Archivist
Free App
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About Archivist
The Internet Archive (http://archive.org) is an online library, holding thousands of items of public-domain content, including movies, music, books and television, all free to download and enjoy.
Archivist is your mobile gateway to this database. It requires an active Internet connection.
Archivist lets you easily search for and download free books, free movies, free music and free audio books, or anything else in the database to your mobile device.
- Search for books & documents, video, audio, images, or blanket search for everything.
- Sort results by relevance, downloads, date, or public rating from archive.org.
- Stream audio and video. Play free concert or watch free cartoons from your mobile device!
- Truncated file list to access the most popular formats.
Downloaded items are saved to an 'Archivist' folder in the root directory of your device, or are accessible through the Download Manager.
This app provides an interface to the archive.org database but is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Internet Archive. For more information on the Internet Archive and their goals, please visit http://www.archive.org
Because Archivist is a search-and-browse app, it accesses public domain and user-generated content. I cannot guarantee that all the public domain and user-generated content from archive.org conforms to the ratings, licenses, and copyright standards applied to the app itself.
This is a hobby/occasional project. It iterates slowly. Because of this, support is intermittent and debugging is ongoing.
Follow the project on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArchivistApp
Archivist is your mobile gateway to this database. It requires an active Internet connection.
Archivist lets you easily search for and download free books, free movies, free music and free audio books, or anything else in the database to your mobile device.
- Search for books & documents, video, audio, images, or blanket search for everything.
- Sort results by relevance, downloads, date, or public rating from archive.org.
- Stream audio and video. Play free concert or watch free cartoons from your mobile device!
- Truncated file list to access the most popular formats.
Downloaded items are saved to an 'Archivist' folder in the root directory of your device, or are accessible through the Download Manager.
This app provides an interface to the archive.org database but is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Internet Archive. For more information on the Internet Archive and their goals, please visit http://www.archive.org
Because Archivist is a search-and-browse app, it accesses public domain and user-generated content. I cannot guarantee that all the public domain and user-generated content from archive.org conforms to the ratings, licenses, and copyright standards applied to the app itself.
This is a hobby/occasional project. It iterates slowly. Because of this, support is intermittent and debugging is ongoing.
Follow the project on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ArchivistApp
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
A big update!
Removed ads. Archivist is now 100% ad-free.
Added "Apps" option for querying software.
Portrait/landscape now works.
Media-type specific item pages.
Preview & stream is available for media on item pages.
Improved 'Expanded/Collapsed' view UI and implementation.
UI upgrades on item pages and general cleanup.
Known bugs:
Results page sometimes hangs when accessed through the Android back button.
Formatting errors in file lists.
A big update!
Removed ads. Archivist is now 100% ad-free.
Added "Apps" option for querying software.
Portrait/landscape now works.
Media-type specific item pages.
Preview & stream is available for media on item pages.
Improved 'Expanded/Collapsed' view UI and implementation.
UI upgrades on item pages and general cleanup.
Known bugs:
Results page sometimes hangs when accessed through the Android back button.
Formatting errors in file lists.
More downloads Archivist reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update Archivist was updated to version 1.09
More downloads Archivist reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads
What are users saying about Archivist
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Doesn't allow you to search full text. Might as well use the actual archive org mobile web site, for my purposes. Seems to be good at streaming media, which is unfortunately not at all what I'm after -- I want to methodically trawl through hundreds of awful public domain books by searching random phrases (a better hobby than some). Best of luck, buddy!
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Great app! It does what it says: search and download. I was hoping that it somehow could download my borrowed book. I realized that I was wrong. Borrowed books can't be downloaded, only can be streamed, but I can't do that with this app. It's a nice app, wish I can log in and stream content though. Hope you'll keep improving it.
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Awesome app! A big thanks for making the Archive more accessible! OTR is searchable! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Original review: Ihave an earlier version of the app and it's able to search for more media types. For example, the new version doesn't return Old Time Radio (OTR) results and the older version did. Still a great app and I look forward to more updates. Thanks!
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App very good, but has stopped working today. No downloads, no streaming. My other apps are still working, so why is this one failing?
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Can you create a login option? Don't know if it's possible. It would be nice with being able to sync my favorites with my online users.
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Great app and appreciate the Dev's work but.. 2 things. 1. Can't move app to SD and 2. Can't pick download location. Those are a big deal considering its a download app.
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Can't seem to be able to download books (which was the only reason why I downloaded this app in the first place)
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I used this app to download some old games, Sega Mega Drive, SNES, gameboy and new games. And Then I got in trouble for downloading malicious material. It was a fake call, but it happened not too long after I did the downloads. I suspect this app is either potentially illegal or the source of the downloads is illegal.
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Hey. Fabulous app, thank you! That said I should address the fact that the app store still states "contains ads" (directly under the install box). I'm curious as to what the reason is behind that, could you explain?
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They need to break the book down more in chapters. Very hard to find particular items.
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Thankyou! Great start! Please don't abandon. I've been waiting so long
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Bestest app , But improvement is reader also have to be there Beacause i am unable to read pdf after search except download
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Super app. I love it. I advise all teachers and students to instal it and enjoy thousands of books in seconds.
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I'm very glad to have discovered the Internet archive and more so when i saw this app. It is a great service to everybody. Thank you
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I can find my own archive, which I cant find via the internet on my laptop archive search. How did you get these search results to show?
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It's really beauty, I can reach almost everything in this, until now i don't have any trouble.
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Excellent app. Simple and effective - I'm glad it lets me download the DJVU versions, which are preferable to PDF. Thanks.
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This app helped me to download my favorite songs which I didn't find anywhere else..tysm
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Great app, easy to use and handier than going to the web page. Many thanks
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UX could be improved, some bugs fixed, but I appreciate this free, ad-free app.
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It won't download anything. Fix it please !
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Updated version is a vast improvement. Internet Archives is a go-to resource and a wonderful nonprofit.
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Must have who wants the real stuffs.
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There is no option for going back. When i try it, the app simply closes.
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Some download links not working. Like "The best of Barbara Cartland"
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It's nore working. I CAN'T READ BOOKS.
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Pls Add Download Manager.
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Its a good app with promising prospects, but PDFs are not downloading
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Its a great app it it helps me to find some great physics books
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Thank you!
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It's great, it just needs Chromecast support and it's perfect!
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I love this app just wish I could login and upload
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Best app for downloading best qualitative books????????
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Great app Thank you so much.
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This is a very amazing site lots of books
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As much as I love this app, it seems that there is no full-screen for video but still I can live with it also I was wondering if you could add the comment section like on the website with the 5 star system. Minor nitpicks aside it is still awesome. PS if you could add a chromecast feature that would be great.
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It does what it's supposed to do, which is nice, but could you add the option to browse the Internet Archive's contents, like you can do on the website itself, instead of just searching for content? Thanks!
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For the newer ad free version . World's best Archive. Org software. A real service to humanity
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Not working on my swipe elite plus. With KitKat it was working but not on lollypop
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As much as I love this app, it seems that there is no full-screen for video but still I can live with it also I was wondering if you could add the comment section like on the website with the 5 star system. Minor nitpicks aside it is still awesome. PS if you could add a chromecast feature that would be great.