Compare the Top Academic Research Apps for Android as of August 2025

What are Academic Research Apps for Android?

Academic research tools are resources used to locate and access information. They can include search engines, databases, websites, reference books, and other resources. These tools provide a way to gather data or investigate a particular academic topic. Different tools may be better suited for specific types of research projects, so it's important to choose the right one for each task. Compare and read user reviews of the best Academic Research apps for Android currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    ReadCube Papers
    Search across your favorite scholarly search engines (in app and via our handy browser extensions) and enjoy 1-click downloads to quickly add references & full-text PDFs to your library. Check out our personalized recommendation engine and related article feeds to ensure you never miss an important paper again. Papers helps you focus on the task at hand with our full-screen Enhanced PDF reader. Highlight, underline, strike through, make inline notes, draw and add sticky notes. Switch between different documents with tabs, view supplemental files or jump to referenced articles - conveniently linked inline. Papers automatically identifies and matches imported articles with not only the complete metadata, but also available supplemental data, citations and full-text (if available). Papers users can create private shared collections to collaborate with up to 30 other Papers users at a given time. Simply add your collaborator by email and they will be added to your shared folder.
    Starting Price: $3 per month
  • 2
    Academia

    Academia

    Academia

    Streamline your discovery of relevant research. Access 40+ million research papers and stay informed about important topics through courses. Build your success and track your impact. Share your work with other academics, grow your audience, and track your impact on your field with our robust analytics. Search the full text and citations of our millions of papers. Download groups of related papers to jumpstart your research. Save time with detailed summaries and search alerts. Work faster and smarter with advanced research discovery tools. Get notified when other academics mention you or cite your papers. Track your impact with in-depth analytics and network with members of your field. Share your work, track your impact, and grow your audience. Academia.edu has over 40 million academic papers that have been uploaded by more than 12 million researchers around the world. Access your Academia.edu account whenever and wherever your curiosity strikes.
    Starting Price: Free
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    Rayyan

    Rayyan

    Rayyan

    Rayyan is an AI-powered research collaboration platform designed to streamline the process of conducting systematic reviews and literature reviews. Utilizing artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing, Rayyan assists research teams in reducing the time required to complete their reviews by understanding language, learning from decisions, and providing intelligent support throughout the review process. Researchers can efficiently manage their reviews using Rayyan's AI-powered workbench and time-saving features, enabling them to extract and synthesize relevant information effectively. It offers a mobile app, allowing users to collaborate on reviews from anywhere, even offline, turning unproductive moments into productive research time. Rayyan supports the import of references from various sources, and provides advanced features such as duplicate detection, relevance ranking, PICO highlighting, etc.
    Starting Price: $8.33 per month
  • 4
    Paperpile

    Paperpile

    Paperpile

    Paperpile offers clean and simple and reference management for the web. Sync your library to all your devices and read and annotate like on paper on your iPad, iPhone, or Android device. Cite your papers in Google Docs and Microsoft Word. Organize your papers with folders, labels and stars. Search your library in real-time. Automatically fix references with incomplete data and clean up duplicates. Download PDFs with one click and sync them directly to your Google Drive. Your files are available immediately on all your devices. Google Drive provides enough storage for even the largest libraries. Highlight the important parts of your papers in different colors. Add comments right where they belong. Use private sharing links to share with everyone, not just Paperpile users. With Paperpile you now can also manage your references collaboratively, and Google Docs makes it easy to collaborate with your colleagues on a paper.
    Starting Price: $2.99 per month
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    EBSCO

    EBSCO

    EBSCO

    EBSCO offers high-quality information resources and technology solutions to help libraries build and manage their collections, meet consumers' information needs, promote lifelong learning and transform lives. It has never been more important for libraries to provide patrons with vetted information from trusted resources. Support the information needs and interests of everyone in your community with digital magazines, e-journals and e-packages. Our collection development and readers’ advisory tools help you select materials and plan programming that engages, informs and inspires. Keep your community's small businesses up-to-date with business news and information and help job seekers find meaningful work with career development resources. Our efficient technology solutions ensure that your library’s valuable materials are easy to find, whether members are in the library or remotely. Unique videos and book summaries help individuals develop skills critical for success in work and life.
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    Mendeley

    Mendeley

    Mendeley

    Add papers directly from your browser with a few clicks or import any documents from your desktop. Access your library from anywhere. Windows, Mac, Linux and all browsers. Generate references, citations and bibliographies in a whole range of journal styles with just a few clicks. Build your personal Mendeley library to organize, search and read all your references. Also available: Mendeley Cite, the new citation add-in for Microsoft® Word, takes the time out of referencing. Being able to work seamlessly is vital to you. So, as well as searching your Mendeley library and inserting individual or multiple references and bibliographies in just a few clicks, with Mendeley Cite you can: Cite without having Mendeley Desktop open or even installed, minimizing potential performance loss.
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    Listening

    Listening

    Listening

    Turn academic papers, PDFs, web pages, and articles into audio. Take notes on key ideas with one click. Select which sections to listen to. An AI voice that sounds so lifelike and human, you can barely tell it's digital. You can listen in the Listening app, or even export the audio to your favorite podcast player. Listening allows you to select which sections of a paper to listen to. Listening provides features like removing excess text, like references, citations, and computer code from the audio, lifelike voices, complete with emotion and intonation, and easily pronouncing technical words in any field.
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