Encyclopedia Alternatives

Encyclopedia is described as 'Wikipedia is now available on your Windows 7 Phone! With this easy to use app, you can satisfy your thirst for information on-the-go. When you are short on time, bookmark your favorite articles - they stay just a finger tap away - anytime, anywhere' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Encyclopedia for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, Self-Hosted, Android Tablet and iPad apps. The best Encyclopedia alternative is Wikipedia, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Encyclopedia are Wikiless, WikiSpooks.com, Oppia and WikiIndex.

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  1. Wikipedia icon

    Wikipedia

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    Free content, multilingual online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers through a model of open collaboration, using a wiki-based editing system.

    69 Wikipedia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Samsung Galaxy Store
    • F-Droid
    • Kindle Fire
    • MediaWiki
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    • Wikipedia is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Encyclopedia.

    • Wikipedia is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Encyclopedia.

    • Wikipedia is Free and Open SourceEncyclopedia is Free and Proprietary
  2. Wikiless icon

    Wikiless

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    Wikiless is a free open source alternative Wikipedia front-end focused on privacy.

    59 Wikiless alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Wikiless is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Encyclopedia.

    • Wikiless is Free and Open SourceEncyclopedia is Free and Proprietary
    • Wikiless is Privacy focused, Lightweight and Security-focusedEncyclopedia is not according to our users
  4. WikiSpooks.com icon

    WikiSpooks.com

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    WikiSpooks is a global alternative encyclopedia on politics, spy craft, deep state intelligence, and conspiracies, free of corporate influence, partisan politics, or government propaganda for historians and truth-seekers to read, edit, and share.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Oppia icon

    Oppia

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    Oppia is a free, open-source learning platform. Full of interactive activities called 'explorations', Oppia helps curious minds learn and teach.

    76 Oppia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    • Oppia is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Encyclopedia.

    • Oppia is Free and Open SourceEncyclopedia is Free and Proprietary
  6. WikiIndex icon

    WikiIndex

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    Welcome to WikiIndex, a wiki of all wiki, wiki people, wiki software, wiki farms, and wiki ideas, a 'work in progress' founded in 2006.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. Citizendium icon

    Citizendium

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    Citizendium, powered by MediaWiki, is "an open wiki project dedicated to creating a free, comprehensive, and reliable repository of structured knowledge". Unlike with Wikipedia, a contributor must register using their real name and verify their identity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • MediaWiki
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  9. V for Wikipedia icon

    V for Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia, better than ever—on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Discover the world and enjoy beautiful typography with this sleek app.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
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    • V for Wikipedia is the most popular commercial alternative to Encyclopedia.

    • V for Wikipedia is Paid and ProprietaryEncyclopedia is Free and Proprietary
  10. Conzept icon

    Conzept

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    Conzept is an attempt to create an encyclopedia for the 21st century. A modern topic-exploration tool based on Wikipedia, Wikidata, Open Library, GBIF and other useful information sources.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  11. Stubia icon

    Stubia

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    Stubia is a mobile encyclopedia that limits each article to 160 characters: this limitation makes each topic easy to understand.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  12. Alchetron icon

    Alchetron

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    Alchetron.com is a free social encyclopedia for world where you can create, organize and learn easily using topics.

    With Alchetron you can search & share thousands of organized topics which can be biographies, free courses for students etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
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  13. WikiNewsFeed icon

    WikiNewsFeed

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    News aggregator powered by Wikipedia.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Wikipedia
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  14. Golden icon

    Golden

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    Golden is a self-constructing knowledge database built by artificial and human intelligence with the goal of mapping all human knowledge.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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