to collapse subfolders into them. I don't need or want to see them all. If I’m filing my app reviews, do I need to see the folder on mitochondria or the risks of fungal infections from raw sugar cane juice? I'd rather see my top-level Medical folder, understanding that I can click it when I need it. I’m not asking for cute and fancy notebooks that popular high-rent notes apps use- just something uncomplicated and straightforward.
Secondly, thank you for incorporating Markdown. I’m flummoxed that so many so-called organizers, notes, etc, don't include it. I’m copying files from other apps I’ve been trying, and it looks like I have to do it manually. Yikes! Unfortunately, Markdown doesn't work on copy-and-pasted text. I don't know if that's a Markdown deficiency or a problem intrinsic to Zotero. I’m certain I don't want to retype everything, though. I was accustomed to using Markdown as part of my approach in Apple Notes and was looking forward to reinstating it after dealing with dreadful stopgap alternatives like Google Keep. Fixing it would be helpful, especially because I often copy text from photos and can't avoid having to format it to display it as the original.
Speaking of photos, it would be so much easier if I could fetch them directly from my camera roll, not just from files. If I stitch photos, for example, but have to edit, even with the native editor, I need to add a step of saving to files, even when I plan to delete it as soon as I use it in Zotero. This requires me to delete the photo twice, once from my camera roll and again from Photos. I’ve managed to save images directly to Zotero when I copy and paste text, but it doesn't seem to include them reliably.
I want to delete some auto-generated tags, but I don't see how to do so.
I’m aware that some of my problems might be user error. I'm pretty sure I’ll discover things the more I use it, since I only just figured out how to move a file from one folder to another. Yay!
I continue to use Zotero daily and am apparently out of storage, but I don't know how to increase it. The dialogue box says the overflow is saved to local storage, and I can increase my Zotero storage in settings. I can't find that in either the app or iPad settings. Can you clarify this for me?
I wrote this in ~January, 2025:
I love the basic functionality of Zotero, especially since I've been hunting for a place (an app) to store and organize links, my purchase records, and ideas, search results from myriad areas of research, writing, and, well, everything. The native Apple Notes worked beautifully until it began crashing, and protracted conversations with Apple folks left us all baffled. I feel like I have the basics of Zotero in hand by now, so I'm noticing what needs refinement.
Foremost, I'm an enormous fan of outlines, so that extends to folders, subfolders, etc., but all I see here is a single list without an apparent way to differentiate between top-level folders OR to collapse subfolders into them. I don't need or want to see them all. If I’m filing my app reviews, do I need to see the folder on mitochondria or the risks of fungal infections from raw sugar cane juice? I'd rather see my top-level Medical folder, understanding that I can click it when I need it. I’m not asking for cute and fancy notebooks that popular high-rent notes apps use- just something uncomplicated and straightforward.
Secondly, thank you for incorporating Markdown. I’m flummoxed that so many so-called organizers, notes, etc, don't include it. I’m copying files from other apps I’ve been trying, and it looks like I have to do it manually. Yikes! Unfortunately, Markdown doesn't work on copy-and-pasted text. I don't know if that's a Markdown deficiency or a problem intrinsic to Zotero. I’m certain I don't want to retype everything, though. I was accustomed to using Markdown as part of my approach in Apple Notes and was looking forward to reinstating it after dealing with dreadful stopgap alternatives like Google Keep. Fixing it would be helpful, especially because I often copy text from photos and can't avoid having to format it to display it as the original.
Speaking of photos, it would be so much easier if I could fetch them directly from my camera roll, not just from files. If I stitch photos, for example, but have to edit, even with the native editor, I need to add a step of saving to files, even when I plan to delete it as soon as I use it in Zotero. This requires me to delete the photo twice, once from my camera roll and again from Photos. I’ve managed to save images directly to Zotero when I copy and paste text, but it doesn't seem to include them reliably.
I want to delete some auto-generated tags, but I don't see how to do so.
I’m aware that some of my problems might be user error. I'm pretty sure I’ll discover things the more I use it, since I only just figured out how to move a file from one folder to another. Yay!
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Amazing app
The barcode scan for books is such a great feature. Love Zotero!
Good but can be much better!
A continuous scrolling setting can be added, this way it’ll help out highlighting on iphone/ipad without breaking a highlight into two separate notes as well as not be too finicky with reading through a book through the phone, similar to the Books app on Apple, but anyway this is by far the best reader to share between apple mobile devices and windows that I have tried
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Thanks zotero for improving your app!
EDIT: Zotero has added double finger tap to change between pencil and eraser! I can’t remember if this was an option before, but you can change the pen size too. This helps the usability massively.
It's awesome that zotero even has an ios app which syncs your library and everything. However, this has the potential to be way better, with just a but more work put into letting one annotate nicely with an Apple Pencil (eg double top pencil for eraser is missing, more pen choices would be good, two finger tap on screen to undo would be nice)
It's awesome that zotero even has an ios app which syncs your library and everything. However, this has the potential to be way better, with just a but more work put into letting one annotate nicely with an Apple Pencil (eg double top pencil for eraser is missing, more pen choices would be good, two finger tap on screen to undo would be nice)
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Great Research Tool
I really enjoy using Zotero. It syncs beautifully across devices and has really helped me with citations. So thankful for this tool!
Epub
This app is amazing but i would like to see acess to epub, mobi, and different types of files on mobile
Additional PDF reader options
I love having the ability to work across my devices. I would like to see the option to choose which PDF reader to use. There are features unique to Adobe Acrobat that are not available in the Zotero app.
