# Urban Archive Explore History

> The City is Your Museum

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1154228951](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1154228951)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1154228951`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Urban Archive, Inc.
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (232 ratings)
- **Version:** 2023.2
- **Last updated:** 2023-04-20
- **First published:** 2017-03-08
- **Size:** 37 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-26
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/urban-archive-explore-history/id1154228951)
- **Website:** [http://urbanarchive.nyc/](http://urbanarchive.nyc/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://urbanarchive.nyc/privacy/](http://urbanarchive.nyc/privacy/)

## Description

UNCOVER HISTORY WHERE IT HAPPENED. Urban Archive is the largest mobile archive of NYC historical images, mapping tens of thousands across the five boroughs and growing daily. Explore the city’s past as it happened.

RECREATE HISTORY by shooting instant then-and-now photos of buildings and city streetscapes. Our partners include over 30 cultural institutions in NYC, such as the Museum of the City of New York, the Brooklyn Historical Society, the Museum of Chinese in America, and the New-York Historical Society. Learn more at www.urbanarchive.nyc.

## Rankings

- #98,329 — Overall
- #70 — explore

## Review summary

Urban Archive offers a rich, location-based history experience with a strong photo archive and map-driven exploration that makes city walks educational and immersive. Users praise its engaging content and the ability to submit corrections that are promptly updated. However, recurring issues include stability and performance problems (crashes, slow responses, timeouts) and inconsistent content loading (overlay data sometimes missing or delayed). There are also concerns about the quality of user-submitted images and the need for moderation. Overall, a powerful concept with ongoing bugs and content-control challenges.

### Pros

- Rich location-based historical content with a photo/text archive.
- Map-driven exploration that plots historical content on real-world locations for easy on-the-ground learning.
- Educational and immersive experience that makes walking around the city more engaging.
- Responsive community/developer support; user-submitted corrections are welcomed and updated quickly.

### Cons

- Stability and performance issues (crashes, slow responses, and occasional 'oops' errors or timeouts).

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