WikiPlaces App for iPhone Review

| April 23, 2014 | 0 Comments

WikiPlaces for iPhone is your handle to Wikimapia, the collaborative mapping project that hat aims to mark and describe all geographical objects in the world. As of now, about 20 million places/objects on earth have been marked or annotated using the project. If you’re one of those curious people who uses the Wikimapia project for quick info, WikiPlaces for iPhone might just be the perfect tool to fetch details from your iPhone. You can get WikiPlaces for free from iTunes App Store.

WikiPlaces App Features

WikiPlaces for iPhone let you set bookmarks or search by Wikimapia place name, ID, or address. The UI is minimalistic yet information rich. It is not an easy task to create such an interface. There is lots of information to peruse here, but it is displayed in a manner that is easy to consume. The WikiPlaces app for iPhone loads info directly from Wikimapia.org portal using a public API. Even though design wise it is perfect, sometimes it could create annoying user experience. Should any glitch occur with Wikimapia.org, WikiPlaces fails to load the data you might be looking for, and for a moment at least, you might think it is an issue with the app. Also, since it is a free app, it is ad-supported, which might be a turn off for few. But you can remove the ads through in-app purchase.

WikiPlaces App for iPhone

Also, WikiPlaces app for iPhone needs iOS 7 or higher. If you’re iPhone is yet to be upgraded to iOS 7.0 or iOS 7.1, you cannot use this app. The previous versions of the app had few stability issues, and they seem to have been ironed out in the current version.

Final Thoughts

WikiPlaces for iPhone provides a means to access Wikimapia.org from your iPhone. It has a wonderful and easy to use interface. The app loads data directly from Wikimapia.org using a public API. As long as everything is perfect on Wikimapia side, you’ll get all the info right on the WikiPlaces interface. Performance wise, the app is stable and responsive. However, the app works only on iPhone upgraded to iOS 7.0 or higher. The ads can be a bit annoying at times. Check it out if you’re a Wikimapia fan.

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