Comparison

Nerdish vs Today in History

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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/

About

Today in History

Discover daily historical facts and curated articles about significant events, inventions, and birthdays. Expand your general knowledge with short, well-researched stories designed for quick learning. Integrate a history widget for at-a-glance daily insights.

Highlights
  • Daily historical facts
  • Curated educational articles
  • Short, well-researched stories
  • Historical events and birthdays
  • History widget for glanceable facts
Features
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Explore history with the Factorium app every day. Get daily educational, curated articles with cool and really interesting facts about historical events which happened today in history — art, scientific discoveries, groundbreaking inventions, famous people’s birthdays, cultural milestones, political turning points, and more. Learn about the history that shaped the world, expand your general knowledge, and build a healthy habit of learning something new every day. Every article in Factorium is carefully selected and written to give you more knowledge in less time. Each story is short, well-researched, and designed to be read in just a few minutes. It’s not just a list of random events or facts — it’s a structured learning experience to help you explore the history that matters. Add the Factorium history widget and see today’s historical event at a glance — no need to open the app. History just becomes part of your daily routine. Download Factorium and make history exploration easy and truly enjoyable. Terms of Use (EULA) https://factorium.io/terms-of-use/

Screenshots

Nerdish4 screens
Today in History4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Nerdish at none against Today in History's shown. Nerdish also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (60% vs 36%). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nerdish sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Today in History sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Nerdish against 4.7 for Today in History. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nerdish has 2.6K ratings behind it against 231, 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 36% of Today in History's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nerdish ships an update weekly, Today in History every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Nerdish versus Today in History: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNerdishToday in History
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.6K ratings) — better4.7 (231 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better36.4% of reviews
Number of ratings2.6K — better231
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#87 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB77 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNerdish OUNerdish OU

Customer experience

Nerdish

All ratings2,619 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral2.3%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral12.4%
Negative27.6%

Today in History

All ratings231 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive36.4%
Neutral9.1%
Negative54.5%

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

Today in History

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Nerdish

Subscriptions5
  • 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
7 purchases

Today in History

Subscriptions7
  • Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
  • Weekly Subscription$1.997 Days
  • Quarterly Subscription$5.493 Months
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  • 3-Month Subscription$9.993 Months
  • 1-Year Subscription Special$9.991 Year
  • 1-Year Subscription$19.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Nerdish free?
Nerdish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Today in History free?
Today in History is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nerdish or Today in History?
Nerdish is rated higher. Nerdish averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while Today in History averages 4.7 from 231 ratings.
Do Nerdish or Today in History have ads?
Today in History shows ads; Nerdish does not.
Which is updated more often, Nerdish or Today in History?
Nerdish ships an update weekly, and Today in History every 5 weeks. Most recently, Nerdish was updated on September 23, 2026 and Today in History on September 16, 2026.

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