When comparing Aard 2 vs Wiki Browser, the Slant community recommends Aard 2 for most people. In the question“What is the best Wikipedia client on Android?” Aard 2 is ranked 1st while Wiki Browser is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Aard 2 is:
Not only can some pages be downloaded for offline view, the whole Wikipedia can be stored on sdcard for offline access to all articles.
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Pros
Pro Complete offline wikipedia database
Not only can some pages be downloaded for offline view, the whole Wikipedia can be stored on sdcard for offline access to all articles.
Cons
Con Wikipedia has to be manually installed
The app doesn't include the wikipedia database, it has to be downloaded and installed manually.
Con Asks for many permissions
For some reason Wiki Browser asks for a multitude of permissions that do not seem very relevant to browsing Wikipedia such as access to ones phone-book, texts or media files.