Wikipedia App Reviews

I love Wikipedia. It is perfect in every way. However, it would be nice if there were WikiQuizzes that could select a matching Wikipedia page, person, & Wikipedian for the person taking the quiz.

Great job on the app! But would love to see table sorting soon. You can only do it on the desktop site it seems :-(

2 minutes after having downloaded the app and I’m already blown away

As a technical writer I’m constantly researching aspects of the technology products I document. There are informational sites available for specialized subjects, and I know which are the most reliable. But for general interest or biographical topics, I usually fall back on Wikipedia. Considering its content is the product of thousands of volunteer authors, Wikipedia's high standard of article construction, consistent writing style (not too academic, but rather from the “plain English” school), and nearly flawless grammar and exposition — along with its unmatched range of subjects — has made Wikipedia my go-to reference. I prefer the app over the website version because it enables me to fine-tune the formatting of articles, including text size and background tint, and it enables me to archive articles for future reference. Along with its well-crafted articles, Wikipedia's comprehensive bibliographies, complete with active links, add credibility to the articles and make deeper digging about the subject that much easier. That it is essentially free to all (though I am happy to be a donor and hope others will donate, too), and that its content is accessible in many languages, makes Wikipedia one of the web's outstanding resources. Everyone involved with Wikipedia should take great pride in what they have given us.

There’s a problem while I use wikipedia in Persian. It actually doesn’t show some of linked names and just jumps to the next word, and it has made the app quite useless for me. This problem has come up since the latest update, though.

If you use Wikipedia at all, then this app is for you. It is so much better than the website in every way.

Previous search history won’t show up anymore when tapping the search bar on the home page. Please fix.

Having the Wikipedia app is for me a non-negotiable. I do lots of research all day long, and this is definitely one of my primary venues.

I love this app but there’s one problem. I can’t find everything, I’m trying to find my favorite YouTubers except I can’t

Constantly freezes up browser is better!!

My phone started autolaunching into the Wikipedia app when searching in safari and clicking a Wikipedia link. I searched for hours on how to change this to just view the pages in safari but had zero luck. The only solution seemed to be deleting the app. It’s a shame. I used app on occasion when I knew wanted to view wiki pages. But if searching in safari, I want to remain in safari. And should not have to spend hours trying to figure out how to stay there.

Are use this app several times a week, and I don’t usually need edit articles. But there are times in which I would like to participate in the talk page for a particular article. This app gives you no access to the talk pages.

Thank you all so very helpful to have a true lying useful learning tool

I’ve had this app for a long time. I’ve never had any problems with it until lately. I am getting a lot of articles in French. I’ve checked my settings over and over. Is anyone else having this issue?

Probably the best thing the Internet has done mankind. Except maybe cat videos. I’ve read through a lot of reviews and people are overreacting to minor issues they might have, and I don’t think they realize how important Wikipedia is. It really stinks that more people don’t rate the app; if everyone who used the app rated it, I would be extremely shocked if the average rating was below 4.8/5, and wouldn’t be at all surprised if it was 5.0/5.

The liberal bias is real.

thank you wikipedia🤓👍. i'm kurdish please developing my language. again thank you 😊!.

Would like to see a home screen tile edit option of what to view like Android.

The customize explore feed does not save my changes at all. Been like this for past several versions. At least a year now. Running latest iOS app. Annoying.

This is seriously amazing. Having access to the worlds knowledge at my fingertips. I’m constantly researching random topics. Thank you for this great resource.

It helps excellently whether for general knowledge, school or work. If I can give it a million stars, I would have done that.

I tweeted “The Wikipedia app is bae.” And Wikipedia retweeted me. It was awesome.

Wikipedia won’t load on an iPad Pro — gives incorrect error of “no internet connection.” It’s a shame... Wikipedia was once the go-to encyclopedia for millions

Everytime I click a page I don’t like and quickly go back to the search page, it crashes the app. I hope this gets fixed soon.

I <3 wikipedia

Helps with so much!

I grew up with encyclopedias. Wiki is the online equivalent. I love that it is reviewable, editable and updated regularly. I appreciate the administrators who keep it dependable. I highly recommend it to anyone trying to find information - it’s the world at your fingertips. 👍👍

I really love this app and use it for my academic competitions all the time. However, it would be great if I could share reading lists with people. Even if it texted the names of the articles to other people that would be great.

Every time I open the app, there is some old white guy staring at me UGH!

I use this for everything I do. The graphics and references are stellar and the app is free! I highly recommend this app for any iPhone user and active on social media. It seems to make computer languages easier and fun to use.

Thankfully Wikipedia’s app is very well-made for a website that is so useful. I love the article of the day, and the easy way to skip down to particular sections on an article. My only wish is that if you were to misspell a word, the search results would still populate suggestions like search engines do.

The mobile app should be much more like the desktop version of Wikipedia. I know mobile apps are designed for mobile interfaces, but this app does NOT resemble the desktop. And it’s terribly difficult to open the desktop version from the mobile app. The desktop version should be the default page when opening the app, some hard to find variation.

