Wikibot — A Wikipedia Articles Reader App Reviews

Very promising app, although some functions needs to be improved : - It is impossible to mark a page as "Read Later" - We would like to be able to "stock" the articles in different customizable categories. This would make a significative improvement for the app.

O k so i was really shocked that the search in wikibot did not work in full screen but the guy at the tech assitance at wiki told me that they already gave apple the fix…I believe them….and I think Its a almost great app..:))

The marketing and product description make it seem quite good but in reality this is not worth 2 or 3 euros. Most of the functionality advertised is not yet available and what you are left with is what you get with opening wikipedia with a browser! Very clever way to make money and get rich (fleece the public).

cant launch the app anymore after last update.. please fix it.. im on Mountain Lion..

I wasted money… The articles just dont scroll down. The page remains freezed in the first paragraphs!! Ive already sent an e-mail asking support, but got no reply. Dont buy it. I want my money back.

All in all a well constructed piece of software. It does most of the function I require. It would be nice however to be able to open several windows in several languages, i.e. language selection within the window. Some strange behavior as far as image selection/zooming-in is concerned needs to be addressed. The software runs stable; no crashes on my system (latest osx release with lots of concurrent apps and utilities running). Wikibot has major potential once bugs and other shortcomings are sorted out. Ill amend the rating upwards with the next upgrade/improvements.

Very nice and clean! Definately worth downloading! Only one thing: it would be nice if you could switch different languages without going through the entire drop down menu. (maybe buttons for favorite languages at the top)

I like the idea to have one Wiki tool for iOs and for Mac OsX to synchronize bookmarks. That´s why I really try to work with Wikibot but exactly this feature is entirely buggy. Most time - on iOs as well as on Mac OsX - Wikibot crashes when a bookmark is added or a new folder shoud be created. Hopefully the tons of crash reports I send every day will help hunting these bugs down. So... if you want a working program that does not crash constantly then don´t go for Wikibot. If you like having syncronized bookmarks all along your Apple devices and you can endure some pain... go for it. Assumeing that this App would be bug free I would rate it with 4 stars.

Hello, I never write these critiques. But when its deserving ...tested 3 obscure subjects.. personas, ETC. and the response was immediate, current and zero plethora of marketing crap so if you want concise info without wading through your target market profile the Internet will spew at you, cut to the source, this be the real delio!!

What more could you want from an app. This is beautiful to look at, simple to use, and works well. The iOS app for the iPhone and iPad are just as good. I highly recommend this to everyone.

Love the way I can customize the GUI while keeping my tabbed windows arranged in the order I want. Really like the Contents pane & how all related links within the entry you are viewing are arranged. Makes navigation a breeze. The best $0.99 Ive spent in quite awhile. Well Done!

The user interface of Wikibot is simply clean yet intuitive. As for its content, well, Im in awe. Everything is within reach from Science to Pop Culture to Politics. Its practical...just add to "Favorites" or browse the photo viewer. A steal for 99 cents...

Great app, works as advertized and has yet to crash or do anything weird. Some constructive criticism: as one is entering in information, having the app suggest spelling would be helpful and sync between the iOS app and Mac app for the read later functionality would be extremely useful. Once such functionality is built in, this app will be 5 stars without a doubt for me!

a good purchase, not too expensive, and i really like the interface and the favourting feature. it really makes wikipedia a more enjoyable experience, id definetly recommend it!

The application uses a nice font, its clearly laid out, the table of contents for the articles is handy (as is the drop-down list of suggestions). But besides a couple esthetic improvements, its still just Wikipedia, and its one more application open that could easily just be another tab in a web browser. Perhaps some more functionality would make it worthwhile (such as wiktionary), or even basic functions like emailing articles would make it worth the memory it uses. It also seems to crash quite often if you start moving faster than it, or sometimes for no apparent reason - this is something that doesnt seem to have been fixed in the most recent update, so Ill update my review when its fixed.

Great app, but I do have a few beefs with it… - In fullscreen mode, the cursor in the search bar disappears after you type one character, meaning that you have to click inside the search bar after each character…very frustrating... - In addition to the "random" button, it would be nice to have "On this day…" and "In the news" tabs.

The most useful feature it has is Favorites, but theyre tucked away and not easy to access. You have to make two clicks just to see them and they open in an overlay instead of a side panel, so you cant see your favorites and navigate articles at the same time. There doesnt appear to be a hotkey to bring favorites up either. You can easily switch languages, which is a nice touch, but not a feature you will likely use often. Despite this, the feature is very prominently displayed in the menu bar and sidebar where favorites ought to be. Pictures and diagrams sometimes take a long time to load because it loads all of the images at once into an image browser. The browser is nice, but when youre doing research, I feel that loading diagrams and images quickly would be more useful than being able to rotate and slideshow them. I would like to see what Wikibot can become, because at the moment I dont think it takes enough advantage of the fact that its a specialized local application. They could have multiple panels for cross-referencing articles, more hotkeys, trackpad gestures, and maybe an add-on to the Mac OS X Services menu. The developer could have taken more care in the choice and design of features.

…it keeps crashing! I am trying to look up anything and everything (as I normally would with Wikipedia in Google Chrome) and instead of indulging me (which was fully my expectation of this app), Wikibot decides to crash! How will I supplement my understanding of US politics, the human body and unintelligible latin phrases? Pro: it goes full screen. Score.

Its a great app when it works. But since the last update it crashes constantly. And I mean constantly. Absolutely unusable. They need to fix this bug ASAP.

I cant use this app anymore as it is crashing whenever I try to perform any search! This problem must be fixed ASAP.