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Wikipedia App
Developer(s)Wikimedia Foundation
Stable release
Varies by operating system (see below)
Operating systemAndroid, iOS, Windows Mobile
WebsiteSee below for individual operating systems.
Direct download site
Information and resources: Help:Mobile access
Wikipedia, on Android
Stable release
Varies with device / April 24, 2017; 8 years ago (2017-04-24)
Preview release
Varies with device [1] / April 21, 2017; 8 years ago (2017-04-21)
Operating systemAndroid
Size
  • Stable: 11.41MB
  • Beta: 11.47MB
Websiteplay.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia
android-builds.wmflabs.org
Wikipedia, on iOS
Developer(s)Wikimedia Foundation
Stable release
5.4.0 / March 22, 2017; 8 years ago (2017-03-22)
Operating systemiOS
Size40.1 MB
Websiteitunes.apple.com/app/wikipedia/id324715238
Wikipedia, on Windows 8/Server, and later
Developer(s)Wikimedia Foundation
Initial releaseMay 31, 2012 (2012-05-31)
Stable release
10 / March 14, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-03-14)
Operating system
PlatformWindows Runtime
Size766.68 KB - 808.16 KB
Websitewww.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/wikipedia/9wzdncrfhwm4

A number of organizations within the Wikimedia movement including the Wikimedia Foundation publish official mobile apps for using Wikipedia on multiple mobile device operating systems. All are available for free via the appropriate app store: Android (via Google Play), iOS (via App Store), Firefox OS (via Firefox Marketplace), and Windows 8 (via Windows Store). They can also be downloaded independently of any third party store, from the Wikimedia Foundation's releases website, which also keeps old and beta versions.[2]

Independent developers have also released many unofficial apps for reading Wikipedia articles. Some apps load content from the Wikipedia site and process it; other apps use the MediaWiki API. Some only display Wikipedia content, usually omitting some features such as categories and talk pages. Some allow editing.

Official apps

Wikimedia Foundation

Wikipedia apps from the Wikimedia Foundation are called "Wikipedia", except for the iOS version which is called "Wikipedia Mobile".

Android
The Android app allows editing articles directly from the app, and can provide a list of headings and distances to geotagged articles near the user's current location. It does not show categories or talk pages. It is also available on F-Droid.[3]
iOS
The iOS app also provides a read and write version of Wikipedia,[4] similar to the mobile web version. It allows users to share an article via Facebook and other social websites. It also allows users to find geotagged articles near their current location. It does not show categories or talk pages.
Windows
The Metro-style app also provides a read-only version of Wikipedia, similar to the mobile web version. The app when used in Windows RT is incapable of showing moving pictures.
Firefox OS
The Firefox OS app provides a read-only version of Wikipedia, similar to the mobile web version. This version has basic Wikipedia Zero detection to let users know if their operator has zero-rated the data access usage for Wikipedia.

Wikimedia Switzerland

Wikimedia CH, the Swiss chapter of the Wikimedia movement, has developed a number of offline apps based on Wikipedia content.

Title Description Android iOS Windows Other OS Languages of content files by Kiwix Website Price Open source
Kiwix Free program to download a whole Wikimedia project and read offline. yes yes Windows 10 UWP;
Older Windows (x86)		 GNU/Linux,
F-Droid
Firefox Add-on, Chrome Extension,
S60 3rd edition, feature pack 1 or later can show ZIM files via WikiOnBoard		 286
(wikipedia, wikivoyage, wiktionary, wikiversity, wikibooks, wikisource, wikiquote, wikinews, wikispecies)		 Website Free Yes
Medical Wikipedia (Offline) Wikipedia's Offline Medical Encyclopedia. Based on Kiwix and developed in collaboration with Wiki Project Med Foundation. AR, DE, EN, ES, FA, FR, JA, OR, PT, ZH EN WikiMed UWP EN;
Kiwix JS + in-app download of any WikiMed language		 only as content file (ZIM) in Kiwix or WikiOnBoard AR, AS, BN, BPY, DE, EN, ES, FA, FR, GU, HI, IT, JA, KN, LO, ML, MR, OR, PA, PT, TA, TE, UR, ZH Website Free Yes
Wikivoyage Wikivoyage's Offline. Based on Kiwix and providing a world mobile offline travel guide. A version for Europe exists too. EN DE Wikivoyage UWP EN;
Kiwix JS + in-app download of any Wikivoyage language		 only as content file (ZIM) in Kiwix or WikiOnBoard DE, EL, EN, ES, FA, FI, FR, HE, IT, NL, PL, PT, RO, RU, SV, UK, VI, ZH Website Free Yes

Unassociated apps

These apps were mainly developed to display articles and are often used on platforms for which an official Wikipedia app was not formerly available, such as Windows Phone. Typical features include searching for articles, bookmarks, sharing, or enlarging images.

