World Timeline vs MistakeBook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
World Timeline
Explore world history visually with an interactive globe and a comprehensive timeline. Tap events to learn their significance and generate study prompts. Designed for homeschoolers and students, it offers a big-picture view of civilizations and historical moments.
- Interactive globe with shifting political maps
- Scrollable timeline from Creation to present
- Detailed event descriptions and significance
- Study playground for AI prompt generation
- Offline functionality
- Year-by-year political map redraws
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See all of history on one spinning globe. Move from Creation to today and watch empires rise and fall, then tap a place, person or event to read the story behind it. Made by a homeschool dad for families, students and anyone who wants the big picture of world history and Bible history in one place. 1,700+ events · 100+ people · works offline RECENTLY ADDED • Search: type an event, person or place and jump straight to it • Press play and watch history move at 1, 10 or 100 years a second • A new time dial: roll through the centuries with a flick, or jump to Creation, the Flood, Christ, 1776 and more • 100+ people with profiles of their own, from Abraham and Moses to Lincoln and Mandela • Every timeline event now has a full write-up • Stories of how nations around the world won their independence • Hundreds of map years corrected, with new maps for Babel, King David and Cyrus • Dark mode and screen dimming for evening lessons WHAT'S INSIDE Interactive Globe A view of the world before the Flood, then historical borders from the Flood to today. Watch borders shift as you move through time, or press play and let the centuries roll by. Tap a region to see who held it, with write-ups on the major empires, kingdoms and peoples. U.S. states show when they joined and how the land was acquired. Timeline More than 6,000 years on one scrollable canvas, from Creation to today, with major nations and empires side by side. See at a glance which powers were rising while others were falling, and pinch to zoom in on any era. Events and People More than 1,700 events: Biblical events, battles, the founding of nations, voyages, inventions and turning points. Search by name, filter by category, and tap any one to read the story. More than 100 people have profiles of their own: who they were, why they are famous, the impact they had and how they died. Study Playground Pick the people, places and events you are studying and get a ready-made study prompt for ChatGPT or Claude. One-tap presets cover Biblical events, the Story of Jesus, Ancient Rome, the Founding of America, the Reformation, both World Wars and more. Works offline The globe, the maps and all the history ship inside the app. No account, no login and no signal needed. BUILT FOR HOMESCHOOL World Timeline gives kids the big-picture view a textbook chapter cannot: how the stories, civilizations and events of the past line up on one map and one timeline. It works alongside whatever history curriculum you use. The chronology is anchored to the Septuagint, placing Creation at 5554 BC and the Flood at 3298 BC. History is presented in an atlas-style voice and, where it is relevant, from a Biblical perspective, so families can use the lens that fits their studies. The app keeps growing. New events, people and map corrections arrive regularly, most of them without a store update. FREE, WITH AN OPTIONAL UPGRADE World Timeline is free to download, and the timeline, events and study tools are never interrupted. After you have explored the globe for a while, a pop-up now and then offers a one-time purchase that removes it for good, or a short optional video to keep going free. There is no subscription. Everyone who bought the app before it went free keeps the full version automatically. A NOTE ON ACCURACY History is big and the record is imperfect. Borders start from a public research dataset that maps political control at snapshot years, corrected by hand in hundreds of places; between snapshots the app shows the most recent map. Outlines known to be rough are drawn dashed and marked approximate. Dates and details are simplified for clarity, and reasonable sources disagree. Use World Timeline as a learning companion and a starting point for deeper study. If you spot something wrong, the feedback form on the About tab reaches me directly, and I read every message. Made by BlessedHomeschoolDad.com
MistakeBook
Log and review incorrect answers to improve learning. Organize mistakes by subject and topic, and utilize spaced repetition to reinforce weak areas. Track progress with visual charts and daily check-ins for effective test preparation.
- Log mistakes with photos and notes
- Organize by subject and custom tags
- Spaced repetition review mode
- Ebbinghaus forgetting curve schedule
- Progress charts and stats dashboard
- Data import/export backup
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Capture every wrong answer in seconds. Sort mistakes by subject, tag key topics, and build a personal error bank—no account required. Preparing for midterms, finals, or standardized tests? Spaced review quizzes follow the forgetting curve so weak spots come back at the right time. See progress charts and daily check-ins to stay on track. • Log mistakes with photos, notes, and difficulty tags • Organize by subject, chapter, and custom tags • Review mode: quiz, practice, and spaced repetition • Ebbinghaus schedule for smarter recall • Stats dashboard: mastery trends and weak areas • Import/export backup—data stays on your device Built for students who want a simple, private way to turn errors into higher scores.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MistakeBook at 100% against World Timeline's 50%. MistakeBook also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). World Timeline's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99). On update cadence, in-app purchases 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
World Timeline is free to download; MistakeBook costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
World Timeline ships an update every 2 weeks, MistakeBook monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | World Timeline | MistakeBook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 475 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Washe | Xiamen City Fanyou Network Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
World Timeline
MistakeBook
In-app purchases
World Timeline
No in-app purchases
MistakeBook
No in-app purchases









