Paperguide vs Scholarcy
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Paperguide
AI research assistant with semantic paper search
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Scholarcy
Turns papers into structured flashcards: findings, methods, refs.
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.8 / 10 | 6.3 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | — | 5 paper summaries per month |
| Paid from | — | $9.99/month (Personal) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | — | 1m+ researchers |
| Founded | 2023 | 2018 |
| Maker | — | Phil Gooch |
| Verdict | Paperguide bundles AI literature search, citation-backed answers, a reference manager and an academic writing assistant over a large paper database, putting several research workflows in one tool. The free tier is unusua... |
Scholarcy does one job: feed it a paper and it hands back a structured summary — key findings, methods, tables, a pulled reference list — instead of you reading twenty pages to get there. The Chrome extension is the most... |
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