Bookends

Reference management on the go

Published by: Sonny Software
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Description

Bookends is the reference management app you've been looking for.
The basic version offers:
• Search online sites directly (arXiv, Google Books, Google Scholar, JSTOR, the Library of Congress, PubMed, PubMed Central, and Semantic Scholar) or use the built-in browser (EZProxy-compliant) to download reference metadata and PDFs (access privileges required). Searches can return a maximum of 20 references, and only 50 references can be stored in your personal database.
• Use unique identifiers such as DOI, PMID, ISBN, or arXiv id to autofill references.
• View the text of PDF annotations in a note stream, and create your own with our powerful PDF markup engine.
• Barcode scanning, one per day.
• And many more features designed to help you discover, organize, and use reference information.
Standard, one-time purchase ($14.99):
• No limit on searches or importing.
Premium, yearly subscription ($14.99). Requires a Standard purchase.
• Cloud sync with all your iOS devices and Bookends for Mac (separate purchase).
• Share online libraries with colleagues.
• Scan documents with Mellel Mobile*.
• Create multiple libraries.
• Unlimited barcode scanning.
• Extract PDF annotations with deep links to annotations and text.
• Convenient UI to add PDF notes to the library.
• Automate your actions with Shortcuts.
* iPad-only. Requires a Mellel Mobile Premium subscription.
Subscription is for one year and has an auto-renew option. The subscription can be managed in iOS -> Settings > [your name] > Subscriptions. A subscription will renew if it isn't canceled at least 24 hours before the renewal date.
If the subscription is not renewed, Premium will be disabled but Standard will continue to work.
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In-Apps

Standard Version
1,290.00 ₽
Pro Features Yearly
1,290.00 ₽

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User Rating

4.2 out of 5

5 ratings in Russia

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Bookends Reviews

Лучше приложения для накопления литературы

Beagry on

Russia

Среди аналогов mendeley and endnote

Не работает синхронизация

virtuoz on

Russia

Не работает синхронизация библиотек на Мас и на мобильном устройстве. Оплата всех профессиональных планов не помогла.

I Love This App Even More

LRB55 on

United States

This latest update has streamlined the functionality. I etnusiastically recommend without reservation.

Great app

Michael_leahciM on

United States

Been using Bookends for Mac and iOS for a couple years now and it is rock solid. It allows me to have a huge library available everywhere and always in sync. Developers have been highly responsive and helpful.

Epic deep linking

DavieMustard on

United States

I stumbled upon this in my pursuit of an app that allows nuanced deep linking to pdf pages across ios and desktop. I was blown away to find that bookends handles this very well. I am now embarking on the onerous task of swapping my general pdf library to bookends.

A really great app for academics

Prodigyj on

United States

This is a great app. It’s actively maintained and updated, and the iPad app has all the bells and whistles like support for multi-window (which is a must if you want to read a pdf and add notes or keywords to the meta-data), slide-over, etc. It’s support for Apple Pencil hand-written notes is top-notch, much better than anything else I’ve tried (ReadCube Papers). All in all, a wonderful app.

Close to Perfection

Miklapinus on

United States

After using Zotero for years, it took me a little while to get used to Bookends. However, it’s been well worth the effort. It does almost everything that Zotero does, plus a whole lot more. Additionally, it’s easier to organize, and is visually more appealing. The one thing I miss is how Zotero has a browser extension that makes it super simple to create a reference for a website with all the information pre-populated. If Bookends adds this feature, it will be the best reference manager I’ve ever used by a long shot. Altogether, Bookends extra features are endlessly satisfying and useful. And for those who are up for a little scripting, Bookends invites you to be creative! I love this app and am really enthusiastic about using it for years to come.

thumbnails are back!

NorwoodG on

United States

Thank you for bringing back the thumbnails! (it was very difficult to navigate without them)

Poor user interface. ICloud sync is broken

StephenAT on

United States

Title says it all. To be clear, developers admit that multiple users have reported problems with iCloud sync and in-app purchases, but they dismiss the problem as a bug in iOS. Funny how no other app that I use has the same problem. In any case, there’s no resolution and the app isn’t usable. Edited to add: developer response is completely fair and accurate. My initial review was overly fueled by stress from my impending dissertation defense. Unfortunately, the app still isn’t usable for me.

A permanent part of workflow

CraigB-RN on

United States

I started using bookends when the app i was using stopped updating to focus on new and improved app. Got tired of waiting. Tried the free options, more than one version of Endnote. I kept coming back here. I finished grad school, and still use it to keep documents and references handy for just in time training. It pulls correct data from pdf metadata 95+% of the time and many time it’s the pdf files that’s wrong. I sync between Mac, iPad and iPhone They have been responsive every time I’ve had an issue and helpful, even when it was operator error.

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