# History Book - Browse & Search

> Search your browsing history

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1619241039](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1619241039)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1619241039`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** And a Dinosaur
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (15 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-04
- **First published:** 2022-05-23
- **Size:** 3.06 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/history-book-browse-search/id1619241039)
- **Website:** [https://andadinosaur.com/launch-history-book](https://andadinosaur.com/launch-history-book)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://andadinosaur.com/launch-history-book#history-book-privacy-policy](https://andadinosaur.com/launch-history-book#history-book-privacy-policy)

## Description

History Book automatically saves your browsing history for searching later.

By default, it only auto-saves pages that contain an article, so you don’t have to worry about it saving your sensitive data.

If you want, you can configure it to auto-save every webpage. If you are feeling paranoid, you can disable auto-save entirely. You can also exclude websites that you never want to auto-save.

You can use it as a read-it-later app, but I mostly use it as a search app.

For privacy reasons, History Book stores your browsing history in iCloud. Apart from the iCloud sync, History Book does not collect, store, or transmit any personal information.

History Book has no in-app purchases, no ads, and no tracking. It’s a universal purchase, so you only have to buy it once to use it on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Caveat:
- The app uses readability.js to check whether a webpage is readable. It is likely to produce both false positives and false negatives.
- The app is written in SwiftUI, which means there are some not-quite-standard behaviors and UI bugs that I can’t fix.
- The app uses iCloud for syncing.

Note: The “can read and alter webpages” text in the permission section is just unfortunate wording. History Book needs access to the web page to save the content. It’s not doing anything creepy!

## Rankings

- #283,242 — Overall
- #15 — auto history wipe
- #86 — browsing

## Review summary

Overall, reviewers praise History Book for strong cross-device research support and a clean, memory-friendly design. They repeatedly want better folder organization (nested folders, colored icons, Safari parsing) and additional features like PDF export and improved reading options. There are also calls for broader browser integration beyond Safari. In short, a solid research tool that would benefit from enhanced folder management, export options, and wider browser support.

### Pros

- Excellent cross-device research utility across Apple devices.
- Strong, intuitive design with reliable memory for saved items.
- High capacity for saving items, with users noting it can be effectively unlimited.
- Generally reliable and easy to use for research tasks.

### Cons

- Lack of advanced folder organization and customization (no nested folders, no colored icons; requests for folder parsing from Safari).
- Missing export and reading-mode features (PDF export from saved items; typography/readability improvements).
- Limited browser integration; desire for Chrome/Firefox plugins beyond Safari extensions.

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