Wikimedia Apps
For a general overview of Wikimedia related mobile applications, see m:Wikimedia Apps instead!
For general questions about the team's Wikipedia apps, see:
Why make apps?
- Check out our initial blog post to see more of our reasoning for releasing apps.
What is the difference between the apps and the mobile web version of Wikipedia?
The Wikipedia apps provide an optimized and streamlined experience for searching and reading Wikipedia content. Being native apps, they allow articles to load faster, and with less data usage. They also deliver a more responsive interface that is more consistent with other apps that you love. They add features that are not available (or not possible) in the web version of Wikipedia, such as saving pages to the device for later reading, and sharing content and images from articles to your favorite social media apps.
Download the Apps
- Get the Wikipedia iOS app from the App Store.
- Get the Wikipedia Android app from the Google Play Store, from F-Droid, or manually install our current or previous APKs.
- Get the Wikipedia Android App from Amazon Appstore.
Updates and team information
See Wikimedia Apps/Team/iOS for more information about the iOS team and their updates.
See Wikimedia Apps/Team/Android for more information about the Android team and their updates.
Beta Testing
iOS
- iOS Betas are distributed using the Apple TestFlight system. Join Wikipedia Beta!
- Once enrolled you will receive an invitation when the next beta is available. Tap through on that invitation on your iOS device and follow the instructions to install.
Android
- Install the Wikipedia Beta app from the Google Play Store to experiment and provide feedback on features that are currently in development.
Alpha Testing
Android
- If you want to be on the bleeding edge, install the Wikipedia Alpha app to see what features we're experimenting with! The new version comes almost every day except weekends & holidays (vacations). Mostly 20:00 – 23:00 CEST.
Get involved
- The team
- Making requests
- How to become a Wikipedia Android app dev
- Translate strings
- IRC chat channel: #wikimedia-mobile connect
Work Boards
- Browse the Android and iOS task boards in Phabricator.
Newsletter
The Wikipedia apps team is always excited to engage with users; the newsletter is differently one of the main tools to keep our users updated with our work.
Subscribe to our newsletter, and volunteer to translate our newsletter so it can reach more users.
Office Hours
The Wikipedia apps team started to organize office hours with the community users in March 2023 as a two-way communication channel with the users; check our Office Hours for detailed information, announcements, and summaries as well.
Community Collaboration and Meetings
This section highlights the Wikimedia Apps Team's active engagement with various Wikimedian initiatives and user groups. Through regular meetings, we prioritize community feedback and ideas, enriching the apps' features and user experience. This collaborative approach ensures that our apps align with the community's needs and preferences, fostering a stronger and more inclusive platform for all users.
- On March 8th of 2023, the Wikimedia Apps Team had a successful meeting with the Dagbani Wikimedians User Group. This user group is dedicated to promoting Wikimedia projects in Gur/Mabia languages, spoken across West Africa. During the meeting, we provided a tutorial on using the Wikipedia app and editing. The attendees expressed a high interest in offline editing tools, which came as a pleasant surprise to us. We value their feedback and remain committed to collaborating with user groups to improve the Wikipedia app's accessibility and functionality. Together, we promote knowledge sharing and support linguistic diversity through Wikimedia projects.
- On July 30th of 2023, the Wikimedia Apps Team had a fruitful meeting with the Wiki Mentor Africa Initiative. Over 100 participants joined on Zoom, with others watching the YouTube live stream. The presentation covered the Apps' history, roadmap, open questions, feature reviews, and FAQs. Valuable feedback was shared, enhancing the apps' development and user experience. These collaborative engagements are vital to building a more inclusive Wikimedia platform.
- Our Product manager presented our team's work and prototype(iOS suggested edits) to GLAM conference audience during November 2023; all the details can be found in the presentation's deck; 395 responses were received.
- On December 1st of 2023, The Wikipedia Android team recently hosted a productive meeting with Indonesian users to introduce and discuss the new patrolling tasks feature on the Android app. During the session, the team provided a detailed presentation on the feature, encouraging open dialogue and collecting valuable feedback from the Indonesian community to enhance the user experience. For those interested, a recording of the meeting is available through this link.
- We joined the Wiki Editoras Lx editathon on December 16th to gather feedback about an alt-text Suggested Edit task on iOS. Attendees were generally positive about the prospect of the feature. Experienced editors thought it could be a good task for onboarding new editors, but also a more casual way of contributing for new editors.
- On March 24th, 2024, the Deoband Community Wikimedia interviewed Amal Ramadan, our Sr. Movement Communications Specialist. The discussion focused on the apps' history, engaging and retaining app users, and improving user experience. This dialogue provided valuable insights into enhancing our user engagement strategies and optimizing the app experience.
Community wishlist
The Community Wishlist Survey is an annual survey that allows contributors to the Wikimedia projects to propose and vote for tools and platform improvements.
Community wishlist survey 2022
- The full list of 2022 survey is here and the results that was released during January of 2023 is here.