10 Trending Bibliography And Citation App Businesses [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 18th, 2023

Start A Bibliography And Citation App

Bibliography and Citation tools create citations, reference lists, and bibliographies. Teachers, students and web content writers are some of the common users of the bibliography and citation apps.

The tools help users complete and improve bibliographic data by comparing it with curated online catalogues like Google Scholar, springer or MathSciNet. The citation tools are for users who value simplicity, privacy and speed when it comes to referencing.

With scholars and researchers wanting to do more within their usual working day, the demand for bibliography and citation apps will keep rising.

Therefore, if you are familiar with App development and are interested in starting an app based business idea, the citation and bibliography applications will be a great idea.

Looking for some examples of a bibliography and citation app?

Interested in case studies of a successful bibliography and citation app? Check out our full list of success stories.

1. EasyBib®: Free Bibliography Generator

Automatic works cited and bibliography formatting for MLA, APA and Chicago/Turabian citation styles. Now supports 7th edition of MLA.

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 4.7M/month

2. BibMe: Free Bibliography & Citation Maker

BibMe Free Bibliography & Citation Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 1.14M/month

Learn more about starting a bibliography and citation app:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a bibliography and citation app?
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4. MyBib

Automatically create bibliographies, references, and citations in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and over 8,000 more styles with our totally free and no-ads citation generator.

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 2.65M/month

5. Cite Fast

Citefast is a FREE APA, MLA and Chicago citation generator. Generate references, bibliographies, in-text citations and title pages quickly and accurately. Used by students and professionals.

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Website traffic: 910K/month

6. Citationsy

A no-nonsense reference collection and bibliography creation tool for people who value simplicity, privacy, and speed.

How much they make: $6K/year
Where they're located: London, England, United Kingdom
Current team size: 1
Website traffic: 360K/month

How I Developed A $500/Month App To Create Citations And Bibliographies

Citationsy is an online referencing generator launched in 2017 that grew from nothing to over 200,000 users as of February 2020, all through word-of-mouth and SEO, and is making a profit every month without spending any money on marketing or Google ads with a customer acquisition cost that is essentially zero.

About

Cenk started Citationsy almost 7 years ago

Revenue

Cenk grew the business to $500/month

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7. SP+

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

8. OttoBib

Generate bibliographies/works cited pages for books - just enter the ISBN(s) of the book(s) you've cited in your paper.

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

9. Citation Support

Nashville's one-stop shop for lighting, grip, trucks, and other studio and location resources. We can provide you with solid advice, exceptional equipment, and service second to none.

Where they're located: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

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