Explore your world, find a quick fact, or dive down a Wikipedia rabbit hole with the official Wikipedia app for iOS. With more than 40 million articles across nearly 300 languages, your favorite free online encyclopedia is at your fingertips.
App features:
Night reading - Appearance controls let you read Wikipedia in comfort, with dark mode, text size control and image dimming to customize how you read.
Places - Find Wikipedia articles about places next door or across the globe, with a map and location based search experience. On a trip or your daily commute, with Places it’s easy to learn more about the world around you.
Explore feed - Discover the depths of Wikipedia through your explore feed, which surfaces Wikipedia articles and captivating freely-licensed photos. It includes a diverse array of interesting content, including:
- recommended articles based on what you’ve already read
- featured articles hand-picked by the Wikipedia community
- daily top read articles
- picture of the day
- events on this day in history
- random articles
- nearby landmarks
Find and search - Easily find what you’re looking for by searching within articles or using Spotlight. You can even search with your favorite emojis!
Quick access - Add Wikipedia to your device's Today screen to pick up exactly where you stopped reading your last article, or see the top-read articles and trends of the day.
Easy touch navigation, including 3D touch - Multi-touch gestures like swipe, tap, and 3D Touch features complete essential tasks more quickly and simply.
Save articles - Save articles for reading later, even when you’re offline. Search and sort Saved articles, and organize them into folders. Log in to sync your Reading Lists across the your mobile devices.
Multilingual support - Search for and read Wikipedia articles written in any Wikipedia-supported language — there are nearly 300!
Share - Easily share articles, images, and facts from Wikipedia on social media or by email. Or use Handoff to continue reading articles across your iOS devices.
Want to know more behind the scenes of the Wikipedia mobile app for iOS? Check out these resources:
To send feedback, from the app tap:
Settings Gear > Send app feedback
Contribute to our app localizations:
https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:WikimediaMobile
Code at GitHub open source repository:
https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-ios-wikipedia
About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports and operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable organization funded mainly through donations. For more information, please visit our website: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home.
Wikipedia has been answering our big and small questions since its introduction in 2001. With information in nearly 300 supported languages, you’ll be able to find facts in the lingo you like.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
The Real Templar
THIS IS A NON-PROFIT APP:Some people aren't wise and fair to criticize this app like some commercial product. Wikipedia is non-profit and works entirely on the goodwill of others. If it fails to work for you, then politely inform them. You don't have to give them anything but they'll appreciate your patience. ADD/IMPROVE DONATE IN-APP:Wikipedia is a superstar. I've been wanting to donate from time to time. But the usual medium for donating is a bit tedious for people on the go. Now donations will increase substantially coz there is now an easy-to-find "donate" button. However, in-app purchases in Wikipedia Mobile can serve better as donating mechanism coz the button is already tied in with the user's bank account. If it isn't here yet, please put it.
Perfect app
Cautious_K
This app has become the most useful app for studying by far. 5 years ago, Wikipedia only contained few relevant information. Since then, it has grown to be highly reliable for professionals. I urge everyone to support Wikipedia.
Cannot create account
Robert Co
I love Wikipedia, I do, but I can’t use this app properly without setting up an account. It keeps saying my IP is blocked. It seems to be a blanket block because I can’t create one across multiple devices on multiple networks. I tried reporting a bug but it says I need an associated email, which needs an account. I tried the “request an account” thing which is supposed to specifically help my situation where there’s a blanket block but when I got to the actual form and submitted a request it still said my IP is blocked. WHAT. What is the point of that form and help page then??
Minor updates and enhancements
Version 8.1.3
The developer, Wikimedia Foundation, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
Identifiers
Usage Data
Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based, for example, on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
