February 14, 2011
History, There’s an Android App for That
By Elisabeth Grant
Our last “History, There’s an App for That” post exclusively featured iPhone apps, to the chagrin of Android phone users. Since that post the Android Market has gone live online, making it much easier to search for Android apps. We’ve scoured this new resource and collected a number of apps historians may be interested in. While it does appear that iPhone still has a wider and better selection of history apps, Android history apps are at least now more available.
What have we left out? Do you use Android or iPhone apps as a historian or in the classroom? Let us know in the comments what you like and use.
Android History Apps
- Books
- Google Books (Free) provides access to 3 million free books as well as ebooks you can buy.
- Kindle (Free) offers some free books and a wide selection of recent titles.
- Reference
- United States Constitution (Free) includes timelines, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Gettysburg Address.
- Wikidroid (Free) or Wikidroid Plus ($2) allows you to access Wikipedia in a format easier to use on your phone.
- FactBook (Free) offers access to info from the CIA World Fact Book and the United Nations.
- Tools
- Document Scanner ($3.98) allows you to scan documents with your phone’s camera and convert them to PDFs.
- Travel
- Georeader (Free) reads historical landmarks and markers when you pass by them.
- Find contact info, links to collections, hours, directions and more for museums in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, NYC, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.
- Today in History Apps
- Today’s Document from the National Archives (Free)
- The Associated Press’s Today in History App ($0.99)
- Today in Geek History (Lite version is free, or full version is $0.99)
- News Apps
- New York Times (Free)
- Chicago Tribune (Free)
- TIME Mobil (Free)
- LA Times (Free)
Comment:
Thank you so much for listing the Georeader app. History has always been my passion and the making the app has been a labor of love for me. I hope you like it. If there are any questions you have please email me at info@mygeoreader.com. Thanks again!
Dave
— Dave Moreau Feb 14, 07:51 PM
Comment:
From the makers of Today in Geek History, there is now Today in Movie History for Android!
These apps for the iPhone are coming soon.
— Ron Gaba Mar 22, 12:25 PM