New in On This Date 2.1 • More to discover: Explore more than 5,000 facts and bring more history into your day, even offline. • Your topics, your choice: Pick interests and subtopics more easily, and skip topics or sensitive events you would rather not see. • Share your discoveries: Turn facts into image cards for messages and stories, free for everyone. • History on your Lock Screen: With Pro, read a preview of today's fact without opening the app. Widget previews and a setup guide help you add your widgets. (Thanks Fabian for the idea!) • Your ideas matter: Send bug reports and feature requests straight from Settings. Your collected facts and favorites stay with you.

New in On This Date 2.0 • A refreshed design with a clearer fact card, swipe navigation and a new app icon. The original icon is still available in Settings. • Facts for all 366 calendar days from a built-in catalog, available offline. Discover up to five events each day and open the sources to learn more. • Your interests help decide which facts appear first. Choose topics, a region and a period. • Introducing On This Date Pro: an optional one-time purchase with no subscription. Pro removes ads and adds up to ten daily facts, favorites, and medium and large Home Screen widgets. A timeline shows your discoveries for the day you are viewing. Your collected facts are preserved. Entries from the previous app version are in Settings under “Earlier saved facts.” On This Date 2.0 requires iOS 26 or later.

Ready for the Next Generation This update lays the technical foundation for upcoming improvements to fact generation. We are already using the new OpenAI API with a current GPT model, as well as Apple’s new Foundation Models framework. The result is a more modern architecture, more efficient use of resources, and a solid foundation for much bigger improvements in future releases.

+++ Bug-Fixing at its best +++ [What's New:] + We switched to a new SwiftOpenAI library to be prepared for the upcoming future and using newest models for best user experience [Fixed:] + The retry counter did not consider the year the attempts were made. Now it does. So you just have to wait another year to have 5 fresh attempts of getting a new fascinating fact of your most beloved day in history.

+++ Introducing Custom Topic Sorting +++ [What's New:] + Personalized Content Priority: Tailor your app experience like never before with our new sorting feature. Now you can arrange your favorite topics in the order you prefer, ensuring that you see more of what you love, more often.

+++ Welcome fellow Spanish speakers +++ [What's New:] + Adds spanish as new language And of course, we've snagged a few bugs and squashed them to make your app experience even smoother. Ready for an upgrade? Dive in now and take your app experience to the next level!

+++ Epic Update Alarm! +++ [What's New:] + GDPR Compliance: We've joined forces with Google Ads to amp up your privacy. Your data's never been safer! + New Settings Page: Your command center for customization: • Language Swap: Choose your preferred language. • Custom Facts: Set the scope and time for fact generation. • Privacy Tweaks: Adjust GDPR settings with ease. • Privacy Policy: Transparency at a glance. + Daily Reminders: Never miss a moment in history with our new push notification reminders. And of course, we've snagged a few bugs and squashed them to make your app experience even smoother. Ready for an upgrade? Dive in now and take your app experience to the next level!

+++ Epic Update Alarm! +++ [What's New:] + GDPR Compliance: We've joined forces with Google Ads to amp up your privacy. Your data's never been safer! + New Settings Page: Your command center for customization: • Language Swap: Choose your preferred language. • Custom Facts: Set the scope and time for fact generation. • Privacy Tweaks: Adjust GDPR settings with ease. • Privacy Policy: Transparency at a glance. And of course, we've snagged a few bugs and squashed them to make your app experience even smoother. Ready for an upgrade? Dive in now and take your app experience to the next level!

Fixes calculation of "years ago" to use current year and not 2021 on which ChatGPT was trained

Read below what you can expect from this new awesome version. I bet it's worth it! Adds: - Support for the german language - See the dates of the previous and next facts you can view, below the arrows Fixes: - When fact is very long, the text of the fact is now shrinking instead of the date