Wikipanion for iPad vs Wiki Search
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.
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 Wikipanion for iPad's 3.7. Wiki Search also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Wikipanion for iPad's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and ratings volume (62 vs 8). On price, 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
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 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wikipanion for iPad has 62 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Wikipanion for iPad'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.
Wikipanion for iPad ships an update every 2 months, Wiki Search every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wikipanion for iPad | Wiki Search |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (62 ratings) | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Robert Chin | KAZUYUKI TAJIMA |
Customer experience
Wikipanion for iPad
Wiki Search
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
Wiki Search
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wikipanion for iPad
No in-app purchases
Wiki Search
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Wikipanion for iPad free?
Is Wiki Search free?
Which has better reviews, Wikipanion for iPad or Wiki Search?
Do Wikipanion for iPad or Wiki Search have ads?
Which is updated more often, Wikipanion for iPad or Wiki Search?
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