Keeps crashing

Fine (official) reader, BUT: 1) There should be a Forward navigation button/swipe, as well as a Previous one. 2) The practice of blowing up a random graphic and slapping it on the article masthead is very unprofessional and sometimes embarrassingly inappropriate.

I don’t mind the new UI in version 6.0 - it fits in with the iOS 11 aesthetic. But, the performance is a huge downgrade. Scrolling stutters, transitions are choppy, and there are minor UI quirks (when scrolling down, the large header doesn’t shrink into the center like default iOS apps...incorrect behavior). iPhone SE

This is a must-have app for people interested in quickly brushing up on random topics. The only feature missing is Slide Forward. Users are able to slide to go Back to the previous article… but once Back, they’re unable to move Forward to the article they came from.

I’m looking for same application for offline, for use online Wikipedia it’s better to go in google. Avocado hills sold to many people wiki offline 2 and didn’t update the application and also didn’t answer any questions, avocado hills is hustler company

Can we get more featured articles?

The app doesn't revert to portrait mode any more despite restarting. So it is unusable.

This helps me with reading and other school subject

Its one of the apps everyone should really have

You have to get this app

Bring IPad version up to par. Ex: Mobile and desktop versions show first paragraph description of keyword in subject body when scrolled over or tapped on mobile. On iPad it brings you to page with no option for small explanation. This feature is useful because it adds to the momentum of progressing through an article by giving complementary information without leaving the current subject page.

UPDATE: Lists eventually synced onto my device, but it took FOREVER. Even to save one article takes a while. They need to work on speeding up the saving process. And the tab function is still wanted and has not appeared yet. ORIGINAL: Coming from Android, the iOS version for Wikipedia is beyond disappointing. This app is missing useful functionalities the Android version has. 1) Multiple tabs or pages rather than just one. This increases functionality so much for people (such as myself) who use it to look up multiple things at once. 2) Personal lists under our accounts do not sync and show up. I had multiple article lists and none of them show up this iOS. Which means I have to go and individually find them, making it a big waste of time.

It is good app have very important information How can use it offline???

The one issue I have is when you change the text size the space between the lines doesn’t seem to change with it, so when you increase the font size, for example, the paragraphs appear more cluttered and just looks more sloppy and less refined without the proper amount of white space.

When I try to remove a Page from saved Folder it returns or comes back how can I remove it permanently

listen okay this website is cool.. it has listss lists listss you know lists are hard to make and take a really long time but there are lists in this website and these lists o** these lists... a million hard working men put these lists together:$$:/ they are not human $:$$!!!” this is why people say autistic people are geniuses !:):)$: the lists....

Excellent reading experience.

I enjoy use this app but missing feature print from Wikipedia apps. I ask you please add print for better support.

I adored this app up until a week after updating to the latest version! I logged into my account and saw that all my saved articles and history is removed! I’ve been saving articles and sometimes just relying on my history to do my researches and now all of it is gone because of an update! And Wikipedia is not answering any of my emails!

Wikipedia is my go to reference in my attempt to understand the world based on evidence.

Everything about this app is great! Love all the different features and especially the dark mode for reading. Thank you for making this app and keep up the good work.

No issues on iOS 11.4. 👍

Wikipedia is so good that I'll never delete it! Thanks the maker of Wikipedia!

Wikipedia enhances my life more than I can express. I like the outline, it’s form and content. Gratefully yours,

I downloaded Wikipedia as soon as I realized there was an app, I used to love just learning new things in school by scrolling through random articles on this site. After so long without using it I wanted to try it out, maybe even eventually contribute. However on trying to make an account, I received a message in app telling me my IP address was blocked for vandalism by a another user. Not only have I never had an account on Wikipedia. This phone is three months old, my router is new, my computer is new. So how would my IP address even be blocked for something? Again, I haven’t used this site in years, simply haven’t had a need to. Much less to vandalize. Seriously? Wikipedia seems to like the image that they are in constant risk of bankruptcy. Maybe if you weren’t banning people before they even stepped foot on your site it wouldn’t be an issue. What a disappointment.

Information and knowledge are power and there is nothing like Wikipedia

Tried to open an account and was blocked by user Mike V. I like using Wikipedia and will continue but I don’t like being not able to open an account

I have studied religious theologies and philosophies for the last 20+ years and have amassed hundreds of books on the subject, yet I have learned far more information in just weeks from the Wikipedia App. There is “oodles” of Information. It is endless, and very user friendly. It’s like a stand-alone computer data base. Love it!

Can’t understand why I used to read wiki articles in Safari. You need to get this app if you are even slightly intellectually curious. It’s not a question that Wikipedia is the world’s gold standard for encyclopedic information on EVERYTHING, but if you didn’t know that, well, congrats, now you know. My dad got me a set of World Book encyclopedias when I turned 9. I loved those books but they might as well be fire starters at this point. I wonder if kids in the future will even appreciate how valuable this resource is, because they have never known not being able to briefly survey something instantly... The saddest thing about this app is not a flaw at all; it is that in the reference category Wikipedia is only #34, while the #2 is held by a bleeping bible app. Humanity, we still have a long way to go... My favorite feature: I especially love the language switch button at the bottom.

