Comparison

Wikipanion vs Encyclopedia

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

Encyclopedia

Access a vast digital encyclopedia with over 25,000 topics and articles covering nature, cities, and more. Read content or have it read aloud, and explore over 100 high-definition images per article. Discover popular places in over 1000 cities worldwide.

Highlights
  • 25,000+ topics and articles
  • 10 diverse categories
  • Read-aloud functionality
  • 100+ HD images per article
  • Search 1000+ cities
  • Save wallpapers
  • Video content
Features
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The free encyclopedia with more than 25,000 topics and articles — now completely redesigned. Explore 10 categories from our beautiful planet: Animals, Birds, Dinosaurs, Insects, Fish, Plants, Flowers, Cities, Mountains and Gems. WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL • Beautiful new dark nature design, made for comfortable reading • Stunning HD photo galleries for every topic • Smart search with instant, highlighted results • Read articles yourself — or let the app read them aloud • A fresh random selection every time you open the app • Home-screen widget with a new topic every day • Works in 10 languages, including full right-to-left support Download now and start exploring the world — one amazing topic at a time.

Screenshots

Wikipanion4 screens
Encyclopedia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Wikipanion at none against Encyclopedia's shown. Wikipanion also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 50%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Encyclopedia's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.8). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

Encyclopedia holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 169 and 66 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Wikipanion's written reviews are positive against 50% of Encyclopedia's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wikipanion ships an update every 11 days, Encyclopedia fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Wikipanion versus Encyclopedia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWikipanionEncyclopedia
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (169 ratings)4.0 (66 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.6% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings169 — better66
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.4
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB65 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperRobert ChinAnas Almomany

Customer experience

Wikipanion

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

Encyclopedia

All ratings66 ratings
Positive78.8%
Neutral1.5%
Negative19.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

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

Encyclopedia

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Wikipanion

No in-app purchases

None

Encyclopedia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wikipanion free?
Wikipanion is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Encyclopedia free?
Encyclopedia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wikipanion or Encyclopedia?
Encyclopedia is rated higher. Wikipanion averages 3.8 out of 5 from 169 ratings, while Encyclopedia averages 4.0 from 66 ratings.
Do Wikipanion or Encyclopedia have ads?
Encyclopedia shows ads; Wikipanion does not.
Which is updated more often, Wikipanion or Encyclopedia?
Wikipanion ships an update every 11 days, and Encyclopedia fortnightly. Most recently, Wikipanion was updated on October 13, 2026 and Encyclopedia on October 9, 2026.

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