Rephrasa and Cite This For Me side by side
| Rephrasa | Cite This For Me (as published) | |
|---|---|---|
| Styles named | APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago 18 and 17, Harvard (Cite Them Right), IEEE, AMA 11 | Harvard, APA, MLA, Chicago, Vancouver, plus "thousands of others" |
| Source types | 9 types in the manual form | "50+ source types" |
| Lookup inputs | DOI, URL, ISBN | From "the author's name to the source's URL to the article's DOI number" |
| Paid plan | Citations are free; Premium only raises paraphrasing limits | Premium "£6.99/mo" |
| Ads | None at launch | "Ad-free experience" is listed as a Premium feature |
| Paraphraser | Free AI paraphraser on the same site | Not part of the citation page |
APA citations that stay free
On Rephrasa, every citation feature is free: lookups, all six style families, in-text citations, sorting, copying and exports. There is no paid citation tier, because formatting runs in your browser and costs us almost nothing. Premium exists only for the AI paraphraser's word limits.
The APA citation generator shows APA 7 examples recreated from APA Style's own reference pages, so you can see the output before you trust it.
Harvard, IEEE and AMA included
Cite This For Me is popular for Harvard in the UK. Rephrasa's Harvard follows Cite Them Right, named openly on the Harvard referencing generator page. Rephrasa also includes IEEE and AMA 11th edition for engineering and health science students.
When Cite This For Me may suit you better
- You need Vancouver or another style outside Rephrasa's six families.
- You cite unusual source types from its list of more than 50.
- You want to search by author name instead of pasting an identifier.
- You prefer an account that keeps your projects online.
Rephrasa fits better if you want APA, Harvard, IEEE or AMA citations at no cost, without ads at launch, with your list kept on your own device.
From source to citation in one visit
Paste a DOI into the tool above, check the preview, add it, and copy your list into Word or Google Docs. If you are writing about that source, the paraphrasing tool on the same site helps you put it in your own words, and the citation keeps the credit where it belongs.
For UK and Australian students
Many UK and Australian universities teach Harvard based on Cite Them Right. Rephrasa's Harvard output uses British English and day-month-year dates, prints "edn." for editions and "Available at:" with an access date for web pages. Check your module handbook for local tweaks, such as punctuation after the year, and edit those few characters by hand.
If your course uses APA instead, switch the style; the same list re-formats at once.
Before you submit, whichever tool you use
- Every in-text citation has a matching entry, and every entry is cited.
- Names and years match exactly between text and list.
- The list is in the order the style requires.
- Hanging indents and spacing are set in your document.
Generators make the formatting consistent; this checklist catches the rest.
Getting your list into Word or a reference manager
Copy all places a formatted list on your clipboard with italics, ready for Word or Google Docs. For Zotero, Mendeley or EndNote, export .ris; for LaTeX, export .bib. These exports work without an account and without a paid plan.
Checking output against the guides
Rephrasa tests its formatting against examples published in the official style guides and in university library guides, and the style pages show those examples with links. If you find a reference that looks wrong, send it to us from the contact page and we will compare it with the guide.