Do yourself a favor and do not cite Wikipedia as a source. Not reliable for factual information. Great if you want one sided opinions on various topics.

Discontinuing due anti-Conservative behavior. Regret previous donations.

You give us a lots of informations ❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹😍😍👍👌👍👍💋👄

I love Wikipedia and I’ve never noticed a flaw with the mobile app. It’s stable, quick, and has no problem showing graphs and images. Wikipedia basically IS the Internet whenever you need to know something, at least for me anyway lol

HAVING A REAL B**** OF A TIME TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET SAFARI TO OPEN THE APP. 😡😡😡. I did it before. But Forgot how I did it. VERY FRUSTRATING This App is the best. A lot easier to use in the long run.'i can't see anything that would warrant immediate or large changes. Improving in it, In My Humble Opinion, is best,

Ian fascinated to learn more using this wonderful site. Thank you

The reason I love Wikipedia is because I love information. The app is simple intuitive and beautiful. My favorite feature is the “mini-links” (The ability to go to any highlighted word in a Wikipedia article). There are 2 fixes/add-ons I recommend: 1) so you have a back-page gesture (swipe right from left edge of screen), but you don’t have a gesture to go back to the article you “mini-linked” from. Please add! 2) The search bar should be accessible from anywhere on the explore tab. Even if you’ve swiped down your feed till the end. Thanks for all your efforts to keep information at our fingertips tips. I hope you get more people to read your articles daily. Like 50M. Amen!

This is an excellent app, I never have problems. Great source of free information.

I actually donate to Wikipedia every year. No matter, because no matter how many times I ask, they refuse to make this app user friendly. The Android version is better. My personal peeve regarding the iPhone version is that there is no way to disable the pain in the a*** "suggestions" Wikipedia pushes to the top of the page when you open the app. As a result, you receive, recommendations based on what you've read, where you live, etc. I'm not saying it's a horrible feature, but users should have the choice to disable these suggestions. Wikipanion is a better app. It is a shame when the developer of a site can't make an app better than a third party. I'm deleting this app and saving my donations.

Like a lot of people I love finding an interesting topic on Wikipedia and just getting lost clicking link after link reading page after page of something really enticing. I save these pages to come back to later but it keeps clearing my saves and history. Idk if happens during updates or if it’s just a fluke but it’s happened about three times now and it’s incredibly frustrating. Several dozen pages I trusted to be saved just disappeared on me even though I’ve never logged out of my account. The dark light tone option in the app makes it easier to read but until I can be assured this issue is resolved I have to use my web browser to save pages to my favorites instead of trusting the app to hold them for me

The app is very good for /viewing/ articles, but when you’re trying to edit and navigate to redirect pages and specific other pages, it is a nightmare. When attempting to edit a page that has been moved and the previous page has been made a redirect, the first edit button only pulls up the redirect page, rendering editing of the lead section of the article uneditable. Example: the page Infant Annihilator was moved from my user page User:Thatemooverthere/Infant Annihilator. Now when editing the lead section, it brings up my user page (which is now a redirect to Infant Annihilator). Also, you can’t search for specific redirect pages or nonexistent pages like you can in the desktop version. It won’t let you search for pages unless they already exist, and only brings up pages with the keyword of the nonexistent page or redirect page you wanna go to. Example: searching for the page Aaron Kitcher (drummer for Infant Annihilator who doesn’t have an article) only brings up pages with his name in it. What I want is to go to the page “Aaron Kitcher”, which is likely either a redirect or nonexistent. How am I supposed to create redirect pages or edit redirect pages when I can’t access them? Also, when redirected to a page, it doesn’t give the link “redirected from xxxx” like it does in the desktop version. Which is also annoying.

This is smart. Keeps you from getting other less credible answers. Keep you from getting diverted through as that look like they’re really the subject matter you’re looking for. I don’t know why I didn’t have this year’s ago. Anybody else notice it seems to make Pinterest less? Keep up the good work Wikipedia.

I’m really contented with the new update. But one tiny thing. What about if I created for example a list about animals, if I save an article about a animal, I think better would be that the article would be saved automatically into the animals reading list. But it’s already GREAT!

Wikipedia put out a new iOS update in the last few days and I love it. Wikipedia is a form of library to me, and although it has had a decent search capability, it has been lacking insofar as personalizing the organization of previously read articles, or, articles that I want to read in the future. The latest update solves that problem by providing tools to allow for categorizing bookmarks, and, for syncing bookmarks amongst devices (e.g. iPhone and iPad). Now that search engines are becoming a shitstorm-combo of advertising and poorly curated information sources, I’m turning to Wikipedia as my go to information resource. Lastly, I’m not a philanthropist by any means, but Wikipedia is one organization that I enjoy supporting. It will be a sad, sad day if the organization ever has to go commercial.

