On This Date vs Tomescroll

What happened on this day? On This Date brings you short historical facts from science, culture, politics, sports and more. HISTORY FOR YOUR DAY Discover up to five new facts each day for free. Swipe through the events for the day you are viewing, and use the arrows to revisit days you have already explored. New facts are available only for the current day. FACTS, EVEN OFFLINE The built-in catalog contains 4,392 events covering all 366 calendar days, including February 29. Facts are available in English, German and Spanish. Discovering and reading them does not require an internet connection. Source links take you to further reading on the web. YOUR INTERESTS Choose multiple topics, a region and a period. Your choices give matching facts priority without excluding other events. Share interesting discoveries and receive a reminder on days when you haven’t opened the app. MORE WITH ON THIS DATE PRO The optional one-time purchase includes: • No ads in the app • Up to ten new facts per day instead of five • Favorites with a dedicated list and detail view • Medium and large Home Screen widgets with today's fact • A timeline of your discoveries for the day you are viewing Widgets show the last fact you selected in the app today. If you have not selected one today, they show the first matching fact for the day. iOS manages widget updates. Pro is not a subscription. The App Store displays the price for your region before you purchase. The free version contains ads. Ads, purchases and external sources may require an internet connection. KEEP YOUR COLLECTION Your collected facts are preserved when you update. Entries from the previous app version are in Settings under “Earlier saved facts.” On This Date is available for iPhone with iOS 26 or later.

You already know how to doom-scroll. Now do it with purpose. Tomescroll turns the reflex you already have — that itch to swipe — into a habit that actually leaves you knowing things. Each card is a single fascinating fact, illustrated in pixel art, drawn from the vast strangeness of human knowledge. History, science, philosophy, nature, geography. One insight. One minute. The longer you explore, the smarter your feed becomes. One topic leads somewhere unexpected — fermentation science to ancient Mesopotamia to the chemistry of bread — and Tomescroll maps everywhere you've been and hints at everything you haven't found yet. No quizzes. No streaks. No pressure. Just the oldest human impulse: wondering what's next. Terms of Use: https://tomescroll.app/terms