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Everything you need to cover Histia

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Product facts last verified August 26, 2026

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Interviews and fact checks: histia.app@gmail.com

Histia banner with the illustrated app icon of a historical explorer holding a globe — Approved social banner · 1200 × 630 PNG

Fast facts

Official name: Histia: World History Facts
Product: World history learning in short sessions
Category: Education
Platforms: iPhone and iPad
Minimum software: iOS 18.0+ · iPadOS 18.0+
Language: English
Price model: Free to download · optional in-app purchases
Developer & seller: William Souef

Checked against the US App Store listing and current Histia product materials on August 26, 2026. Recheck time-sensitive store details before publication.

About Histia — free to quote

One-line description

Histia is an iPhone and iPad education app for exploring world history through short stories, audio and cinematic playback, quizzes, and a map through time.

Boilerplate

Histia: World History Facts is an education app built by William Souef for people who want to learn history in short sessions. It presents world history through short stories with reading, audio, and cinematic playback, alongside themed series, a map through time, quizzes, saved favorites, and a History Passport progress area. Histia is free to download from the App Store for iPhone and iPad, with optional in-app purchases. The official Histia website publishes its research, sourcing, correction, and AI-use standards.

What the current product includes

Short stories and series

Stories give a historical subject a defined beginning and end. Themed series group related episodes into a guided sequence.

Reading and playback

Stories can be read as text. Published stories with bundled narration can also play with synchronized captions and changing visuals.

A map through time

The current map interface runs from 3000 BCE to 2025. Some markers open a published story; others are marked as coming soon.

Recall and progress

Quiz rounds are available where question sets have been published. Favorites, streaks, and the History Passport record progress inside the app.

Founder

William Souef

William Souef is the founder and editor of Histia. Apple lists him as the app's developer and seller. He builds the app, chooses its topics, and writes and edits the material published on Histia's website.

Contact William for an interview →

Possible story angles

Building history learning independently

A founder interview about choosing the scope, formats, and editorial responsibilities of an independently built education app.

Source transparency in AI-assisted history

Histia publicly explains where AI assists production, where human responsibility remains, how historical claims are sourced, and how corrections are handled.

Finite learning instead of an endless feed

Why every story has a defined endpoint, and how that product choice differs from an endless content feed.

Editorial standards

Historical articles on this website end with links to the sources used. When evidence does not settle a question, Histia's published process is to name the disagreement rather than present certainty. The site also explains how AI assists drafting and structuring, while factual responsibility remains with the editor.

These are Histia's published standards, not an independent third-party audit. Read the complete About & Editorial Standards page, including the corrections process and public correction log.

Approved media assets

These files are supplied for editorial coverage of Histia. The screenshots are designed App Store promotional composites: they contain native app interface captures inside supporting atmospheric artwork, so they should not be described as unedited device captures.

Complete press kit

All approved assets, the fact sheet, and usage notes in one archive.

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App icon

Current Histia app icon, 1024 × 1024 pixels, PNG.

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App screenshots

Six full-resolution promotional screenshots, 1320 × 2868 pixels.

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Social banner

Current Histia social sharing banner, 1200 × 630 pixels, PNG.

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Fact sheet

Checked product facts, official links, and source notes in plain text.

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Screenshot previews

The six full-resolution PNGs are available together in the screenshot archive.

Histia promotional App Store screenshot reading Five minutes inside another century, with a Cleopatra cinematic story player — Five minutes inside another century

Histia promotional App Store screenshot reading Short stories. Big context., with the Ancient Worlds series — Short stories. Big context.

Histia promotional App Store screenshot reading Read. Listen. Go cinematic., with a World War II story player — Read. Listen. Go cinematic.

Histia promotional App Store screenshot reading Explore history across time., with the interactive map set to 1490 — Explore history across time

Histia promotional App Store screenshot reading Test what you remember., with a Moon Landing quiz question — Test what you remember

Histia promotional App Store screenshot reading Build your history passport., with the History Passport progress screen — Build your History Passport

Editorial use notes

Suggested credit: Courtesy of Histia.
Keep the app icon's proportions and corners intact; do not redraw it or use it to imply endorsement.
Screenshots may be proportionally resized or cropped for layout, but do not alter the interface or add ratings, data, partnerships, or claims.
No approved standalone wordmark or founder portrait is supplied.

Press contact

For interviews, review access, asset questions, or a fact check, contact William Souef directly.

Email histia.app@gmail.com