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| Fact | Encyclopedia.com | Wikipedia |
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| Licence | The terms describe service content and tools as copyrighted or otherwise proprietary and owned, controlled, or licensed by Encyclopedia.com or licensors. | MediaWiki is free software licensed under GNU GPL version 2 or any later version. |
| Rating on Apple App Store | 4.1 out of 5 from 74 ratings for “Encyclopedia: 25,000+ topic” | 4.3 out of 5 from 6.3K ratings |
Encyclopedia.com suits readers looking for reference entries and topic summaries across a broad collection of encyclopedias and books. Its terms restrict use to personal activities and prohibit systematic downloading or scraping without permission.
Wikipedia suits readers looking for a free encyclopedia across many languages, including people who want to save reading lists for offline use in the Android app. Its volunteer-led editorial model is relevant to readers considering how content decisions are made.