HISTORY Vault vs This Old House
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HISTORY Vault
Explore thousands of documentaries and specials about history, from ancient times to modern conflicts. Watch full-length, commercial-free videos on demand, with new content added weekly. Access classic series and discover the events and people that shaped our world.
- Thousands of documentaries and specials
- Commercial-free viewing
- New videos added weekly
- Classic HISTORY Channel series
- No TV provider needed
- On-demand streaming
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Now with over 2,000 videos – HISTORY Channel brings you thousands of documentaries and specials exploring the events and people that shaped our world, from ancient empires to modern warfare, all commercial-free. Watch commercial-free, full-length videos with no TV provider needed. New videos are added weekly, featuring everything from ancient civilizations and World Wars to space exploration. Plus your favorite classic HISTORY Channel series. Watch: • America: The Story of Us • Days That Shaped America • The Men Who Built America • Founding Fathers • Ice Road Truckers And many more! Note: HISTORY Vault content is only available to stream in the United States. Free Trial is only valid for first-time subscribers. Video can only be streamed in the U.S. and U.S. Territories. Payment is charged to the iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Your account will be charged for renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and auto-renewal by visiting Account Settings on your device. If you turn off auto-renew during the current subscription period, your subscription will be canceled for the subsequent period. Please visit support.historyvault.com if you are experiencing any issues. Terms of Use: http://www.aenetworks.com/terms Privacy Policy: http://www.aenetworks.com/privacy
This Old House
Access over 1,400 home improvement episodes, with new content added weekly. Stream directly to your devices. An optional upgrade offers ad-free viewing and unlocks the entire episode archive.
- 1,400+ home improvement episodes
- New episodes added weekly
- Stream to TV, tablet, or phone
- Ad-free viewing option
- Unlock full episode archive
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The free This Old House app features 1,400+ full episodes –– with new ones added weekly –– streaming to your TV, tablet or phone. Upgrade to Insider for ad-free viewing, and to unlock every episode in the archive. This Old House is the number one home improvement brand, serving over 40 million consumers each month with trusted information and expert advice through the EMMY award-winning television shows This Old House and Ask This Old House, the Webby Award-winning site ThisOldHouse.com, and the Insider membership program. Privacy Policy: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/privacy-policy CA Privacy Notice: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/privacy-policy#JxAGJj Terms of Use: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/legal/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HISTORY Vault at monthly against This Old House's every 2 months. This Old House's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. HISTORY Vault sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and This Old House sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for HISTORY Vault against 4.0 for This Old House. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.1K and 506 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 29% of HISTORY Vault's written reviews are positive against 26% of This Old House's.
HISTORY Vault ships an update monthly, This Old House every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HISTORY Vault | This Old House |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (1.1K ratings) | 4.0 (506 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.1% of reviews — better | 26.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 506 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | A+E Global Media | This Old House Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
HISTORY Vault
This Old House
User reviews
HISTORY Vault
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great content
- 🚀 Interesting documentaries
- 👍 Variety of historical topics
- 👍 Reasonable subscription price
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy app with frequent crashes
- 🐛 Streaming and downloading issues
- 🐛 Inconsistent user experience across devices
- 🔒 Difficult to cancel subscription
- 🔒 Billing and account issues
This Old House
From 506 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎥 Access to great content
- 👍 Excellent show with great friends
- 🎥 Wealth of knowledge and expertise
- 🎥 Ability to watch current and past episodes
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy app with crashes and glitches
- 🔒 Subscription issues and billing problems
- 🔍 Difficult to navigate and use
- 🔍 Lack of features like watched indicators and resume playback
- 🔍 Incompatible with newer OS updates
Bugs and requests
HISTORY Vault
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login and password reset problems
- Incompatibility with certain devices
- Inconsistent content availability
Requested features
5 requests- Add more recent and popular shows
- Improve search and navigation
- Implement resume playback and favorites
- Add Chromecast/casting support
- Provide multi-language options
This Old House
Reported bugs
5 issues- Unable to exit video playback
- Incorrect episode descriptions
- Subscription not recognized
- Crashes when exiting videos
- Orientation issues on tablets
Requested features
5 requests- Add watched/unwatched indicators
- Implement resume playback feature
- Improve navigation and episode selection
- Add Chromecast/casting support
- Optimize for landscape mode on tablets
In-app purchases
HISTORY Vault
- History Vault7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- History Vault7 Days trial$59.991 Year
This Old House
- Monthly Insider Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Annual Insider Subscription7 Days trial$95.991 Year
Questions
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