Listen to Wikipedia
Michael Oltman Reference iPhoneiPadiPod touchMac
Listen to Wikipedia is a free Reference app for iPhone and iPad by Michael Oltman. Rated 4.0/5 from 39 ratings. Requires iOS 17.6. Updated April 30, 2026.
- Rating
- 4.0
- 39 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 37 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Apr 30
- 2026 · v2.0.0
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About Listen to Wikipedia
See and hear every edit to Wikipedia, as it happens. Each change appears as an animated bubble — sized by the magnitude of the edit — while a musical note plays in real time. Larger edits produce deeper notes; smaller edits ring higher. Colors tell the story of who's editing: white circles for registered users, green for anonymous contributors, and purple for bots. Lighter bubbles mark additions to articles; darker ones signal deletions. When a new user joins Wikipedia, a warm pad swells and a blue banner appears to welcome them. Tap any bubble to see the article title, then tap again to open it in your browser. Tap a new-user banner to visit their talk page and say hello. Customize the sound to your taste. Choose from over a hundred instruments for additions, deletions, and new-user events. Pick a musical scale — pentatonic or heptatonic — in any of 12 keys and multiple modes. Adjust the root octave and range to shape the melody that Wikipedia writes. Supports 32 languages, including English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Hindi, and many more. Based on Listen to Wikipedia by Hatnote (listen.hatnote.com). Developed by Bryan Oltman (bryanoltman.com).
Ratings & reviews
4.0
39 ratings
What’s new
Version 2.0.0 · Updated April 30, 2026
Rewritten from the ground up! In addition to all previously existing features, the app supports deep audio customization: - Choose from over 100 instruments, independently for additions, subtractions, and new-user events - Pick any of 12 musical keys - Switch between pentatonic and heptatonic scales with 12 modes — from Major Pentatonic and Egyptian to Dorian, Phrygian, and Locrian - Adjust the root octave and octave range to shape the pitch
App privacy
The developer, Michael Oltman, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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