HistoryGuessr
We show you a frame from history. You guess where and when it was taken.
Free · iPhone · iOS 17+ · no adsOne frame, two questions
Each round puts a historical photograph in front of you. You drop a pin on the map and pick a year. The closer you get, the more points — and the faster you answer, the more you keep.
Where
A guess within 25 km earns full location points. The map is Apple Maps; no account, no sign-up.
When
Year points drop fast as the gap grows. Reading the clues inside a photograph is a skill you pick up.
Real archives
Photos come from Wikimedia Commons — public domain or openly licensed. Every frame's credits appear when the round ends.
A real opponent
Two kinds of rival, and neither one is a bot.
Live 1v1 duel
Real-time matchmaking through Game Center. Same frames, same seconds; when the round ends both guesses open on the map.
Challenge a friend
You play first, then send the link. Your friend plays the same frames — and the rival they face is your real guesses, at your real speed.
No server, no account
A challenge link carries everything inside itself: which frames, what you guessed and how many seconds you took. With nothing in between, the game is free, sign-up free and works largely offline. Nowhere records who sent what to whom — because there is nowhere to record it.
The details are in the privacy policy.
AKG Interactive
An independent iOS game studio. It has one game so far and is busy making that one better. If you found a bug or have an idea, do write — it genuinely gets read.
support@akginteractive.comFrequently asked
Short answers. The long ones are on the about page.
What is HistoryGuessr?
A game in which you guess where and when a historical photograph was taken. Each round shows a real archive frame; you drop a pin on a map and pick a year. The closer both guesses are to the truth, the more points you score.
Is HistoryGuessr free?
Completely. There are no in-app purchases, no subscription and no advertising. Diamonds, the one in-game currency, are earned only by playing — they cannot be bought with real money.
Do I need an account to play?
No. There is no sign-up in the app or in the browser version. The game has no server storing player data; your scores and statistics live on your own device.
Can I play without installing anything?
Yes. The full game runs in the browser at akginteractive.com/oyna/ — live 1v1 duel included. It is not a demo; it is the same game.
Is there an Android version?
There is no native Android app. The browser version plays fine on Android phones.
Where do the photographs come from?
All of them from Wikimedia Commons: public-domain or openly licensed archive images, spanning roughly 1801 to 2019. Each frame's title, creator, licence and source link are shown when the round ends.
How is it different from GeoGuessr?
Two differences. First, time: knowing the place gets you only half the points, the other half comes from naming the year. Second, the source: real archive photographs and paintings rather than street view.
Can I play against a friend?
Two ways. A live 1v1 duel matches you through Game Center; or you play first and send a challenge link, and your friend plays the same frames against your real guesses and your real times.