The latest incarnation of the Wikipedia app has exceeded itself. A great experience!

Everyone! This is the best app guys! 👍🏻👍🏻So as you know,..Like I will say...THIS IS THE BEST! and BTW..girls! Listen to the song aka music 🎶 😇 WITH A SHOTGUN (that emoji means ANGEL K?!)

I had heard Wikipedia was a very liberal “facts and information” site, but I didn’t believe it until I looked up Donald Trumps Wiki bio. Statements like: “His campaign received extensive free media coverage; many of his public statements were controversial or false.” , and “His election and policies sparked numerous protests”. I know there may have been a few protests after his election, but it just struck me how negative most of the information about Donald Trump was. I thought that was interesting, until I looked at the list of revisions that had been made, and the statements that had been part of Donald Trumps biography that had been deleted or replaced. Just s***** stuff. Not factual at all. Like a kid filled with hate was allowed to be the editor. Nothing but an attempt at defamation of character. I expected more from Wikipedia as a professional, public information site. Very disappointed.

Much better than going online. Beautiful. Thank you.

Confession: I’m one of those guys who always has at least 10 Wikipedia tabs open on my web-browser. The kind of guy who pulls up the sight to look up one thing, but who then goes down an endless rabbit-hole of connected links until 2 hours later I’m still reading and now have 27 extra tabs open of “thinks I want to know more about next.” So you can imagine how difficult it has been resisting my addiction while traveling in regions where my data is tightly limited. And then suddenly: Wikipedia app to the rescue! Seriously, the ability to download articles for later reading while on WiFi, and then pull them up easily wherever I am, regardless of connectivity— that has been a huge help to me. And not only just to help me sate my thirst for knowledge. If I’m going to be traveling through several cities in a short period of time, it’s been super helpful to have articles about those cities and a handful of related articles saved, so that I can browse them during the train/plane ride — without burning through my data! Thank you Wikipedia.

I use this app almost daily; often, multiple times in a day. It’s a tremendous resource for getting information and satisfying curiosity. The browsing experience would be greatly improved with the addition of a Forward button, complimentary to the Back button. I should not need to scroll around and replicate my clicking pattern through a series of previously clicked links to re-access downstream content. Thank you!

Can’t get the listen link to pronounce an entry. Was able to get it to work in my browser on my android phone. Not able to get it to work in my browser on my iPad or the Wikipedia app on my iPad.

As a user who normally accesses WP via computer, the app is disappointing. The TOC access is not intuitive, infoboxes are inconsistently displayed, features visible via browser on phone don't appear via app ( even main page looks different). Needs work

Please make it possible to sync reading lists across different devices and platforms. I mean, what’s the use of signing up to Wikipedia if you can’t even sync your favorite articles?

Example: look up Muhammad Ali and go to the box with the word “knowledge“ at the top regarding his parents Cassius Marcellius Clay Sr, (1912-1990)And Odessa G Clay(1917-1994). But I noticed that when I click back-and-forth between his parents “knowledge“ boxes, your app gives the above correct stated lifespans, but also says “1933-1990” For both parents. That would make his parents only nine years older than their famous son Muhammad Ali Junior!

Great app, very thoughtful interactions, it’s stable, fast, and laid out really clearly. Only thing I’d like different? I’d love the Featured Article widget to update hourly. One love!

The app is great and I have had no issues with it. However, I think it could be greatly improved if there was an option to browse through articles based on the topic.

10/10

If you don’t love Wikipedia, then who are you? What do you know? Do you want to know things? If not, why not? When I was a kid, my teachers warned us that Wikipedia was like the plague. But now I know it is amazing. A guiding light. 🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑🥑

What's left for the app is the ability to view the edit history of the pages. Also a swipe back to the previous page that iOS allows naturally since like iOS 7.

Hands down, this is the best app available. It is edited and monitored very well, it is easy to read, and yet thorough. It lists sources. This app is trash talked by academia because of end user input. The rest of the world knows that the world has more exposure and experience than all of academia combined! Great job, admins!!!

When viewing a picture, the double tap to zoom, zooms in way too far. An adjustment to this feature, to decrease the zoom amount would be very appreciated. Great app other than that though.

The Wikipedia app has stepped a great mile in its development, the user interface, massive library of information, and fast performance is top notch and Golden. Outstanding job Wikipedia!

I constantly refer to you, even if I check 10 information sites, I seem to always end up at the Wikipedia App.

I was about to donate $30 to help keep this website/app Ad free, but there is no option for Apple Pay. Make it easier for me to donate please or don’t, I don’t care.

Wikipedia has outdone itself. Thanks.

The amount of time I spend using this app is really depressing!

Whenever I get a new phone, this is the first 3rd party app I get. It’s super clean, well integrated and just all around wonderful.

I wish they would link donations to an IP address. I donated on my Mac but on my phone they are asking for a donation. I donate it every year.

