Humans of History: Audio Bios
Daily history, read to sleep
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Every night, one remarkable life.
Humans Of History is the reading room of humansofhistory.com: an archive of documented lives from every era and every corner of the world, told by the Keeper in a calm voice made for the end of the day.
A LIFE FOR EVERY DAY
The Archive marks each date with a life bound to it: a birth, a death, a discovery. Below it wait fresh recordings and shelves that run from ancient sovereigns to modern scientists.
THE MORNING LETTER
A short letter from a life bound to the date, each morning, written in the voice of the record and grounded in it. One morning it is a Renaissance physician on poisons and cures, the next a pharaoh on power. Read it, or have it read to you.
THE LISTENING ROOM
Choose any life on the shelves and the Keeper records it for you, usually within a few minutes. Every life you hear to the end is bound into your Folio, and every night you listen is kept there. A bedtime sleep timer dims the reading over its last minute and keeps your place; when one life ends the Keeper can go on to the next, or let you rest.
IN CONVERSATION
Light a candle and put your question to anyone on the shelves. The reply comes in their own voice, a dramatisation drawn only from the archive record, never invented. Speak your question aloud and the answer is spoken back. Some figures are not voiced, out of respect, and the Keeper will say so plainly.
THE KEEPER'S CIRCLE
The Archive opens with three free listens and one conversation, and the Keeper sets aside one free life for you on the first of each month. The Keeper's Circle opens unlimited listening and nightly conversations with every life in the archive. New members on the yearly plan begin with seven free nights, and the Keeper writes two nights before the Circle renews. Cancel any time in your App Store settings.
RESPECT FOR THE RECORD
Articles cite published sources, portraits carry their credits, and revered figures are treated with the care their traditions ask.
Questions for the Keeper: thekeeper@humansofhistory.com
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://humansofhistory.com/privacy
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Joining the Keeper's Circle works again on iOS 27: purchases the App Store turned away now go through, and if one ever fails you are told why. The app is now called Humans of History everywhere, and the Keeper can be followed on X and YouTube.
The developer, Off-Road Studios, 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
- User Content
- Identifiers
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Information
- Seller
- Off-Road Studios
- Size
- 55.3 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Realistic Violence
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- 15 Reads $4.99
- Keeper's Circle Yearly $29.99
- Keeper's Circle $4.99
- 40 Reads $9.99
- 5 Reads $1.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Off-Road Studios