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HistoryQ
Delft, Netherlands
What it is
HistoryQ is an iPhone and iPad game in which players guess a historical figure from clues and unlock that person’s story. Each day brings a new figure and story. Guess feedback narrows the answer by era, country, role, field, and gender, and a growing archive provides access to stories and supported earlier puzzles. The Free plan costs nothing; optional rewarded ads can unlock selected stories or Archive Passes. The one-time HistoryQ Premium Pack unlocks available archive puzzles and full historical stories in supported app versions. Future premium content is included only while the app and content service are maintained. No sign-up is required to begin, but the current release automatically creates a private profile and AWS-backed identifier for cloud backup. HistoryQ says it does not sell personal information and describes gameplay analytics as pseudonymous rather than anonymous. Its policy says per-run analytics and feedback are kept for about 24 months. The app includes an account-deletion flow for local data, cloud backup, and automatic cloud identity.
For and against
For
- A new historical figure and story arrive each day.
- Guess clues narrow by five listed characteristics.
- Optional rewarded ads can unlock selected stories.
- An account-deletion flow is included.
Against
- The listed platform availability is iOS only.
- Premium content depends on continued app and service maintenance.
- Gameplay analytics and feedback are kept for about 24 months.
The verdict
HistoryQ pairs a daily guessing puzzle with stories and an archive.
Who it suits
HistoryQ may suit players interested in daily history puzzles and revisiting stories in an archive. It is available on iPhone and iPad.
Plans and prices
Free
Daily mystery · optional rewarded ads can unlock selected stories or Archive Passes
Read 8 Oct 2026 · historyq.com
HistoryQ Premium Pack
Unlocks available archive puzzles and full historical stories in supported versions; future premium content included only while the app and content service are maintained
Read 8 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
On the record
- Archive
- The app describes a growing archive for revisiting stories and supported earlier puzzles.historyq.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Availability
- HistoryQ is available on iPhone and iPad.historyq.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Cloud save
- The privacy policy says the current release automatically creates an AWS-backed account identifier and backs up app state without requiring email sign-up first.historyq.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Daily content
- The app offers a new historical figure and story each day.historyq.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Data retention
- The policy says pseudonymous per-run gameplay analytics and feedback comments and ratings are kept for about 24 months.historyq.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Deletion
- The app includes an account-deletion flow that clears local gameplay and feedback data and deletes the AWS cloud backup and automatic cloud identity.historyq.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Guess feedback
- The demo shows guesses narrowed by era, country, role, field, and gender.historyq.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The privacy policy identifies Apple StoreKit, AWS Cognito and cloud services, Google AdMob, and Google User Messaging Platform as services used by the app.historyq.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- HistoryQ says it does not sell personal information and describes gameplay analytics as pseudonymous rather than anonymous.historyq.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- HistoryQ says it uses encrypted HTTPS connections, iOS Keychain storage for supported session tokens, AWS-managed infrastructure controls, and cloud-service access controls.historyq.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Signup
- The App Store description says no sign-up is required to begin and that the app automatically creates a private player profile for cloud backup.apps.apple.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker lists [email protected] for privacy requests and questions.historyq.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Unlock options
- Optional rewarded ads can unlock selected stories or Archive Passes, and the one-time Premium Pack unlocks available archive puzzles and full stories in supported app versions.apps.apple.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- What it does
- HistoryQ is a daily historical-figure guessing game where clues narrow the search and solving unlocks the figure’s story.historyq.com · read 8 Oct 2026
