Wikipanion for iPad vs Encyclopedia
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.
Encyclopedia
Access a vast digital encyclopedia with over 25,000 topics and articles covering nature, cities, and more. Read content or have it read aloud, and explore over 100 high-definition images per article. Discover popular places in over 1000 cities worldwide.
- 25,000+ topics and articles
- 10 diverse categories
- Read-aloud functionality
- 100+ HD images per article
- Search 1000+ cities
- Save wallpapers
- Video content
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The free encyclopedia with more than 25,000 topics and articles — now completely redesigned. Explore 10 categories from our beautiful planet: Animals, Birds, Dinosaurs, Insects, Fish, Plants, Flowers, Cities, Mountains and Gems. WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL • Beautiful new dark nature design, made for comfortable reading • Stunning HD photo galleries for every topic • Smart search with instant, highlighted results • Read articles yourself — or let the app read them aloud • A fresh random selection every time you open the app • Home-screen widget with a new topic every day • Works in 10 languages, including full right-to-left support Download now and start exploring the world — one amazing topic at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Wikipanion for iPad at none against Encyclopedia's shown. Wikipanion for iPad also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.4). Encyclopedia's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 3.7) and monetization model (ad-supported vs paid). On price, ratings volume 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.
Encyclopedia holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 75 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Wikipanion for iPad's written reviews are positive against 50% of Encyclopedia's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Wikipanion for iPad ships an update every 2 months, Encyclopedia fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wikipanion for iPad | Encyclopedia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (62 ratings) | 4.1 (75 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 62 | 75 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Robert Chin | Anas Almomany |
Customer experience
Wikipanion for iPad
Encyclopedia
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
Encyclopedia
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wikipanion for iPad
No in-app purchases
Encyclopedia
No in-app purchases
