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Simplepedia Is A Minimal Wikipedia Reader For Your iPad

I don’t know how I missed this in June. Maybe I was too busy shooting pictures with my iPhone 4. Remember when we first saw the Retina Display? Yeah, good times.

Simplepedia, developed by the same guy behind PDFMate, is a minimal and, well, simple Wikipedia reader for iPad. It comes with a standalone iPhone version, too, but I haven’t tried that one. On the iPad, the app can do two things: search for Wikipedia articles and save them for offline reading. That’s really it, folks.

By being so simple and text-focused, the developer had to make sure the app’s typography would look great on the iPad. Simplepedia features bold headlines and serif body text to ensure a good readability and a nice design. It looks good. I also appreciate the possibility to invoke the table of contents by tapping on a button in the top toolbar.

Simplepedia for iPad is free, and if you’re looking for a simple (and nice) way to read articles on your iPad – go get it.

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Federico is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of MacStories, where he writes about Apple with a focus on apps, developers, iPad, and iOS productivity. He founded MacStories in April 2009 and has been writing about Apple since. Federico is also the co-host of AppStories, a weekly podcast exploring the world of apps, Unwind, a fun exploration of media and more, and NPC: Next Portable Console, a show about portable gaming and the handheld revolution.

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