Bookends 4+
Reference management on the go
Sonny Software, LLC
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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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.
Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
What’s New
Version 4.1.1
• Fixed a crash that occurred during cloud sync attachment downloads.
Ratings and Reviews
Excellent!
Bookends is easy to use, references are quickly found and added to my library, and it works extremely well with Mellel’s real-time live bibliography feature.
Effective on the go
Love it! The app is so convenient. I love the option to dictate notes.
I don’t love the fact that the option for adding a new note is always at the end of notes. It is not a big deal if you have 4-5 notes attached to a document, but if you have 50+ notes... it is a lot of scrolling (given that every time a new note is created, you land on the first note created for the document).
There is hope that in future it will have a desktop application compatible with Windows and MS Office. For now it is very convenient phone app that allows taking notes on the go (for example like while you are waiting in the car for your kid to finish training session...)
Developer Response ,
Marina, thank you for your kind words and suggestions! Here is a small hint for working with notes: tap and hold on any visible notecard and via the contextual menu you will see the "Show all notes" option. All notes can be edited as plain text there.
needs further development
The iOS counterpart of the Mac Bookends application is helpful on the go. However, it lacks a number of important features the Mac app offers. The interface is outdated and cumbersome to use. It would be great if the developer improved the iOS app further given the annual subscription fee, which I am going to keep paying for a better and more functional app. Such features as “Replicate as Book Chapter” (very useful in the Mac app) would be welcome. Many academics work from their iPads and a good-quality iOS Bookends app would be desirable.
Developer Response ,
We're sorry to hear that you were unsatisfied with Bookends. If there are features or capabilities that you feel are lacking, please contact us with more detail. They may actually already be available or anticipated in future development.
App Privacy
The developer, Sonny Software, LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Sonny Software, LLC
- Size
- 81.7 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2011-2024 Sonny Software
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Premium $22.99
- Standard $22.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.