Very difficult, in these times, to find honest and reliable resources that “Produce” results (like this App) that one can depend on. In business (and in Life) when you put your trust in a resource that your depending on, and it FAILS, over and over and over and over , a person can lose there family, business and/or home by not be accurate. App is more reliable then many other.. that I depended on in past..... Thanks for being so transparent

Love Wikipedia love the app. Would love more options for offline use, but otherwise does everything I need.

I have used the app for years, all I want to do is donate with some money I have on a I tunes card but I don’t see the option, Wikipedia is a g** send to students

After an update a few weeks ago Wikipedia won’t hold open the page I’ve been reading if I switch between apps, even just momentarily. This is frustrating because I constantly have to reload a page I’ve been reading and scroll down where I’d stopped earlier, just to find my place again. In other words, the app resets itself every time you momentarily switch to a different app (even without closing the Wikipedia app). I find this new change in behavior frustrating, today the least. It is, otherwise, a decent app and very useful.

Tracks what you search and read. Obnoxious.

Great app and has useful features

There in no way to value what you guy have made human development and freedom. In Cuba where the access to information is so limited and sensuous we have your off-line source to educate ourself you have know idea how useful your platform has been for my generation in Cuba and steel is in US.How could someone not give you 5 stars, it is not the app what really matters. So thank you very much for link so many dots for human development.

It would be really nice to be able to highlight parts of an article and (additionally) to type out a note in relation to a certain part of an article. I would suggest that highlighting and notes be stored locally (on the device) or on iCloud at most, as opposed to being uploaded to a Wikipedia account, for privacy reasons.

This is app is no longer efficient, making it practically useless to me. - TABS! WHERE THE HECK DID THE TABS GO! I might as well just get rid of the app and just surf the website on my browser. - No forward or back buttons make going through articles a pain to go through especially with the tabs gone now.

See title.

First of all I have found that where political correctness is involved Wikipedia editors frequently violate their own neutrality policy, but I would not argue that this is a good place to start a research project. However it's not excepted as a valid source on its own because accuracy is not guaranteed. That being said, it's a good starting resource but I wish there was a way to back up bookmarks So that if the app is deleted you don't lose all the pages you were working on. I deleted it because I kept wanting information that was only available in the online version and didn't know how to force my iPhone to use the online source instead of the app.

I love Wikipedia. Period. Why? Because it is a tremendous, humongous, reference which provides a vast amount of information and knowledge. It's like having an encyclopedia in your pocket. The app itself is easy to use, free, and there are many uses for it. It's my constant companion, in addition to the World Wide Web. My thinking is, and I could be wrong, instead of having to ask for donations, why not just have a small charge to purchase the app? It's possible that, because Wikipedia is an organization, they aren't allowed to charge for the app. In that case, I suppose that it's best to ask for a donation. In any case, it's not mandatory, but it is nice to be able to donate. I am hoping that Wikipedia will be around forever. Thank you, Wikipedia and Wikipedia developers.

Best app ever. Very useful.

The search bar element is harder to access and it now has a greater tendency to freeze

So happy you added dark themes for nighttime, thank you.

Loving the new ‘Black’ theme.

It just keeps getting worse and worse. Everything keeps getting worse and worse

Thanks Wikipedia for making your apps better. I’ve been using it for 3 years and it’s absolutely good. I’ve got the answers to my questions and my curious mind is always into something wondering. More powers and keep up the good work..

This is exactly what I needed. I have always gone down wikipedia rabbit holes, but usually have to skim the articles because I don't have enough time to read them all. This app has the nifty save article for later feature, so now I can always read everythig all the way through and not worry about forgetting or losing it in my readinglist/bookmarks

¡Me encanta 😍 gracias por hacerlo posible! Aún así, tengo que comentar algo sobre la App.. ‘Bug:WikipediaApp/5.7.2.1267 (iOS 11.2.1; Phone)’ Por favor, que haya sincronización con la cuenta de usuario en la web. Historial, consultas, guardar para más tarde, lista de seguimiento... Por favor Wikigurus 😃 Please Please Please! Apreciados Wikipedia, Gracias por todo el buen trabajo. 👍 Tengo alguna observación: Al ‘guardar’ un artículo en la -app- , no es lo mismo que cuando marcaba yo un artículo con la -estrella- para así “guardarlo” en la lista de seguimiento de wikipedia. Me di cuenta que son dos cosa diferentes. Guardar artículos en la lista de seguimiento es súper útil, como “favoritos” .. Porque los que se guardan en la app, solo se guardan en el teléfono. Y así pues, si por la razón que sea quitara yo la app o reseteara el teléfono (iPhone 7), entonces en mi cuenta de usuario de wikipedia no se ha guardado nada de las consultas, historial o artículos guardados (sean en la lista de seguimiento o simplemente guardarlos para leer más tarde). O sea, que no hay sincronización. ¿Entonces para qué sirve acceder desde la app de wikipedia con mi nombre de Usuario y contraseña? Uso Wikipedia a diario y me encanta. Gracias por todo. :) Saludos cordiales y felices Fiestas. Wiki User: ghanempdx

I do use this app several times a day. As well I highly recommend this app to all who enjoy and want to learn for their personal enlightenment and self education of the world, past present and of potential future of people, places and things. Read on and enjoy!!!

