ZiNote vs CurateLit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ZiNote
Access and organize academic papers from top research databases. Get personalized daily feeds, AI summaries, and journal tracking. Save, share, and export citations for your research library.
- Personalized daily research feed
- Swipe to discover papers
- AI summaries with offline translation
- Journal tracking for 4,000+ publications
- Save, share, and export citations
- Organize papers in a personal library
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Discover, read, and organize the latest academic papers from arXiv, PubMed, bioRxiv, medRxiv, Semantic Scholar, and OpenAlex — all in one swipe. ZiNote delivers a personalized daily feed of research papers matched to your keywords and interests. Built for PhD students, postdocs, and researchers who want to stay current without drowning in databases. Discover: Swipe through papers like a feed. Right to save, left to skip. Your daily feed learns from your reading behavior. Journal Tracker: Follow top journals — Nature, Science, Cell, PLOS, and 4,000+ more. New articles appear automatically with Impact Factor displayed. AI Summary: One-tap AI summaries in the paper's original language. Offline translation into 10+ languages powered by on-device ML. Organize: Save papers to your library. Share with colleagues. Export BibTeX citations for Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote. Free to use. 20 papers/day. Upgrade for unlimited access. Terms of Use: https://zinote.app/terms-of-service
CurateLit
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- CurateLit helps researchers and learners discover and manage academic papers from arXiv, bioRxiv, and medRxiv. - Browse like cards: swipe left to skip, right to save; view multi‑day collections, filter by keywords, batch manage.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CurateLit at none against ZiNote's 5. ZiNote's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads and device support 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. ZiNote sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. CurateLit asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | ZiNote | CurateLit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 小双 王 | 文贝 谢 |
In-app purchases
ZiNote
- Early Bird Pricing$4.991 Month
- ZiNote Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- ZiNote Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
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- Early Bird Yearly$49.991 Year
- ZiNote Pro Lifetime$69.99
CurateLit
No in-app purchases
