Bitesize vs History V
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bitesize
Learn history through engaging chat stories that make studying fun and accessible. Explore various historical periods and share stories with friends for collaborative learning. This app offers a unique, text-message-like format to keep you hooked on the past.
- Chat story format for learning
- Explore historical categories
- Interactive reading experience
- Share stories with friends
- Last-minute exam cramming tool
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Want to do some last minute cramming for your history exam? Read exciting stories on Bitesize and learn history in a fun way, as if you’re reading someone else’s texts. We guarantee that it’ll get you hooked on history! What better way to learn history than in a chat story format? Explore the different categories in this chat app and discover different stories to see what is relevant to you. Swipe up to start reading a story and tap to continue reading - it’s that simple! Share stories with friends to help them out with their last minute cramming!
History V
Discover five verified historical events from this day in the past, every day. Learn about battles, inventions, and milestones across different eras. This app makes history engaging for enthusiasts, students, and the curious.
- 5 new historical facts daily
- Real historical events
- Works offline
- Clean design
- Verified facts
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History V brings the past to life — five real historical events from this very day in history, every single day. Open the app and discover what happened on this day in the past: battles, inventions, treaties, revolutions, milestones, and more. Each day, you’ll get five unique, verified historical facts from different time periods. Whether you're a history enthusiast, student, or curious mind, History V makes learning history easy and engaging. Features: • 5 new historical facts daily • Real events, no birthdays or fictional stories • Clean, elegant design • Works offline Start your daily journey through time with History V!
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Verdict
Bitesize and History V both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of History V's written reviews are positive against 0% of Bitesize's. History V also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Bitesize's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bitesize against 5.0 for History V. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Bitesize's written reviews are positive against 100% of History V's.
Bitesize ships an update every 2 months, History V every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bitesize | History V |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Brainy Tap | Aliaksei Sabaleuski |
Customer experience
Bitesize
History V
In-app purchases
Bitesize
No in-app purchases
History V
No in-app purchases
