Date	Author	Comment
2022-07-23	Bi*****	It makes reading about and finding the latest articles in your field easy. It's a good alternative to entertainment on social media if you find yourself addicted. The only 'flaw' about this app is that the algorithm doesn't update my preference--when I started using this app, I checked out a few medical journals, and now it keeps sending me recommendations and news about live events on biochemistry and medicine, even though the majority of the articles have nothing to do with them.
It makes reading about and finding the latest articles in your field easy. It's a good alternative to entertainment on social media if you find yourself addicted. The only 'flaw' about this app is that the algorithm doesn't update my preference--when I started using this app, I checked out a few medical journals, and now it keeps sending me recommendations and news about live events on biochemistry and medicine, even though the majority of the articles have nothing to do with them.
2022-03-25	Ma*****	This is an amazing app for staying up to date on research. It's convenient how it can natively link with my university to provide access to different journals. My largest complaint is that this app doesn't offer a widget on Android. It would be a lot more convenient to have a constant feed of papers on my home screen, where I can causally see papers I'd enjoy without needing to open the app.
This is an amazing app for staying up to date on research. It's convenient how it can natively link with my university to provide access to different journals. My largest complaint is that this app doesn't offer a widget on Android. It would be a lot more convenient to have a constant feed of papers on my home screen, where I can causally see papers I'd enjoy without needing to open the app.
2021-10-08	La*****	Heads up, I think there is a bug in the app, at least on certain phone models. As of today, I started receiving an endless stream of notifications from the app. I mean, literally hundreds or even thousands of notifications today. More than 1 per second while I am using my phone. It is mostly the same notification repeated over and over. Fortunately the notifications are 'silent' so they are not intrusive, but it is certainly a pretty bad issue. This only started happening today.
Heads up, I think there is a bug in the app, at least on certain phone models. As of today, I started receiving an endless stream of notifications from the app. I mean, literally hundreds or even thousands of notifications today. More than 1 per second while I am using my phone. It is mostly the same notification repeated over and over. Fortunately the notifications are 'silent' so they are not intrusive, but it is certainly a pretty bad issue. This only started happening today.
2021-10-08	Pa*****	Great app. Enjoy the enormous amount of content and starting my morning with a heavy hit of knowledge. There does appear to be a glitch that began yesterday (for me), however. Can't find a spot in the app to report it. With the glitch, the top or newest papers show up in my notifications literally 18-22 times of the repeated notification, all of the same paper, with the same time stamp for the notification. My Top Paper this morning came in 22 times, and the additional ones this evening were 18.
Great app. Enjoy the enormous amount of content and starting my morning with a heavy hit of knowledge. There does appear to be a glitch that began yesterday (for me), however. Can't find a spot in the app to report it. With the glitch, the top or newest papers show up in my notifications literally 18-22 times of the repeated notification, all of the same paper, with the same time stamp for the notification. My Top Paper this morning came in 22 times, and the additional ones this evening were 18.
2020-09-29	El*****	Really awesome! I enjoy the access to many different journals and topics. But: Is there any way I can see the article that's recommended, the "today's article" thing? Any update on the recommendations history? I saw a notification for one that looked like it would be really interesting, clicked on the notification, and got sent to the home screen of the app... And I can't remember enough about the title to find it.
Really awesome! I enjoy the access to many different journals and topics. But: Is there any way I can see the article that's recommended, the "today's article" thing? Any update on the recommendations history? I saw a notification for one that looked like it would be really interesting, clicked on the notification, and got sent to the home screen of the app... And I can't remember enough about the title to find it.
2020-04-16	A *****	(I'm a lay person who enjoys research, not a researcher.) I love the app; I find it useful and elegant. [Edit: this feed complaint is unchanged in the update:] It automatically groups terms, making it hard to use AND and OR in a way that's useful - multiple terms grouped with an AND will be interpreted with parentheses, while each OR will separate out a term. For example, if I say L or M or N and P, it will automatically group them as L or M or (N and P), with no option for (L or M or N) and P.
(I'm a lay person who enjoys research, not a researcher.) I love the app; I find it useful and elegant. [Edit: this feed complaint is unchanged in the update:] It automatically groups terms, making it hard to use AND and OR in a way that's useful - multiple terms grouped with an AND will be interpreted with parentheses, while each OR will separate out a term. For example, if I say L or M or N and P, it will automatically group them as L or M or (N and P), with no option for (L or M or N) and P.
2020-02-24	A *****	Good concept, good execution, good app. It's exposed me to more scientific work than I would've discovered without it. Feature request: Offer some way to access papers on desktop computers, some kind of syncing. In general, I don't want to read papers on my phone. Keep up the good work.
Good concept, good execution, good app. It's exposed me to more scientific work than I would've discovered without it. Feature request: Offer some way to access papers on desktop computers, some kind of syncing. In general, I don't want to read papers on my phone. Keep up the good work.
2020-01-21	A *****	Love the app. Would love it more if there is an option for the reader to stay at where they were browsing after exiting from an abstract, rather than automatically return to the newest ones at the top. It gets tedious to scroll down all the time, especially if there are many articles to browse.
Love the app. Would love it more if there is an option for the reader to stay at where they were browsing after exiting from an abstract, rather than automatically return to the newest ones at the top. It gets tedious to scroll down all the time, especially if there are many articles to browse.
2019-07-01	A *****	There are some really good qualities of this app. It's very well designed visually. The keyword/topic feature makes discovery super easy. And it contains a lot of journals. Four stars because the two biggest things I wish it did are: 1) Make reading the articles easier. It just opens up a pdf view which is very difficult on mobile. It would be super neat if it linked to the references. 2) Tell you which journals are free to access.
There are some really good qualities of this app. It's very well designed visually. The keyword/topic feature makes discovery super easy. And it contains a lot of journals. Four stars because the two biggest things I wish it did are: 1) Make reading the articles easier. It just opens up a pdf view which is very difficult on mobile. It would be super neat if it linked to the references. 2) Tell you which journals are free to access.
2019-06-19	A *****	I am continually updating this review as the app is updated in response to my feedback. They have already added LaTeX for the abstracts by my suggestion, but there are two more features the app needs. 1. LaTeX support for paper titles. 2. To filter "Trending" not just by field, but by journals. Physics is a large field and my "trending" is too bogged down with stuff I don't care about. This is a very nice app, and I look forward to using it progressively more and more as it improves further.
I am continually updating this review as the app is updated in response to my feedback. They have already added LaTeX for the abstracts by my suggestion, but there are two more features the app needs. 1. LaTeX support for paper titles. 2. To filter "Trending" not just by field, but by journals. Physics is a large field and my "trending" is too bogged down with stuff I don't care about. This is a very nice app, and I look forward to using it progressively more and more as it improves further.

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