Told — Stories from the Road
Stories about where you drive
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Your drive, narrated. Told tells true stories about the places you pass — history, landmarks, nature, and local lore — automatically, hands-free, as you go.
Told turns your drive into a story. As you travel, Told notices where you are and narrates short, true stories about the places around you — the history, the landmarks, the nature, the food, and the local lore that most maps never mention.
No searching, no tapping, no screens to read. Just start driving and listen. Told hands the audio back to your music or radio between stories, works over Bluetooth and CarPlay, and keeps the stories coming while your phone is locked.
Every story is grounded in real, factual sources — Wikipedia, the National Weather Service, OpenStreetMap, and the Historical Marker Database — so what you hear about a place actually happened there.
There is no account and no login. Told works anonymously.
— SUBSCRIPTION —
Told is free to try with 7 stories. For unlimited stories, upgrade to Told Pro:
• Monthly — $6.99 per month
• Annual — $49.99 per year (best value)
• New subscribers get a 7-day free trial.
Told Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://told-backend-production.up.railway.app/privacy
Your story no longer stops when your GPS speaks.
Told used to give up on a story when a turn-by-turn direction interrupted it — a three-second "turn right ahead" could end a two-minute story mid-sentence and skip to the next one. Told now holds its place through the interruption and picks the same story back up where it left off. A real phone call still pauses things properly.
Also fixed: the progress bar no longer keeps creeping while a story is already playing, so the app stops looking busy when it isn't.
The developer, MATTHEW JOSEPH BRICKHAUS, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- MATTHEW JOSEPH BRICKHAUS
- Size
- 44.6 MB
- Category
- Travel
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Realistic Violence
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Guns or Other Weapons
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- TOLD Pro (Yearly) $49.99
- TOLD Pro (Monthly) $6.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Matthew Brickhaus