Citationsy 4+

Clean and easy to use, but not really bugfree

I really do like the UI and the overall idea of simplicity. Citationsy is exactly the app I had looked for, since other reference managers are overloaded for me. But I can't even use the mac app, since my login with apple ID doesn't work properly. On the webpage it's no problem, but the button simply doesn't respond with the app. Also the price seems a bit much since it really is following a simpler concept. I'd pay ten or even twenty euros at once, but a monthly given subscription seems a bit heavy over the years.

Looks better than other apps, but has severe limitations and bugs.

I liked Citationsy first because of its light-weight character, ease-of-use and the accessible UI. The search engine works OK in many cases but eventually I had to put in a considerable work in myself to have proper citations. So not as helpful as it should.

What bugged me in the long-term were frequent bugs in the app, the disastrous BibTex Export function and the bad performance as soon as you customise the background image of a collection. I've switched to Zotero and I wish I had done so earlier. While not looking as sleek it is 100% more reliable (in particular the search engine), has to not fight with certaij bugs due to being a native app (and not web app structure). I know, this is a side project of the developer and it is certainly a promising idea. But given the competition in the market I would not want to pay € 20/year, nor use it any longer for free, given the limitations and bugs.

Great app witch a bit of a way to go!

I have to say Citasionsy really does what it promises and it does so well. However, to really be able to use it in a productive way I need to be able to at least comment my entries in the bibilgraphy. What was the text about, and what were the important take-aways?

When this festure come (or if I discover it because I missed it) I will change my review to 5 stars.

Entwickler-Antwort ,

Hi there! Thank you for your review, we recently added a feature to place little comment on citations (click the tiny note icon on the left).