Comparison

Hops vs Geographic History

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

Head to head
About

Hops

Features
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Hops is a clean, thoughtful way to explore Wikipedia, reimagined for iPhone. Designed natively for iOS, Hops helps you discover knowledge without clutter. It’s calm, structured, and built to feel at home on your iPhone. A calm reading experience Articles are presented in a clean, distraction-free layout, without citation clutter or formatting noise. Just the content, comfortably readable. Structured views that surface what matters People, places, films, countries, and more are organised into beautiful, tappable views. Explore filmographies, compare places, or skim key facts at a glance. Explore ideas naturally Related articles, nearby topics, and “See also” links open in smooth, native views, so you can wander Wikipedia’s knowledge without losing your place. Listen to articles Select articles can be listened to as spoken audio, making it easy to learn while walking, commuting, or resting your eyes. Works offline Download full articles, including images, and read anywhere. Whether you’re browsing casually or going deep on a topic, Hops offers a calm, considered way to explore Wikipedia, built with care for iPhone.

About

Geographic History

Explore 2,500 years of world history on an interactive map, from ancient borders to modern nations. Discover rulers, battles, and cities, and view historical photos. Includes daily history facts and engaging map-based games.

Highlights
  • Interactive historical map
  • 2,500 years of border shifts
  • Empire timelines and events
  • Historical photos archive
  • Daily history facts
  • Map-based quiz games
  • Modern country data
Features
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Travel 2,500 years of world history on an interactive map - from 450 BC to today. Drag the timeline and watch borders shift, empires rise and fall, and real battles and events appear where they happened. Tap any land to see who ruled it, then jump through its whole history. TIME MACHINE - Borders year by year, from 450 BC to 2020 - Hit play and watch empires grow, split and fall - Who ruled here: tap a province to see every ruler it ever had, and jump to any of them - Thousands of battles and events, pinned to the exact spot - Over 40,000 notable people and nearly 8,000 historical cities on the map - Search countries, rulers, people, battles and cities - Wikipedia links for every place, ruler and person PHOTOS OF THE PAST - Old photos from 1826 to 2000, pinned where they were taken, from the pastvu.com archive - Move the timeline and the photos follow the year TODAY IN HISTORY - A new story from history every day, shown on the map - A peek at tomorrow's story and an optional daily reminder - Home screen widget PLAY - Mystery border: a new country every day. Guess it in six tries with distance, direction and five clues - Silhouettes: name the country from its outline - Capitals: pick the right capital - Duel: two countries - which is bigger by population or area? - Elders: two historical figures - who lived earlier? - Daily leaderboards, streaks and results to share MODERN WORLD - Every country on Earth, on the map and in a list - Flags, capitals, population, area, currency, languages, calling codes and neighbours - Switch between the historical and modern map in one tap IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Arabic. Made for students, teachers, quiz fans and anyone curious how the world got the way it is. Whether you're studying for an exam, settling an argument about ancient empires or just wandering through time - Geographic History is your atlas of everywhere, at every year. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hops4 screens
Geographic History4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hops at none against Geographic History's 2. Geographic History's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Geographic History sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Hops asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hops ships an update every 5 days, Geographic History weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hops versus Geographic History: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHopsGeographic History
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB160 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSAMEER RAMESH VARTAKDanil Zosim

In-app purchases

None

Hops

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Geographic History

Subscriptions2
  • Geographic History PRO$3.991 Month
  • Geographic History PRO$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Hops free?
Hops is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Geographic History free?
Geographic History is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hops or Geographic History have ads?
Neither Hops nor Geographic History shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hops or Geographic History?
Hops ships an update every 5 days, and Geographic History weekly. Most recently, Hops was updated on October 25, 2026 and Geographic History on October 31, 2026.

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