Wikipedia is probably the best site on the entire World Wide Web. The information provided by Wikipedia is always accurate, up to date and easy to use. I have explained to my children, ages 10 and 12, just how much easier they have access to any information on any subject at their fingertips. I explained to them how information was researched and provided when I was in grade school. I think they have a better understanding and appreciation of how, who and why the information they are able to obtain has changed, accessed and obtained since the creation of the word wide web. I would just like to say THANK YOU to all of Wikipedia’s contributors and the time they have invested. It is also such a blessing to be able to trust the information, without doubt, Wikipedia provides.

I do like this app, however, sometimes I want to find a specific factoid about someone or something. With the app, I have to scroll and scroll and scroll in order to find something. With the regular website, you can click on the subtopics (discography, personal life, later years and death, etc.). Maybe I have not discovered how to do this yet on the app, but it is annoying.

Oftentimes I’ll wake up unable to get back to sleep right away. After wasting time on the Facebook, I’ll remember “oh yea, WikiPedia!” You’d be SHOCKED at the volume of random but incredibly educational & mentally stimulating things I’ve learned in the middle of the night. Thank you Mr. Pedia! 👍

I njoy using this application because it gives you great information on any and everything that you search for. And it provides pictures with your search of information. Really I would recommend using Wikipedia for all, especially if you are a student

Well-made app, clean and fast look, completely useful. Haven’t run into any bugs or crashes and functions flawlessly

I feel like this app is really underrated and not enough people are aware of it. I use it to look things up several times every day, and it’s a lot quicker and easier than just going to Google and then going on the Wikipedia website.

Great service and app.

This resource is much overlooked; we have at our fingertips a universe of collective knowledge. Though all other media and internet resources may become corrupted and littered with consumerism, Wikipedia is still intact. Let us keep the ship afloat and sailing.

I keep getting emails from Apple saying to update my review as issues I stated in the previous one were not observable. So I deleted that review but I still get emails. So here's a fresh review that basically says nothing. Wikipedia is awesome. Please support them.

Unfortunately, I'm not able to make a financial contribution; I absolutely would if I could. But for now, all I can do is express my heartfelt gratitude & encourage those with $2.75 in their pocket to spare, to donate if they can.

The app is good, but why was I able to edit title descriptions/short descriptions one day, and now the option to edit those doesn’t pop up anymore when I click the edit button? That was an awesome feature you should add back!

I wish they would link donations to an IP address. I donated on my Mac but on my phone they are asking for a donation. I donate it every year. STILL GET POPUP ASKING FOR $$$. I DONATED 30 BUCKS IN NOVEMBER. NEVER AGAIN IF YOU CANNOT STOP NAGGING.

I like the app a lot but I think the one thing it is missing is a random article feature. That would make the app perfect.

Used for years and the information I receive is very useful and accurate. It is where other servers have learned to direct me. I use it daily now and gradually got here since 1996. The critiques are already accomplished by many others over the decades and I mostly agree. Except I have noticed that too many non critical thinkers do not have much experience, but discount the encyclopedia outright as “teachers” not recommending the site to “students”. Since I have been given gifts of critical thinking from my parents and siblings and experience, and reviewing data, it is almost always a direction I would take that if someone said not to do XYZ .. and especially, in this case, not to read or use such, it is precisely where I would go to start a search. Happily I am. bmthomp

This app is really good! This app is really good like source of information if you know what you need/want or at least about what you need/want to know. It’s not app where you can go to home page and see interesting article. You need to search article which you need so you need to know its name. It is not a news app, yes it has a news section, but there are not much news and it is very difficult to find news on a particular topic in which you are interested, for example, there you can filter news by country but results will be really bad. It is not news app, but it’s good source of information. This app also like the website supports many languages. It’s an international app. Full list of supported languages you can find in the app description. But some people say that Wikipedia is not accurate source of information. Partially I agree with this statement because anyone can edit or create an article in Wikipedia, so for scientists this source is not good. Also in different languages this app has different articles with a little bit different information. OK, let’s summarize, this app is the best in its class of apps where you can find information about different topics. In my opinion Wikipedia app is very good. I like it!

Allow us to donate via ApplePay!!!!!

Can you make it 17 plus for unrestricted web access?

Need to bring back the “In Wrestling” section when it comes back to Pro Wrestlers, it lacks a lot of information.

I have no other words, this app is 100X better than searching through safari. Im honestly appalled that it isn't more popular. One of very few apps that i would pay for and its FREE. I would and will recommend to anybody willing to hear me out. (:

This is the only app/organization that I’ve ever sent money to support their mission and their goals. They provide quality information on a myriad of topics. Just virtually awesome.

Wikipedia has been a part of my life since kindergarten. Either for school work or (more-so) going down the Wiki rabbit hole for hours learning about whatever. The app is easy to use & allowing customization of the home page is good. Very glad I donate to them & it’s a cause worth supporting.

