Browsing Wikipedia on my phone has always torn me: Wikipedia offers a mobile version of their site, but I’ve never liked the formatting of the site. I’ve tried other apps - Wikipanion was a long-time favourite - however I’ve now completely given up and gone with Articles. The formatting, Nearby map-view of Wikipedia articles (a nice touch), article suggestions as you type and the fact that I don’t now have to append “wikipedia” to every single Google query, mean that Articles is a winner.
Articles is 99ยข on the App Store - and entirely coincidentally, also Apple’s App of the Week. There’s also an iPad version available separately.
This post is part of my weekly app reviews. You can read more reviews from the series here.
Posted on Saturday February 19th, 2011
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