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I’ve been working on a small side project called Histoday for a while now — a “Today in History” app that makes historical events something you interact with daily instead of just reading a list of facts.

The Android version has been doing surprisingly well with 10k+ downloads and a few paying subscribers, which honestly gave me the confidence to finally ship the iOS version this week.

The core idea is simple:
Every day the app shows historical events that happened on that date, but I tried to make it more interactive than a typical history timeline.

Some of the things in the app:

• Daily history quiz with streaks and a leaderboard
• Calendar view where you can jump to any date in history
• Personalization (topics you care about, birthday events, favorites)
• 6 languages so it’s usable globally

One feature people seem to like is something I call “Time Travel.”

Instead of just reading a short paragraph about an event, the app lets you explore it in two modes:

Story mode – the event is told like a narrative in acts (Act I, Act II, etc.), so you can move through the lead-up, the event itself, and the consequences.

What-If mode – alternate history style prompts like “What if this event never happened?” or “What if the outcome was different?” It’s clearly marked as speculative but tries to stay grounded in the real timeline.

There’s also Ask AI, which lets you ask questions about any historical event directly inside the app.

The goal is basically to make history something you open daily, not something you only read when researching something.

Tech stack if anyone is curious:
• React Native (mobile)
• Laravel backend
• AI features via API

Still figuring out growth and monetization, but the early Android traction and first subscribers have been encouraging.

Happy to answer questions or hear feedback from other builders.

Very good! Why didn't you monitize it before release at least with admob or with mediation via Facebook network ? At least, you should have been making something daily though depends on daily active users on your app.

Which subscription are you talking about? Are you referring to In-App billing subscription? if yes, how much you charge and is it weekly or monthly subscription? Anyway that is a good motivation to push you ahead for the better. When did you launch it and is it organic download or via ads promotion?

Try and showcase the screenshot and link if possible for interested people to also download. Wish you more better luck as you improve it further

Well-done!

sreamsense:
Very good! Why didn't you monitize it before release at least with admob or with mediation via Facebook network ? At least, you should have been making something daily though depends on daily active users on your app.

Which subscription are you talking about? Are you referring to In-App billing subscription? if yes, how much you charge and is it weekly or monthly subscription? Anyway that is a good motivation to push you ahead for the better. When did you launch it and is it organic download or via ads promotion?

Try and showcase the screenshot and link if possible for interested people to also download. Wish you more better luck as you improve it further

Well-done!

This was my first app on production per say. So, I just wanted to put something out first. So, after the initial release on Android, I then subsequently added admob, then later I added in app subscriptions. The in-app subscriptions are just monthly and yearly. The prices vary from country to country.
For instance, the monthly is #800 in Nigeria, and 2 Pounds in the UK etc.

After the Android, the IOS was pretty easier to launch.

Links here
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.korlahwarleh.Histoday

IOS
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/histoday-history-quizzes/id6755877260

JMKO:
This was my first app on production per say. So, I just wanted to put something out first. So, after the initial release on Android, I then subsequently added admob, then later I added in app subscriptions. The in-app subscriptions are just monthly and yearly. The prices vary from country to country.
For instance, the monthly is #800 in Nigeria, and 2 Pounds in the UK etc.

After the Android, the IOS was pretty easier to launch.

Links here
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.korlahwarleh.Histoday

IOS
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/histoday-history-quizzes/id6755877260

You really try being first app, and organic download for that period is not bad. You can cool down to do better in your next app. If you ever decide to monitize future app, better to cool down to add admob and at least one mediation network. Aside people subscribing, those 10,000 users would have given you something via admob even if they see four banner, two intestinal ads only at a time even if they don't return. Always remember to safe guard your account against self clicking so that you can last for years. And remember to register all your phones advertising id with admob to avoid violating admob policies against seif clicking if necessary. Good luck and well done

sreamsense:
You really try being first app, and organic download for that period is not bad. You can cool down to do better in your next app. If you ever decide to monitize future app, better to cool down to add admob and at least one mediation network. Aside people subscribing, those 10,000 users would have given you something via admob even if they see four banner, two intestinal ads only at a time even if they don't return. Always remember to safe guard your account against self clicking so that you can last for years. And remember to register all your phones advertising id with admob to avoid violating admob policies against seif clicking if necessary. Good luck and well done

Thank you