The Civil War Today
By A&E Television Networks Mobile
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Description
150 years after the start of the American Civil War, HISTORY presents The Civil War Today, an award-winning app created by Bottle Rocket Apps exclusively for the iPad. For less than one penny per day you can experience the war as it unfolded, one day at a time, with daily updates that let you live the events in “real-time” over the course of four years.
***Member of the iTunes App Store Essentials Hall of Fame***
***iTunes App of the Week selection***
The Civil War Today leverages the iPad multi-touch interface to enable app users to feel and explore thousands of original documents, photos, maps, diary entries, quotes, and newspaper broadsheets like never before.
The Civil War Today includes:
• Daily Civil War updates from April 12, 2011 through April 26, 2015. The app content updates ONE DAY AT A TIME, precisely mirroring the events of 150 years ago
• “In the Headlines” featuring newspapers from every day of the war.
• Running tallies of the North and South casualty counts.
• “A Day in the Life” with personal letters and diary entries from 15 individuals including Abraham Lincoln, Horatio Nelson Taft, and Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut.
• Photo of the day and photo galleries.
• Quote of the day.
• Articles and video on featured topics.
• Authentic period maps from key battlegrounds.
• Daily North-South quiz.
• Detailed background scenes that put you in the time and place of the Civil War. (Northern city, Southern plantation, Western frontier town, military camp).
• Twitter integration to send a telegram via morse code.
• GameCenter integration to earn Civil War era appropriate achievements - and display them in a virtual medals case.
• Airplay integration for viewing of app video via Apple TV.
• Advanced multi-finger gesture functionality and custom toolbar for deep navigation.
Witness the Civil War play out 150 years later, one day at a time, in this first-of-its-kind app. HISTORY Made Every Day.
What's New in Version 1.1.1
- Replaces Version 1.1
- Corrects crash problem some users had with Version 1.1
- Corrects date advance issue some users had with Version 1.1
- IOS5 compatibilty fixes
- Font Sizing (zoom) capability within articles
- "New content" indicator
- Ability to favorite an entire day of content
- New favorites page
- Various bug fixes and stability enhancements
iPad Screenshots
Customer Reviews
Thanks for the quick fix!
Downloaded the update and had no problems launching the app now. Glad to see that this critical update was able to get out so quickly!
This great app is better than ever
The History Channel has been proactive in correcting the recent flawed update. I emailed them when the update would not load. The development team contacted me and asked me to be a beta tester on the latest update. I received 2 updates to test this past Saturday. They did a great job with the latest version.
Many reviewers asked that the diary section have a highlight if the writer made an entry. No more wasted time on empty diary entries. You got it. Many reviewers asked for a way to enlarge text in the articles. You got it. You can save favorites in more ways now. I have noticed the data loads much quicker now.
I made a couple of suggestions for a future update. I was told they would be passed on to the appropriate parties. If you have any suggestions post them in a review (they are reading them) or send them an email directly.
This app is not a replacement for a treatise on the Civil War. If you want a treatise go to the book store. It is entertaining and you can learn much from it. It can be a good jumping off source if you see something of interest. It is also great that you can't cheat and jump forward in time.
My favorite sections are the diaries, newspapers and the photographs. There is just so much day to day life of the common person that you can learn. While the generals and politicians got the glory or infamy the soldier in the field or woman back home bore the burdens and heartache. It is awesome to see the war from their point of view every day.
This is the most expensive app I bought (paid full price when it first came out) but if you do the math it is only pennies per day. If you have not bought it you will spend time catching up from last April but you will not be sorry. This will be one of, if not the first, apps you go to each day if you are a history buff.
Enjoy!
Good update
Not seeing any more problems after most recent update. Incredible response to get an update out this fast knowing Apple's review process. Developer really seems to care!! I love this app and want to see more updates.
- $5.99
- Category: Entertainment
- Updated: Mar 26, 2012
- Version: 1.1.1
- Size: 28.6 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: A&E Television Networks Mobile
- © 2012: A&E Television Networks, LLC.
Requirements: Compatible with iPad.Requires iOS 4.2 or later.
