Learn from the greatest.
Start a real conversation with 140+ historical figures — or add anyone from history yourself. Ask a question, stage a debate, hear a two-figure podcast, or bring them into your classroom.
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One figure. Many ways to meet them.
Choose how you want to learn — a quick question, a heated debate, or a podcast you can take with you.
Ask anything and get answers in the figure's own voice and character.
Featured conversations
Explore ideas with some of history's most influential thinkers
Journey Through History
From ancient philosophers to modern visionaries
Socrates
Father of Western Philosophy
The age of philosophers, empires, and the first great questions.
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Leonardo da Vinci
Polymath & Artist
Art, science, and human ambition reawaken across Europe.
“Learning never exhausts the mind.”
Isaac Newton
Physicist & Mathematician
Reason and discovery remake how the world is understood.
“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
Albert Einstein
Theoretical Physicist
Science and ideas accelerate the world into a new century.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
Steve Jobs
Visionary Entrepreneur
The visionaries who shaped the world we live in now.
“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”
Every subject has its giants. Let your class interview them.
Assign a chat with Newton, Shakespeare, or Marie Curie. Students interview the figure; you get the full transcript and an auto-graded score — no prep, no grading pile.
Included with Pro · no card for the pilot
Assignments with join codes
Create a class, share one code, and your students join in seconds.
Auto-graded quizzes
Every assignment ends in a quiz that grades itself.
Full transcripts
Read every conversation and see exactly how each student thought.
Have a class code? Join here
Why learn with HistorIQly?
Transform passive reading into active dialogue with history's greatest minds
Traditional Learning
- Read about figures in books
- Watch documentaries passively
- Can't ask follow-up questions
- Limited by the curriculum
With HistorIQly
- Talk, debate, and listen to them directly
- Turn any two into a podcast you can hear
- Ask anything and get a personal answer
- Bring it into your own classroom
How it works
Pick a figure, choose how you want to learn, and keep what you discover.
Pick a figure
Choose from 140+ historical minds — or add any real person from history yourself.
Pick a figure
Choose from 140+ historical minds — or add any real person from history yourself.
Choose your mode
Ask a question, stage a debate, host a roundtable, or turn two figures into a podcast.
Make it stick
Earn XP and badges, take a quick quiz, and pick up next time right where you left off.
Learning that sticks
It isn't just a chat — it's built so you remember what you learned.
Scholar's Path
Earn XP, ranks, badges, and streaks after every conversation.
Post-chat quizzes
A 5-question quiz, auto-built from your own conversation.
Figure memory
Figures remember you across chats, so learning builds over time.
Choose Your Plan
Start free with history's greatest minds. Upgrade when you want voice, every figure, and your own classroom.
Free
Start exploring history with essential figures
- 10 essential historical figures
- Aristotle, Einstein, Gandhi, Shakespeare & more
- 3 credits per day
- Beginner response mode
- Normal chat mode
- Basic AI model
Premium
Unlock most historical figures and all features
- 90+ historical figures
- Philosophers, scientists, artists & innovators
- 100 credits per day
- All response modes
- All interaction modes (Normal, Lesson, Debate)
- Standard figure voice — hear replies read aloud
- Premium AI model
Pro
Complete access for serious historians
Everything in Premium, plus:
- Expressive per-figure voice + voice input
- ALL 140+ figures — rulers & conquerors included
- Podcast mode — turn any two figures into an audio episode
- Classroom for educators — students join free
- Add your own historical figures
- 200 credits per day
Pro for Educators
Run your class with historical figures — students interview Galileo, Shakespeare or Marie Curie for homework.
- Up to 5 classes × 40 students
- Students join free — no plan or payment needed
- Assignment chats are teacher-funded on the premium AI — 10,000 messages/month
- AI co-teacher: draft assignments, quizzes & rubrics
Power user? Bring your own OpenRouter key — $5/mo. See the pricing page
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about HistorIQly
Your conversation with history starts here.
Start with 3 free credits a day. No credit card needed.