CitApp vs Citation Machine

CitApp helps students create formatted citations from links or DOIs and organize research sources on the web or through a Chrome extension. It supports websites, journal articles, books, PDFs, reports, Wikipedia, news, theses, and videos, retrieving metadata from CrossRef, PubMed, arXiv, and Google Books. Citation options include 17 built-in styles, more than 130 journal and university CSL styles, and custom styles. A Google Docs add-on inserts citations at the cursor and updates the reference list. The free plan imports Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote libraries and exports to Word, BibTeX, and RIS. The extension saves pages and PDFs, including files behind logins, to a project. Invite links let signed-in collaborators view and add sources. Academic Shield checks wording similarity, section fit, and citation support. Free includes unlimited in-app sources, 10 browser captures weekly, 30 Docs insertions weekly, and 10 Shield checks weekly. Pro costs SEK 99, paid once and removes weekly limits.

Citation Machine is a web service for generating citations, helping with writing and checking student assignments for plagiarism. It supports thousands of citation styles, including MLA, APA, Chicago and Harvard, and lets users export bibliographies or works cited pages to Google Drive or Microsoft Word. An account can keep citations saved in one place. The Writing Assistant provides feedback on spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity and flow, and offers paraphrasing. Its plagiarism checker compares writing with billions of sources and reports the share of similar language. Citation Machine Plus advertises plagiarism scans, 7,000+ citation styles, 400+ advanced grammar errors and in-text citations. A free 3-day trial is offered and can be canceled anytime; the listed Plus trial price is free. Formatting guides and examples cover MLA, APA, Chicago, full citations and in-text citations. The audience described in its style directory includes high school, college and university students, teachers and independent researchers. Help Center and support pages are linked, and Citation Machine identifies itself as a Chegg service.