Description
The best gets even better! Enhance Wikipedia with queue mode, designed for keeping track of entries you want to read in the future. Add entries to the queue easily while browsing, and optionally save them for faster visiting or offline browsing. Downloading entries for offline or accelerated reading happens in the background while you browse and read other pages, so you don't have to stop and wait for pages to be saved.
See the Wikipanion web site for more details about Plus features. Want to see why Wikipanion is the best? Download the free Wikipanion.
What's New in Version 1.7.6.1
- Easier to access foreign language versions of Wikipedia
- Improved table rendering
- Improved save page downloading when connecting through web proxies
- Bug fixes
iPhone Screenshots
Customer Reviews
Bugs FINALLY Fixed
Update: Today's update FINALLY fixed the bugs in this app, specifically the bookmarking bug where the top and bottom parts of the app would get cut in half and only 1/4 of the keyboard would appear after bookmarking an article in a folder. I'm a little irked it took almost 6 months for this huge issue to get fixed, but I'm also happy that it's finally fixed, especially since we all paid $4.99 for this app. (Why is this app so expensive when it's not a Universal app? The queuing feature isn't worth that much; it's worth at the most $1.99, and the queuing feature is the only feature that separates this app from the free version).
Anyways, thanks for fixing the app, developer. All I ask is that if something else happens to bug out in this app, please don't take as long as you took with this update to fix it. Seriously.
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I had this semi-long review written detailing how this app contains a huge bookmarking bug and how my emails have gone unanswered by the developer, but it doesn't matter. My review won't make a difference because people will still continue to buy expensive apps that contain bugs and the developers won't do anything about it. This is the FOURTH Wikipedia app that I've purchased...yes, PURCHASED, meaning NOT free, that has bugs and also has developers that ignore you and won't fix them.
So I'll just say this: I've uninstalled this app because I've found a Wikipedia app that, after using it for a week, I've found contains NO BUGS! I'm able to bookmark articles with NO PROBLEMS AT ALL! This is the last time I waste money on an app.
Wikipanion+ is the best app for smart phones.
Edit (5/19/12): The problem mentioned in the latter half of my review seems to have returned. I'm assuming it's from the new iOS 5.1.1 update, so it can be avoided if you haven't already installed the update. Hopefully it will be fixed promptly.
Edit (5/22/12): This glitch can be temporarily fixed by restarting your phone and using the app again. Any items you added to the queue, even after you experience the glitch, should be present on the queue upon restarting.
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The wikipanion+ app is finally fixed, so I can now wholly recommend this app. I noticed that the app had an update, then I used for a couple of days to make sure that it was in working order. Now that this app is back to its former amazing state, I totally recommend this app and think that it is definitely worth the $5 upgrade cost.
You can read the description or other reviews on the many added functions that the plus version has. My main reason for liking the upgraded wikipanion is the queue function. This gives the ability to click on links to several articles while reading on one subject, and then I can go back and read those pages when I'm done by bringing up my queue. To me, this convenience alone is worth the $5, and makes reading Wikipedia on my phone simple enough that it's by far my most used app on my phone. I can find info on almost any subject on the go. When I need to kill some time, I can catch up on the subjects I have stored up in my queue.
Wikipanion+ is the best app on any smartphone in my opinion, which is why my rating is 5 stars. But like the previous rater said, I hope that the developer doesn't take so long to fix critical bugs in the future.
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This was my previous critical review I had submitted:
I personally love the wikipanion app. This is why I had no problem paying $5 to get the queue function which I used all the time before the new iOS upgrade has come out. I understood that many apps would have problems after the new iOS had come out, and so I patiently waited for the Wikipanion+ to be fixed. As of Feb. 28, I am still waiting. After several months, I have to come to the conclusion that it's not going to be fixed and so I must warn other wikipanion users from upgrading. Right now, the paid version is so bugged that the free version is actually better. So until the bug gets fixed, save your money and use the free version of Wikipanion.
- $4.99
- Category: Reference
- Updated: Apr 19, 2012
- Version: 1.7.6.1
- Size: 3.1 MB
- Languages: English, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian
- Seller: Robert Chin
- © 2009 Robert Chin
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.0 or later
