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What Reddit Says About History Apps

We compiled 19 Reddit discussions about History apps from 17 subreddits. Here's what real users recommend, complain about, and debate.

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What are some of your go-to apps for learning history? Did you find them while traveling? Do you still use them?

r/AskReddit
History of Apps downloaded on an Apple ID.

What is a good app to learn about history or even just mythology?

r/AskReddit
I love the Wikipedia app. Every day, I read the “today in history” section and save any articles that look interesting.

An app to teach history in short easy-to-consume tidbits

r/androidapps
I had Ultimate Facts installed for a period of time, but it felt unsatisfactory and, should I say, too layman? So I uninstalled it, and still looking for a good app that would teach/present history of the world in easy-to-consume snack-size bits.

I've created Herodotus : an app to learn history through bite-sized lessons and games

r/Mesopotamia
I aimed to create something like Duolingo, but for history enthusiasts. With the app, you can play quizzes in the "Challenges" section, explore longer lessons in the "Long Lesson" section, and review previous questions every day, following a "spaced repetition" principl...

Any app that teaches a bit of history each day?

r/apps
There's an app called historical facts in the apple app store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/historical-facts/id1665761564

favorite history app for iPhone?

r/history
Feel free to submit interesting articles, tell us about this cool book you just read, or start a discussion about who everyone's favorite figure of minor French nobility is! This is a somewhat more serious subreddit compared to many others. Make sure to familiarize yourself with our rules and g...

Historical/educational apps?

r/OculusQuest
Any other suggestion on learning/edutainment apps, even in different sectors like science, art, architecture etc. is highly appreciated! ... Survival sim - SurvivormanVR. Les Stroud, TVs Survivorman teaches real world survival in arctic scenario. ... I recommend Anne Frank House VR. The attic hideou...

Historians, got any good history related apps on your phones?

r/AskHistorians
It's an app that uses your GPS to lead history-oriented urban and rural tours. It may also have podcasts about particular topics. The best (and hopefully not worst) part is that it will be partially crowdsourced, in that users can label places with their own historical findings and lore, custom...

Great app to teach History

r/historyteachers
19K subscribers in the historyteachers community.

Anyone know a good history podcast on Spotify that is accurate and does take itself seriously?

r/AskHistorians
It neatly sidesteps the issue of the specific knowledge of a host precluding a breadth of topics by instead having a different historian on every week, normally to discuss a book that they have recently written/published. ... Libby app (if you don’t have a library card, why the heck not?).

5 Best Apps to Learn History in 2025: I Tried Them All to Combat Social Media Addiction

r/AtlasBookClub
| History Master | Study material ... recommendations are BeFreed for personalized AI-powered learning, Khan Academy for comprehensive structured education, and Paladin for building a consistent daily habit....

Are there any apps for keeping a history/log of when you did tasks? E.g. haircut, changed bedsheets, changed AC filters, etc?

r/ProductivityApps
I've only found one other app similar to it for Apple and it's much worse. If you have any recommendations please let me know, I'm trying to find a free, simple app for my mom (iPhone) that is just like Since Timer -- it let's you log every instance you complete a task and shows ...

Is there an app that shows you the local history?

r/travel
Otherwise just google, lot of sources out there, just not very comprehensive as most sources tend to limit themselves to certain areas, eras or subjects. ... Try Atlas Obscura. The app has a feature that shows you the nearby locations.

I've created Herodotus: an app to learn history through bite-sized lessons and games

r/ancientegypt
I aimed to create something like Duolingo, but for history enthusiasts. With the app, you can play quizzes in the "Challenges" section, explore longer lessons in the "Long Lesson" section, and review previous questions every day, following a "spaced repetition" principl...

Looking for a good app to track where I’ve been

r/TravelHacks
Visited App. A famous astronaut & his wife both use this app. Highly recommend.

I can watch History Channel from history.com but need a provider to watch on smart TV app?

r/cordcutters
It is also much cheaper to program for browsers versus keeping numerous streaming platform apps up to date. ... If you don’t want to fool with hooking up your computer to you me TV frndlyTV offers history channel live and some other channels for 6.99 for 1 stream at a time or $8.99 for HD and up to ...

Chrome alternative with unlimited browsing history?

r/software
But maybe there is a better way, but that's how I'm doing it. ... While it isn't an alternative to Chrome, the extension History Trends Unlimited is extremely user-friendly, with no bloat or other nonsense.

Alternative app to Google Maps Timeline?

r/GoogleMaps
If you want something like this, Arc Timeline is one popular one, or the Open Source alternative of Dawarich (https://github.com/Freika/dawarich) with Overland, OwnTracks, or GPS Logger.

Any extension to make the chrome history better?

r/chrome
There is an extension like software visited that does collect the browsing history locally as a database file instead of browser built-in history. The advantage here is that as OP requests you can leverage the features of SQL. Sorting or searching or filtering by date or URL, by text or regular expr...

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r/AskRedditr/androidappsr/Mesopotamiar/appsr/historyr/OculusQuestr/AskHistoriansr/historyteachersr/AtlasBookClubr/ProductivityAppsr/travelr/ancientegyptr/TravelHacksr/cordcuttersr/softwarer/GoogleMapsr/chrome

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