Comparison

Wikipanion vs WikiMed

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

Head to head
About

Wikipanion

This app provides a streamlined and efficient way to access and navigate Wikipedia content. It offers advanced search capabilities, bookmarking of specific sections, and a history feature grouped by visit date. Enjoy features like a table of contents browser, dual language support, and image saving.

Highlights
  • Smart search with entry preview
  • Bookmark individual sections
  • History grouped by visit date
  • Table of contents browser
  • Dual language support
  • In-page searching
  • iCloud syncing
Features
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Accessing Wikipedia has never been faster and easier than with Wikipanion, designed for easy, search, navigation and display of Wikipedia entries. Streamline your browsing with history grouped by visit date, and bookmarking that not only bookmarks individual entries, but individual sections within an entry. Featuring intelligent features such as: - Table of contents browser that knows where you are in the page - Multiple search methods including Smart completion with entry preview, Google searching and a full text Wikipedia search - Dual language searching and language switching (hiding languages you don't care about) - Bookmark, including bookmarking individual sections of pages - History, grouped by last visit date - Full in-page searching - Wiktionary dictionary term looking without leaving the current page - Table based category browsing - iCloud syncing - Image saving to the Photo library - Ogg vorbis audio playback for dictionary pronunciations and other audio content available on Wikipedia - Contextual knowledge for sending links to specific sections in a Wikipedia entry - Easily turn on automatic focusing of the search field on launch Tip: To scroll to the top of a Wikipedia entry, hit the title bar at the top of the iPhone's screen (this works in Safari too). Second tip: Click into the search bar to cancel a page load request. See the Wikipanion web site for more details about all of the available features. Wikipanion is advertisement free.

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.

Screenshots

Wikipanion4 screens
WikiMed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: WikiMed at 4.6 against Wikipanion's 3.8. WikiMed also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 72%). Wikipanion's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 13 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

WikiMed holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 169 and 105 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Wikipanion's written reviews are positive against 83% of WikiMed's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wikipanion ships an update every 11 days, WikiMed every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Wikipanion versus WikiMed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWikipanionWikiMed
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (169 ratings)4.6 (105 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.6% of reviews82.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings169 — better105
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB2.0 GB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperRobert ChinWikimedia CH

Customer experience

Wikipanion

All ratings169 ratings
Positive68.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative23.7%
Written reviews437 reviews
Positive71.6%
Neutral8.9%
Negative19.5%

WikiMed

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

Bugs and requests

Wikipanion

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Search results not displaying properly
  • Navigation issues when viewing articles
  • Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add dark mode support
  • Improve search functionality
  • Implement offline reading capabilities
  • Allow for more customization and personalization

WikiMed

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Wikipanion

No in-app purchases

None

WikiMed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wikipanion free?
Wikipanion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WikiMed free?
WikiMed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wikipanion or WikiMed?
WikiMed is rated higher. Wikipanion averages 3.8 out of 5 from 169 ratings, while WikiMed averages 4.6 from 105 ratings.
Do Wikipanion or WikiMed have ads?
Neither Wikipanion nor WikiMed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wikipanion or WikiMed?
Wikipanion ships an update every 11 days, and WikiMed every 13 months. Most recently, Wikipanion was updated on October 13, 2026 and WikiMed on October 10, 2026.

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