ZiNote
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveMobile app that delivers a daily swipeable feed of new academic papers with AI summaries and Zotero export.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $4.99/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Free tracks 1 topic with 3 keywords, 3 journals and 20 papers a day; Pro is $4.99/month, $39.99/year or $99.99 one-time for lifetime, raising limits to 10 topics, 30 journals and 200 papers a day and adding AI translation, Zotero and export. Purchases are made inside the app, and store prices may vary by region.
Use tool ↗About ZiNote
ZiNote is a mobile-first app for researchers who want to keep up with new academic papers without manually searching. It builds a personalized daily feed based on tracked keywords and journals, lets users swipe through titles and abstracts, generates AI summaries of a paper's contribution, translates unfamiliar text inline, and saves selected papers directly to Zotero. The free plan tracks a small number of keywords and journals; paid tiers raise those limits and add translation and export features, available as monthly, yearly, or one-time lifetime purchases through the app.
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page: Free (1 topic, 3 keywords, 3 journals, 20 papers a day); Pro $4.99/month, $39.99/year or $99.99 lifetime with 10 topics, 30 journals, 200 papers a day, AI translation, Zotero and export (15 October 2026)zinote.app ↗
- Home page FAQ: ZiNote is a discovery and triage feed that hands saved papers to Zotero, not a PDF reader or reference manager (15 October 2026)zinote.app ↗
Is ZiNote legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Dec 8, 2025Registry record (RDAP), registrar Spaceship, Inc., looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Jan 8, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- ZiNoteOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of ZiNote
ZiNote applies a swipe-feed format to something researchers usually do through manual database searches or table-of-contents alerts, which makes daily paper discovery feel less like a chore. It only covers discovery and light summarization, though — it is not a reference manager itself and depends on Zotero for actual library organization.
Pros
- Personalized daily feed based on tracked keywords and journals
- AI summaries and inline translation reduce time spent per abstract
- Direct Zotero export instead of a separate manual save step
Cons
- Free plan limits tracking to 1 topic with 3 keywords and 3 journals
- Mobile-only — no web or desktop version for a full-computer workflow
- Zotero sync and AI translation are Pro-only
Best for
- Researchers and grad students wanting a daily habit of scanning new papers
- Zotero users who want discovery to feed directly into their existing library
Not for
- Anyone wanting a full reference manager rather than a discovery feed
- Researchers who prefer traditional database search over a swipe interface
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