List of Wikipedia mobile applications
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Developer(s) | Wikimedia Foundation |
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Stable release |
Varies by operating system (see below)
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Repository |
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Operating system | Android, iOS, Windows Mobile |
Website |
See below for individual operating systems. Direct download site Information and resources: Help:Mobile access |
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Screenshot Wikipedia app displaying an article | |
Stable release |
Varies with device
/ February 6, 2018 |
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Preview release |
Varies with device [1]
/ April 5, 2018 |
Repository |
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Operating system | Android |
Size |
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Website |
play android-builds |
Screenshot | |
Developer(s) | Wikimedia Foundation |
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Stable release |
5.4.0
/ March 22, 2017 |
Repository |
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Operating system | iOS |
Size | 40.1 MB |
Website |
itunes |
Developer(s) | Wikimedia Foundation |
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Initial release | May 31, 2012 |
Stable release |
10
/ March 14, 2014 |
Repository |
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Operating system |
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Platform | Windows Runtime |
Size | 766.68 KB - 808.16 KB |
Website |
www |
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. 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 map and 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, nor to see the normal desktop version.
- 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.
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 10 / Windows Phone | Website / Other OS |
Price | Open source |
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WikiCompass | WikiCompass gets nearby Wikipedia articles and lets you view them in augmented reality. | yes | Website | $0.99 | |||
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 | Free | ||
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. — Wikipedia reader for iPad, iPad mini, iPhone and iPod touch.[9] | yes | Website | Free | |||
Minipedia Offline Wikipedia | By Minipedia. — Access Wikipedia articles using 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 | |||
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 | ||||
Wikio for Wikipedia | A Wikipedia viewer built for Windows 10. Works on Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile, and the Surface Hub. | yes | Free | ||||
Wikini for Wikipedia | A Wikipedia viewer with a reading list for Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile. | yes | Free | ||||
Wikipedia Viewer | A web app of m.wikipedia.org. Works on Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile, HoloLens, and the Surface Hub. | yes | US$0.99 | ||||
EdgeWiki | A web app of wikipedia.org with a screen reader. Works on Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile, and the Surface Hub. | yes | US$0.99 | ||||
Wiki here | Shows nearby places from Wikipedia coordinate data on Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile, and the Surface Hub. | yes | Free | ||||
onePedia | A Wikipedia client which allows the viewing and editing of articles on Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile, and the Surface Hub. | yes | Free | ||||
Mnemo's Library | An app that allows users to create, share, and review Wikipedia information and associated mnemonics/memory aids. | yes | yes | yes | Website | Free | Yes |
motî | Offline & multi-lingual dictionary app for language learners, taking data from the English Wiktionary. | yes | Website | Free |
Related apps
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 Android app for Wikimedia Commons[17] which is community maintained. There's also an Android app for Wiktionary, although it is no longer supported and hasn't been updated since August 2013.[18]
References
- ↑ "Wikipedia Beta on Google Play". Google Play.
- ↑ "Index of /mobile". releases.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2017-06-16.
- ↑ package in F-Droid
- ↑ "iPhone App of the Week: Wikipedia Mobile". Smartcompany.com.au. 2011-06-17. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
- ↑ "Desktop — Aard Dictionary". Aarddict.org. 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
- ↑ "WikiNodes Brings A New Perspective To Knowledge » 148Apps » iPhone and iPod Touch Application Reviews and News". 148Apps. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "WikiNodes for iPad". iPad App Finders. 2011-05-23. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
- ↑ Mike Schramm (2010-06-09). "Apple Design Awards go to popular iPhone and iPad apps". TUAW. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Rubio, Justin (18 July 2012). "Wikiweb app makes wasting time on Wikipedia even easier". The Verge. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ Bell, Karissa (8 March 2015). "5 can't-miss apps: 'Zenith Space Adventure,' StubHub Music and more". Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ Sawers, Paul (19 August 2014). "WikiWand makes Wikipedia beautiful". The Next Web.
- ↑ Sawers, Paul (5 March 2015). "Wikiwand arrives on iPhone to help make Wikipedia beautiful". VentureBeat. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ↑ "The Best Tools to Improve Your Wikipedia Experience". PCMAG. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ↑ Google Play Wiki Loves Monuments, Wikimedia Foundation
- ↑ "Upload To Commons - Android Apps on Google Play". Play.google.com. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
- ↑ "Wiktionary - Android Apps on Google Play". Play.google.com. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
External links
- On Wikipedia help pages and Wikimedia Foundation websites
- Help:Mobile access - App information, resources and developer/source code support for the official app, on Wikipedia's help pages
- Wikimedia mobile engineering - team page for the Wikimedia Mobile Engineering Department, on the Wikimedia Foundation's MediaWiki development website
- Unsupported official builds of Wikimedia apps
- On third party websites
- Wikipedia's Mobile Support and Development mirrored at GitHub