Herald Português

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.

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.

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 daily edition of The Herald, styled like a newspaper front page, with today’s theme and five questions.

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.