Tap anywhere on the map and hear the hidden history, forgotten folklore, and untold stories of the world around you. Start with 15 free stories — no subscription required.
Free on iPhone & iPad · Mac Catalyst · 15 stories included
Watch Terratales narrate a location with real-time karaoke-style word highlighting.
Tap the speaker icon to hear the story come alive
No tour bookings, no research, no planning. Just open the app and explore.
Terratales shows you an interactive 3D map wherever you are. Pan, zoom, tilt, and explore anywhere on the planet — from the street you’re standing on to a village across the world.
Tap any spot on the map. Terratales uses AI to research the location and generate a story tailored to that exact place, scale, and your chosen storytelling style.
A professional-quality voice narrates the story while you follow along with a karaoke-style transcript. Explore on foot or from the couch — every place has a story.
Terratales automatically selects the perfect narrative voice for each story based on your subject and fantasy level — blending styles for variety and depth.
Grounded and human-centered. Connects place to people and time, explaining why a location matters — not just what happened there.
Precise, quietly curious. Builds understanding step-by-step with specific details — species, materials, geological systems.
Mysterious and suggestive. Blends reality with legend, leaving some ambiguity — because not every story should be fully explained.
Conversational and engaging. Speaks directly to you with narrative hooks, light embellishment, and the occasional twist.
Plus five more: Adventure Narrator, Lyrical Reflective, Scientific Interpreter, Design & Structure Lens, and Everyday Human Moment.
Slide the fantasy dial and change how Terratales tells the story.
Strict facts. Real events, real dates, real people. Like having a history professor narrate your walk.
Real places, dramatized scenes. The facts are true, but you’ll feel like you’re there when it happened.
Real geography woven with folklore, legends, and the myths locals have passed down for generations.
The landscape inspires a fully original tale. Dragons in the mountains, ancient empires beneath the streets.
Everything you need to turn any journey into a story-rich adventure.
Every location has a story. Terratales draws on history, geography, culture, ecology, architecture, and folklore to craft stories for any place — from major cities to remote trails.
Every story is read aloud by a natural-sounding AI voice. Follow along with a live transcript that highlights each word in sync — perfect for walks, hikes, or hands-free listening.
Stories adapt to your zoom level. Zoomed in on a street corner? Get hyper-local details. Zoomed out to a region? Get sweeping narratives that connect the bigger picture.
Long-press the story button and ask anything: “What happened here during the Gold Rush?” or “Tell me about the wildlife in this area.” Terratales listens, understands, and responds.
Tilt, rotate, and exaggerate terrain to see the landscape in dramatic relief. Mountains, valleys, and coastlines rendered in three dimensions.
Stories start playing in seconds, not minutes. Terratales streams text and audio simultaneously with gapless double-buffered playback — no waiting for the full story to generate.
Whether you’re on foot, on wheels, or on the couch — Terratales makes every place fascinating.
Passing through unfamiliar territory? Let Terratales narrate the story of the landscape around you. Turn any train ride, layover, or cross-country trip into an audio documentary.
Found an old farmhouse, an abandoned mine, or a strange rock formation on the trail? Tap it on the map. Terratales will tell you what happened there — the geology, the history, the legends the locals tell.
Skip the generic tour guide. Terratales is a personal storyteller for every city and village you visit. Explore neighborhoods, landmarks, and hidden gems with narrated stories that go deeper than any guidebook.
Curious about a place you’ve never been? Pan the map to the Sahara, the Scottish Highlands, or a tiny island in the Pacific. Tap. Listen. Discover stories you never knew existed — all from your couch.
Terratales is an AI-powered cartographic storyteller. It’s an app that transforms any location on Earth into a rich, narrated story. Tap anywhere on the map — a street corner, a mountain trail, a coastal village — and Terratales generates and narrates a story about that place, drawing on history, folklore, culture, and geography.
Terratales uses advanced AI language models combined with geographic and contextual data to produce stories specific to each location. The app considers your zoom level, storytelling mode, subject focus, and any voice questions you ask. Nine distinct narrative voices are automatically blended based on your settings to create a unique experience every time.
Terratales is free to download and includes 15 stories to explore right away — no subscription required. Because stories are generated by AI, which requires real computational resources, ongoing use is supported through an affordable $4.99/month subscription (50 stories) or one-time story packs.
Terratales is available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac (via Mac Catalyst) on the App Store. A progressive web app (PWA) that runs on any device with a web browser is on our roadmap.
Absolutely. Terratales was designed for exactly this. Stories are narrated aloud so you can listen hands-free. When you come across something interesting — an old bridge, ruins, a scenic overlook — just tap the map or long-press and ask a question. Terratales tells you the story.
Terratales requires an internet connection to generate stories, since stories are created on demand by AI. The map itself can display cached tiles if you’ve viewed an area recently. The app handles spotty connections gracefully with automatic retries and reconnection.
Traditional tour guide apps have a fixed database of landmarks with pre-written descriptions. Terratales generates original, unique stories for any location on Earth — including places no tour guide has ever covered. You can adjust the storytelling style from strict history to full fantasy, choose from six subject areas, and ask follow-up questions by voice.
Download Terratales and hear the stories the world has been keeping. 15 free stories included — no subscription required.
Free on iPhone, iPad & Mac