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24 alternatives to RefMe

Generate citations, reference lists, and bibliographies

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. RefMe launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   ReferenceME▲14

   The ultimate tool to manage academic references.

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Paperpile▲66

   No-fuss reference management for the web

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Citationsy for Mac▲125

   Create citations, reference lists, & bibliographies on OS X

   2018 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Refind for Writers▲260

   Reach a community of hipsters, hackers, and hustlers

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Sumnotes▲131

   Export highlights from PDFs

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Refresh (web app)▲178

   Insights on people you meet (now on the web)

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Cited▲98

   Dynamic map content to virtually any platform

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Citationsy▲95

   Easily create citations, reference lists, and bibliographies

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   ExplainToMe▲182

   Automatic web article summarizer

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Sidenotes▲125

    Annotate the web.

    2014 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    &what;▲75

    interactive reference of 14,500 HTML character entities

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    CitationLabs▲67

    Contact & Outbound Link Scraper + Other SEO tools

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Research Browser▲87

    A powerful browsing application to collect and share info

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Creddle▲143

    Build modern resumes for the web and for paper

    2014 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    WebCatalog▲156

    Run your favorite web apps natively

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    RefR▲107

    Curated content for social media that generate leads.

    2017 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Google Docs▲80

    Create and share your work online

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Content Snippets ▲106

    Copy examples from websites to inspire writing professionals

    2014 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Visme▲83

    Create interactive online presentations in HTML5

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Starting + Sustaining▲92

    A guide to plan, launch and run a web app

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Tiny Docs▲121

    Simple place to write

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Draft▲56

    GitHub for Writing

    2013 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Repo▲88

    changing the way we collect links

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    WikiMentions▲69

    Discover people, books and videos based on mentions.

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →