Q: difference between read wonders vs paper guide and afforai
Could you please explain the main differences between your Read Wonders app and other resources like paper guides and Afforai? What are the key reasons we should consider using Read Wonders?

Joe_Wonders
Apr 24, 2025A: Hi Shafi, š Great question! They're both really good tools for research, and definitely in the same category.
The key difference is that we really focus on the end-to-end workflowābringing the key steps of the research process into a single view, with AI guidance along the way.
1) Single view for the entire researchāWe're still a very early stage company and product, but we're working very closely with our usersāfrom students, doctoral supervisors, to professional researchersāto build the most efficient research workflow available. We're not there yet, but we really believe that our unique workflow will enable users to finish a complete high-quality literature review in one view in just a couple of minutes.
2) Guided steps with AIāwonders guides you along the way, making suggestions for topics, keywords, search strategy that copies the steps of an experienced researcher. All the steps are transparent and completely controllable, which is not the case with their chatbot-based systems.
3) More sourcesāwe search 500M+ sources from academic papers, to technical literature and patents.
4) Collaborateāall your projects can be shared with individuals or in teams, making it much easier to work with clients, supervisors, or research colleagues.
Both their apps are more mature products, and great tools, but I'd say our approach is very unique and much more naturally aligned with how research works. I'm personally very excited for where we're headed & think it'll unlock a lot of value for many use-cases.