It is easy to fall down the Wikipedia rabbit hole on a slow afternoon in the office, but the interface is a bit, well, boring, basic and old-fashioned.
If you want a slicker, fancier experience on your iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch, Viki is the answer. It comes with 12 different typeface styles and feels like an iOS native browsing and reading experience. The muted sandstone and orange colour scheme add to a reading experience that feels less like the Wikipedia website and more like you are browsing an ebook or magazine.
A few attractive features include “nearby places”, showing interesting Wikipedia articles related to your location, and the one-tap bookmarks feature as well as a full browsing history storing previous searches and read articles.
Be prepared to shell out €4.99, which might seem counterintuitive when it’s used to browse a free encyclopedia, but it is worth it for the gorgeous interface.
