Inested vs ScrollPaper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Inested
Discover scholarships, funded research positions, and academic mentors. Connect with experts and showcase your work to advance your research career. Find opportunities globally and get application support.
- Scholarship and funding discovery
- Research job listings
- Free mentorship connections
- Application assistance
- Scholar profiles and publication lists
- Opportunity sharing
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Inested helps students and researchers find the opportunities that shape a research career: scholarships, funded research positions and the people who can help you get there. Whether you’re applying for a master’s or PhD, looking for a research assistant role, or building your academic profile, Inested brings everything into one place, so you spend less time searching and more time applying. SCHOLARSHIPS AND FUNDING Discover scholarships and funded graduate opportunities from universities and organizations around the world. New opportunities are added regularly, so you can catch deadlines before they pass. RESEARCH JOBS FOR EVERYONE Browse research positions in academia and industry, from research assistant roles to postdocs. Filter by field, location and visa sponsorship to find positions that welcome international applicants. FREE MENTORSHIP Connect with mentors who have been through the process. Get guidance on choosing programs, preparing applications and planning your research career, free for students. APPLICATION HELP Need support with a complex application, such as an NIW petition? Find experienced helpers on Inested who can guide you through it. PUBLICATIONS AND SCHOLAR PROFILES Showcase your research with a scholar profile and publication list. Explore other researchers’ work, see who they collaborate with, and find people working on the questions you care about. SHARE OPPORTUNITIES Know of a scholarship or research opening? Post it on Inested and help another student take the next step. WHO INESTED IS FOR Undergraduate and graduate students looking for scholarships and research experience International students looking for funded positions and visa sponsorship Researchers and professors building their academic network Join a growing community of students and researchers, and find your next opportunity on Inested.
ScrollPaper
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Stop drowning in PDFs. ScrollPaper turns the latest research into a swipeable feed you can actually finish. Each paper becomes a digestible card with key findings, methodology, and AI-generated takeaways built for researchers, PhD students, postdocs, and anyone who wants to stay current without the information overload. FEATURES • Swipe through papers in your field like a research feed • AI Key Takeaways: The Finding, The Method, Why It Matters • Ask AI to summarise and compare multiple papers at once • Daily reading streaks and research missions to build a habit • Explore 20+ research fields and subfields • Follow your favourite journals and authors • Save papers into custom collections • 5,000+ curated papers across biomedical and life sciences BUILT FOR THE CURIOUS PhD students, postdocs, faculty, and lifelong learners who want to keep up with science on their own terms, on their own time.
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Verdict
Inested and ScrollPaper are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | Inested | ScrollPaper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Daniel Ananey Obiri | Sanjay Sondekoppa GopalaKrishna |
In-app purchases
Inested
No in-app purchases
ScrollPaper
No in-app purchases







