Doesn’t work great
Though I love the website, the app doesn’t function the best. It is hard to use and just doesn’t work well as an app. There are some fun inclusion about it, but overall, it’s much easier to use the website.
Feature Request
I’d love to have a widget dedicated to the app’s Places feature spotlighting nearby articles.
Thank you, Wikipedia! The app is great.
Thank you, Wikipedia! The app is great.
Galaxy-brained design
I love that now when I press the magnifying glass button, it doesn’t immediately let me search, it instead shows me my history, and makes me press the magnifying glass *again* in order to search. This is a super intelligent design feature and not at all stupid. Superfluous extra steps are super cool!
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Баг
Сделайте уже нормальный свайп назад!
Everything is great and I have a few small suggestions
-It would be great if the articles near you map had a widget form
-A setting to close tabs automatically after a time would also be nice
I have had no problems with anything else and this is my favorite app on my phone.
-A setting to close tabs automatically after a time would also be nice
I have had no problems with anything else and this is my favorite app on my phone.
Let us export reading lists
Bring back the ability to export reading lists. Absurd to not even be able to export the names of saved articles. Why are you putting stupid games in the app when it lacks this basic functionality.
Bad service
I keep getting accused of analyst, but I’m not doing it
Wiki refuses to fix the search in page feature
The search feature within a page stopped working months ago yet Wiki still has not addressed it. I’ve emailed and reached out several times to please fix this, or at minimum provide a work around (ie browser vs app, something) or else remove the icon entirely. This makes no sense not to have been addressed by now. I am withholding all donations and support for the program and will seek other apps. Epic Marketing 101 fail. I find the attitude unprofessional in that customer feedback is rendered pointless.
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Need to turn off side swipe
I need a setting to turn off side swipe. It’s too easy in current UI for a user to trigger it accidentally.
Not as convenient as the site itself!
I love wikipedia, but this app is just hard to navigate. There were times when I was redirected through browser to this app, and I had a hard time finding what I was looking for.
Then I close this app, and go to the site, and voila. There it was!
Im not asking you to make direct rip of the site, but make it as easy to navigate as the site.
Then I close this app, and go to the site, and voila. There it was!
Im not asking you to make direct rip of the site, but make it as easy to navigate as the site.
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suggestion
would be so helpful if clicking on search graphic automatically placed text cursor in search field and displayed keyboard for typing
Inconsistent Chinese Language Variant (Traditional vs. Simplified Chinese) Across the Wikipedia iOS
Hello,
I would like to report an issue regarding Chinese language variant handling in the Wikipedia iOS app.
Device and Environment
* Device: iPhone 12 Pro Max
* Operating System Language: English
* Apple Account Region: United States
* Wikipedia App Language Preference:
1. Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
2. English
3. Japanese
4. Chinese (Simplified, Mainland China)
My preferred language is Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), and it is the first language in the Wikipedia app.
Issue 1: Search Preview Displays Simplified Chinese
When I search using Traditional Chinese, the search result previews occasionally appear in Simplified Chinese, especially for topics related to China.
However, after I tap the result and open the article, the article itself is correctly displayed in Traditional Chinese (Taiwan).
This suggests that the article language conversion is working correctly, but the search preview/snippet does not consistently respect the selected Chinese language variant.
Issue 2: Inconsistent Language on the Explore Feed
On the Explore page, different modules use different Chinese variants.
For example:
* Featured Article is displayed correctly in Traditional Chinese.
* Games (such as “Which Came First?”) is displayed entirely in Simplified Chinese.
This happens even though Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) is my primary language in the app.
It appears that different components of the app are not using the same language preference or language-conversion mechanism.
Expected Behavior
Once Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) is selected as the primary language, all user-facing Chinese text in the app—including:
* search suggestions,
* search previews,
* Explore feed modules,
* Games,
* and any other localized interface content,
should consistently appear in Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), unless a particular feature is explicitly unavailable in that language.
If certain features currently only have Simplified Chinese localization, it would be preferable to either:
* perform automatic Traditional Chinese conversion, or
* fall back to English instead of displaying Simplified Chinese to users who have explicitly selected Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), or
* display Simplified Chinese with a message notifying the user of the situation.
Thank you for your time and for developing the Wikipedia app.
I would like to report an issue regarding Chinese language variant handling in the Wikipedia iOS app.
