Comparison

Wikipanion for iPad vs WikiMed

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Table of contents browser
  • Smart search with entry preview
  • Dual language support
  • Section bookmarking
  • History grouped by visit date
  • In-page searching
  • iCloud syncing
Features
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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.

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

WikiMed4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: WikiMed at 4.6 against Wikipanion for iPad's 3.7. WikiMed also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and device support (3 vs 1). Wikipanion for iPad's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 106 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Wikipanion for iPad's written reviews are positive against 83% of WikiMed's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wikipanion for iPad ships an update every 2 months, WikiMed every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Wikipanion for iPad versus WikiMed: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWikipanion for iPadWikiMed
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (62 ratings)4.6 (106 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews82.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings62106 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB2.0 GB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperRobert ChinWikimedia CH

Customer experience

Wikipanion for iPad

All ratings58 ratings
Positive60.3%
Neutral13.8%
Negative25.9%
Written reviews400 reviews
Positive74.8%
Neutral10.0%
Negative15.3%

WikiMed

All ratings105 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive82.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.4%

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

WikiMed

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Wikipanion for iPad

No in-app purchases

None

WikiMed

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wikipanion for iPad free?
Wikipanion for iPad 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, Wikipanion for iPad or WikiMed?
WikiMed is rated higher. Wikipanion for iPad averages 3.7 out of 5 from 62 ratings, while WikiMed averages 4.6 from 106 ratings.
Do Wikipanion for iPad or WikiMed have ads?
Neither Wikipanion for iPad nor WikiMed shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wikipanion for iPad or WikiMed?
Wikipanion for iPad ships an update every 2 months, and WikiMed every 13 months. Most recently, Wikipanion for iPad was updated on October 20, 2026 and WikiMed on October 24, 2026.

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