AI PDF Reader vs Explainpaper
AI PDF Reader
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Explainpaper
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| Figure | AI PDF Reader | Explainpaper |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.99/mo | $16/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 4 |
| Spec score · AI PDF Assistants | 8.0 (#7) | 7.9 (#13) |
| Pro features | Pro adds OCR for scanned PDFs, whole-document summaries, questions across open PDFs, premium and multilingual models, and optional cloud providers. | Pro includes Math Explain for formulas and figures, advanced AI models, full-paper summaries, saved highlights and explanations, and paper questions. |
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AI PDF Reader
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Explainpaper
Explainpaper is a web-based AI reader for research papers. Readers highlight confusing passages to get explanations with adjustable complexity, support for more than 50 languages, and context from the full paper. Paper chat answers questions using the paper’s content, allows follow-ups, and can summarize findings; answers can cite sections so readers can locate relevant material. The product also generates outlines, extracts key points, and shows relationships between concepts. Its free plan is available indefinitely and includes unlimited highlight explanations, follow-up questions, Zotero library import, and basic AI models. Pro costs $16 a month and adds Math Explain for formulas and figures, advanced AI models, whole-paper summaries, saved highlights and explanations, and paper questions. The Pro trial lasts seven days and requires a card. Explainpaper says subscriptions are billed monthly or annually according to the selected plan and payments are processed through Stripe. The product describes its audience as researchers.