Learn History
12 free history courses, each a game you play five minutes a day. Pick one, or build your own.
Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android
Free History courses
12 history courses and counting, including The Old-Fashioned Saturday Bath and Turning Points: How the World Changed. Each is a full game with levels, streaks, and quick quizzes, the kind you actually finish instead of bookmarking for later.
The Old-Fashioned Saturday Bath
Step back in time to discover how families stayed clean before modern plumbing. Learn the hard work, traditions, and tools behind the weekly washday ritual.
Turning Points: How the World Changed
Move beyond dates and names to understand the hidden forces that shaped our modern world. Explore how trade, climate, and shifting power structures transformed civilizations over centuries.
The Rise of the Elevator
Go beyond the buttons to discover how vertical travel transformed our cities. Explore the mechanical breakthroughs and safety innovations that allowed buildings to finally touch the clouds.
The Corps of Discovery: Beyond the Basics
Go beyond the simple map to explore the intense logistics, scientific breakthroughs, and complex tribal diplomacy of the most famous American trek. Discover how a small group survived the unknown through grit and unexpected alliances.
The Revolutionary War: Beyond the Basics
Move past simple dates and names to understand the complex power struggles and personal risks that birthed a nation. Explore the hidden strategies, shifting loyalties, and global consequences of the American fight for independence.
The Magic of Nintendo
Discover how a small playing card company transformed into a global gaming giant. Follow the journey of the creative minds who reinvented how the world plays.
Ancient Egypt: Beyond the Pyramids
Step back in time to discover the daily lives, hidden magic, and incredible inventions of the people who lived along the Nile. Learn how they worked, played, and prepared for the afterlife in one of history's most fascinating civilizations.
K-Pop: From Seoul to the World
Discover the music, dance, and culture that took the world by storm. Learn how your favorite groups are formed and what makes K-pop more than just a music genre.
Pirates: The Real Golden Age
Step aboard and discover the true lives of the outlaws who ruled the seas. From hidden treasures to life on a ship, learn what it was really like to be a pirate.
Samurai & Shoguns: Feudal Japan
Step back in time to an era of brave warriors, powerful lords, and hidden spies. Learn how the samurai lived, fought, and shaped the history of Japan for centuries.
The Great Race to the Stars
Travel back to a time when two superpowers competed to leave the Earth behind. Discover the brave pilots, giant rockets, and incredible inventions that changed our world forever.
The Silk Road: Trade That Shaped the World
Journey across ancient deserts and mountains to discover how the world's first global trade network connected East and West. Explore the exchange of luxury goods, revolutionary ideas, and diverse cultures that built the modern world.
Why learn history on Tomo?
Wikipedia rabbit holes and YouTube videos rarely stick. Tomo turns history into bite-size lessons with quizzes and streaks, so what you learn actually lands, and you actually finish. Five minutes a day, taught in a voice you pick.
Questions
Are the History courses on Tomo free?
Yes. Every History course is free during Tomo's early access. No credit card, no waitlist. Join now and keep it free when paid plans launch.
What history courses can I take on Tomo?
The Old-Fashioned Saturday Bath, Turning Points: How the World Changed, The Rise of the Elevator, The Corps of Discovery: Beyond the Basics, The Revolutionary War: Beyond the Basics, The Magic of Nintendo, Ancient Egypt: Beyond the Pyramids, and K-Pop: From Seoul to the World, plus 4 more. Every one is free during early access and built as a game, and new history courses get added all the time.
How does Tomo teach history?
Tomo turns each history topic into a gamified course: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes you play five minutes a day. You pick the teaching style, from a clear Professor to a playful Storyteller.
Can I create my own history course?
Yes. If you don't see the history topic you want, type it into Tomo and it builds a full course for you in a couple of minutes.
Feed your curiosity.
Download Tomo and start your first history lesson today.