Comparison

WikiMed vs Your personal Wiki

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

WikiMed

Access a vast collection of over 51,000 medical articles covering diseases, medications, anatomy, and sanitation. This comprehensive resource is ideal for healthcare professionals and students, offering offline access to vital health information.

Highlights
  • 51,000+ medical articles
  • Covers diseases, medications, anatomy, sanitation
  • Offline access
  • Ideal for physicians and students
  • Comprehensive health information
Features
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With 51,000+ medical articles, Wikimed is the largest and most comprehensive collection of health-related articles available. It includes content on diseases, medications, anatomy, and sanitation. As an encyclopedic medical dictionary, Wikimed is perfect for practicing physicians, as well as medicine and other healthcare students. Users without medical training are advised to seek a doctor’s advice in addition to using this app and before making any medical decisions. If you are in the developing world without access to the Internet or on a boat in the middle of nowhere you can now access one of the foremost and up-to-date medical dictionaries, for free. The information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images and other material contained in this application are for informational purposes only. No material in this application is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in this application.

About

Your personal Wiki

Capture and organize your knowledge, information, or work steps as concise instructions directly on your device. Focus on content with intuitive templates and a clean reading mode for easy lookups. Your data is stored locally and remains yours.

Highlights
  • Capture and organize knowledge
  • Intuitive section templates
  • Clean reading mode
  • Local data storage
  • Data export (PDF, Markdown, HTML, JSON, SQLite)
  • iCloud and WebDAV transfer
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How was that done again? Capture your knowledge, information or work steps briefly and concisely as instructions directly on your device.​ Organize your information effortlessly with intuitive section templates instead of Markdown syntax. Focus on your content instead of formatting text or positioning images, and create structured notes with ease. The clean reading mode allows you to conveniently look up the content later. The content cannot be changed accidentally - smart and simple. This knowledge database is ideal for craftsmen, self-employed individuals, and anyone who prefers working in the workshop rather than on a computer but still wants to organize their knowledge systematically. Possible areas of application are: • Books collection • Collection of ideas and notes • Checklists • Experience reports / Testimonials • Instructions of all kinds • Inventory list • Knowledge database (wiki) • Project documentations • Process descriptions • Recipes • Story Bible / World Building • Summary of learning content • Travel planning • Work descriptions It’s worth trying out this app! No login is required to use this wiki software and no subscription is necessary. All collected wiki content is stored locally on your device. Your data belongs to you and remains guaranteed to stay with you. Collections can be transferred to your various devices by iCloud or a local NAS server via WebDAV. With this free Starter Edition, you can try out all the features. The only restriction is that you can enter a maximum of 20 new entries. You can get the unlimited version with a one-time in-app purchase for 18 USD or 15 EUR per device (no subscription). Are you missing an important feature? Help shape the development of this wiki software by sending an e-mail with your ideas to support@smasi.software. I would be happy to improve and extend the app! Attention: Deleting the app will also remove all locally stored knowledge bases, including your notes and documentation. Use the built-in backup feature to back up your data and easily transfer it to another device. You can also export your content at any time in PDF, Markdown, HTML, JSON, or SQLite format for archiving, sharing, or further use.

Screenshots

WikiMed4 screens
Your personal Wiki4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WikiMed at none against Your personal Wiki's 2. WikiMed also leads on ratings volume (106 vs 10). Your personal Wiki's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 13 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, rating, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Your personal Wiki sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. WikiMed asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for WikiMed against 4.6 for Your personal Wiki. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WikiMed has 106 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of WikiMed's written reviews are positive against 100% of Your personal Wiki's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WikiMed ships an update every 13 months, Your personal Wiki every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
WikiMed versus Your personal Wiki: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWikiMedYour personal Wiki
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (106 ratings) — better4.6 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews82.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings106 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.615.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2.0 GB64 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperWikimedia CH2S-Software AG

Customer experience

WikiMed

All ratings105 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive82.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.4%

Your personal Wiki

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

WikiMed

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Your personal Wiki

One-time2
  • Unlimited (for your mobile)$17.99
  • Unlimited (for your Mac)$17.99

Questions

Is WikiMed free?
WikiMed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Your personal Wiki free?
Your personal Wiki is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, WikiMed or Your personal Wiki?
WikiMed is rated higher. WikiMed averages 4.6 out of 5 from 106 ratings, while Your personal Wiki averages 4.6 from 10 ratings.
Do WikiMed or Your personal Wiki have ads?
Neither WikiMed nor Your personal Wiki shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WikiMed or Your personal Wiki?
WikiMed ships an update every 13 months, and Your personal Wiki every 2 weeks. Most recently, WikiMed was updated on November 6, 2026 and Your personal Wiki on November 8, 2026.

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