BrowZine vs Cited
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BrowZine
Access and read scholarly journals from your institution or via Open Access. Organize your research by browsing subjects, creating a personal bookshelf, and saving articles to your preferred citation managers or cloud storage.
- Browse journals by subject
- View table of contents
- Personalize journal bookshelf
- Save articles to citation managers
- Share articles on social media
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Use BrowZine to easily find, read, and monitor thousands of scholarly journals available from your university, hospital, or corporate library who has a BrowZine subscription, or through Open Access publishers, covering all disciplines. With BrowZine you can: • Browse titles by subject to easily find journals of interest • Easily view table of contents of current and past journals • Create a personal bookshelf of favorite journals • Save articles to EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, RefWorks, Dropbox, and other services • Share with other researchers by posting to Facebook, Twitter and more
Cited
Easily create citations for academic papers with a wide range of templates. Select your format, input information, and generate citations. Save multiple citations for future use.
- Multiple citation formats (MLA, APA, Chicago)
- Extensive template library
- Save and manage multiple citations
- Easy information input
- Quick citation generation
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Cited is the easiest citation creation app. Simply select your paper format and your template, enter the information, and press create. Now with a section to create and save multiple citations. Cited Templates MLA E-Book Magazine Article (Web) Scholarly Journal (Web) Webpage - No Author Webpage - One Author Website - No Author Website - One Author Book - Multiple Authors Book - No Author Book - One Author Book - Two Authors Encyclopedia Magazine Article Newspaper Article Scholarly Journal Film Speech Personal Interview Podcast Work Of Art APA E-Book - Multiple Authors E-Book - One Author Facebook Post Journal No DOI - Multiple Authors Journal No DOI - One Author Journal With DOI - Multiple Authors Journal With DOI - One Author Newspaper Article (Web) Tweet Webpage - No Author Webpage - One Author Book - Multiple Authors Book - One Author Dissertation - Published Dissertation - Unpublished Encyclopedia - No Author Encyclopedia - One Author Journal - Multiple Authors Journal - One Author Magazine Article Newspaper Article - Multiple Pages Newspaper Article - Single Page Motion Picture Podcast Television Broadcast YouTube Chicago Book Citation - One Author Book Citation - Multiple Authors Book Citation - Author & Editor Article, Chapter, Essay Citation Journal Citation (Print) Journal Citation (Web) Magazine Citation (Print) Magazine Citation (Web) Newspaper Citation (Print) Newspaper Citation (Web) Webpage Citation Film / TV Citation Feedback is always appreciated write us a review or message us at http://www.spadeappsllc.com/contact and I with get back to you as soon as possible.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BrowZine at 4.1 against Cited's 3.2. BrowZine also leads on review sentiment (49% vs 29%) and ratings volume (66 vs 11). Cited's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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.
BrowZine holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BrowZine has 66 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of BrowZine's written reviews are positive against 29% of Cited's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BrowZine | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (66 ratings) — better | 3.2 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.7% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Third Iron, LLC | Spade Apps, LLC |
Customer experience
BrowZine
Cited
In-app purchases
BrowZine
No in-app purchases
Cited
No in-app purchases
