Scholarcy vs Explainpaper vs Sourcely vs Wordtune Read

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Scholarcy
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Explainpaper
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Your tool Scholarcy
scholarcy.com
AI that reads papers so you can skim
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Competitor Explainpaper
explainpaper.com
Explainpaper breaks down why that quantum mechanics paper uses "eigenvalues" in equation 12 when you highlight confusing text in research papers
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Wordtune Read
wordtune.com
Wordtune Read is the summarizing side of Wordtune, an AI product that condenses articles, documents and YouTube videos so you can grasp them faster.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
159Kvisits/mo
35.2Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 17.1%
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6-month growth
-44.5%
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Global rank web
#200,412
#806,701
#330,988
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Avg. last 3 months
183.7K
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Bounce rate lower is better
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Pages / visit
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Visit duration
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Traffic sources
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
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0102.8K205.7K308.5K411.4KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3K10K100K1MScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$16per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$4.89per month · free tier available
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Free FreePro $16/moTeams Custom/mo
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Basic FreeAdvanced $4.89/moUnlimited $6.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
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DocumentsWeb pages
DocumentsText
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DocumentsTextWeb pages
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Text
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
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Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Summarizer
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDF+2 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Video EditingWriting & ContentAI SummarizerAI Video Summarizer
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
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Research papers summaries
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