History Extra: Unlock the past

Name: History Extra: Unlock the past
Rating: 4.8 (347 reviews)
Author: Immediate Media Company Limited

By: Immediate Media Company Limited App

Historical features & podcasts

Overview

Version:

490.1.1

Last updated: 2026-07-01

Features & Capabilities

Explore history with History Extra: Unlock the Past. This extension gives you thousands of expert‑written features and daily content—from podcasts to masterclasses—alongside trusted History Extra Magazine material.

Save favourites in an archive, listen to podcasts, and watch expert video lectures. Dive into big topics from ancient history to the Cold War and enjoy a reading, listening, and viewing experience you can revisit anytime. For support, email support@historyextra.com.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Education Content News & Magazines

By:

Immediate Media Company Limited

Rating:

4.80

(347) 3 new ratings

Version:

490.1.1 Last updated: 2026-07-01

Version code:

887608642

Creation date:

2022-07-20

Compatible devices:

Size:

78.91MB

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-19

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 91,236 ▲ 36

Other rankings

#86 in features keyword 56 ▲ 13

Other platforms

History Extra: Unlock the past (v490.1.1)

70,924 4.60

(379)

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Developed by:

Immediate Media Company Limited

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/history-extra-unlock-the-past/id1608050088

Website:

https://www.historyextra.com/the-historyextra-app/

User Reviews

History Extra is praised for high-quality, well-researched history content across articles, podcasts, and videos, plus a user library and ad-free option for subscribers. However, users frequently complain about a clunky UI and weak cross-format navigation, missing playback controls (resume, queue, autoplay, speed, sleep timer), and content/access friction due to subscriptions and ads. Occasional performance issues like crashes or slow loading also appear. Overall, strong content hampered by navigation, playback, and access friction.

Pros

High-quality, well-researched, engaging historical content (written and spoken).
Formats across articles, podcasts, and videos with a discoverable library that lets you access content anytime and organize it by interests.
Ad-free listening option for subscribers.
Valuable resource that broadens understanding and sparks curiosity about history.

Cons

Clunky, cluttered UI with poor navigation and limited cross-format search/filters; difficult to browse between podcasts, videos, and articles.
Playback features missing or limited: no resume/where left off, no queue/autoplay, no speed control, no sleep timer.
Content gating via subscriptions and ads; many items require subscription or exposure to ads.
Performance issues such as crashes or slow loading on some devices.

Recent reviews

Excellent written and spoken information that helps us to understand our past. Some of the information is amusing and some is very troubling, but it all gives us information that may help us to improve our ability to make better decisions going forward. Unlike many sources, it is very well researched.

by S.*****, 2026-01-31

I’m Gen Z and recently turned 25 and woke up realizing I had given so much of my conscious attention away to algorithmically generated advertisements and horrors. History Extra is a way that lets me get the satisfaction of finding something genuinely interesting on my phone without opening a social media app at all.