Comparison

On This Date vs History Starter Pack

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

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About

On This Date

Features
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What happened on this day? Make a little room for history with On This Date, from great breakthroughs to surprising moments in science, culture, politics and sports. DISCOVER SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY Explore more than 5,000 facts covering every day of the year. Discover up to five new facts a day for free and swipe through your discoveries. New facts are available for the current day; revisit days you have already collected whenever you like. HISTORY THAT FITS YOUR INTERESTS Choose the topics and subtopics you enjoy, with optional preferences for a region or period. Exclude topics or sensitive events you would rather skip. Your saved facts and favorites stay available. Your choices may leave fewer new facts available for a day. TAKE HISTORY OFFLINE Discover and read facts without an internet connection, in English, German or Spanish. Want to learn more? Follow source links to further reading. SHARE YOUR DISCOVERIES Send interesting facts to friends as image cards: square for messages or portrait for stories. You can share plain text too. All sharing features are free. EXPLORE MORE WITH PRO An optional one-time purchase gives you: โ€ข An ad-free app โ€ข Up to ten new facts per day โ€ข Favourites to find your best discoveries again โ€ข A timeline of your discoveries for the day you are viewing โ€ข Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets Widgets put today's fact right on your iPhone. See the event year and a text preview on your Lock Screen, then tap to open the fact shown. Widget previews and a step-by-step guide help you get set up. Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription. See the price before you buy. The free version contains ads. Get a reminder on days when you have not opened the app. Have an idea or a question? Send bug reports and feature requests by email straight from Settings. For iPhone with iOS 26 or later. Ads, purchases and external sources require an internet connection.

About

History Starter Pack

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Learn the most important dates of history in a very short time and keep yourself trained so you'll never forget them.

Screenshots

On This Date4 screens
History Starter Pack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: History Starter Pack at none against On This Date's 1. History Starter Pack also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. On This Date sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. History Starter Pack asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
On This Date versus History Starter Pack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOn This DateHistory Starter Pack
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsโ€”
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS26.015.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size72 MB22 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJannis GuhlMarco Ronchi

In-app purchases

1 purchases

On This Date

One-time1
  • On This Date Pro$1.99
None

History Starter Pack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is On This Date free?
On This Date is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is History Starter Pack free?
History Starter Pack is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do On This Date or History Starter Pack have ads?
On This Date shows ads; History Starter Pack does not.

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