Kiwix 4+
Wikimedia CH
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- Free
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Description
Kiwix enables you to have the whole of Wikipedia (and many other web sites) available wherever you go! On a boat, in the middle of nowhere, or when data charges are too high, Kiwix gives you access to the whole human knowledge for free. You don't need Internet, everything is stored on your device!
Download Kiwix from the App Store then download the ZIM data files which contain the content. You can download these files directly using the Kiwix App on your Mac.
What’s New
Version 3.3.0
- NEW: Introduce localisation with help of Translatewiki
- FIX: Multiple fixes around download
- FIX: Default language content filtering
- FIX: Stop display empty categories
- FIX: One search crashing scenario
- UPDATE: Introduce libkiwix 13 support
- UPDATE: Use latest feed from library.kiwix.org
- UPDATE: Add background processing and audio capabilities for video playback
- NEW: Print an article on macOS
- FIX: Exception handling in corrupted ZIM files
- NEW: Export and share an article
- UPDATE: LibKiwix 13.1.0-1
- FIX: Invalid tab state after unlinking ZIM file on macOS
- NEW: Add support menu item on macOS
- FIX: UTF-8 encoding for HTTP headers for text/plain type
- NEW: Re-arrange menu items, remove long press functionality
- FIX: Tab selection after deleting a tab
Ratings and Reviews
Wikipedia in your pocket! Best app ever!
For me, Wikipedia is the Internet. I spend a lot of time away without connectivity, so being able to have a 60GB snapshot of the site in its entirety is amazing (ok admittedly with no multimedia and low res images). It means I can be miles from anywhere and still satiate my curiosity about, well, almost anything!
The only (very) small gripe I have is that sometimes the article will load with an incredibly narrow column of text to the right of a index table, which can be difficult to read. But that's a small price to pay!
All in all, I think it's my favourite app.
Not as good as I'd hoped
When I first heard about this app, I had high hopes for it and imagined that I could have a library of files on my NAS which I could access from the app without filling up my iPad (the full Wikipedia is over 100GB).
Despite my Mac not having the specifications to use the Kiwix app (requires macOS 12), I can install a browser extension (on Brave) which allows me full access to files stored on my Synology NAS but when I tried to use the Kiwix app on my iPad, it appeared to be downloading the whole file from the NAS to my iPad and apart from filling up my precious iPad space was going to take a long time doing it - I abandoned it but from the rolling numbers looked like a couple of hours at least.
So, close but no cigar from me, Kiwix, sorry.
Fast, well structured
Though some labels were not parsed well, it is structured. You can find sections quickly. A little large (lib file), maybe for speed or structure reason
App Privacy
The developer, Wikimedia CH, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Provider
- Wikimedia CH
- Size
- 7.6 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 12.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Breton, Finnish, French, German, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Igbo, Italian, Lingala, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Seraiki, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Kiwix Association
- Price
- Free