CitApp helps students create formatted citations from links or DOIs and keep sources organized. It supports websites, journal articles, books, PDFs, reports, Wikipedia, news, theses, and videos. Citation options include 17 built-in styles, more than 130 journal and university CSL styles, and custom styles. CitApp says it retrieves metadata from CrossRef, PubMed, arXiv, and Google Books. A Google Docs add-on inserts citations at the cursor and updates the reference list. The free plan imports libraries from Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote and exports to Word, BibTeX, or RIS. Its Chrome extension saves pages and PDFs, including PDFs behind logins, to a project. Users can invite signed-in collaborators to view a project and add sources. Academic Shield checks whether paragraph wording is too close to a source, fits its academic section, and is supported by the cited source. The free plan has weekly limits on browser captures, Docs citation insertions, and Shield checks. Pro is 99.00 SEK per once and removes those weekly limits; the privacy policy says AI requests are processed in the EU and AI features use Google Gemini through Google Cloud.
Who it is for
CitApp suits students who need to collect sources, format citations, or work on shared research projects. Its Docs add-on and import and export options may help those already using Google Docs or reference libraries.
What is good
- Generates citations from links or DOIs.
- Supports custom styles and 130+ CSL styles.
- Free plan imports Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote libraries.
- Chrome extension saves pages and login-protected PDFs.
- Projects allow signed-in collaborators to add sources.
What to know first
- Free plan limits weekly captures and citation insertions.
- Free plan limits Academic Shield checks each week.
- Some school Google accounts may require administrator approval.
Verdict
CitApp combines citation formatting, source collection, and project sharing for students. The free plan has weekly usage limits, while Pro is 99.00 SEK per once.
CitApp plans and pricing
All plansCompared on citation generator tools
- Free plan
- Yes
- Citation style count
- 150
- Identifier lookup
- Yes
- URL import
- Yes
- Browser extension
- Yes
- BibTeX export
- Yes
