ZotEZ². Your Zotero reader.

ZotEZ². Your Zotero reader.

Cloud or Local PDF sync tool and RSS feed reader for academics using Zotero.

App info

2021.2.2-b64
Productivity
April 11, 2021
45,441
EZBio.net
Android 4.1+
Everyone
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App description

Android App Analysis and Review: ZotEZ². Your Zotero reader., Developed by EZBio.net. Listed in Productivity Category. Current Version Is 2021.2.2-b64, Updated On 11/04/2021 . According to users reviews on Google Play: ZotEZ². Your Zotero reader.. Achieved Over 45 thousand Installs. ZotEZ². Your Zotero reader. Currently Has 332 Reviews, Average Rating 3.1 Stars

ZotEZ² is a third-party client on Android for synchronizing, sorting and downloading articles that are managed with Zotero, and stored on either Zotero Servers, WebDav, Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive , and even locally.

In addition to the standard use of Zotero synchronization, ZotEZ² aims at facilitating file management for users of Zotero that chose to store their library database on another Cloud than the default ones.

Since ZotEZ² is currently "read-only", there is no risk of database corruption, even if your files are stored on a third-party Cloud, like Dropbox, GDrive or OneDrive.

ZotEZ² is the "read-only" version of a bigger project (Aziz, see Aziz, Lite!) intended to provide editing options as well as full side note management, for any of these reference management softwares: Papers (see our app EZPaperz), Zotero, and Mendeley (see MendEZ).

Free features :
  • Syncing your papers' library directly from Zotero servers, and connecting to a WebDav for stored pdf or linked pdf attachments.
  • **NEW** Syncing your groups and RSS feeds
  • Syncing of your papers' library with Dropbox, Google Drive or OneDrive. Or just accessing your local Zotero copy.
  • Option to choose from 3 different cloud types regarding the following three types of items: the zotero.sqlite library database, the standard "storage" PDF folder, and the remote "attachment" PDF folder.
  • Listing of papers / books and displaying their main information (title, authors, publisher, year published, ...)
  • Option to display cards with full article info
  • **NEW** Citation cards to copy/paste Nature-style citations to your android text editor.
  • Downloading pdfs and notes of a document
  • Accessing attached links
  • Sharing the pdf of a document
  • Searching within references
  • Advanced settings:
    - resetting library data and reference manager type
    - deleting local files
  • Local libraries: if you cannot put your library in a cloud, you can copy it on your local Android storage and load it into ZotEZ²! Read our tutorial for more information: http://zotez2.ezbio.net/index.php?p=blog&id=7
  • Secondary storage: you can choose to store the downloaded PDFs either on the internal memory or an external SD card!
  • (Beta) Fast Loading of papers: if you have a large number of papers, you can choose to load them at the same time as they are displayed, so that you can access them while the others are still loading.
  • (Beta) Altmetric scoring.
  • **NEW** Full text search for "Local library users".

    Extra features:
  • Sorting options (by tags, titles, types, authors, etc.)
  • Search filter for papers (by tags, titles, ...), authors and collections
  • Author’s tab: visualize your library directly from an author's perspective
  • Collection’s tab: organize your library with your collection tree
  • **NEW** Tag's tab: browse your library from your favorite tags (colors included, combinations allowed)

    Important Note: all the extra features are available for evaluation (for FREE) when selecting the option "or try the demo library". You will be presented with a curated set of papers (as well as links to our tutorials) in order to get a glimpse at our cool features.

    Future updates :
  • Automatic downloading of entire collections.
  • New cool features based on your feedback (email us at [email protected])

    More information, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and Privacy Policy on http://zotez2.ezbio.net/index.php?p=privacy. If you like the app, please rate it and leave a review. Thanks.

    To learn how to configure Zotero for third-party Cloud syncing on your computer, look at our tutorial on YouTube:
    - Zotero + Mac/Windows + Google Drive: http://zotez2.ezbio.net/index.php?p=blog&id=3

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    ZotEZ² has been developed by Yohan Farouz.
    To Zoé
    • We are currently offering version 2021.2.2-b64. This is our latest, most optimized version. It is suitable for many different devices. Free download directly apk from the Google Play Store or other versions we're hosting. Moreover, you can download without registration and no login required.

