Wiki Offline — A Wikipedia Experience for Android

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 Android and try and download it again, it still remains unresponsive.

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.

Don’t bother

Doesn’t display any of the pictures.

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.