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I Really Love The “Places” Function
Having a map that shows things nearby is like having a pirate map, where the treasure is unearthing countless fascinating articles about what’s nearby, as well as what’s far away. You will come across more neat and share-worthy info from all throughout recorded history by using the “Places” tab on a walk to the convenience store, your commute to school or work, or on your weekend trip to another city. Get to know the world you’re walking through. Learn what significant event happened exactly where you’re standing now. Have fun, and spread that knowledge.Show lesswaterdamage
Glitches within reading lists
I love going down the wikipedia rabbit hole, hence why I installed the app so I wouldn’t have to keep hundreds of internet tabs open. My one MAJOR complaint though is that the saved section and reading lists are an absolute mess. The lists glitch out and show the same articles multiple times, but only one will actually link off, or will mix multiples with a single article so it’s difficult to maneuver. They don’t update the number of articles within each lists so it also causes confusion when 5 multiples are listed. Overall, the lists feature is something I love but is a major headache to deal with. Love the app, but I have to give 3 stars because the features that make it different from the website don’t work correctly.Show lessturrnthepaige
Developer Response
Hi there and thank you for your feedback, We are sorry that you faced this, will you send us a screen recording so we can be able to help you as we couldn't reproduce this bug again?love this app
i really do love this app and use it all the time. the map feature is new to me and absolutely amazing!! there are two things that i would love to get fixed. i use the ‘on this day’ widget pretty much daily and for some reason the most recent event isn’t visible and has to be pulled and held to read the line. when you go through the app it works fine but the widget is how i access it 99% of the time and i find it obnoxious. the other thing that would be SO cool is if there was a way to bookmark a spot within the middle of an article. bookmarking a whole page is one thing, but i read the history of countries a lot and those are huge pages. i end up struggling to find where i left off when i leave it and want to go back.
but yeah, other than the one widget glitch and my suggestion, this app is awesome. i love wikipedia. 💛Show lessKaylieeeBird
Developer Response
Hi there, Thank you for your review. We created a ticket for your suggestion, If you're interested in following for more details and actions, you can check this ticket on our issue request tracking software, Phabricator https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T316754 keep supporting us :)Bricked my phone
I’m a very frequent user of the app and of Wikipedia in general, so I’m very disappointed in my recent experience with the app. Recently it’s become increasingly laggy, and has an issue where if I’m listening to music/audio it can cause that audio to break up and crackle.
While that was annoying, it doesn’t compare to what happened this morning. As I opened the app, it froze at the loading screen. Upon trying to close the app, I realized that I couldn’t swipe out of it, nor could I open any other apps in any way. I couldn’t even shut off the phone because the power down menu wouldn’t show up. I ended up having to wait for the battery ran out for the phone to finally restart and go back to normal, at which point I could no longer justify keeping the app installed.
I love Wikipedia, and it’s a huge part of my day-to-day, so I’m very disappointed that the app would “hijack” my phone like that, to the point that it was literally unusable in any capacity.Show lessarthurlafrance
Developer Response
Hi Aruther, Thank you for your feedback, we do apologize for what happened. Would you please send us this information so we can help you? -The iOS version you are using. -What was appearing when the page hang on? the Wikipedia logo page or the one with the rotating planet? -Also please consider pulling iOS crash logs from your device under device Settings > Privacy > Analytics & Improvements > Analytics Data, search for any logs beginning with “Wikipedia”, tap into it, and tap the Share icon at the top, where you can email it to us. Thank you so much for being keen on sending this, waiting for your reply. Respectfully, The Wikipedia iOS teamSolid stability gives good reading experience
Navigating continues to be unintuitive for me, but I usually arrive in the app through a link from an external app, like a browser. It’s difficult to edit on, and this almost seems discouraged, as sometimes I can’t even find the edit icon. Often it is only at the top of the page instead of per section, adding to the cumbersome editing experience. But I only try to fix a typo or two, and this is not the common usage of the app, which is reading. And yes, the cursor randomly jumps to the top of the page when editing.Show lessdubya
Incredible
I’ve never learned so much from an app before. It combines Wikipedia’s enormous database of knowledge with an easy-to-use and slick GUI. Not only does it make for a quick and easy method of fetching information, it also makes for a great reading app to get yourself immersed in a long article. The map feature is amazing—it allows you to learn more about your surroundings than ever.
I simply cannot recommend downloading this app enough. It allows for unmitigated access to an enormous fountain of knowledge with a slick and dandy interface. I cannot state just how much I’ve learned from this, the accessibility and ease of use allows for hours of nonstop learning.
Definitely a great choice for anyone with a thirst for knowledge.Show lesskjollecat200
Amazing app! Just one small problem…
It’s a really good app! It’s faster than opening the website on my phone. It’s very customizable too! I love the way you can save the articles. I’ve learned a lot from this app too and I read new articles every day! But there is one small problem, it won’t let me play video or audio files in the articles!! I don’t like having to go on my computer to see the videos/audio. I hope this is fixed soon. But even then, it’s an app everyone should get!!Show lessZain Al-Shemmeri
Almost perfect
What keeps me in the browser as opposed to the app is the ability to hover over a link (or long press/hold) and see the preview of the linked article.
If I am reading an article on “cells”, it would be nice to be able to hover over a link such as “mitochondria” and see that short preview inn line with the current web experience, as opposed to having to click the link and open the “mitochondria” article, forcing me to leave that which I am trying to read in order to get a brief understanding of what may just be an unfamiliar vocabulary word.
Thanks!Show lessMattyRich845
Amazing, endless information in only one app!
I’ve always been a huge supporter of what Wikipedia stands for - the endless amount of information that anybody can access in order to become better informed! When I found out all of this was translated into an app, I was joyous (as weird as that sounds lol). Now when I’m traveling, or eating, or seriously whenever I have free time, I just get on this app and start reading. It’s very easy to use (keep in mind that I am a reader, not an editor so I do not have an editor’s experience with this app). The interface is quite lovely, giving customization options in order to fit individual reading preferences. It really is a privilege to live in a society where information can be so accessible, especially thanks to Wikipedia who preaches the ethics of information being free and in anybody’s disposal. My immigrant mother who is still learning English appreciates the Spanish accessibility as well! It’s just an amazing app, and I would 100% recommend it to anybody. The world is at our fingertips, why not?Show lessCxrmcg
Fantastic app with one major glitch
First of all, I love this app. It is very professionally made. The UI is clean and intuitive. Links work how you’d expect them to, it’s easy to search, navigate through pages and find words within articles. But there is one major glitch that makes me extremely frustrated - editing documents. For some reason the cursor is virtually unusable when editing documents. It jumps around and sometimes just gets stuck in place making it impossible to set it where you want to begin typing. There are other problems with it that I won’t get into but really the only flaw of this app id the editing UI. This app would be absolutely PERFECT if that is fixed.
But if you don’t edit pages like I do, you’ll absolutely love this app! Think of all the FREE information you’re getting from this app. Truly mind-boggling the world that we live in.Show lesslatteboy50
