History Extra User Reviews

Name: History Extra: Unlock the past
Rating: 4.8 (349 reviews)

History Extra: Unlock the past

Immediate Media Company Limited

📚 Education

📰 Magazines & Newspapers

What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of History Extra. Based on 349 reviews and a 4.8/5 average, it highlights the 11 positives and 26 negatives reviewers mention most about this Magazines & Newspapers app.

Positive things

👍Excellent content quality
👍Informative and educational
👍Great for history enthusiasts
👍Reliable source for history
👍Engaging articles and podcasts
👍Good for learning history
👍Valuable resource
👍Brilliant concept
👍Bite-sized history overviews
👍Well-researched information
👍Uplifting and knowledge-rich

Negative things

🐛App is buggy and crashes
🐛Difficult to navigate
🐛Access issues for print subscribers
🐛Paywall for most content
🐛Subscription confusion
🐛Poor app functionality
🐛Unreliable access
🐛Counter-intuitive interface
🐛Clunky and jumbled interface
🐛Constant sign-in required
🐛Eurocentric content
🐛Sound cuts out on videos
🐛No subtitles/captions for Deaf users
🐛No memory of playback position
🐛Video subtitles incorrect
🐛No queuing or auto-play
🐛Confusing navigation
🐛App demands payment despite subscription
🐛Subscription linked to another user
🐛No free trial or preview of content
🐛App is a waste of space
🐛Signed up for unwanted subscriptions
🐛Too many purchase prompts
🐛Error 504
🐛No sign-in with Apple info
🐛Lack of support

Top reviews

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SMS

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Cyrrril

2 months ago

Still no digital after 5 months

I have a magazine + digital subscription paid by direct debit. I have telephoned support several times. Difficult to communicate Scottish accent v Chinese. No success. After 26 years with BBC History Magazine it may be time to give up completely. Abandon all!

T. Edinburgh

2 months ago

Access issues

My wife brought this as a gift but I can t access the app keeps wanting me to subscribe 2 phones call last one not helpful at all
I m on the point of giving up and not renewing

Peachey prune

4 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the review, and sorry for the hassle. If it’s a gift, please sign in to the gifted account and tap “Already subscribed?” or “Restore purchases” in the app. If that doesn’t work, go to in‑app Help > Contact support—we’ll get you set up.

Outstanding reliable source for history

Excellent written and spoken information that helps us to understand our past. Some of the information is amusing and some is very troubling, but it all gives us information that may help us to improve our ability to make better decisions going forward. Unlike many sources, it is very well researched.

S.V. L'Audace

6 months ago

Response from developer

S.V. L'Audace, Thank you for the wonderful review. We're really pleased to hear you're enjoying the content and finding it informative and well researched. We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback.

The Middle Path with Content Consumption

I’m Gen Z and recently turned 25 and woke up realizing I had given so much of my conscious attention away to algorithmically generated advertisements and horrors. History Extra is a way that lets me get the satisfaction of finding something genuinely interesting on my phone without opening a social media app at all.

egoossy

6 months ago

Response from developer

egoossy, Thank you for the thoughtful review. We're really glad to hear the app is providing a more positive way to explore interesting topics and step away from social media. We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience.

Subscription

Having been recommended to use your app by my history extra magazine to which I have subscribed for years and thought I would enjoy doing some quizzes I find I need to pay for this privilege. No I will not do this. So will now delete it!!

I willnot

6 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the review, and sorry for the let‑down. Quizzes are part of the app subscription. If your magazine sub includes digital access, sign in and tap “Already subscribed?” or “Restore purchases”. If that doesn’t work, go to Help > Contact support—we’ll get you set up.

Rubbish

I just subscribed via the website to the digital plus app subscription. The money has left my account. I received a welcome email from Hisory Extra with my subscriber number. I put that into the app as requested and it tells me that the subscription is linked with another user. What rubbish! I called the helpline and was advised to ‘try again tomorrow’ which is very lame.

stevehogg

6 months ago

Response from developer

stevehogg, Sorry to hear you're having trouble accessing your subscription, that shouldn’t happen. Please contact our customer service team again with your subscription details so they can check your account and help resolve the access issue.

Sound cuts out

Sound cuts out after about 30 sec on videos and you have to keep starting and stopping it, at least on a iPhone 12 anyway

rumble strip

6 months ago

Response from developer

rumble strip, Sorry to hear you're experiencing issues with the video playback. Please contact our customer service team with details of your device and the problem so they can help investigate this further.

