Comparison

wikiHow vs WikiMed

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

Head to head
About

wikiHow

Access over 150,000 step-by-step guides on virtually any topic. Learn new skills through articles, photos, illustrations, and videos. Includes a Survival Kit for offline emergency preparedness.

Highlights
  • 150,000+ how-to articles
  • Step-by-step instructions
  • Photos and illustrations
  • Helpful videos
  • Offline access
  • Survival Kit emergency guides
Features
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The wikiHow app gives you over 150,000 how-to guides right in the palm of your hand. Learn how to do anything from wikiHow, the world’s leading how-to guide. Read or watch step-by-step instructions on every imaginable topic. Become the DIY master of anything, instantly. With the wikiHow for iPhone app you can: *Search over 150,000 articles on wikiHow *Bookmark articles to read and use later, even while offline *View step-by-step photos and illustrations in retina display to help you learn how to do anything *Watch helpful videos that accompany many articles *Read wikiHow’s featured articles of the day *Browse random articles for your entertainment Also in the wikiHow app you’ll find the Survival Kit, a collection of emergency situation guides every person should have stored on their devices. Emergency guides to do CPR, provide first aid, or perform the Heimlich maneuver could save a life. The app even contains guides to land an airplane in an emergency or escape from a bear. All Survival Kit articles are stored for offline use so you won’t need internet service to access them. How useful is the wikiHow app? This is what others are saying: “Indispensable” – MacWorld “Always helpful” – USA Today “Arguably the best how-to guide to everything” – Appolicious

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

wikiHow3 screens
WikiMed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: WikiMed at 4.6 against wikiHow's 4.1. WikiMed also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 68%). wikiHow's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (414 vs 105). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 414 and 105 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of wikiHow's written reviews are positive against 82% of WikiMed's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

wikiHow ships an update every 3 months, WikiMed every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
wikiHow versus WikiMed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterwikiHowWikiMed
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (414 ratings)4.6 (105 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.0% of reviews81.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings414 — better105
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB2.0 GB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperwikiHow, Inc.Wikimedia CH

Customer experience

wikiHow

All ratings414 ratings
Positive75.1%
Neutral8.5%
Negative16.4%
Written reviews306 reviews
Positive68.0%
Neutral12.1%
Negative19.9%

WikiMed

All ratings105 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

Bugs and requests

wikiHow

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Search bar disappearing
  • Bookmarks not saving
  • Crashes on certain articles

Requested features

6 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Bookmark management
  • Categories/browsing
  • Multilingual support
  • Account creation
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  • Download/offline access

WikiMed

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

wikiHow

No in-app purchases

None

WikiMed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is wikiHow free?
wikiHow 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, wikiHow or WikiMed?
WikiMed is rated higher. wikiHow averages 4.1 out of 5 from 414 ratings, while WikiMed averages 4.6 from 105 ratings.
Do wikiHow or WikiMed have ads?
Neither wikiHow nor WikiMed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, wikiHow or WikiMed?
wikiHow ships an update every 3 months, and WikiMed every 13 months. Most recently, wikiHow was updated on September 22, 2026 and WikiMed on September 9, 2026.

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