My favorite website has an app that makes navigation so much better. A must-have for Wikipedia-lovers!

It’s where I go when I want the facts. I use it many times per day as a research tool.

This app should not be rated 4+! It can show pictures and information of mature subjects. It actually should be rated 17+.

excellent.

I used a link on my home screen for many years as the wiki app was never very good. I am very glad I checked back recently because it’s incredible. Apart from editing, it’s a better interface than the desktop version

I️ love to look up stuff on the computer. I️ can google anything. I️ need a iPad to research on it. I️ love looking up.

Thanks for a great App

This app has a lot of information available but it is impossible to look for an specific content when needed, once you look for something it will show you a lot of results of different topics but none of them are the one you are looking for, after browsing for your answer you will spend a lot of time browsing through non related information to what you are really looking for, in the end, a lot of garbage topics and misleading contents.

I’ve been using Wikipedia for some years for reference on historical chess players and it has helped me enjoy reading about them in a different way.

I have no other problems but this is a big one.

Old version worked well; this version is incredibly slow and locks up almost every time I look something up. Will be replaced with something better eventually 😉

I would like to thank Wikipedia for all my school work and I dedicate it to whoever made Wikipedia. Thank you :)

The widget names need to be properly capitalized to look professional. The way they are now look like sloppy programming.

Nice to have a back button, but how about a forward button too? Super annoying trying to navigate without that. Otherwise, a solid app.

Wikipedia for iOS makes for a great tool to be used in performing searches for pieces of obscure recording technologies and as well finding information which can be hard to track down. Works cited linking and references make it more professional, stable, and digestible in linking professional articles.

The Chinese/Kanji character for “language” on the third startup screen is wrong, it’s should be flipped horizontally and written as “語”

Wikipedia seem to me to be the most peer reviewed source of information up there with SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Keep on keeping on!!!

Good: - easy navigation - clean interface Bad: - nothing I can think of

Love the app, esp., the clear definition of all the fine print that normally accompanies a legal document. I am fascinated with knowledge & sharing it w/others. Great example for all scholars!

Thank you!

I continue to find more and more articles on Wikipedia that are so specific, I can’t believe they’re on there. It continues to amaze me.

This app is so clean and organized. Would rate ten stars

There are some fantastic Wikipedia apps, yet this is among the best. Simple, clean, functional.

I used to check this app daily to see the latest news. Today is Saturday November 10 yet when I open this app I see Wednesday November 7! And the daily current events shows only 3 stories! What happened to this app? Where are the articles about the recent mass murders in the USA? I usually make a year end donation but not this year. I don’t want to encourage the downhill trend of this once useful app. There seems to be a great emphasis on “trending” articles, aka “what the simpletons are following”. I don’t use Facebook, Twitter and such because I’m not interested in that nonsense.

I'm glad it still works. I don't use many apps anymore. I use Wikipedia all the time, and I don't have to get the latest iphone to use it. I am very grateful for Wikipedia and to Wikipedia.

Wikipedia’s mobile developers did a great job of putting together a nice reader. Substantially better than the mobile site, and lets you keep multiple lists of articles to read later. Just wish the stickers included [Disputed]. :P

For so one reason my phone is running extremely hot running the app. I have an iPhone X running 12.0.1.

The android version of this app can have many articles open at once, similar to tabbed web browsing. This vital feature is missing from the iOS app, but otherwise the app is very functional.

Nothing but knowledge !

Whatever you look for it has the best Info. Unbiased. Not preselected nor paid for by some other companies like google etc. I use it as my primary source of info.

Wikipedia is great, but I notice my iPhone XS is consistently overheated while using the app. Please fix the issue.

Feature available on mobile and desktop, why is missing on iPad? Everything else is amazing.

It’s the first one app which lets us to expand our horizons.

The information posted on Wikipedia can easily changed by those who do not like a posting. There is no consequence for posting wrong information. There is not a substantive process (such as an academic peer review process) that prevents editors from posting bad information.

The app will sit on the load screen indefinitely. Deleted!

I use this practically every day. The information that it provides is thorough. I go right to Wikipedia in lieu of using a browser search engine. Great app!!

It’s nice to have a dedicated app for finding things in Wikipedia. The only recommendation I would give is to add an option to completely disable reading history. Maybe I’m weird, but I’m not a fan of any app showing a list of things I’ve looked up without having the option of turning it off. If this feature is added in a future update, I will gladly give this app a fifth star. Everything else about it is great.

A remarkable amount of information of many different topics, but may I make a suggestion? Wikipedia has absolutely no filter for inappropriate articles. I would prefer if an option is added that allows the user to toggle off and on, “Kid’s Mode”. Upon toggling this filter, all inappropriate photos for explanations and articles that children may be interested about, e.g. Naturalists will be censored, or omitted entirely based on how offensive they are. Thank you in advance for reading my suggestions. Perhaps I will make a Wikipedia donation sometime, but as of right now, I lack funds in my account.

