Sorting History

About Sorting History

Each event comes as a card with a title, a short description and the year hidden. You scroll the timeline, tap an arrow between two cards and press Place Here, or drag the card into position; on iPad drag is the default. Get it right and the year is revealed and the timeline grows. A wrong placement shows you where it really goes. There is no timer, and the descriptions often mention people, places and technologies that hint at the era.

The Daily Challenge card sits on the main menu. The category and events are set by the date, so friends can compare results on equal terms, and the category rotates through all of them, so some days you get a topic you would not pick. It takes under two minutes, and the results screen shows your score, accuracy and time with a Share button. A daily streak marks 7, 14, 30, 100 and 365 days, and paid tiers add streak freezes. The Daily Challenge is free on every tier.

Sorting History comes from Empty Cup Media LLC; the developer says he built it for his wife, a fan of the board game Chronology. It came to the App Store in April 2026 and has 19 categories with more than 2,000 events, from US History and World Wars to Food and Drink and Japanese History. Outside the daily you can play solo games of 5 to 30 rounds, pass the phone between 2 to 6 players or play two teams over local Wi-Fi. It is free with ads; Explorer and Historian subscriptions or lifetime purchases remove ads and add categories, and Historian adds History Pinpoint, where you guess the exact year.

How to play Sorting History

1. Tap the Daily Challenge card on the main menu to see today's category.
2. Read the event card; its year is hidden.
3. Scroll the timeline, tap the arrow where it belongs and press Place Here, or drag the card into place.
4. See the year revealed and move to the next event; there are five in all.
5. Check your score and accuracy, then share the result with friends who played the same events.

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Tips

• Read the whole description: names, places and technology in it often narrow down the decade.
• Take your time, as there is no timer in the Daily Challenge and you only get one attempt.
• Turn on Learning Mode in solo games so events you miss come back until you know them.
• If you play every day on a free account, keep an eye on the streak, as only paid tiers have streak freezes.

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