Wikipanion for iPad vs RFC View
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wikipanion for iPad
This app provides a streamlined and efficient way to access and browse Wikipedia content on your iPad. It offers advanced search capabilities, organized history, and detailed bookmarking for individual entries and sections. Enjoy features like a table of contents browser, dual language support, and the ability to save images and audio.
- Table of contents browser
- Smart search with entry preview
- Dual language support
- Section bookmarking
- History grouped by visit date
- In-page searching
- iCloud syncing
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Wikipanion arrives for the iPad! 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 - Article coordinate link shows location on map - Contextual knowledge for sending links to specific sections in a Wikipedia entry - Easily turn on automatic focusing of the search field on launch Tip: Click into the search bar to cancel a page load request. To refresh a page, visit the page, click in the search bar and then hit "enter" again keeping the same page name. See the Wikipanion web site for more details about all of the available features.
RFC View
Access and read RFC documents in various formats, including text, HTML, and PDF. Features offline reading for text files, document searching, and the ability to save favorites. Stay updated with the latest documents without needing app updates.
- List all RFC documents
- Search by title, ID, author, or keywords
- Read in text, HTML, or PDF formats
- Offline reading for text documents
- Save favorite documents
- View latest documents
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A reader for RFC documents. Features for RFC View are: 1 - List all RFC documents 2 - Search with title, document id, authors or keywords in all RFC documents 3 - Read all documents with text, HTML or PDF formats 4 - Offline Mode: You can read all documents in text format without internet 5 - Keep your favorite documents 6 - Get latest docs: You can view all new documents without waiting for the new version of this app
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: RFC View at free against Wikipanion for iPad's paid. RFC View also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and rating (4.0 vs 3.7). Wikipanion for iPad's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (62 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
RFC View holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wikipanion for iPad has 62 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Wikipanion for iPad's written reviews are positive against 100% of RFC View's.
Wikipanion for iPad ships an update every 2 months, RFC View every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wikipanion for iPad | RFC View |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (62 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Chin | mantar |
Customer experience
Wikipanion for iPad
RFC View
Bugs and requests
Wikipanion for iPad
Reported bugs
5 issues- Crashes when switching between articles
- Search function not working as expected
- Formatting issues with longer articles
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
- Sidebar not hiding properly in landscape mode
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for editing and contributing to Wikipedia
- Implement a night mode or dark theme
- Improve external link handling to avoid leaving the app
- Allow for better organization and syncing of bookmarks
- Expand support for additional wiki sources beyond Wikipedia
RFC View
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wikipanion for iPad
No in-app purchases
RFC View
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Wikipanion for iPad free?
Is RFC View free?
Which has better reviews, Wikipanion for iPad or RFC View?
Do Wikipanion for iPad or RFC View have ads?
Which is updated more often, Wikipanion for iPad or RFC View?
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