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Today in History: Flashback
Stop doom scrolling. Learn history instead.
Flashback is a free iOS app that turns idle scroll time into something worth remembering. Every card is a real person or event that shaped the world — told in plain language. 1,800+ cards from 15+ countries. A new Today in History card pinned every morning. 50 Deep Dive long-form articles (WWII, Genghis Khan, Fall of Rome). Daily 7 PM history reminder. No accounts. Works offline. Free. History worth knowing.
I built Flashback because I kept doom scrolling and learning nothing. I'm a developer, not a historian, so I built the app I actually wanted to use.
The whole thing is a SwiftUI feed backed by a SQLite DB I built with a Python ETL pipeline. Cards are enriched with Wikipedia + Wikidata, then GPT writes the "why it matters" for each one. 1,782 cards across 15+ countries so far.
The newest feature is Deep Dive, 50+ long-form articles that show how historical moments connect to each other. Tap World War II, see the Treaty of Versailles as a root cause, tap that, keep going.
It's free, no accounts, works offline. Would love feedback from this community — especially on what history topics feel missing.
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/to...
About Today in History: Flashback on Product Hunt
“Stop doom scrolling. Learn history instead. ”
Today in History: Flashback was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 4 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #110 on the daily leaderboard. Flashback is a free iOS app that turns idle scroll time into something worth remembering. Every card is a real person or event that shaped the world — told in plain language. 1,800+ cards from 15+ countries. A new Today in History card pinned every morning. 50 Deep Dive long-form articles (WWII, Genghis Khan, Fall of Rome). Daily 7 PM history reminder. No accounts. Works offline. Free. History worth knowing.
On the analytics side, Today in History: Flashback competes within iOS, Productivity and Education — topics that collectively have 840.5k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Today in History: Flashback performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Today in History: Flashback?
Today in History: Flashback was hunted by Antonio Gutierrez Sanchez. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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