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Freeplane vs Reference Manager

A side-by-side look at Freeplane and Reference Manager. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Freeplane

Freeplane

Office & Productivity

Freeplane is an open source mind mapping and knowledge management software. It allows users to visually organize ideas, tasks, and concepts in a node-based map. Freeplane is customizable with plugins and themes and works across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms.

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Reference Manager

Reference Manager

Office & Productivity

Reference Manager is software designed to help researchers organize, manage, and cite their references when writing academic papers. It allows importing references from online databases and PDFs, organizing references into folders, annotating PDFs, and creating bibliographies and citations in Word docs.

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