Wikipedia Alternatives for Android

There are many alternatives to Wikipedia for Android if you are looking for a replacement. The best Android alternative is Kiwix, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Wikipedia and ten of them are available for Android so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Android alternatives to Wikipedia are WikiReader, XOWA, Gene Wiki and Google Arts & Culture.

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  1. Kiwix icon
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    Provides offline access to Wikipedia and HTML content via ZIM format, featuring a full-text search engine, multi-language interface, export capabilities, bookmarks, content manager, and support for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, USB drives, and local servers.

    27 Kiwix alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Wine
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
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  2. WikiReader icon
     13 likes

    Supports light mode, dark mode, Material You dynamic colors and 300+ Wikipedia languages

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  3. XOWA icon
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    XOWA is the free, open-source application that lets you download Wikipedia to your computer. Access all of Wikipedia offline -- without an internet connection!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Raspberry Pi
     
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  4. Gene Wiki icon
     4 likes

    Gene Wiki app provides extensive information on genes names and genetics.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  5. Google Arts & Culture is an exploration into art and culture featuring collections from around the world and throughout time. Delve into the lives and masterpieces of classic artists like Rembrandt and Leonardo da Vinci, experience French culture of the 1800s through the...

    6 Google Arts & Culture alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Daydream
     
  6.  3 likes

    WikiExplorer is the most advanced Wikipedia reader app for Android devices, it presents Wikipedia articles in a clean and elegant interface, for your best reading experience.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  7. WikiDroyd icon
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    Wikipedia is probably the single largest, most comprehensive and simply best information resource out there on the Internet - a really great resource.many people though would like to have access to this giant resource when they're not plugged into the Internet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  8. Logopedia icon
     4 likes

    Logopedia is a collaborative database for logos and corporate branding. It includes the history of successful company logos, popular branding, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • FANDOM
    • Online
     
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  9. Wikimed icon
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    With 75,000+ medical articles, WikiMed is the largest and most comprehensive collection of health-related articles available in English for offline use.

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  10. WikiCFP icon
     3 likes

    A Wiki website of Calls For Papers (CFP) of international conferences, workshops, meetings, seminars, events, journals and book chapters in computer science, communications, software engineering, artificial intelligence, machine learning, networking, signal processing, systems...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
     
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