Comparison

Wikipedia vs Letterati

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

Head to head
About

Wikipedia

Access the world's largest free knowledge base with over 60 million articles in nearly 300 languages. Explore trending topics, save articles for offline reading, and customize your reading experience with various themes and text sizes. Contribute to the community by editing articles and participating in discussions.

Highlights
  • Ad-free and free knowledge access
  • 60+ million articles in 300+ languages
  • Personalized trending news feed
  • Offline article saving
  • Customizable reading themes and text size
  • Map-based location discovery
  • Article discussion and contribution tools
Features
Currently charting
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The official Wikipedia app for iOS helps you explore the world’s largest free knowledge project — ad-free and free of charge, forever. With 60+ million articles in nearly 300 languages, your favorite encyclopedia is always at your fingertips. Why you’ll love this app Free, open, and ad-free Wikipedia is written and verified by volunteers worldwide, supported by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation. No ads, no tracking — just knowledge you can trust. Search smarter, discover more Find the information you need without distraction. Search across 300 languages, explore trending and breaking news through a personalized feed. Add knowledge to your Home Screen Use widgets for quick access to trending articles, featured content, or the “Picture of the Day,” right from your Home Screen. Read your way Choose from light, sepia, dark, or pure black themes. Adjust text size and image dimming for comfortable reading anytime, anywhere. Explore nearby places Learn about landmarks and locations near you — or places you dream of visiting — through map-based article discovery. Stay connected offline Save articles to custom reading lists and access them offline — perfect for travel or learning without internet access. Share and continue seamlessly Share articles and images with friends, or use Handoff to keep reading across your Apple devices. Get insights into your activity See your own reading and contribution activity on Wikipedia with personalized insights that help you understand and celebrate how you use engage with Wikipedia. Stay organized with tabs Open multiple articles in tabs and switch between them with ease, just like in a browser. Compare topics, keep your place, and dive deeper without losing track. Join the conversation Read and reply to article discussion pages, and get notifications when discussions you follow are updated. Contribute on the go Manage your Watchlist to help keep Wikipedia accurate and up to date. Additional Information Feedback: In the app, go to Settings → Send app feedback. Contribute to translations: https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:WikimediaMobile Source code: https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-ios-wikipedia Privacy Policy: https://m.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy Terms of Use: https://m.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use About the Wikimedia Foundation: https://wikimediafoundation.org/

About

Letterati

Currently charting
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Letterati provides organised help with anagrams, subgrams, supergrams or missing letter clues (eg crossword grids). No online contact is needed so it's always available, and never bothers your data cap! Dictionary definitions just by clicking a word. Need an anagram of 'trestle'? Letterati will suggest 'letters' before 'sterlet'. When there are many words fitting your requirements, they will be sorted by how commonly they are used - even with hundred of possible words, the one you want is probably at the top of the list. Letterati can give you anagrams, two-word anagrams, or multi-word anagrams of specific lengths. Alternatively, read all of a word's subgrams. or just those a single letter short. Similarly, all the supergrams -perhaps those with one extra letter, or three extra, or more. Additionally, Letterati provides Intergrams - subgrams of one set of letters and simulatenously supergrams of another. So Migrate, Granite, Tangier, Triage, Restring, Aigret, Engirt and Stirrage are all subgrams of "intergrams", and also supergrams of "tiger" - and sorted by typical usage. Another form of Intergrams gives you hints for Wordle - supergrams of one set of letters, extended but by *nothing from another set*. Say, if you're playing a five-letter word online-game! Crossword puzzles, or 'words with missing letters' will be completed - and all sorted by usage. [To determine how common a word is, we use Scowl lists. These can be found at http://wordlist.aspell.net/. Also Letterati makes its archive available on your device through the Files interface.]

Screenshots

Wikipedia4 screens
Letterati3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Wikipedia at Free against Letterati's $0.99. Wikipedia also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 21 months) and chart position (#25 vs #172). Letterati's advantage is iOS requirement (14.5 vs 17.6). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Wikipedia is free to download; Letterati costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wikipedia ships an update fortnightly, Letterati every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Wikipedia versus Letterati: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWikipediaLetterati
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.3 (6.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews55.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings6.4K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 21 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#25 — better#172
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.614.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size257 MB13 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperWikimedia FoundationCircular Triangles Ltd

Bugs and requests

Wikipedia

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Unresponsive save button
  • Duplicate saved articles issue
  • Broken search functionality
  • Landscape mode rendering problems
  • Syncing issues with offline content

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add tabs for multi-article browsing
  • Implement a forward navigation button
  • Improve saved articles management
  • Integrate text-to-speech functionality
  • Provide more granular content filtering options

Letterati

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Wikipedia

No in-app purchases

None

Letterati

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wikipedia free?
Wikipedia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Letterati free?
Letterati costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Wikipedia or Letterati have ads?
Neither Wikipedia nor Letterati shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wikipedia or Letterati?
Wikipedia ships an update fortnightly, and Letterati every 21 months. Most recently, Wikipedia was updated on October 28, 2026 and Letterati on October 27, 2026.
Which is more popular, Wikipedia or Letterati?
Wikipedia currently peaks at #25 in the App Store charts, and Letterati at #172. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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