Wikiwand - Wikipedia, and beyond
AI-driven wiki aggregator created to enhance user experience on Wikipedia by streamlining knowledge consumption
Total ratings
4.74
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Customizable themes that offer a range of design options
- Brings all major wikis together in one place
- User-friendly and visually appealing design
- Previous user satisfaction reported prior to recent updates
- Long-term users express love for the extension's concept
Cons
- Introduction of intrusive ads
- Forced login requirement
- New AI features seen as distracting and unnecessary
- A paywall for previously free features
- General decline in user experience compared to original version
Most mentioned
- Increased advertisement presence
- Unwanted mandatory account login
- Negative impact of AI features
- Desire for the original user interface
- Feelings of betrayal due to subscription model
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-11 |  | | ja | いちいちログインを求めるようになったのが面倒です。 |
| 2025-01-05 |  | | en | Long time user here wow header, footer, sidebar, and floating ads? really? perhaps you should also insert more ads after every paragraph too You underestimated my adblock-fu but anyway you have shown your true color, and the usage experience it now worse OG wikipedia so I can no longer support or recommend this extension Enjoy your quick ad cash while it last |
| 2024-12-28 |  | | en | From a 5 to a 0. Far too many ads! It's ridiculous. Noticed I was using it just for the dark theme, easy uninstall. |
| 2024-12-24 |  | | en | Buggy extension causing ads, reinstalled and solved, why have I done this as an user? Should even be developers' job? |
| 2024-12-23 |  | | en | The extension now has ads and privacy issues. Aggressive monetization policy has ruined the extension I used for years. The best alternative for this is "Modern for Wikipedia" extension |
| 2024-12-22 |  | | en | Suddenly I have ads popping up on wikipedia... the direction the addon is going in is not good. |
| 2024-12-22 |  | | en | It now has ads. Wow. You couldn't just let us have a nice thing. Time to uninstall! |
| 2024-12-21 |  | | en | On the latest update you'll see a screen of annoying ads on every page you opened... You call this "enhance user experience"? You're destroying user experience. RIDICULOUS. |
| 2024-12-20 |  | | en | Sorry but I'm not going to pay for a glorified userscript for Wikipedia. Absolutely ridiculous hahahaha |
| 2024-09-01 |  | | en | Wow guys, congrats 👏 you've ruined one of the best web extensions ever! For years I have been a loyal wikiwand user. The ORIGINAL UI made browsing Wikipedia so much more efficient and easy. Post redesign; congrats your extension is now useless! Flooded with AI, slower buffering time than even base Wikipedia, and best of all: a Paywall. Any regular Wikiwand user would agree that a monthly subscription fee of $1.99-$3.99 would be reasonable. But $9.99-$19.99 a month?!?! To pay for a more outdated UI, flooded with useless AI, and buffering times that are at best 3x longer than OG Wikiwand UI. I wanted to support you guys, but without being able to use the OG Wikiwand UI I have chosen to uninstall Wikiwand until the devs restore Wikiwand to the original UI, Goodbye for now. 11/18/2024 update: wow, it's even slower now, installed to see if omni wikiwand was back, but nope. Uninstalled x2. Clearly Devs don't care about the supporters who were here years back, ya know, the ones who put your extension on the map... smh. best of luck. |
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