Nerdish vs Factly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nerdish
Expand your general knowledge with concise, engaging articles on diverse topics like science, history, and art. Designed for busy adults, this app delivers quick, fact-checked reads in 5-10 minutes daily to foster lifelong learning and personal growth.
- Concise articles on science, history, art, and more
- Daily 5-10 minute learning sessions
- Fact-checked and well-structured content
- Connects key ideas for deeper understanding
- Topics include psychology, technology, and daily life
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Nerdish is a learning app that helps you grow your general knowledge. The articles inside are our own — written to show you things you'd never thought to look up, feed your curiosity, and help you learn more about the world. You can read them or listen to them, and most take about ten minutes: why people like spicy food, what Nefertiti actually looked like, how the internet crosses oceans. What's inside: - Articles we write ourselves. Each one starts with a question our editors find interesting, and gets researched properly before it's written. - Topics from the life around you. Sleep, coffee, déjà vu, the internet, Nefertiti — things you pass by every day without wondering about them. - Our own writing framework. It keeps every article interesting and concise, but still genuinely educational — a lot of thought went into getting all three at once. - Built as microlearning for adults. Short chapters of a couple of minutes each, designed to fit a phone screen and a busy day. - Audio for everything. Read it, listen to it, or follow the text while it plays. - Historical photographs, archive material and artwork alongside the text, with facts and details in the margins. - A wide range of subjects, from the human body to ancient history — and the connections between them. We built Nerdish for people who: - would rather spend phone time on something better than socials. Same ten minutes, different outcome. - enjoy learning random things for no particular reason. Curiosity doesn't need a goal attached to it. - want to stay mentally sharp. Reading something unfamiliar is a small habit that keeps the mind working. - want to find their way back to reading. Short pieces are easier to start with than a book you've been meaning to open for months. - want to have more to say — about art, history, or why the sky is blue. Why it works: There's no way to measure general knowledge and no point where you have enough. But it's what you're using when you read the news, or decide whether something sounds true, or find a solution that came from somewhere unrelated. Hardly any of us sets out to work on our knowledge. Nobody ever taught us how — there's no course in general knowledge, nowhere obvious to begin. So it stays on the list of things you'd like to do. Nerdish works because the mechanism is already there. Curiosity is what built your general knowledge in the first place, and it doesn't need much — an interesting question and ten minutes. And knowledge doesn't stay in separate piles. We write science with its history in it, history with its culture, and culture with the people behind it — nothing is only about one thing. Pick a topic, read or listen, learn something you'd never thought to look up. That's how general knowledge grows. Learn with us about: - Health and the human body: sleep, memory, ageing, and how the body actually works. - History: ancient empires, revolutions, great discoveries, and the people who changed things. - Science and technology: space, evolution, physics, AI, inventions, and everyday phenomena explained properly. - Daily things: why déjà vu happens, how coffee was discovered, where common ideas come from. - Art and culture: painting, music, architecture, design, literature, and the movements behind them. - Food: where dishes come from and why we like what we like. - Famous people: the lives behind the names. Welcome to being Nerdish with us! Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Factly
Discover surprising and entertaining facts daily to expand your knowledge. This app offers a vast collection of verified information across various categories, with features to save, share, and customize your learning experience.
- Explore facts by scrolling
- Verified facts with Google search
- Thousands of facts by category
- Save facts to favorites
- Home & lock screen widgets
- Customizable fonts and backgrounds
- Daily learning reminders
- Share facts with others
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Factly makes learning simple and fun. In just five minutes a day, discover amazing facts that can make you smarter and expand your knowledge. Interesting facts are unexpected or unusual bits of knowledge from the worlds of science, history, and pop culture that delight and entertain us, as well as anyone we share them with. Once you get started, you’ll want to keep reading until your curiosity is satisfied. With Factly, you will always know a bit more than the others. Amaze others with your unique knowledge of facts and stand out from the crowd. Here's what you can do with Factly: ○ Explore amazing facts by simply scrolling on your phone ○ All facts are verified, and you can use our quick Google feature to verify them yourself ○ Enjoy thousands of facts, organized by categories ○ Save facts to favorites, so you can find them anytime you need ○ Set up home & lock screen widgets ○ Choose from over 180 fonts and backgrounds ○ Pick the best time for daily reminders and make learning a habit ○ Share interesting facts with friends, family, and colleagues Explore fact categories to expand your knowledge: - World - Psychology - Science - Animals - Technology - Movies - History - Nature - Funny facts - And much more! Join us to learn new things, improve yourself and inspire others. Download now and discover the world of knowledge! Privacy policy: https://positive-mindset.net/privacy/ Terms of use: https://positive-mindset.net/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Nerdish at every 5 days against Factly's every 2 months. Nerdish also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 41%) and ratings volume (2.7K vs 199). On price, rating, ads 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. Nerdish sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Factly sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Nerdish against 4.6 for Factly. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nerdish has 2.7K ratings behind it against 199, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Nerdish's written reviews are positive against 41% of Factly's.
Nerdish ships an update every 5 days, Factly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nerdish | Factly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.7K ratings) — better | 4.6 (199 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 40.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | 199 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #76 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nerdish OU | Positive Mindset sp. z o. o. |
Customer experience
Nerdish
Factly
Bugs and requests
Nerdish
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incomplete articles with missing content
- Frequent app crashes and freezes
- Subscription issues and billing problems
Requested features
4 requests- Add audio narration option
- Implement bookmarking and note-taking features
- Improve search and filtering capabilities
- Provide more free content without ads
Factly
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nerdish
- Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Nerdish Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Easy Quarterly Plan$11.993 Months
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- Nerdish Annual Special$29.991 Year
- Nerdish Premium Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
Factly
- Factly Premium3 Days trial$9.991 Year









