Wikibot 2 — A Wikipedia Articles Reader Reviews

Great Start

itabmedia

This is a very nice minimalist Wikipedia app. Please add back and forward gestures. Looking forward to future updates. Thanks

Major fragmentation and little bugs

jordanr1186

I am a long time user of Wikibot and love a good Wikipedia app. It greatly improves my experience with Wikipedia on the go. Wikibot has always been the app with the most utility. Recently though, the developer is causing lots of fragmentation with their apps by creating too many versions of apps that do slightly different things. I believe this affects the overall quality and leads to issues and irritated customers that pay multiple times to get the functionality that should be combined in one app. Why not make one Wikipedia app called “Wikibot” and add a in-app purchase to download offline content. Also, integrate read-out-loud features instead of releasing a separate app. Please update your desktop apps so they work with your mobile apps in a streamline way. I currently have a ton of bookmarks in Wikibot but they don’t show up in Wiki Offline which is very annoying. The apps are almost identical. I have issues with the apps crashing, and after paying for the app and the subscription to download the offline content, I believe the app should be top notch and not crash. I can get the app to crash by just waiting a hour or loading a lot of articles. Do you test your app? Do you use your own app? There are also weird visual layout issues like on the iPhone, when searching, the search bar is not on top of a bar, and just overlays the content like an afterthought. Overall I like the apps, but please quit the fragmentation. Your making it harder on yourself. I would gladly pay, but please fix these issues.

How close articles?

Rick7072

I've enjoyed Wikibot for a couple of years. But in v2.0.2 I can't see how to close an article when multiple articles are open. There used to be an 'X' in the upper right of an article window but not any longer. Any advice? I've emailed the developer several times but have never received a response.

Great Wikipedia Reader!

dclewis55

I've started using Wikibot, and it's great, meeting all my needs. With tabs, themes, & sync, it meets all my needs.

Crashes on iOS 8

Polar Midnight

Clearly not compatible with iOS 8 - crashes constantly when loading an article or even changing a setting, and therefore a waste of money unless/until the developer fixes it up. (Please test your app works, or else make it free until it does. Don't charge people to watch your app crash.)

The App is Useless

blogbarger

Buyers beware. This app does not work on iOS 8. The last update was in April. The app crashes all the time and it absolutely will crash if you even open the settings. The developer needs to get on the ball here. iOS 8 has been out for a few weeks now and they're charging for an app that doesn't work. I emailed their support many days ago but have never heard back. Not a good way to do business. Not impressed.

Disastrous Update

Fbruno76

Images do not load, bookmarks cannot be made, the entire system freezes! This release is a mess! It used to be a great project, please fix ASAP!

Update to iOS 8 please!

stevej31

As others have noted, this app is not functional on the iPhone or iPad in iOS 8. Besides crashing, the share sheet does not work properly, meaning you cannot bookmark the article you are reading. This was my go-to Wikipedia app for iOS and Mac until these problems started in iOS 8, so I hope the developer plans on fixing it up.

Update is good!

need_my_wiki

Thanks for fixing! Now, the first pictures (the ones in the first article table) even open when tapped. Even the older version didn't do this - great fix. If it doesn't work for you, try clearing your cache under settings. That did the trick for me... My only complaint in this version is the app crashes when I try to disable "shake for random" under the advanced setting. Other than that, this is a great update.

Elaineweaves

E2oneofakind

So far, I'm enjoying this app enormously. The previous Wikibot app I had no longer displayed photographs, so I tried rebooting, but, surprise, found there was a charge for this one. Oh well. Just shows that sometimes the best things in life aren't free.

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