Wispar
Stay up-to-date with academic journals and the latest research articles!
| AppID: | app.wispar.wispar |
| Author: | Francis Lapointe |
| License: | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Donation: | Webpage |
| InRepoSince: | 2025-03-05 |
| LastRepoUpdate: | 2025-09-13 |
| LastAppUpdate: | Unknown |
| LastVersion: | 0.8.0 |
| Categories: | Reading, Science & Education |
| Google Play: | Check if it's there |
Wispar is your personal research companion — a privacy-friendly app for exploring academic journals and scientific articles.Using the Crossref and OpenAlex APIs, Wispar helps you stay updated on your favourite journals. Follow journals to receive the latest research abstracts in your main feed — no account required.
- Search scholarly articles and journals
- Follow journals to stay updated
- Add custom keywords and queries to your feed
- Access open-access articles via Unpaywall
- Use EZproxy to unlock paywalled research
- Send articles to your Zotero library
- Built for researchers, students, and the academically curious
Wispar is user-friendly, open-source, and designed to respect your privacy.
As a community-built project, contributions are always welcome! If you'd like to contribute, please visit our GitHub repository: https://github.com/Scriptbash/Wispar
If the app isn't available in your language, please consider helping with translations by visiting our hosted Weblate instance: https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/wispar
Anti-Features: NonFreeNet(this application promotes/depends a non-Free network service):
⇒ Depends on Crossref, EZproxy servers and academic publishers' websites.
While you can download the APKs here directly, you should preferably use an F-Droid client so the app stays up-to-date on your device.
Packages
Version 0.8.0 (2025-09-13) 
Android Versions:
- Target: 16.0
- MinVer: 7.0
- ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86_64
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