Wiki Offline — A Wikipedia Experience for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By TrueBlueLou

  Worth It If You are Offline Often

  Using only the English, but frequently since I have no Internet at home, I can say this is a worthwhile compilation of WikiPedia. Not an expert in the finer points, I was disappointed at first because the pages lacked the hyperlinked, footnoted references, one of the strengths of Wikipedia. However, I learned that (if you are online) for any given page in Wikipedia, under the “Article” menu, you can choose “Update Article," and it will refresh the page with current content (any additions/deletions to the text, along with hyperlinked footnotes, and illustrations). Concerning the illustrations, it opens them up in a simple editing interface (for zooming, rotation, full-screening, and searching). But it’s the footnotes that I value most. At the moment, the only way I know to access the external links is to copy the link and paste it into a browser (but I admit I haven’t researched this). On the negative side (and this is minor) the left-hand navigation pane is a bit clumsy. Instead of clicking on “History” for example, one must hover over the “History” line and click to “Show” to the right. Minor. In the end, for people like me who are both offline and think Wikipedia one of the best products of the Internet, this is worth purchasing and using.

  
  
• By Mephibosheth71

  Handy app when internet is spotty or nonexistent

  I often find myself in places with bad or no internet connection so I really enjoy having offline access to wikipedia. The articles have the pictures removed (probably to conserve HD space) but are still very informative and have working hyperlinks between the articles. And if you want the pictures for a specific article you can use Wiki Offline with an internet connection and go to that article. The pictures are saved so you can see them offline after that. My only complaint is that some words and symbols get removed from the text of certain articles so that it can be confusing.

  
  
• By E=ME2

  I will change my rate after few monthes.

  Update my review and rate: Now I reduce two more stars from my previous rate. The reason is the desktop is much worse than iOS version. It is elusive for me why the quality of desktop is this worse. The search function is not working properly from time to time. Some of the entries could be easily searched in iOS version, but not on desktop version. I doubt the data management system is not the same as on iOS version. So I will change my rate to two, as this app is still usable but frequently not works properly. I don’t recommand this app for anyone. If you trully need an offline wiki library, I highly recommand the iOS version.

  
  
• By K K Jha

  The App didn’t download English version and now I can’t use it

  I bought the app yesterday and aftre I started to download the English offline version, my internet had some problems. So, the download stopped, and later on, when I started the download again, the app became unresponsive. I tried mailing them, but to no avail. I think I wasted the money to buy the in-app purchase, as the app is not working anymore and even if I delete it from my Pc and try and download it again, it still remains unresponsive.

  
  

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