wikiHow vs Wiki Search
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 150,000+ how-to articles
- Step-by-step instructions
- Photos and illustrations
- Helpful videos
- Offline access
- Survival Kit emergency guides
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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
Wiki Search
Access and search the full text of Wikipedia and its sister projects. This app allows for more comprehensive keyword searches and displays multiple articles simultaneously, offering a unique experience compared to the web version.
- Full text search of Wikipedia
- Searches sister projects (Wiktionary, Wikisource, etc.)
- Displays multiple articles
- Bookmark articles
- View search history
- Random article display
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WikiSearch makes it easy to search and browse Wikipedia and other Wikimedia services. Choose a service and language to quickly access knowledge from around the world. Save interesting pages as bookmarks and easily return to previously viewed pages through your browsing history. Key features: • Search Wikipedia and other Wikimedia services • Search articles in a wide range of languages • Browse concise search-result summaries • Read pages in the built-in browser • Translate and share the page you are viewing • Open pages in an external browser • Manage bookmarks and browsing history • Reorder, back up, and restore bookmarks • Discover new pages with random search • Customize search-result, bookmark, and history limits • Dark Mode support From everyday research to unexpected discoveries, WikiSearch brings the vast world of Wikimedia knowledge closer to you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Wiki Search at 4.8 against wikiHow's 4.1. Wiki Search also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). wikiHow's advantage is ratings volume (414 vs 8) and review sentiment (68% vs 50%). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wiki Search holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: wikiHow has 414 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of wikiHow's written reviews are positive against 50% of Wiki Search's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
wikiHow ships an update every 3 months, Wiki Search every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | wikiHow | Wiki Search |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (414 ratings) | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 68.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 414 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | wikiHow, Inc. | KAZUYUKI TAJIMA |
Customer experience
wikiHow
Wiki Search
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
Wiki Search
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
wikiHow
No in-app purchases
Wiki Search
No in-app purchases







