Hear it
Painted scenes. A voice that tells it.
Every scene is illustrated like a mid-century travel poster and read aloud. Captions light up word by word, so you can read along or just listen.
Narrated · Illustrated · 5 min a day
The great stories everyone quotes.
David and Goliath. The writing on the wall. Caesar at the Rubicon. You know the lines. Herald tells you the stories behind them, one five-minute chapter at a time.
Coming soon to the App Store
Free to start. For iPhone.
- 29 stories
- 145 chapters
- 5 min a chapter
Every phrase has a story.
Herald tells it in five minutes, with painted scenes and a narrator who makes you see it.
- Forbidden fruit
- My brother’s keeper
- David and Goliath
- A still small voice
- The writing on the wall
- Swords into plowshares
- The lions’ den
- No room at the inn
- Turn the other cheek
- The salt of the earth
- Cast the first stone
- Born again
- The road to Damascus
- The four horsemen
- Crossing the Rubicon
- The die is cast
- Et tu, Brute?
- Bread and circuses
- Hannibal at the gates
Inside a chapter
Five minutes that stay with you.
Every story has five short chapters. Each one plays like an illustrated book that reads itself to you, then checks what stuck.
See it
See where it happened.
Animated maps draw the story as it moves. Watch Rome spread across a continent, then follow Hannibal over the Alps.
Get it
Where the phrase began.
Motion explainers build timelines, family trees and cutaways, then trace a famous line back to the page it came from.
A Herald quiz asking who said a line, next to a legendary David hero card being unlocked.
Keep it
Make it stick.
A quick quiz closes every chapter. Every story ends in a timed boss battle, and you collect hero cards along the way, from shepherds to emperors.
The library
Pick a shelf.
29 stories and 145 chapters so far, from the Garden of Eden to the fall of Rome. New stories arrive inside the app. No update needed.
The Bible · 21 stories
From Eden to Easter
Shepherds, giants, queens and prophets. The stories behind half the phrases you know.
Adam and Eve: The Forbidden Fruit 
Noah: The Flood 
Abraham: Father of Nations 
Jacob: The Stolen Blessing 
Joseph: The Dreamer 
Moses: Let My People Go 
David: The Shepherd King 
Solomon: The Wise King 
Elijah: The Chariot of Fire 
Jonah: The Runaway Prophet 
Isaiah: Swords into Plowshares 
Daniel: In the Lions’ Den 
Esther: For Such a Time as This 
The Nativity: No Room at the Inn 
Fishers of Men: Jesus in Galilee 
The Sower: Stories Jesus Told 
The Woman at the Well: Cast the First Stone 
Born Again: Jesus at the Feasts 
The Road to Jerusalem: The Good Samaritan 
The Passion: Before the Rooster Crows 
The Empty Tomb: He Is Not Here
Ancient Rome · 5 stories
Empire, power and betrayal
Twelve centuries of ambition, knives in the Senate and very good roads.
The Rise and Fall of Rome: Twelve Centuries, Five Chapters 
Hannibal at the Gates: Rome vs Carthage 
Caesar: The Rubicon and the Ides 
Augustus and the Roman Peace: The First Emperor 
The Fall of Rome: Rome Divided
Saints & Martyrs · 3 stories
Faith that changed the world
Hermits, rebels and a teenage general. The people who bent two thousand years of history.
Peter: The Rock 
Paul: The Road to Damascus 
Revelation: The Four Horsemen
The habit
Five minutes a day.
Herald fits between the coffee and the commute. One chapter, one quiz, done. Then it keeps you coming back, gently.
- One pathYour stories in order. Open Herald and the next chapter is already waiting.
- A daily editionA new edition every day. Five questions, one shot each.
- Streaks with freezesKeep the flame lit. A freeze covers the busy day, so one miss doesn’t end your run.
- WidgetsYour streak, your next chapter and today’s edition, right on your Home Screen and Lock Screen.
- One gentle reminderPick a time. Herald writes once a day, and never after you’ve read.
The tour
Every screen, as it is.
Real screens, straight from the app.
Questions
Good questions.
Is Herald free?
Yes, to start. The first two chapters of every story are free. Herald Pro unlocks every chapter, boss battles, unlimited hearts and the full hero collection, billed monthly or yearly through your Apple Account. Where a free trial is offered, you see it before you subscribe.
Do I have to be religious?
No. Herald tells these as stories and history: what the text says, where it happened and why people still quote it. Rome and the first witnesses sit on the same shelf. You bring your own beliefs.
How long does it take?
About five minutes a chapter. Five chapters make a story. Most people read one chapter a day.
Which languages?
English and Portuguese. The narration is recorded in English. In Portuguese, all text and subtitles are in Portuguese.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Once a story is on your iPhone, it plays without a connection. Herald prepares your current and next stories in the background.
Do I need an account?
No. No sign-up, no email, no password. Your progress stays on your iPhone.
Is there an Android version?
Not yet. Herald is made for iPhone.
More answers on the Support page.
Start with one story.
Five minutes. One chapter. See if it sticks.
Coming soon to the App Store
The first two chapters of every story are free.
