ZiNote

ZiNote is a mobile app that helps researchers discover and triage academic papers. Instead of running the same searches every morning, you tell ZiNote your research interests once, and it builds a personalized feed of relevant new papers. You can swipe through titles and abstracts, read AI-generated summaries that explain the method and contribution, and translate abstracts without leaving the app. When you find something worth reading, you save it to Zotero or export it into your existing workflow.

The app works in three steps. First, you choose keywords and journals to follow. ZiNote then pulls matching papers into a daily feed. Second, you triage papers quickly — the AI summary gives you the gist, and the translation feature helps with papers in other languages. Third, you keep what matters by sending it to Zotero. The feed also learns from what you save or skip, so recommendations get better over time. ZiNote is available on iOS and Android, making it easy to check your feed during a commute or between meetings.

ZiNote is built for researchers, graduate students, and academics who want to stay current without spending hours searching. It fills the gap between search tools like Google Scholar and reference managers like Zotero. If you need to decide which papers deserve a full read, ZiNote turns that into a five-minute daily habit.