When clicking a link from messages, mail, etc... it use to open in the app, now it just opens to the Wikipedia mobile homepage in Safari. I would much rather use the app.

I love this app

Always been interested in a lot of different subjects and love to read. Besides Apple Music and Twitter this one of my top 3 all time favorite Apps 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Nothing to complain about. Would love to have the ability to highlight text in articles though.

It’s awesome Now I know everything 😃

For years, I hated how the Wikipedia page looked in my browser. Stark white, black text, made to work with legacy browsers. But this app, combined with iOS’s ability to direct a link to a corresponding app, is awesome. Wikipedia links now open in the app. Which has dark mode. And location-based discovery features. Awesome. Someday, it’d be cool if Wikipedia could notify you of nearby entries (based on your choices/preferences, of course).

This app is a wonderful source of information for people and a great public service experience. I am a retired man who has an interest in our political system, future generations and experiences of human behavior. This app is a great educational tool and a excellent source of knowledge.

Not bad. I liked better the tabbed approach of an older app (no longer maintained.) However, my main beef is the absence of a FWD button. I want to travel both directions through my history.

First of all, I wanna say Thank you to all those who work at Wikipedia, to those who make almost all of the information in the world available within a single click... Thanks also to those who participate in adding and editing articles and verifying the sources and the information... Wikipedia now is a source that is trusted and can be depended on. If you have any doubts on any information you read you can just go to the source in the bottom of the page and verify it. This app makes it a lot easier to read and save articles and it is very very easy to navigate. The makers of this app thought of everything before publishing it. Amazing work. Thank you again for all this knowledge and I hope you all are rewarded the awards you really deserve. Thanks again!!!!!:)

Removing esteemed members of the scientific community because they do not fit their slanted view of the world. What happened to Günter Bechly? Your editor “Jo Jo emeritus” and an editor named ‘boy’’ “really?” Removed him from these pages. With a combination of maybe 3 days of scientific endeavors between them. So much for accuracy written here.

Can't do without this app. I use the app every day.

It would be great to see history saved again.

It’s the best app made so far

nicee

Is there intention to enable in-app editing support? I would love to have better controls and functionality for mobile Wikipedia editing.

I like it a lot

Keeps forgetting my saved articles, usually only days after I’ve saved them.

Discovered about 2003 and us the app often. The concept is fascinating and wonderful and I love to use it.

Is very good

I’d like to see my local view history and bookmarks/saved pages behind a Touch ID authentication. Along those lines, it would also be cool to have a web browser-inspired “private mode”. In that mode history and caches would not be retained on the device. Great app. Thanks for considering these features.

Although my iPad is up-to-date with iOS 11.2.2, some searches on Wikipedia seem slow, stalled even, since the Wikipedia update a week ago. For just one example, search results for David O. McKay are immediate, but search results for his niece Fawn M. Brodie are stalled. A faithful Wikipedia patron, I'm not about to abandon this ever-before reliable source ... just hoping the glitch is quite temporary!

You might think this app wouihave anything over a browser version, but it does! I would only like the ability to save articles under more than one category.

Great

I use Wikipedia almost every day. I mostly like to read for fun. But, I have learned a lot of information that I normally would have known nothing about. The app runs great and I have never encountered an issue with it. The app really surprised me with how great it runs and all the cool features it offers compared to the website. Best of all. It’s free!

Give me the “random article” feature and this app would be perfect.

This app provides information for almost every topic or idea in the world. The Wikipedia as we all know it. I do feel bad not being able to donate, but you should add a feature allowing even those that don’t pay to contribute. Rather than adding ads, (something I wouldn’t mind) perhaps you can make it the choice of the reader to set themselves a fixed amount of ads to view in compensation for funds sent to the Wikimedia organization. I would happily watch a reasonable amount of ads on both the app and site with ad banners to fun an excellent source of information. Although schools say otherwise, Wikipedia is very accurate, and excellent for basic preliminary research.

Why do you have to scroll to the top every time you want to back up? You don’t need “Change Language” on the toolbar. That should be in settings or folded into the “Text Option” button. Put the “Back” button on the toolbar. Please.

I absolutely love the user interface on this app! I actually made my first article last month and have been very happy with all the help I received from Wikipedia

It’s because I use the website on google chrome

Downloaded the app and tried to make an account. Got a long error back filled with html garbage, but managed to read my IP range was blocked, and I needed to contact an admin to put in some account request. Total bs, I’ve never used this app before, and after this absurd error (please fix your error handling btw), I doubt I will again.

I often find myself using Wiki on my IPhone. And it’s rather hard because I have to wait for loading and Chrome, etc. and I stumbled across this and i was very surprised to see this. This will come in handy. Thank you. I also participate in a game that requires you to find tech of a certain era, and which country you picked. So this will definitely help.

Just awesome.

🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Wikipedia is very helpful for people who want to build up theirs power knowledge. I love their design, fully settings (text size, dark mode...etc) that the other apps lacking.