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Wispar

Stay up-to-date with academic journals and the latest research articles!
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
- Chat with AI about your downloaded papers
- Send articles to your Zotero library
- View graphical abstracts
- Translate abstracts to your preferred language
- 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
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  • Version 0.10.1 (36) suggested Added on Apr 03, 2026

    arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86_64

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • run at startup
      Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
    • control vibration
      Allows the app to control the vibrator.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • app.wispar.wispar.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 90 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 0.9.0 (30) - Added on Oct 25, 2025

    arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86_64

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
    • read audio files from shared storage
      Allows the app to read audio files from your shared storage.
    • read image files from shared storage
      Allows the app to read image files from your shared storage.
    • read video files from shared storage
      Allows the app to read video files from your shared storage.
    • run at startup
      Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
    • Schedule precisely timed actions
      This app can schedule work to happen at a desired time in the future. This also means that the app can run when you're not actively using the device.
    • control vibration
      Allows the app to control the vibrator.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
    • app.wispar.wispar.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 82 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 0.8.0 (29) - Added on Sep 13, 2025

    arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86_64

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • read the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
    • read audio files from shared storage
      Allows the app to read audio files from your shared storage.
    • read image files from shared storage
      Allows the app to read image files from your shared storage.
    • read video files from shared storage
      Allows the app to read video files from your shared storage.
    • run at startup
      Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
    • Schedule precisely timed actions
      This app can schedule work to happen at a desired time in the future. This also means that the app can run when you're not actively using the device.
    • control vibration
      Allows the app to control the vibrator.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
      Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
    • app.wispar.wispar.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 81 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

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