Uploader for Mendeley vs NexReader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Uploader for Mendeley
Effortlessly upload articles and PDFs to your Mendeley library. This app automatically extracts bibliographic data from web pages and documents, offering customization and duplicate prevention for a streamlined research workflow.
- Direct URL pasting for uploads
- Share webpages or PDFs
- Recognizes bibliography from PDFs
- Accurate bibliography for many websites
- Duplicate prevention
- Quick actions with custom tags
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Directly paste a page URL into the Uploader-for-Mendeley search box or share a webpage or PDF with Uploader-for-Mendeley. We take care of the rest. Uploader-for-Mendeley is the most complete and customizable uploader app for Mendeley: - Recognizes bibliography entities from PDF files directly - Provides accurate bibliography for many websites (including ArXiv, ResearchGate and CNKI) - Offers duplicate prevention and integrates well with Google Scholar - Allows quick actions (e.g., adding a specific tag in a tap) - ... and much more Uploader-for-Mendeley automatically pulls in data from journal articles (such as those found on ArXiv.org or Nature.com) to create the perfect bibliography entry that can be directly be added to your personal Mendeley library.
NexReader
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Read Markdown the way it was meant to look. NexReader turns any .md file into a clean, comfortable page. Headings, tables, code, task lists and quotes are rendered natively — no web view, no clutter, nothing between you and the words. It is made for the documents you actually receive: notes, READMEs, specs, and the long answers AI tools write for you. BEAUTIFUL RENDERING • Full GitHub-Flavored Markdown: headings, bold and italic, lists, task lists, quotes, tables and links • Code blocks with syntax highlighting for 16 languages, and one-tap copy • Tables that keep their alignment and scroll sideways instead of squashing • Images you can open full screen and pinch to zoom MAKE IT YOURS • Four reading themes: Classic White, Sepia, Midnight and AMOLED Black • Four typefaces, including New York for long reads • Text size, weight, line height, letter spacing and paragraph spacing • Three reading widths, so lines never run too long on a big screen FIND YOUR WAY • An outline of every heading, with your current section marked • Find in document, with every match highlighted • Opens exactly where you left off — even after you change the text size A LIBRARY THAT STAYS TIDY • Real folders you can create, rename and rearrange • Favorites, sorting, search, and reading progress on every document • Your documents also appear in the Files app, in the same folders GET FILES IN EASILY • Import from Files, or open .md files straight from other apps • Wi‑Fi Transfer: drop files from any computer's browser onto your iPhone or iPad. No cable, no cloud, no account GREAT ON IPAD • Your library and the page side by side • Keyboard shortcuts for find, the outline, text size and moving between sections ALSO ON MAC • Open any .md file from Finder in its own window • The same library, themes and typography, with a full menu bar NO ACCOUNT NEEDED There is nothing to sign up for, and your documents stay on your device. NexReader collects no data at all: no analytics, no tracking, no ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Uploader for Mendeley at 15.0 against NexReader's 26.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Uploader for Mendeley against 5.0 for NexReader. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Uploader for Mendeley | NexReader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sven Gowal | Phyo Myanmar Kyaw |
In-app purchases
Uploader for Mendeley
No in-app purchases
NexReader
No in-app purchases








