United States66% OFF WITH TwoDollarTues! ONE TIME SALE! Wiki Offline delivers the premium reading experience for the entire corpus of human knowledge. This premiere service is the result of collaboration with over 1000 users just like you. Join the myriad of scientists, teachers, frequent flyers, vacationers, parents, and knowledge lovers whose lives have been improved by Wiki Offline. Upon launching the app, you will be prompted to download Wikipedia onto your device. EVERY article will be available for you with no internet connection required. It has been meticulously compressed (English is under 3GB) while maintaining all of the data in every single article. (Note that pictures and tables are not included, but can be downloaded from within the app). This download is fully resumable and hosted on high speed servers located around the world. Wikipedia databases are offered in several different languages: English, Chinese, Italian, Arabic, Czech, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Norwegian, Turkish, Thai, Polish, French, Hungarian, Farsi, Japanese, Hebrew, Korean, Swedish, Danish, and Slovak. ADDITIONAL DATABASES & UPDATES Out of the box, each user can download one language database. To accommodate users who have requested multiple databases and the ability to update the database periodically, we have utilized the new Lion In-App Purchase mechanism. Note that this requires OSX Lion 10.7+ For a nominal fee to support bandwidth costs, users can elect to subscribe (via in-app purchase) to additional databases. This one-time purchase per language allows the user to download this additional language on all of their computers that run the app, and gives them the ability to download future updates to this additional purchased language. TESTIMONIALS - "I've used all of the other competitors and Wiki Offline is by far the best! It's faster, prettier and works better." -- Carl, Principal - "This app settles arguments for me (I usually win)" -- Arrie, Businessman - "Wiki Offline on an iPad is the closest thing yet to a real Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy! You have to admit that being able to hold that much knowledge in your hands is amazing." -- John, Software Engineer - "I can't be the only one who feels like this app should have cost a lot more!. To have it so brilliantly designed with such a touch of elegance makes all the difference in the world. Way to go avocado hills. I love you guys." -- Jean, teacher in Haiti FEATURES - No internet connection required (after initial download) - Real-time search and article loading - Image gallery - Supports embedded images and tables in articles - In-page search - Full screen viewing for best reading experience - Bookmarks, full page history, and Table of Contents - Automatic page redirects - Customize font and theme
Abandonware but nice program if you need an offline encyclopedia
Update 5-21-22: WARNING: Potential privacy concern. (Changed to 2 stars because of this) Recently I used this app to look up an article while I was online (I did not do anything else but view the article) and then when I went to do some online work on another Mac (different user but same Apple ID) the Wiki Offline App on that computer somehow synced with mine and all of the articles I have looked at over time, including the current one, on mine showed up on that Wiki Offline app, too. The really concerning part is the app on that computer was NEVER used in the duration that the Mac was online (it normally is never online)! Since I can't contact the developer I have no idea where this data is being sent to or received from and I'm not sure what service in MacOS is being used to send/receive this data. ------- ---------------- ------- Nice app if you can't be online much and want access to Wikipedia. It is good for just the core text of the articles. Links and the familiar format of Wikipedia are not there. Pictures/graphics are available if your connected online and request them for the specific article your reading only. But if you want updates, forget it. Nothing connects anymore. I'm not even certain if the initial database is still available. Sadly though, the developer has abandoned this app and likely all of the others they created. The website is now no longer available and support is non-existant. I give this app 5 stars (since 4 1/2 doesn't exist) for the app as a whole including its content and 1 star for support, etc. which is the reason for the actual 3 star rating.
United StatesAbandonware but nice program if you need an offline encyclopedia
Nice app if you can't be online much and want access to Wikipedia. It is good for just the core text of the articles. Links and the familiar format of Wikipedia are not there. Pictures/graphics are available if your connected online and request them for the specific article your reading only. But if you want updates, forget it. Nothing connects anymore. I'm not even certain if the initial database is still available. Sadly though, the developer has abandoned this app and likely all of the others they created. The website is now no longer available and support is non-existant. I give this app 5 stars (since 4 1/2 doesn't exist) for the app as a whole including its content and 1 star for support, etc. which is the reason for the actual 3 star rating.
United StatesThe App didn’t download English version and now I can’t use it
I bought the app yesterday and aftre I started to download the English offline version, my internet had some problems. So, the download stopped, and later on, when I started the download again, the app became unresponsive. I tried mailing them, but to no avail. I think I wasted the money to buy the in-app purchase, as the app is not working anymore and even if I delete it from my macbook and try and download it again, it still remains unresponsive.
United StatesWorth It If You are Offline Often
Using only the English, but frequently since I have no Internet at home, I can say this is a worthwhile compilation of WikiPedia. Not an expert in the finer points, I was disappointed at first because the pages lacked the hyperlinked, footnoted references, one of the strengths of Wikipedia. However, I learned that (if you are online) for any given page in Wikipedia, under the “Article” menu, you can choose “Update Article," and it will refresh the page with current content (any additions/deletions to the text, along with hyperlinked footnotes, and illustrations). Concerning the illustrations, it opens them up in a simple editing interface (for zooming, rotation, full-screening, and searching). But it’s the footnotes that I value most. At the moment, the only way I know to access the external links is to copy the link and paste it into a browser (but I admit I haven’t researched this). On the negative side (and this is minor) the left-hand navigation pane is a bit clumsy. Instead of clicking on “History” for example, one must hover over the “History” line and click to “Show” to the right. Minor. In the end, for people like me who are both offline and think Wikipedia one of the best products of the Internet, this is worth purchasing and using.
United StatesOut of date
Don’t bother
United StatesOutdated
Doesn’t display any of the pictures.
United StatesCrashes constantly, NO SUPPORT
Crashes constantly when internet is not connected. Unusuable without an internet connection, which, obviously, defeats the purpose. I have emailed support four times over the course of a month and received no replies whatsoever. Deleted databases/app, re-downloaded, same problem. Multiple operating systems. Once again, NO SUPPORT.
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