Title Description Android iOS Windows Phone Website /
Other OS 		Price Open source
Aard 2 A free offline dictionary reader for Android and Desktop/Web.[5] yes Website Free Yes
Geoflow A free mobile app that uses your phone's location to find nearby Wikipedia articles. Users can move around in a map view to search for articles in different locations. By Patrick DeVivo. yes yes Website
WikiLens By Arash Pessian. — An augmented reality app that instantly links things around you to their Wikipedia article. yes Website Free
V for Wikipedia By Raureif GmbH. — Wikipedia app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. yes Website $4.99
WikiNodes By Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement (IDEA).[6][7][8] yes $1.99
Articles By Sophiestication Software. — A beautiful Wikipedia reader for your iPad, iPad mini, iPhone and iPod touch.[9] yes Website Free
Minipedia Offline Wikipedia By Minipedia. — A fast and simple way to access Wikipedia articles using your iPod, iPhone or iPad without a network connection. yes yes Website Free
Random Wiki A free and open source app to learn something new everyday with Wikipedia’s random articles. yes Free Yes
LearnDiscovery By XDiscovery. — Displays and saves mindmaps of Wikipedia. Correlations between topics are organized to make sense of new information by visualizing the context about a topic. Bookmarks mindmaps instead of articles, and shares them as visual references. yes Website $5.99
Wikipanion By Robert Chin — Easy, search, navigation and display of Wikipedia entries. Streamline your browsing with history grouped by visit date, and bookmarking for individual entries and sections within an entry. yes Website Free
LoboWiki Reader for Wikipedia All the links clicked are added to the reading queue, instead of being immediately opened to allow users to read articles in a distraction-free manner.. yes Website Free
GeoSearch for Wikipedia By Yunhe Shi — Search and view geotagged Wikipedia articles from an visible map region. yes Website Free
Wiki Encyclopedia Gold By AppsUnlimited wiki. — A Wikipedia reader. Pro version costs $0.99 and claims to donate 30% of revenue to Wikimedia foundation. yes Free
Wikipedia Reader By ManoRey — Wikipedia Reader is a Wikipedia article and image reader for Windows 10 Mobile, Windows Phone 8.1, Windows Phone 8. yes Free
Wikiweb Wikiweb is a Wikipedia reader for iPhone and iPad that visualizes the connections between articles.[10][11] yes Website $4.99
Wikiwand Made to allow easier navigation and search than the website or the site's own app.[12][13][14] Currently invitation only[15] yes Website Free
Zimpedia Offline reader for Wikipedia and other Wiki projects stored in a ZIM format. Sailfish OS BlackBerry 10 Free Yes
Inquire by Tamper A context-aware Wikipedia reader for iPhone yes Website $1.99
Wikipedia Nearby Articles near current location; for Pebble Watch. Pebble Free Yes
Know Everything Search by voice; for Pebble Watch. Pebble Free Yes
Wikipebble Search by voice or keyboard; for Pebble Watch. Pebble Free
Diderot Nearest unphotographed Wikipedia articles; for Pebble Watch. Pebble Free Yes
Learni Learn something new and interesting from wikipedia yes yes Website Free
Inquire by Tamper A context-aware Wikipedia reader that brings you the most interesting and relevant articles based on your location. yes
(& Apple Watch)		 Website $0.99
Clickipedia A game about getting from a random article to a specific destination article with as few clicks and as quickly as possible. yes Free
WikiMaster A game app that has over 330000 multiple choice questions on top of Wikipedia articles. yes yes Website Free
WikiFlip An app that turns Wikipedia images into a quiz game. Flip a picture and take a fun trivia Quiz question from WOK, the ecosystem of multiple choice questions. WOK is short for World of Knowledge. yes yes Website Free
Quiz King A quiz app for playing quiz battles ! Challenge your friends and other WOKers in trivia build on questions from Wikipedia articles. yes yes Website Free
Bing Wikipedia Browser Bing Wikipedia Browser by Microsoft combines the content from Wikipedia with enhanced search, browse, and content recommendations based on the Bing Knowledge repository. yes Website Free
WikiBOT Continuous learning chatbot capable to provide answers to a wide range of questions as world capitals, real time weather info and more. Website Free

A number of apps for Wikipedia's sister projects exist. These include the Wiki Loves Monuments app, written for a 2012 photo contest, as an aid for Wikiphotographers. It shows a map of nearby national heritage register items, indicating whether Wikipedia had a photo for the site, and enabling quick and easy photo uploads for camera phones. It is not integrated with the official article display app.[16]

There are also an iOS and Android app for Wikimedia Commons[17] and an Android app for Wiktionary, although it is no longer supported and hasn't been updated since August 2013.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Wikipedia Beta on Google Play". Google Play.
  2. ^ "Index of /mobile". releases.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
  3. ^ package in F-Droid
  4. ^ "iPhone App of the Week: Wikipedia Mobile". Smartcompany.com.au. 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  5. ^ "Desktop — Aard Dictionary". Aarddict.org. 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  6. ^ "WikiNodes Brings A New Perspective To Knowledge » 148Apps » iPhone and iPod Touch Application Reviews and News". 148Apps. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  7. ^ "WikiNodes for iPad – Making Wikipedia Fun to Explore — iPad Insight". Ipadinsight.com. 2011-05-12. Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2012-07-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "WikiNodes for iPad". iPad App Finders. 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  9. ^ Mike Schramm (2010-06-09). "Apple Design Awards go to popular iPhone and iPad apps". TUAW. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
  10. ^ Sawers, Paul (14 July 2012). "Wikiweb: A beautiful iOS Wikipedia app that lets you visualize connections between articles". The Next Web. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  11. ^ Rubio, Justin (18 July 2012). "Wikiweb app makes wasting time on Wikipedia even easier". The Verge. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  12. ^ Bell, Karissa (8 March 2015). "5 can't-miss apps: 'Zenith Space Adventure,' StubHub Music and more". Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  13. ^ Sawers, Paul (19 August 2014). "WikiWand makes Wikipedia beautiful". The Next Web.
  14. ^ Sawers, Paul (5 March 2015). "Wikiwand arrives on iPhone to help make Wikipedia beautiful". VentureBeat. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  15. ^ "The Best Tools to Improve Your Wikipedia Experience". PCMAG. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  16. ^ Google Play Wiki Loves Monuments, Wikimedia Foundation
  17. ^ "Upload To Commons - Android Apps on Google Play". Play.google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  18. ^ "Wiktionary - Android Apps on Google Play". Play.google.com. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
On Wikipedia help pages and Wikimedia Foundation websites
On third party websites
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