DocsTeach vs HistoryBytes
DocsTeach
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| Figure | DocsTeach | HistoryBytes |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $4.08/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 11 |
| Spec score · History Learning Apps | 8.8 (#3) | 8.9 (#2) |
| Rating on Apple App Store | 2.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings | 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews |
| Support | DocsTeach lists [email protected] for questions and comments. | Support is provided by email at [email protected], with replies usually within a few business days. |
| What it does | DocsTeach is an interactive National Archives resource for teaching history and civics with primary-source documents. | HistoryBytes is a mobile history-learning game combining illustrated story episodes, quizzes, collectible cards and competitive play. |
Plans
HistoryBytes
- FreeFree
- Free ForeverFree
- Premium Monthly$4.99 a month
- Premium Monthly Pass$4.99 a month
- Premium Yearly$49 a year
- Founder Lifetime Single$99, paid once
- Founder Lifetime Family$199, paid once
- Premium Annual Pass$4,959.88 a year
- Founder VIP Deal — Single Pass$99,199, paid once
- Premium Lifetime Pass$99,199, paid once
In their own words
DocsTeach
DocsTeach is a free interactive teaching website built around primary sources in the National Archives holdings. Its collection includes thousands of letters, photographs, speeches, posters, maps, and videos. Teachers can create activities by selecting a tool and sources, then customizing instructions. Activity formats include document analysis, discussion, compare and contrast, zoom and crop, sequencing, mapping, and interpreting data. Students can submit and save responses for a teacher to view in My Students’ Responses, or send responses by email. Teachers can share activities to Google Classroom, where students can turn in their work through its button. For lessons using other materials, teachers can upload JPG, PNG, GIF, or JPEG documents and images up to 8 MB per file. The redesigned site supports exploring and creating activities on computers and tablets, and students can turn in work through the DocsTeach App for iPad. A free account costs nothing and allows users to create, save, and share activities and primary sources, and access hundreds more educator activities. Creating an account requires a name, email address, and password.
HistoryBytes
HistoryBytes is a history learning and entertainment app for iOS and Android. It pairs historical information with quizzes in short, interactive lessons and advertises more than 1,200 episodes or lessons alongside over 3,600 collectible cards. The app offers Story Mode, an endless card-collecting game, multiplayer Arena modes, and a historical World Map. Its free Season 1 plan includes over ten hours of story content, with daily caps of 25 BytesFlow card swipes and three Battles and three 1v1 matches; it has no ads or credit card requirement. Premium Monthly Pass costs $4.99 a month and includes current Seasons and unlimited Arena and Stream. Premium Annual Pass costs $4,959.88 a year, billed yearly. Paid content is purchased through Apple App Store or Google Play in-app purchases, not directly on the website. HistoryBytes aims to add a Season monthly, but says timing is not guaranteed. The app is licensed for private, non-commercial use.