PubMed On Tap

Name: PubMed On Tap
Rating: 4.8 (1017 reviews)
Author: ReferencesOnTap

by ReferencesOnTap

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 31 Jul 2026

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Quick verdict

What it is: Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
At a glance: $2.99

Categories and search queries

Official categories

Medical
Reference

AppCorpus categories

Key functions

Function	Availability	Access	Scope	Evidence
Family Sharing	Yes	Unknown	App Store	Store published

Screens

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Pricing & paywalls

App Store

Price: $2.99

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

Ratings & reviews

App Store

4.8 1017 ratings · App Store

5/5Excellent access to PubMed
I barely use PubMed in a browser on my computer anymore. This is a very thoughtful and well-designed app. In terms of browsing and reading abstracts it cannot be best - and makes it very easy to do a very quick searches & saving of relevant papers that can be explored more in-depth later. I highly recommend it.

ElegantScience · 31 Jul 2026
1/5Mobile vs Desktop?
Just paid $1.99 for an app that - yes - is mobile friendly, and well organized for the convenience of searching with my phone, but to just get the same results Google provides me on my normal internet browser... I got a list full of articles that only included abstracts, and maybe 5% of them included full text. What am I paying for exactly? I understand that articles are expensive to view at full, but what am I benefiting from with this app, if it does nothing but give me the same results Google does, and doesn’t allow any privileges past viewing an abstract? This app should be free, and paying for articles should be separate, but both? There wasn’t even a detailed disclosure as to what this app had to offer. People want to know what they’re going to get if they’re paying money. $1.99 isn’t much, but I feel like I just got scammed into paying money for an app that doesn’t nothing different for me than what I’m capable of doing without it.

1-800 Frustrated · 31 Jul 2026
5/5Handy App
I like the ease of the app

Jasbo7 · 31 Jul 2026
1/5Useless - Can’t select best match
I downloaded this app after reading some good reviews about it. However, when I opened it, I found that I couldn’t set it to sort the articles in PubMed based on the best match, only as “recently added“ or “publication date”. Probably because of that, the search was horrible at finding a match for my query. Completely useless for me at this point. Very disappointed.

Dan Poliakoff · 31 Jul 2026
1/5Developer Out of Business?
This used to be a great app. NCBI has changed their URL and the app no longer connects to PubMed. Efforts to find the developer failed. If you are considering buying this app, think twice.

App Rater 14 · 31 Jul 2026

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Privacy

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Accessibility

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Versions

App Store

2.10
• New icon. • iOS 11 support. • If you like PubMed On Tap, please take the time to give us a nice review: it really helps.
2.11
• PubMed search has two new settings: Import author first name as Initials or Full Names, and Import MH tags to Keywords. • Fixed a problem in online search when labels and ratings weren't set for an already imported reference. • Added references navigation buttons (Prev/Next) for the portrait orientation on iPad. • iOS 12 support. • New iPad Pro support. • If you like PubMed On Tap, please take the time to give us a nice review: it really helps.
2.11.1
• Fixed a crash on static group creation. • If you like PubMed On Tap, please take the time to give us a nice review: it really helps.
2.12
• Added a new BibTex export option for references. • If you like PubMed On Tap, please take the time to give us a nice review: it really helps.
2.13
• iOS 13 and Dark Mode support. • External Keyboard Shortcuts for a quick way to perform actions like navigating between references, import, or go to the article online. • PDFs now can be shared as "Open In" instead of "Copy To" to allow editing file in another app. • PubMed On Tap Attachments folder is now visible in Files.app for files stored locally. • Use Manage to work with multiple references at a time: add them to a group or assign color labels and ratings. • Updated the internal web browser. • Fixed a problem for EZProxy urls when Google Account is used to login.
2.13.1
• Minor bug fixes and improvements. • If you like PubMed On Tap, please take the time to give us a nice review: It really helps.
2.14
• References and Groups now support contextual menus in iOS 13 and later to perform actions like copy, delete, rename, etc. • Selecting Multiple Items with a Two-Finger Pan Gesture. • Notecards now support context menu in iOS 13 and later to perform actions like copy, delete, and adding to the note stream. • Drag and drop of notecards. • Fixed a problem that line breaks were ignored in BibTeX export. • If you like PubMed On Tap, please take the time to give us a nice review: It really helps.
2.15
• iOS 15 support. • If you like PubMed On Tap, please take the time to give us a nice review: It really helps.
2.16
#StandWithUkraine • When the iOS native PDF engine is used, annotations will be stored in the file. Previously this option wasn't available. • Updated and modernized internal components. • Dropped iOS 12 support. • If you like PubMed On Tap, please take the time to give us a nice review: it really helps.
2.17
• Improved main library view with new icons. • Updated Color labels menu for references. • Updated Group Management view for both single and multiple references selection. • This release requires iOS 15 or later. • If you like PubMed On Tap, please take the time to give us a nice review: it really helps.
2.18
• Modernized app appearance and menus. • Search All now searches the text in all fields, not just the few shown under the search bar. • Internal Web Viewer uses iOS native downloader for PDFs, so more PDFs should be automatically downloaded. • Selecting an export reference style is now menu-based, so you no longer need to change it in Settings first. • Export all library references and attachments to Bookends for iOS. This will allow you to migrate to our more powerful reference management app.
2.18.1 · 25 Aug 2024
• Fixed a text display issue when editing a reference. • Fixed a bug that prevented smart groups from searching for references where a field is empty.
2.6.2
• Tweet your references (requires iOS 5.0+) • Bug fixes and stability improvements
2.7
This is a major update of PubMed On Tap with GUI improvements, static and smart groups and a companion search engine for PubMed - PubMed Central. Note: iOS 5+ only.
2.7.1
iOS7 support.
2.7.2
iOS 7 support
2.7.3
Bug fixes and stability improvements.
2.7.4
Bug fixes and iOS 5 support restored.
2.7.5
iOS 8 support
2.8
• Updated interface for the reference view: rating, label color, and notes can be updated right from the reference view. • iOS dynamic font sizes are now used in the reference view. • Automatically resume attachment downloading if interruped. • Many internal improvements. • If you like PubMed On Tap, please take the time to give us a nice review: it really helps.
2.8.1
• 1Password integration via the share button in the internal web browser. • Copy Link and Open in Safari via the share button in the internal web browser. • Bug fixes and stability improvements. • If you like PubMed On Tap, please take the time to give us a nice review: it really helps.
2.9
• See ratings in the reference list. • Sort references by rating. • Optimized for iPad Pro. • If you like PubMed On Tap, please take the time to give us a nice review: it really helps.
2.9.1
• Updated PubMed access to use the NCBI HTTPS servers.
2.9.2
• Fixed an incorrect enabled/disabled state for some of the toolbar icons. • Invitation to download PubMed On Tap 2.
2.9.3
• Split screen multitasking. • The app name was changed to 'PMed On Tap’.

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Last verified: 31 Jul 2026
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