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24 alternatives to Scholaread

Mobile academics: diagrams, formulas and readability

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Scholaread launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    The all-in-one reading app for power readers

    2022 · readwise.io · its alternatives →

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    Discover, read, write and manage research with ease using AI

    2024 · paperguide.ai · its alternatives →

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    Read research papers as interactive webpages

    2021 · academ.us · its alternatives →

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    ReadHere▲146

    Lightweight PDF & EPUB reader in your browser

    Jun 2026 · readhere.app · its alternatives →

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    Academic webpage of Anders Damsgaard

    2019 · adamsgaard.dk · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, cofounder of Readwise here. We've been working on this cross-platform reader app for about 2 years, excited to finally share it in public beta. Probably the most notable thing that makes Reader unique is that it supports almost any content type you could want to save/read/highlight: * web pages * emails/newsletters * PDFs * ePubs * twitter threads * youtube videos (with transcripts) * RSS feeds With all of your knowledge content in one place, we built powerful reading and highlighting, as well as a bunch of novel triage/organization features, so you can actually…

    2022 · readwise.io · its alternatives →

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    Generate AI summaries for research papers and articles

    2022 · scholarcy.com · its alternatives →

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    PDF editor designed for all the ways you work

    2020 · pdf-reader.kdandoc.com · its alternatives →

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    Desklamp▲133

    Remember everything you read and revise faster

    2022 · desklamp.io · its alternatives →

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    OpenScholarXIV is an open-source, aesthetic, minimal and AI powered app that allows users to search, read, bookmark, share, download and view summaries of academic papers from the arXiv repository. - ScholarXIV/OpenScholarXIV

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Notebooks for data scientists and data analysts.

    2021 · deepnote.com · its alternatives →

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    Read research papers together - comment, draw & annotate

    2022 · scholars.io · its alternatives →

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    TLDRead▲132

    SparkNotes for research articles - a COVID initiative.

    2020 · tldread.org · its alternatives →

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    Read, review, and annotate PDFs with ease

    2016 · pdfviewer.io · its alternatives →

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    Conveniently find, navigate and read PDFs on your phone

    2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Keep up with the latest scientific research

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Allpapers▲110

    A daily personalized feed of research papers

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    MonsterWriter is the academic writing tool for students and researchers. Distraction-free document editing, powerful citation management, and full LaTeX workspace support. Better than Overleaf.

    2025 · monsterwriter.com · its alternatives →

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    Turn any Wikipedia page into a citable academic paper.

    2019 · m-journal.org · its alternatives →

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    For academics who have outgrown the spreadsheet tracker

    May 2026 · manuscripts-app.com · its alternatives →

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    Read, Edit, Convert,Fill, Sign& Organize PDFs-All for Free!

    2024 · pdfgear.com · its alternatives →

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    A note taking application for humanities researchers

    2021 · databyss.org · its alternatives →

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