History Extra: Unlock the past

Immediate Media Co

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About this app

Explore history with the HistoryExtra app. Discover thousands of features written by expert historians with exciting new content added daily from podcasts to masterclasses and more.

Content you can trust
Discover historical content from the team behind HistoryExtra Magazine

Save to archive
Bookmark your favourite articles and return to them later

Listen and watch
Enjoy a wide variety of podcasts, and watch our expert video lectures and masterclasses

History you can savour
Relax in an accessible reading, watching and listening experience

Big topics, key figures
Dive deep into the greatest historical topics from the ancient world to the Cold War

Explore the past, today

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Ratings and reviews

I'm using this app to help me quit social media. When I find myself with nothing to do for some minutes, I open this app instead of Twitter. This is a lot less toxic, offers quality content, articles not too long and interesting topics presented in a fun way. Totally recommend it. I don't give it 5 stars because I think the video player needs some work.

The design of the app is pleasant, and the idea is great, and that's about it. You can't access anything unless you subscribe. You should've made it paid to download from the start, not freely download it only to be met with thousands of paywall locked articles and podcasts. so what should I do? just look at them? One star, very disappointing and misleading.

Difficult to set up initial account due to (admitted) bugs in the app. Once going, fine,fast and easy to navigate. Edit After os install to Android 13 (don't know if that makes a difference), I can neither access my account, login or get past the subscription choices page. I have tried all the suggestions from the support service including login through web, uninstalling app, changing password etc. No change. They now tell me I should contact apple store. Cerray not going to pay for this!