Wikipanion Plus for iPad vs 1984
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wikipanion Plus for iPad
Enhance your Wikipedia experience with background downloading for offline reading and faster access. Organize articles into a queue for future browsing and manage your reading list efficiently.
- Queue mode for future reading
- Background downloading for offline access
- Save entries for faster visiting
- Organize reading lists
- Accelerated reading
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Wikipanion Plus arrives for the iPad! The best gets even better! Enhance Wikipedia with queue mode, designed for keeping track of entries you want to read in the future. Add entries to the queue easily while browsing, and optionally save them for faster visiting or offline browsing. Downloading entries for offline or accelerated reading happens in the background while you browse and read other pages, so you don't have to stop and wait for pages to be saved. See the Wikipanion web site for more details about Plus features. Want to see why Wikipanion is the best? Download the free Wikipanion.
1984
Access a comprehensive study guide for George Orwell's "1984." This app offers an audiobook with synchronized text, detailed summaries, character analyses, and author information. Enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the classic novel.
- Audiobook with synchronized text
- Novel summary and analysis
- Character analysis and biography
- Glossary and famous quotes
- Customizable reading modes
- Author's timeline
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This app combines the novel "1984" by George Orwell, with professional human narration enabling read along feature, a professional narration synchronized with the highlighted text. Benefits of Read along feature: • a valuable tool for people affected by reading disorders and dyslexia • a useful tool for kids to learn reading or for people to learn a foreign language • allowing everybody to enjoy their favorite novels by reading, listening or reading and listening at the same time Study materials: • Novel Summary • List of Characters • Summary and Analysis • Glossary • Character Analysis • Author's biography • Essays Quotes: • Famous quotes from the novel • Bookmark a quote • Share a quote • Read quotes from the novel daily Author: • Author's timeline • Author's biography Basic features: • Change font, font size • Day and Night reading mode • Highlight texts • Read aloud
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Wikipanion Plus for iPad at every 3 weeks against 1984's every 50 months. 1984's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 72%) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Wikipanion Plus for iPad costs $4.99 and 1984 $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wikipanion Plus for iPad ships an update every 3 weeks, 1984 every 50 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wikipanion Plus for iPad | 1984 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (22 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 50 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Chin | Anh Nguyen |
Customer experience
Wikipanion Plus for iPad
1984
Bugs and requests
Wikipanion Plus for iPad
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes when saving photos (especially iPad)
- Images not displaying or showing in wrong positions
- Wiki addition button non-functional
- Search function broken or unreliable
- App fails to launch or launches intermittently
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- Text rendering without spaces between words
- Queue feature crashes on access
- Slow loading times (minutes to load)
- Pages not opening properly
- Equations and formulas displaying as blank boxes
- Performance issues after API changes
- Smart invert doesn't properly darken sidebar
- Landscape mode formatting issues
- Auto-download feature crashes
Requested features
14 requests- Dark mode or night reading theme
- Cross-device bookmark syncing via iCloud
- Full-screen landscape mode with hideable sidebar
- Text size and font customization options
- Page history viewing capability
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- Edit wiki articles from within app
- Export/import bookmarks functionality
- Bookmark migration tool between versions
- Auto-correct suggestions in search
- Unified search across multiple wikis
- Ability to update downloaded articles
- Bookmark export to web browsers
- Improved offline saving UI
- In-page link functionality
1984
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Wikipanion Plus for iPad
No in-app purchases
1984
No in-app purchases
