Connected

The library you already have, on your iPad

Rectoly doesn't replace your reference manager. It opens the papers you've collected in Mendeley or Zotero, and sends the annotations you make back to that library.

Rectoly on iPad showing a Zotero library
How it works

See it in use

01

Sign in, and it's all there

Sign in with your Mendeley or Zotero account and your collections, papers and attachments appear as they are.

Opening a paper from a collection in the library
02

Search across every paper

The “Across papers” tab lists the annotations of every paper in one place, and searches full text, handwriting and notes together. Free on iPad and iPhone.

Annotations across papers, listed and searched
03

Your annotations, on the desktop

Highlights and notes sync to Mendeley or Zotero as ordinary annotations. Open the paper on your lab computer and they're there.

Annotations made on the iPad appearing in the desktop library
04

Offline, and your own PDFs

Downloaded papers read fine without a connection. And without signing in at all, you can open PDFs that are already on the device.

Opening a PDF from the device
When you'd use it

Where it fits in your day

From the lab to home

Papers collected at the lab, read on the iPad at home

No moving files, no emailing yourself. Open the library and the same papers are there.

In a research group

Group libraries work the same way

The Zotero edition opens papers in group libraries too.

On a flight

Carry on reading at 35,000 feet

Downloaded papers and their annotations are stored on the device.

The details

Reference management stays put
Keep adding and organising papers in Mendeley or Zotero. Rectoly doesn't replace your library.
One purchase, every device
Use it on every iPad, iPhone and Mac signed in to the same account.
Two separate apps
Rectoly for Mendeley and Rectoly for Zotero are separate apps, each purchased separately.

Every feature, free for 14 days

Download it free from the App Store and try everything. If it earns a place in your day, buy it once. No subscription.