the world of context

HISTO is an iPhone app that weaves together a timeline, an interactive map, and the people and events that shaped history.

The idea

Step into the
context

Flow through time with HISTO academy. Pick a person, a battle, a decade — tap it, and the story opens around you: what happened, why it mattered, who else was there. Explore dynamic maps and evolving timelines, and uncover the hidden connections that have shaped our world.

How it works

Many ways in, one map underneath

Every piece connects back to the same living map — these are just the doors in.

Where this is going

From one chapter, toward a whole world.

Now

The Napoleonic Wars1796–1815, fully playable — the first chapter, live now.

Next

The whole world, mappedA "light" layer spanning roughly two thousand years of history — connected, explorable, always growing.

Later

More chapters, deeperThe Wars of the Roses, World War II, Rome, art history — more depth for the eras and themes people ask for most.

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