VeriCite - Reference Checker
Detect Fake AI Citations
Only for iPhone
Free · In-App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Catch AI hallucinated citations instantly. Paste any reference — VeriCite cross-checks CrossRef, PubMed & more in seconds and tells you if it's real.
[VeriCite — Academic Citation Verifier]
AI writing tools are powerful, but they hallucinate. Fabricated paper titles, invented authors, non-existent DOIs — these "hallucinated citations" look convincing but lead nowhere. VeriCite automates the tedious manual verification process, cross-checking multiple authoritative academic databases in seconds.
[KEY FEATURES]
▸ Citation Verification
Paste any citation in any format (APA, MLA, Chicago, Vancouver, etc.). VeriCite automatically detects DOIs and PMIDs, queries databases in sequence, and returns a verification status with a confidence score (0–100).
▸ Batch Verification
Paste multiple citations at once. VeriCite splits and verifies them in parallel, with real-time progress tracking and a confidence score distribution chart.
▸ OCR Scan Input
Point your camera at a bibliography page or pick an image from your photo library. The Vision framework extracts the text and feeds it directly into the verification pipeline — no typing required.
▸ Field-by-Field Diff
See exactly where your citation diverges from the database record — title, authors, year, journal — all flagged clearly so you know precisely what's wrong.
▸ Export in Multiple Formats
Export your verification history as plain text, CSV, BibTeX, APA, MLA, or Chicago — ready to paste into your paper or import into any reference manager.
▸ History & Spotlight Search
All results are stored locally. Filter by status, re-verify any entry, and find past results instantly via iOS Spotlight search.
[DATABASES CHECKED]
• CrossRef — 150M+ records, primary source
• PubMed / NCBI — medicine & life sciences
• Semantic Scholar — 200M+ papers
• OpenAlex — 250M+ records, strong humanities & social science coverage
[PRIVACY FIRST]
No account required. No personal data collected. All history stays on your device. Citation content is only sent to the academic APIs listed above — nothing else.
[IDEAL FOR]
• Researchers conducting literature reviews
• Graduate and undergraduate students writing theses
• Academic editors and fact-checkers
• Anyone using AI writing assistants
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New: Retraction detection. If a paper has been retracted by its journal, VeriCite now flags it clearly and links to the retraction notice. Citing a real but retracted paper can be just as damaging as citing one that never existed.
More rigorous verification:
• "Not Found" and "Check Failed" are now clearly distinguished. Network problems are no longer reported as "the paper doesn't exist" — real papers won't be mistaken for AI hallucinations.
• Failed checks no longer consume your daily quota.
• The lookup chain now compares all sources and keeps the best match, reducing false "Partial Match" results.
Fixed: DOIs containing parentheses (such as 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)11096-0, common in older Lancet and Elsevier papers) were not recognized correctly.
The developer, CHIA CHUN WU, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
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Information
- Provider
- CHIA CHUN WU
- Size
- 6.2 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.6 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 2 more
- English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Pro Plan USD 0.99
- Copyright
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