First impressions: Wikidroid for Wikipedia doesn’t look like it has that much more to offer than the mobile variant of Wikipedia. What it does is display the mobile website and spices things up with a few comfort-of-use-factor-functions (more details in the next category).
Wikidroid scores as far as functionality goes: it does all the standard functions such as copy & paste, export bookmarks, change language settings as well as a few more subtle details such as mask the message notification bar.
Pages/articles can be bookmarked, but what sets Wikidroid apart is the possibility to save a free copy of the article to the SD card (meaning you can consult articles even when you aren’t connected to the internet). This may not be the best invention since sliced bread, but I have found the function to be quite useful.
…But that’s all there is to say about the different functions. I mean, the mobile version of Wikipedia provides the same functions, even saving stuff to the SD card is possible (using Read it Later). Hence, the dreaded question arises: do I need this app on my Android? The answer: granted, the app doesn’t shower you with heaps of functions and the design won’t wow you either,but the big advantage is how tidy the app can help you keep things. Things can get messy if you’ve got dozens of wiki articles bookmarked or Read it Later is overflowing with texts.
The question is whether you’re happy to install and app that affords you a nice tidy overview and not much else, because, as mentioned, Wikidroid is missing a few key functions. I would like to be able to access other wikis as well as synchronize.
Bottom line:
Wikidroid for Wikipedia is a good app, but it has a few week points. I use it because I like being able to organise my articles and access them without having to tax my connectivity. I’d like to award the app an even better score because I do regard it as one of the top three Wikipedia apps and have found it to be really useful, but I’m trying to remain objective and I do concede that not everyone cares as much about organisation as I do…
markd
Apr 14, 2012 8:57:57 AM
Loses place on exit
madeleine
Apr 10, 2012 4:20:36 PM
Useful
Dr.crezy
Apr 9, 2012 1:49:50 PM
Cool
Steve-O
Apr 9, 2012 2:42:12 AM
Great App Really useful for school or college
Sean
Apr 8, 2012 3:54:48 AM
No menu button on taskbar of tablet I left a comment for the developer that there was no the menu option button no longer available on the honeycomb tablet and nothing was done to fix it so I'm going to go to the official wikipedia version
Michael
Apr 5, 2012 7:33:31 PM
Great since Jan 20 update Latest bug fixes make this a great way to access wikipedia. Faster than using browser.
mrgreatauk
Apr 4, 2012 12:25:23 PM
Annoying Shows all the articles fine, but when coming back after doing something else it forgets your position, and sometimes takes you back to a previous article.
jd
Apr 4, 2012 4:40:37 AM
Slow, doesn't remember location when going back Good app, but very slow and doesn't remember location when going back. This makes it difficult to navigate through lots of articles/links.
Erik
Mar 31, 2012 6:03:32 PM
WIKI... The best wikipedia!
Kevin
Mar 30, 2012 5:10:16 AM
Been good. A year of use for wikipedia browsing and only found one flaw and it might not be the apps fault. When in browser and I press on a Wikipedia article, in Google search, prompt to complete task I push wiki Droid, wikidriod loads but not the article I wanted. Just startup page. If this could be fixed, it would be perfect.