App theme
The app’s logo well summarizes what this application is best at and that is giving you yesterday’s news today. Keeping track of the numerous events across time that shaped the very world as we know it, Today in History Lite edition takes us on an immersive walk across the roads of time. Aside from a bulging digital library overflowing with notable events and people from past centuries, it also works to bring history as it unfolds at this very moment in real-time and in enthralling fashion.
Features of Today in History Lite Edition
The interface is one built to please the eye and the mind, consisting of snippets of various events across our timeline some of which you may not have known even happened. Aside from a lovely 20-century outlook reminiscent of the nostalgic early days of reporting, the app also has the following features:
- An enormous record collection amassing an ever increasing count of more than 100,000 historical events and the personalities behind them.
- Quotes of the day: The interwebs are filled with amazing quotes from people who aren’t even aware they said them. With this app, you get daily reminders of who said what, how, when, and where. You’ll get some of the most inspiring phrases from top minds and many more from brilliant people throughout time.
- Headlines: As mentioned before, the app takes on the approach of news reporting of yesteryears and consequently consists of headlines in white and black imprints depicting exciting bits of history from all around time and all over the world.
- Nice arrangement of sections into various useful categories that curate different fields enabling you to delve into the areas that you love with ease. There is also a hidden search panel at the top end that enables you to specifically get the content you desire.
- Daily reminders that keep you in the know of unfolding events and also gives you regular updates from the past that might tickle your fancy.
How the app works
The home screen by default highlights the “Headline section” which consists of an assembly of various historical briefings that you can expand on by clicking the title of interest. There are also four other categories namely “Holiday”, “Events”, ”Deaths”, and “Births” with each category availing records in line with the subject matter of that group. You also search for specific information via a search panel and share content on different social avenues using the “Share” button.
The X-factor
Today in History Lite edition earns plaudits not for what you get but how you get it. Deviating from the bland nature of similar apps where history is defined as a list of Q&As, this app narrates history in intriguing storytelling fashion as if it were unfolding once again right before your very eyes. Commendable ratings of 4+ from close to 200 reviews on the Apple app store echo the sentiment that this app is quite unlike any that have graced the iOS platform before it.