The Bard's World: Shakespeare
Plays, Sonnets & AI Characters
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
All 38 plays and 154 sonnets, AI character chats, concordance search, glossary and study tools. One-time purchase, no subscription.
Chat with Hamlet, search every line, and read the complete works — The Bard's World is the most complete Shakespeare companion on iPhone and iPad.
All 38 plays and 154 sonnets, AI character chats, a powerful concordance, a 400-term glossary and real study tools. One-time purchase. No subscription. No tracking.
COMPLETE WORKS
- All 38 plays — tragedies, comedies, histories and romances
- All 154 sonnets plus the narrative poems
- Browse by genre, alphabetically or by date written
- Scene navigator jumps you to any moment in any play
- Full text always available, no internet required
AI CHARACTER CHAT
- Hold a real conversation with Shakespeare's greatest characters
- Ask Hamlet about doubt, Lady Macbeth about ambition, Juliet about love
- Each character answers in their own voice, grounded in their actual lines
- Villains, heroes, fools and lovers across more than 1,300 roles
STUDY TOOLS FOR STUDENTS & TEACHERS
- Concordance search finds every use of any word across the canon
- 400-term glossary decodes Elizabethan English at a tap
- Modern translations sit beside the original text
- Iambic scanner reveals the rhythm of any line
- 700 trivia questions to test and reinforce what you learn
MADE TO LAST
- Everything works on iPhone and iPad
- One-time purchase unlocks everything — never a subscription
- Private by design: your chats and notes stay on your device
Whether you are studying for an exam, teaching a class, rehearsing a role or simply in love with the language, The Bard's World puts all of Shakespeare in your pocket.
Ratings & Reviews
• Tapping a home screen widget now opens the right section of the app.
• Stability and performance improvements throughout.
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Information
- Seller
- Elst Consulting
- Size
- 56.7 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Premium Lifetime $8.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Elst Consulting
