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Wiki Offline — A Wikipedia Experience app for iPhone and iPad


4.6 ( 336 ratings )
Travel Reference
Developer: Avocado Hills, Inc.
9.99 USD
Current version: 4.3.0, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 01 Jul 2010
App size: 12.46 Mb

* If you use iOS 8 or 9, please get Wiki Offline 2, not this version *

Wiki Offline delivers flexibility and joy for the Wikipedia™ experience. The full text of all Wikipedia articles are stored to your iPhone/iPad/iPod. You will literally hold the worlds knowledge in the palm of your hands. No more worrying about slow internet connections, overage bandwidth charges, or traveling to areas without internet, because with Wiki Offline, Wikipedia will be there for you when you need it.
Join the myriad of scientists, teachers, frequent flyers, vacationers, parents, and knowledge lovers whose lives have been improved by Wiki Offline.

Wiki Offline brings joy to the reading experience. No more squinting at tiny text, no more eye strain from staring into a bright screen -- the entire display is customizable. Personalize your Wikipedia experience by organizing your favorite articles into folders for later enjoyment. Mark articles to be "read later" and build up a queue. Automatically import the latest text and images (internet required) and enjoy a beautifully formatted take on the legendary encyclopedia.

BENEFITS:
- Enjoy the full text of all Wikipedia articles
- Use it in bed, 30,000 feet in the air, or 20,000 leagues under the sea
- Amazingly fast -- faster than an internet connection
- Embed images in articles (internet required) for the most beautiful experience
- Find terms within the page
- Full screen viewing for best reading experience
- Organize your searches into bookmarks and folders
- Full page history, reading queue, and table of contents help you navigate
- Personalize your reading experience by customizing the font, brightness, and color
- Available in English, Chinese, Italian, Arabic, Czech, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Norwegian, Turkish, Thai, Polish, French, Hungarian, Farsi, Japanese, Hebrew, Korean, Swedish, Danish, and Slovak!


NOTES:
Upon launching the app, you will be prompted to download Wikipedia onto your device. It has been meticulously compressed (English is 4.0GB) while maintaining all of the data in every single article. (Note that pictures and tables are not included, but can be downloaded from within the app). This download is fully resumable and hosted on high speed servers located around the world.

The initial download requires WiFi. If you dont have WiFi, you can email support for instructions on how to download the files and transfer them through your computer.

After the initial download, you will be able to browse all Wikipedia articles without internet access.

You can download the latest version of the database in the app, or you can download additional languages. Please note that there is a nominal $0.99 fee to partially offset our costs to deliver such large files.


TIPS:
- Instantly scroll to the beginning of an article by tapping the status bar (the very top of the screen)
- Double tap in an article to switch to full screen mode
- Pull down on the top of an article to lock the screen orientation
- Pinch an article to change the font quickly
- Pull down on the language list in the settings to check for updates

SUPPORT:
Dont be afraid to get in touch with us. User input is greatly appreciated -- in fact, most new features are suggested by users like yourself!

WIKIPEDIA is a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation. We are not endorsed by or affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

1% of net profits derived from the sale of this app will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation.

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Great service - Great app - Recommend it ! One of my favourite.
Brilliant. We have a useless Internet connection, so this is ideal for me.
Very good app, I recommand it. However I have some suggestions for the developpers : 1 - it would be nice to be able to highlight text like in iBook. 2 - it would be easier for us to be able to change of langage data directly onto the search bar. I wait for the next upload! thanks
The only negative thing about this app is that Wikipedia isnt always 100% accurate
It does what it says, and it does it well. Ive used it many times on a plane, on the top of Mount Sinai in Egypt, on the train while going through one of the many tunnels in the Swiss Alps. If you need an encyclopedia on you anytime, anywhere, this is the one to get. Money well spent, for sure!
Great app... Im brazilian and I use both English and Portuguese versions...excellent.

Some bad moments

I bought this app for 8€ and 6 months later you propose me to pay 5€ for a mere update? What is this? Im going to send a complaint to Apple in order to get my money back.
I am little bit disappointed as it appears a blank screen with language settings in header but nothing happens. I bought also wiki offline 2 but same error!!!!
In short - databases crash, software does not support OS 5 fully, and articles are missing crucial informations, like names and places linked to other articles... Support, while responsive, offers no useful solutions in situations where you would be using the software - OFFLINE. I have spent hours and hours trying to get this to work, only to find that the articles are corrupt. I am also a software troubleshooter/ tech, and this app just does not do what it says it will - Read on before you buy! I bought this app before a road trip from Toronto to New Orleans and it loaded up fine, until I maxed out the space on my 4S. Then the wiki database disappeared. After that, I deleted my music database, but it was impossible to reinstall the database on my phone. According to Wiki Offlne support, OS5 kicks out the offline database when you run out of space on the phone - an issue the author still has not addressed. Evan, the author, was responsive, but gave me the most ridiculous set of instructions for reinstalling the database - downloading files from his server, to a pc, renaming the files, syncing with iTunes... The whole point of an offline database is not to have to download it!!! Of course I had not brought a pc with me, and I had now erased my music as well. I bought "All Of Wiki", and although its slow to load articles (10-12 secs load time,) it works. 6 months later, I am on a trip through eastern Europe, I managed to redownload and test the wiki offline database before I left, more or less forgetting the trouble I had had in the US. Sure enough, it crashed again while in Slovakia, and I could not redownload the database, even though there was more than 8 gigs available on my phone. Once again, I was given the same unhelpful instructions, which were impossible to follow unless i had a computer and a stable connection - again, the reason I bought the app was to use it when I was offline! And, I quote the support person - "If youre not willing to follow my instructions, theres nothing more I can do to help you." Really! I reinstalled the competitions app on my phone - the main reason I avoided using it is that "All Of Wikis" database is almost 2GB larger, and it works fine. READ THIS - I installed Wiki Offline successfully on my iPad, and was reading an article on the second restoration of the Bourbon throne in France, fourth paragraph (Yawn!) which read like this: chief ministers were at first moderate, including , the , and ; himself followed a cautious policy. The , elected in 1815 and given the nickname "unobtainable" by Louis,... Which makes no sense! All the linked names are missing! In "All of Wiki" it reads: Louis chief ministers were at first moderate, including, the Duc de Richelieu, and Élie, duc Decazes; Louis himself followed a cautious policy. The chambre introuvable, elected in 1815 and given the nickname "unobtainable" by Louis,... I understand why "All of Wiki" has such a huge database, because its more or less complete. Wiki Offlines database is missing a lot of links which makes reading the articles impossible. This is my first review for any app ever, but Ive spent so much time on this I thought I would try and save you some. Again, "All of Wiki" is slow, but its worth, it, cause it works. The download process also works, and though the English DB is huge, it seems to be complete. I suggest avoiding this Wiki Offline until it is corrected.
It crushes all the time, and it runs freaking slow! You cannot even restore your purchase! How come that you dont fix those bugs? Give my money back!!
I find the last review, complete tartuffery!! The administers of this app truly demonstrate their apophasis!! They have published your most gleaming review in full. Bollix, they cut my review in half, a most corporeal attempt to deprecate my honest review. Since my two emails I have as yet received no response let alone an answer to my questions. I find this diaphanous paradox to bolster their fabulist belief that this app is really an ersatz to the real issue. If you have any true fiduciary belief in your app, publish review and explain why, to this day you have not responded to my question. Muse on this concise review of your product.
I wrote email to the developer for three times without getting any reply. I spend a dollar buying their additional database. Now I cant even get access to them!

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