Quality
Quality app for quality writing!
Popcorn
I inherited a stack of History Today when my Dad died. I am hooked. The app suits me.
Tasty bite sized kernels that I think about and talk about all day long. I love it. Thanks BK. x
Tasty bite sized kernels that I think about and talk about all day long. I love it. Thanks BK. x
Subscribing helps
Evolving from 40-odd years of print issues to online, I still want access to HT as a resource.
Subscribing helps by giving access to all of current issues, not just bits. I also have access to the archive.
Pity the online search function does not go back 40 years.
Subscribing helps by giving access to all of current issues, not just bits. I also have access to the archive.
Pity the online search function does not go back 40 years.
Looking Back with Pleasure
The essays in History Today are both erudite and inviting. This journal was the first to which I ever subscribed, having first learned to love it many years ago thanks to the encouragement of my father-in-law, one of the two weekly book-reviewers for the New York Times. The essays are invariably interesting, well-written, and enjoyable. I learn a lot but also have fun. As scholar of the Renaissance I find myself learning lots and lots about other periods and the intellectual expansion is a pleasure. Don’t stop! Anne Lake Prescott
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Content good, app has lost access to issues page
The content is very good, as it has been for decades. Something has gone wrong with the app on IPad making it unreadable - nothing appears on the 'issues' page.
Not very useful
I can read articles in the app, but I can’t print them out or share them with others (via email or text) or save to other apps. Reading onscreen is hard on my eyes. I am canceling my subscription and will remove the app.
Keeping the past present
Like many history graduates, I’ve retained my passion for the discipline even if I’m not working in the field. History Today is an ideal way to keep that passion fed. I particularly enjoy its breadth and variety, even as it shows up how woefully limited in chronology and geography was my own formal study of the subject!
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No more option to buy individual issues
Very well done app rendition of a wonderfully done magazine….No more possibilities to buy individual issues I was able to buy single issues in the past somehow it’s not more an option…
Scam.
I purchased a monthly subscription via Apple and I still can’t access articles. The app is either a con-job or the makers are morons.
Excellent
I look forward to receiving History Today every month. The variety of the articles encompasses a great swath of time and space. I like being exposed to all the different views. I get my mind changed on all sorts of topics. History Today teaches how to think about history.
Version 1.7.3 - No table of contents and inconsistent sharing functionality
I loaded this version in the hope of solving my problem: The previous version would not allow the saving of articles to other apps (such as Instapaper). Now oddly enough, in some month's issues it will and in others it won't. Mysterious and a bit annoying.
Also, there is no longer a table of contents in any of the issues I've looked at (about 7-8 across 3-4 years). This is obviously even more challenging than the other problem. The only solution I've found is to go to the website to find the contents then go back to the app and find the story. Could be worse I know, but most apps don't make you take these steps.
As always, great content and when you can find what you want the pages are really nice but the app is a little hard to use.
Also, there is no longer a table of contents in any of the issues I've looked at (about 7-8 across 3-4 years). This is obviously even more challenging than the other problem. The only solution I've found is to go to the website to find the contents then go back to the app and find the story. Could be worse I know, but most apps don't make you take these steps.
As always, great content and when you can find what you want the pages are really nice but the app is a little hard to use.
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No ability to share subscription with family?
As much as a love this publication I find the inability to share my subscription with my family really irritating. Please consider adding support for family sharing in a future update.
HistoryToday
Fantastic magazine with short form articles written by experts with up to date info and concise to the point views. Thank you
Good but...
The app is good, for reading the magazine... but it would be great to access the daily updates/news/articles from the app as well. National Geographic does this very well. What are you waiting for?
Back to history
I first read HT nearly 40 years ago on the recommendation of a teacher and enjoyed its different take on history compared to our text books. After a long break it’s great to see that the plurality of voices, topics and debates are as strong now as then. Thank goodness.
Review feelings
Excellent range of articles. Always interesting.
Complete waste of time and Money
Useless app, worse support. Really, just don’t bother.
Fine design
Well illustrated,finely researched and well balanced articles. A free well designed app included in subscription.
Love it!
It’s great to have this much History Today at my fingertips.
Great magazine but...
The app doesn’t offer abstracts/previews of articles just the titles. For those who want to dip in and out rather than subscribe this is a major shortcoming. I use the app to view the contents but often prefer to buy the physical magazine - the format of the physical magazine is very good indeed.
