iStoria

About iStoria

iStoria is an English-learning app that teaches vocabulary and reading through stories. The content draws on graded stories from the Oxford series, with more than 100 titles from beginner to advanced levels, and the company says learners can gain more than 400 words a month and reach professional-level English in under eight months. The homepage cites more than 3,000 basic words and more than one million users worldwide.

Within a story, learners tap a word to see its translation and hear it in American or British pronunciation, and a smart assistant listens to their reading and helps correct pronunciation of words and sentences. The app sends reminders, tracks progress daily and offers vocabulary practice. A free trial is available.

The company states a vision of becoming the most effective app for improving English and building a community of one million learners, and lists values such as excellence, trust, quality, commitment and ambition. Beyond the consumer app, the site has pages for organisations and for iStoria Coach, and is available in English and Arabic.

The company is listed in the Riyadh ecosystem at seed stage in education. The pages reviewed do not name founders or give a founding year, and no funding rounds are described.