    We have more than 2000+ available devices for Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, Motorola, LG, Google, OnePlus, Sony, Tablet ... with so many options, it’s easy for you to choose games or software that fit your device.

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    What's New

    **2021-04-11** Minor Release (build 64):
    • fixing bug making the app demo unusable on Android 30

    Rate and review on Google Play store

    3.1
    332 total
    5 33.3
    4 13.6
    3 13.6
    2 9.1
    1 30.3

    Total number of installs (*estimated)

    Estimation of total number of installs on Google Play, Approximated from number of ratings and install bounds achieved on Google Play.

    Recent Comments

    user
    Yannick Yannick

    First, all worked more or less fine. Syncing with Zotero-cloud and Documents stored on Nextcloud (via WebDav) suddenly it stopped working. Whenever I try to sync, the message "your library is up to date" but now articles appear in the library and there are over 100 new Articles that are not transferred. Sad, it was a practical app until this point.

    user
    Adrian Kummerländer

    Paid for the full version due to a good initial impression and the ability of accessing a local zotero repository. Everything worked fine for a while but now I sometimes get Nullpointer Exceptions for some Google Play function when trying to access any of the paid features. Update: Only seems to happen when using the old menu option

    user
    A Google user

    Synced PDF not saved. E.g. when I click on a paper in ZotEZ^2 it downloads it and on the Android prompt I select Acrobat Reader to open it. I highlight with marker and when I close the reader it says "Document Saved". When I try to reopen, it opens a new file -1.pdf without my highlighting. If I highlight again save and reopen it opens a -2.pdf etc. When I use e.g. ESFileExplorer to open the pdf with Acrobat Reader directly from local ZotEZ folder, the PDF is saved correctly.

    user
    A Google user

    This is the best Android app for Zotero ever made. In fact, it is the ONLY one that ever worked with my huge library (6000+ items). I use Zotero collections as the primary organization tool, so navigation without a responsive folding tree is impossible. Zotez2 nailed it. The app is also high-contrast, looking great on my Onyx eink reader. The whole database takes about 15 seconds to load on the app startup. Word of caution: if you are like me and have a huge library, keep the database file local. Zotero server is slow through no fault of the developer. I'm guessing this was the primary reason why Zandy never got to the point of being usable.

    user
    A Google user

    Connects to Zotero cloud just fine and lists my bibliography. I can also view metadata. I can't figure out how to download the articles from my library, so the app isn't very useful until I can do this. There are no icons on the listed articles to download, only long taking does anything and it shows the metadata. App has a lot of promise. The price is cheap if it worked.

    user
    A Google user

    I really like that this will allow me to connect to my webdav setup so I purchased the full app with all features (I want to support developers who make my life easier) but for whatever reason, despite recognizing that the library needs to sync, everytime it atempts a sync it says "sync failed" and only some of my library folders/collections are showing up. This wouldnt be a big deal (not enough to dock 2 stars), except there is no way within the app to send feedback (!). Help me out.

    user
    A Google user

    Great looking app, bought! Loaded my Zotero library and now I have permanent access! 3 problems I have encountered: 1) I don't know how to add new entries to my library. 2) Entries for edited volumes show an empty space for the author. They should show the editors. 3) Clicking to see entry details could be a lot smoother. Now I have to press the text, but it would be nice to have a nice [show] button or something. even a press-animation would help me browse more smoothly.

    user
    Valerie Schoepfer

    I don't recommend this app. I bought the full version in hopes that would help and it didn't. After a very long time of trying to figure out why I couldn't access any of my files, I found out you had to save all files in a folder named Zotero. Now I can access about a third of my files off dropbox, but I don't know which ones until I need them. So Its easier to go straight to dropbox and download them from there. I tried emailing two different addresses linked to the maker of the app for troubleshooting, and got no reply.

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