Academia.edu

Firstly, I very much like this app and the way it recommends and suggests certain papers related by title / theme.
The first wish would be a more active way to influence what gets recommended, by subject and perhaps even a refresh mechanism so that I can keep browsing through papers if none are relevant / stimulating / engaging enough.
Then, there are some issues. First, I save frequently to library. When I do this, every time a notification pops up asking me about a “PDF Package”. I don’t care about this. So this becomes incredibly annoying—because I first have to press “now now” before I can continue scrolling through papers. Very cumbersome. Cannot find a way to stop this pop up or just say “don’t recommend PDF packages every time I save a paper to library”.
Then, currently on iPhone 16 Pro, when I enter a paper for reading, the top navigation bar gets shoved so high up that it fails to properly register and respond to the back button. I press multiple times and it is unclear what makes it work, also resulting in accidental secondary taps that then scroll all the way up from where I was in the library (when the back works, and I get back to my feed). Having it be so hard to quit a paper view in an app mainly for reading papers is quite annoying to use. A core feature, I would say.
On the whole, a great app, for what it intends to do. But this could definitely use some improvements (hence why I bothered to write a bit more extensively). I wish they had multiple plans also, because I don’t necessarily care about all features. All of the pop ups are extremely cumbersome, and I’d pay small fees to even just have a better experience. But their current plan is just too much for what it offers. I’d pay a smaller amount for that resize text feature, for example, and just so that they don’t feel the need for asking me to upgrade everywhere.
Would definitely be open to test using features or offering more correspondence for feedback, since a way to “algorithm” papers is precisely what I want.

Can’t get to a point where I can login. Instead an endless (until iPhone crashes) loop of Chrome browser tabs are opened.

Breed en diepgaand in wat beschikbaar is aan kennis in onze academische wereld. Veel van wat ik gebruik in mijn eigen werk zou ik zonder Academia eerder niet gevonden hebben.

I read energy related articles over 1 year now. 4 out of 10 satisfy my scientific interst.
Thanks for your work
Msc Walther Walraven

Worthless! When logging in, I keep getting to see that my account already exists. And then I get the login screen again! Time after time. Unable to use the app.
YES! My account exists! Can I log in?

It seems that payment is not voluntary even if I only want to read one article—I get placed in an endless loop. Doesn’t make me want to start paying,

Ii think your algorithm is very good! Thanks for making this app, almost every day i am supplied with nice new articles.

Free, easy to use and a lot of content in the database. Brilliant app. Could be much worse.