Wiki Search vs WikiMed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
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.
- 51,000+ medical articles
- Covers diseases, medications, anatomy, sanitation
- Offline access
- Ideal for physicians and students
- Comprehensive health information
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WikiMed at 82% against Wiki Search's 50%. WikiMed also leads on ratings volume (105 vs 8). Wiki Search's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 13 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, 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
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 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WikiMed has 105 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Wiki Search's written reviews are positive against 82% of WikiMed's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Wiki Search ships an update every 2 weeks, WikiMed every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wiki Search | WikiMed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (8 ratings) — better | 4.6 (105 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 105 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 13 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 2.0 GB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | KAZUYUKI TAJIMA | Wikimedia CH |
Customer experience
Wiki Search
WikiMed
In-app purchases
Wiki Search
No in-app purchases
WikiMed
No in-app purchases







