Comparison

Nerdish vs Science∙ Quiz

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

Science∙ Quiz

Features
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Science Quiz – The Ultimate Way to Test Your Knowledge! With over 8,000 science questions, Science Quiz is designed to challenge your mind and expand your understanding of the world around you. From physics and chemistry to biology and astronomy, there’s something for every science enthusiast! Choose Your Challenge: Standard Quiz – Answer a set number of questions at your own pace. Time Trial – Solve as many questions as possible before time runs out. Endless Quiz – Play your way with three exciting options: 1 Life (Sudden Death Mode) – One wrong answer, and it’s game over! 3 or 5 Lives – Get a few chances to keep going. No Limit – Keep answering questions for as long as you want! Plus a local leaderboard to track your progress and compete with others on your device. No Data is sent to a server or publicly available Test your science skills and see how much you really know!

Screenshots

Nerdish4 screens
Science∙ Quiz4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Nerdish at Free against Science∙ Quiz's $0.99. Nerdish also leads on chart position (#89 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.1). Science∙ Quiz's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On ads and device support 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

Nerdish is free to download; Science∙ Quiz costs $0.99 up front. Nerdish sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Science∙ Quiz asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Nerdish versus Science∙ Quiz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNerdishScience∙ Quiz
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (2.7K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.7K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#89 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size63 MB52 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNerdish OUAdam Balzan

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

Science∙ Quiz

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
None

Science∙ Quiz

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nerdish free?
Nerdish is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Science∙ Quiz free?
Science∙ Quiz costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nerdish or Science∙ Quiz have ads?
Neither Nerdish nor Science∙ Quiz shows ads.

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