Bookends 4+

This really blows the cross platform competition out of the water, there is no better software out there for this purpose. Using this iOS/iPadOS app together with the desktop Mac app is an incredible duo. PDF annotation is excellent, as it’s ability to link to other apps. This app combo alone makes me glad I’m a Mac user, the windows software and cross platform software out there, is just well behind. The support is very good and very fast to roll out new features and make changes in response to feedback. Don’t hesitate, if you are a student studying or in academia get this iOS app together with the MacOS desktop version. You won’t be disappointed, it’s the best out there - by a long shot!

I have a university licence for endnote but I’ve long preferred Bookends for macOS. But often I’m without a laptop and I’m in a symposium or talk and want to check a reference or paper. I do always have my iPhone and being able have my full desktop research database synced automatically to my phone and access it anytime is AMAZING! Bookends for iOS is very elegantly and intuitively designed, and the sync is flawless so far. I wish I’d started using it sooner!!! Bookends is by far the best reference manager, and that is true on the desktop and on mobile platforms too! Thank you for such an excellent product.

I love Bookends - there really is nothing to touch it; everything else is limited or slow or just not being developed/supported. My only criticism - the only one I can think of - is that the left-side listing of references is, in terms of layout, so much poorer than Endnote, which is very good in that respect. But I would never use Endnote because it is so deficient in other ways. Guys at Bookends, how about a lovely UI work-over?