arXiver vs archive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
arXiver
Browse pre-print research papers from arXiv directly on your iPad. Filter by categories and open PDF files in your preferred external application.
- Browse arXiv pre-prints
- Category selection
- Open PDFs externally
- iPad optimized interface
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It's a browser of the preprint server arXiv, tailored for iPad. It allows you to select select various categories, and to open the PDF in an external app.
archive
Access and view scientific preprints from arXiv.org with this free application. Search for papers across various scientific disciplines and read them directly within the app. All features are available without cost.
- arXiv preprint search
- PDF viewer
- Access scientific papers
- Free to use
- Supports multiple disciplines
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It's arXiv preprint search & PDF viewer app. All features are completely free to use. arXiv.org e-Print archive https://arxiv.org/ URL scheme: preprint:// Note: - This app uses arXiv APIs. - This app is run by an individual and has nothing to do with arXiv. Thank you to arXiv for use of its open access interoperability. --- * arXiv arXiv (pronounced "archive"—the X represents the Greek letter chi [χ]) is an open-access repository of electronic preprints and postprints (known as e-prints) approved for posting after moderation, but not peer review. It consists of scientific papers in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, electrical engineering, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, mathematical finance and economics, which can be accessed online. In many fields of mathematics and physics, almost all scientific papers are self-archived on the arXiv repository before publication in a peer-reviewed journal. Some publishers also grant permission for authors to archive the peer-reviewed postprint. Begun on August 14, 1991, arXiv.org passed the half-million-article milestone on October 3, 2008, and had hit a million by the end of 2014. As of April 2021, the submission rate is about 16,000 articles per month. Quoted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArXiv
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: archive at 100% against arXiver's 40%. archive also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.3). arXiver's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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.
archive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of arXiver's written reviews are positive against 100% of archive's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | arXiver | archive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yuji Tachikawa | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
arXiver
archive
In-app purchases
arXiver
No in-app purchases
archive
No in-app purchases