Great content, average app

The stories and interviews are super interesting but the app is missing basic features - you can’t change playback speed, stop playing after set time or queue podcast episodes

Claire Runge

7 months ago

Response from developer

Claire Runge, Thank you for your feedback. We're glad to hear you're enjoying the content and really appreciate your suggestions about the app features. We'll be sure to share your comments with the team as we continue to improve the experience.

Captioned or Subtitled

There are no subtitles or captions for me cause I’m Deaf. I’m so disappointed because I paid $. I really love history and read History Extra magazines so often.

Lilacbooks17

8 months ago

Don’t buy it!

Terrible app. They should have spent some of the $$$ they’ve spent on advertising on functionality. No memory of where you left off in an audio file, or even what you last listened to or watched. Video subtitles run for the wrong videos (not the one you are actually watching). No ability to queue up a playlist, or even auto play the next in a series. Truly a disservice to the hardworking researchers and presenters.

DramaDrama1000

9 months ago

Review

Shortyloccc

9 months ago

Why do I have to subscribe to almost everything?

Hello, I hope your having a great day. And I would like to submit one of the flaws I have for this application. As a history nerd and history lover, I got this app to learn more about wars like The Seven Years’ War, The Punic Wars, and others. But I noticed that I had to subscribe to almost everything (like articles, videos, podcasts, et). Now, do be noted that this was only a few things, so take that with a grain of salt. But I personally think you shouldn’t need to really subscribe to much just to learn history. Because people (like me) shouldn’t need to just watch YouTube about history, anyways. Sorry for the sloppy review, but that is my flaw with this app, I hope you can fix it (maybe some sort of way to have a free 1-2 week long plan that’s free, idk if you have that), and yeah. That’s all, other than that flaw, I would definitely use again. 👍

URLOCALHISTORIAN

9 months ago

Eurocentric

This is a brilliant app but it’s completely Eurocentric. It should be called “European History Extra”.

SM East

10 months ago

Counter intuitive

That’s it!

Xavier Quill

10 months ago

Response from developer

We're sorry to hear that you’re having a bad experience with our app. Your feedback is important to us and has been noted. It would be really helpful if you could get in contact with us directly by emailing: apps@immediate.co.uk. Thank you, The History Extra Team

Paywall

Downloaded this app and deleted within five minutes. You have to pay for absolutely ALL content 🙄
I wanted to ‘try before I buy’ or read an article or listen to a podcast to see how I enjoyed it. Such a shame. But don’t bother.

Robin 66

10 months ago

Response from developer

Unreliable

Too many access problems if you are a print subscriber! I have a print subscription to BBC History magazine, this is supposed to give you access to the online features but although I can acccess the website ok the App demands I pay a subscription!!!

Now been asked to submit my details again - these were emailed to the support team over a week ago!!! Have given up!

Librarypilot

a year ago

Response from developer

Hi, please accept our apologies. We have identified a technical issue with access that is impacting some of our Print subscribers. Please get in touch with us by emailing digitalsubs@buysubscriptions.com, and we will be happy to look into this further for you.

Unreliable

Librarypilot

a year ago

Content good but access is very frustrating

I have been a member for 2 years and totally enjoy your content but have found the History Extra app very frustrating and unreliable.
I have a magazine with digital subscription but every so often the digital site refuses me access. I have just had such a problem and currently appear to have lost all my saved collections.
Even emailing your online support (shown on the site) resulted in an acknowledgment that they would get back to me in 24 hours but didn’t deal with app issues?????
Love the content but very unhappy with accessing the site.

Sonmar2

a year ago

Response from developer

We're sorry to hear that you’re having a bad experience with our app. Your feedback is important to us and has been noted. Our team is working to improve our app performance, but in the meantime, it would be really helpful if you could get in contact with us directly by emailing: apps@immediate.co.uk which is our dedicated app team. Thank you, The History Extra Team

History revisited

BBC has ignited my interest in world history. This is a very valuable resource for everyone. The editor and producers created a podcast that allows subscribers to organize content according to their interests. My library is building and allows me to access content whenever and wherever I may be. Brilliant concept BBC…thank you for your creativity.

Johnny Rocket #5

a year ago

Response from developer

Hi Johnny, Thank you for your thoughtful review! We're thrilled to hear that HistoryExtra has sparked your interest in world history. It's great to know the podcast’s flexible format is helping you build a personalized library. We’ll keep working to bring history to life—wherever and whenever you listen.