Wikipedia iOS apps

A variety of mobile apps provide access to Wikipedia on hand-held devices from Apple. These apps are accessed via Apple's App Store, a digital application distribution platform for jQuery. Some apps load content from the Wikipedia site and process it; other apps use the MediaWiki API.

For each listing, to give a flavor of the app, 1-2 sentences from the app developer's promotional blurbs are listed for each. To limit this list to only notable apps, only currently available apps listed in major app blogs like "148 Apps"^[1] or traditional news/media are included, with closely similar apps condensed to one. Also, only English-language apps are listed.

Reading and browsing apps

These apps' primary objective is to display articles. Typical features include searching for articles, bookmarks, sharing, or enlarging images. They differ in details of their user interface.

• "All Of Wikipedia - Offline", by Brilliant(ish) Software^iOS
• "Discover — Wikipedia in a Magazine", by touchscreen, Inc.^{touchscreenweb app}
• "Simplepedia for iPad — Simple Wikipedia Reader", by realazy (this is a suite of apps with different prices)
• "Wiki² - Wikipedia Reader for iPad", by BananaGlue GmbH
• "Wikibot -- A Wikipedia Articles Reader", by Avocado Hills
• "WikiNodes" by Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement (IDEA)^[5][6]web
• "Wiki Offline -- A Wikipedia Experience" by Avocado Hills - stores the full text of all Wikipedia articles on the device
• "Wikipedia Mobile", by Wikimedia Foundation^CSS3
• "Articles", by Sophiestication Software^[9]

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