Wispar App
Wispar is a user-friendly and privacy-friendly app that seamlessly searches scientific journals and articles using the Crossref API. Stay updated on your preferred journals by following them and receive new article abstracts in your main feed. No account required. The integration of Unpaywall ensures convenient access to open-access articles, while EZproxy helps overcome subscription barriers.This is an open-source project, and contributions are 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
What's new in 0.9.0
Here's a summary of the new features and improvements in Wispar 0.9.0+30 for Android:
- Graphical Abstracts: Wispar now displays graphical abstracts as a banner behind article titles. Tap the banner to view the full image.
- Customizable Swipe Gestures: Customize left and right swipe actions on publication cards (e.g., add to favorites, hide, send to Zotero, etc.).
- Publication Card Customization: Toggle on/off specific information displayed on publication cards.
- Unpaywall PDF Prompt: When a PDF is available via Unpaywall, a dialog asks whether to open the PDF through Unpaywall or visit the article website.
- Improved PDF Download: The PDF download button now works more reliably with Elsevier and Wiley platforms.
- Experimental Database Storage: Option to store database files outside the app container (use with caution and backup your database first!).
- Paper Count in Feed: Add a paper count to your feeds.
- Journal title wrapping: Journal titles now wrap on cards.
