Back in Time for iPhone app for iPhone and iPad

4.8 ( 5408 ratings )

Education Book
Developer: Landka

4.99 USD

Current version: 2.1.4, last update: 5 years ago
First release : 02 Dec 2011
App size: 627.58 Mb

• "...a beautifully executed lesson on the history of the universe" - The New York Times
• Winner of the WSA Mobile Award
• Top1 iPhone Book App in 10 Countries
• Featured by The New York Times (Top10 iPad Apps of the year)
• Featured by the American Photo Magazine (Top 10 Photo eBooks of the year)

For iPad download - Back in Time

Back in Time will take you on a stunning exploration of the history of our Universe, Earth, Life and Civilization. A journey through time where each event is documented with social and historical context, several images, an illustrative timeline and little-known interesting facts. Custom made animations bring those events to life, creating an interesting, immersive learning experience.

An imaginary clock will guide you through this quest, proposing a simple analogy: the entire Universe started 24 hours ago. The Big Bang, the source of time and space, is the first event in our journey – the clock reads 0:00 hours. Today, 13.7 billion years later, the clock reads midnight. In between is a sequence of key events that has brought us to where we are today. Explore them, place them in perspective, see how they relate and understand the connections.

We invite you to take a step back and see the whole picture.

:::: REVIEWS - iPad version ::::

"The coolest history textbook you’ll find on the iPad"
- Bob Tedeschi, The New York Times

“The iPad could use more apps like this one.”
- The Daily

“...a beautifully executed lesson on the history of the universe and the evolution of life on earth. Great for high school students or parents who’d like to tutor younger children and enjoy a first-rate experience of their own...”
- Bob Tedeschi, The New York Times

“...the best iPad apps are those that combine coffee table-styled books with the fluid nature of the iPad’s interface. Back in Time is just that, it’s the story of the entire history of our universe made interactive on the iPad.”
- Casey Chan, Gizmodo (App of the Day)

“Back in Time is utterly gorgeous in its presentation. (...) The app is so easy to navigate that it is a delight to explore. Landka could scarcely have done a better job in putting everything together.”
- Gwen Phua, Appmodo

:::: FEATURES ::::

Designed for iPhone;
47 chapters;
Over 350 remarkable images;
60+ amazing animations and videos;
40+ illustrated timelines;
More than 200 little-known interesting facts;
Music by the compositor Rodrigo Leão;
Developed in 7 different languages
(English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Japanese and Chinese);
No internet connection required.

Pros and cons of Back in Time for iPhone app for iPhone and iPad

Back in Time for iPhone app good for

Thanks is a must have app, very chill app for planets, galaxy, earth and explain history! • Yann E

Lots of nonsense apps on the store but this one is just amazing. I love everything about it.

This is the best educational application made for iphone i think. But there is a little mistake in "human migrations" section where the time line shows million years instead of thousand.

Some bad moments

Graphically nice, but its nothing more than a timeline. Some information about the events would be a major improvement.

There is nothing of note or great about this app. There was little to interact with. Seriously, it was a rip-off at 4.99. This should have been a free app that you down load check out and delete in 10 minutes.

Its amazing how much information is packed into this app - and the presentation is stunning. I use it to show my daughter history (large-scale!) - and Im learning a lot as well. If you are familiar with the NOVA series, this is very much like watching an interactive version of that. [Note: someone else reviewed this as "just a timeline" - it most certainly is NOT just that. At any point you can jump into the epoch to see relevant imagery, animation, videos, and text.]

Great concept. Not enough information in each time frame though, interface is difficult. add more stuff

I disagree with people who say it isnt interactive enough. Its putting all of history in biite size amounts to help put it in perspective! Id end up paying far more for a book that had this information, and this app includes videos, music and pictures! Great job!

I disagree with any who say this isnt worth it. Im a student in highschool, I very much enjoy learning new things, especially science, even scientific history. I also love music, not just modern pop or anything, I love more classical pieces as well, and Back in Time mixes both of the previous exquisitely. The music, if you ask me, fits the concept beautifully, as it feels like its playing a description of how, as time has progressed, things have changed so much in our small part of the universe, yet have remained unchanged at the same time. I sincerely hope that even more information will be added to this over time, though even if it isnt, Ill still love it. Hope I was able to put into words well enough just how much I appreciate and cherish this wondrous app.

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