About Bookends
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 S
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 PDFs and reference metadata (requires access privileges). 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.
• See PDF annotation 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.
Pro Features Yearly Subscription ($14.99). Requires a Standard purchase.
• Cloud sync with all your iOS devices and Bookends for Mac (separate purchase)
• Share onlnine libraries with colleagues
• Create multiple libraries
• Unlimited barcode scanning
• Extract PDF annotations with deep links to annotations and text
• View PDF notes in a note stream
• Automate your actions
If the subscription is not renewed, Pro Features will be disabled but Standard features will continue to work.
No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during the active subscription period.
Apr 18, 2024
Version 4.0.1
• Selecting an export reference style is now menu-based, so you no longer need to change it in Settings first.
• Bookends uses a built-in format for exporting to BibTeX. If you need your own version, please obtain and install a BibTeX CSL style.
• Fixed a problem where book cover art was not attached to a reference imported via Quick Add.
• Fixed a crash that could occur the first time a local library was synced with an existing cloud library.
• Fixed a bug when using a CSL style where only the first initial was output when the authors name contained two or more initials in a row.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Bookends since it was posted on our website on 2016-09-27 13:14:25.
The latest version is 4.0.1 and it was updated on 2024-04-26 23:40:36. See below the changes in each version.
Bookends version 4.0.1
Updated At: 2024-04-18
Changes: Apr 18, 2024
Version 4.0.1
• Selecting an export reference style is now menu-based, so you no longer need to change it in Settings first.
• Bookends uses a built-in format for exporting to BibTeX. If you need your own version, please obtain and install a BibTeX CSL style.
• Fixed a problem where book cover art was not attached to a reference imported via Quick Add.
• Fixed a crash that could occur the first time a local library was synced with an existing cloud library.
• Fixed a bug when using a CSL style where only the first initial was output when the authors name contained two or more initials in a row.
Bookends version 4.0
Updated At: 2024-03-12
Changes: Mar 12, 2024
Version 4.0
• Modernized app appearance and menus.
• Search All now searches the text in all fields, not just the few shown under the search bar.
• Internal Web Viewer uses iOS native downloader for PDFs, so more PDFs should be automatically downloaded.
• Autofill from internet for the reference now has an option to manually enter DOI or other identifiers for metadata fetching.
• Use journal glossaries when creating a formatted reference. Enable in the Scan & Bib section of Settings.
• If a journal glossary is enabled and abbreviations defined in Bookends, an abbreviation entered in the journal field will be expanded to the journal's name.
• The demo version will no longer show ads.
Bookends version 3.8.4
Updated At: 2023-07-28
Changes: Jul 28, 2023
Version 3.8.4
• Fixed a problem that prevents Wi-Fi sync in upcoming versions of iOS.
• If you like Bookends, please take the time to give us a nice review: it really helps.
Bookends version 3.8.3
Updated At: 2023-03-29
Changes: Mar 29, 2023
Version 3.8.3
• "Copy Link" is now available for references, groups, PDFs, PDF Notecards, and PDF selected text. The link is in a Markdown link format, and can be pasted into other apps in iOS. When it is tapped in another app, Bookends will open and show the corresponding linked item.
• If you like Bookends, please take the time to give us a nice review: it really helps.
Bookends version 3.7.6
Updated At: 2022-07-16
Changes: Jul 16, 2022 Version 3.7.6
• Fixed a bug that caused the pinned attachments view to show only the last-opened PDF.
• Bookends Wi-Fi sync improvements.
• Note: this is the last update with support of iOS 13 and iOS 14. All devices that support iOS 13 also support iOS 15. Please update to the latest iOS version to get further updates of Bookends for iOS.
• If you like Bookends, please take the time to give us a nice review: it really helps.
Bookends version 3.7.2
Updated At: 2022-03-12
Changes: Mar 12, 2022 Version 3.7.2
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• When fetching Google Books cover art, Bookends will change the URL provided by Google to use “https”, so book covers will be downloaded again automatically.
• The last-viewed state of unpinned PDFs will be remembered.
• Restored support for iOS 13 and 14.
• If you like Bookends, please take the time to give us a nice review: it really helps.
Bookends version 3.7
Updated At: 2022-02-13
Changes: Feb 13, 2022 Version 3.7
• Shared cloud sync of references and attachments between users (requires iOS 15+ and macOS 11+).
• Library default attachment subfolder can be set in Settings (for use with shared cloud sync).
• The pinned attachments view can be called from the main library screen.
• When the iOS native PDF engine is used (when PDF Annotations mode is turned off in Settings), annotations will be stored in the file. Previously this option wasn't available.
• Fixed a rare cloud sync problem when Bookends proposed a full library re-sync.
• If you like Bookends, please take the time to give us a nice review: It really helps.
Bookends version 3.6.6
Updated At: 2021-10-20
Changes: Oct 20, 2021 Version 3.6.6
• Updated PDF component with the focus on compatibility with iOS 15, like drag and drop of text and images out of documents into other apps.
• Fixed as crash on app launch that occurred with some libraries.
• Dropped iOS 12 support.
• If you like Bookends, please take the time to give us a nice review: It really helps.
Bookends version 3.6.5
Updated At: 2021-10-12
Changes: Oct 12, 2021 Version 3.6.5
• References can be added to Quick Note on iPad Running iPadOS 15.
• Resolve Google Scholar CAPTCHA challenges and immediately resume searching.
• Fixed a problem with crash on importing references from Google Scholar.
• If you like Bookends, please take the time to give us a nice review: It really helps.
Bookends version 3.6.4
Updated At: 2021-09-23
Changes: Sep 23, 2021 Version 3.6.4
• iOS 15 support.
• To maintain a tab in the PDF viewer between launches you must pin it.
• If you like Bookends, please take the time to give us a nice review: It really helps.
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