Device and Environment
* Device: iPhone 12 Pro Max
* Operating System Language: English
* Apple Account Region: United States
* Wikipedia App Language Preference:
1. Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
2. English
3. Japanese
4. Chinese (Simplified, Mainland China)
My preferred language is Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), and it is the first language in the Wikipedia app.
Issue 1: Search Preview Displays Simplified Chinese
When I search using Traditional Chinese, the search result previews occasionally appear in Simplified Chinese, especially for topics related to China.
However, after I tap the result and open the article, the article itself is correctly displayed in Traditional Chinese (Taiwan).
This suggests that the article language conversion is working correctly, but the search preview/snippet does not consistently respect the selected Chinese language variant.
Issue 2: Inconsistent Language on the Explore Feed
On the Explore page, different modules use different Chinese variants.
For example:
* Featured Article is displayed correctly in Traditional Chinese.
* Games (such as “Which Came First?”) is displayed entirely in Simplified Chinese.
This happens even though Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) is my primary language in the app.
It appears that different components of the app are not using the same language preference or language-conversion mechanism.
Expected Behavior
Once Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) is selected as the primary language, all user-facing Chinese text in the app—including:
* search suggestions,
* search previews,
* Explore feed modules,
* Games,
* and any other localized interface content,
should consistently appear in Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), unless a particular feature is explicitly unavailable in that language.
If certain features currently only have Simplified Chinese localization, it would be preferable to either:
* perform automatic Traditional Chinese conversion, or
* fall back to English instead of displaying Simplified Chinese to users who have explicitly selected Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), or
* display Simplified Chinese with a message notifying the user of the situation.
Thank you for your time and for developing the Wikipedia app.
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I live for Wikipedia
I love the wikipedia app always and forever. Big ups 2 tha Wikimedia Foundation 🤙💯💯💯
Legendary encyclopedia.
Thank you for your job, ad free and open.
Indispensable
L’application Wikipédia est devenue mon réflexe pour mes recherches d’information, à la place de Google et des chatbots IA. J’apprécie de pouvoir sauvegarder des articles et l’interface est très claire.
Wikipedia has an app
It would be much nicer if there were tabs so I could have multiple pages open at once.
Without this, having the app installed is a net negative, as clicking a Wikipedia link launches the app and exits the page currently open.
Without this, having the app installed is a net negative, as clicking a Wikipedia link launches the app and exits the page currently open.
Мой отзыв и приглашение к новому проекту 🌟
Я создаю новую уникальную энциклопедию — место, где знания, творчество и фантазия объединяются в один большой мир.
Это будет не просто обычная вики. Я хочу сделать настоящий архив историй, персонажей, идей и открытий, где каждый сможет найти что-то интересное для себя.
Приглашаю всех создателей, авторов и любителей разных вселенных присоединиться к этому проекту. Вместе мы можем создать что-то необычное и запоминающееся. 🚀
Буду рада видеть всех, кто хочет стать частью этого большого путешествия! ✨
Это будет не просто обычная вики. Я хочу сделать настоящий архив историй, персонажей, идей и открытий, где каждый сможет найти что-то интересное для себя.
Приглашаю всех создателей, авторов и любителей разных вселенных присоединиться к этому проекту. Вместе мы можем создать что-то необычное и запоминающееся. 🚀
Буду рада видеть всех, кто хочет стать частью этого большого путешествия! ✨
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Was Good, but now slow.
I’ve used the Wikipedia app for a while now, but it seems to have been taking up more battery and resources than before when it is open. It seems a lot slower than it used to be.
TL;DR
The content is good, but the app’s performance is starting to decline.
TL;DR
The content is good, but the app’s performance is starting to decline.
Good, but widgets don’t work
Great app, great website. Love Wikipedia. Even in the age of AI, Wikipedia will still have a place in my life. Nothing beats browsing. Just wish the iOS widgets worked better, very buggy. The photo of the day and featured article widgets never work, always break. Reinstalling, restarting never works. Always get the error of “no featured article for this day,” and the photo of the day doesn’t refresh, stuck on the same photo for days, and when you click on it, it just takes you to the general Wikipedia home page.
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Unable to log in
Unable to log in on app, am able to log in on browser just fine. When logging in I just see a blank captcha box on WiFi/cellular, private relay is off and so is automatic verification.
