# Nelson: Smarter Every Day — Ten Minutes. Learn the World.

> Ten Minutes. Learn the World. (iPhone/iPad app by Aditha Jayasuriya.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nelson-smarter-every-day/id6747343441 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Aditha Jayasuriya](https://appshunter.io/developer/1820922703)
- Category: Education, Books
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 75 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2025-07-14
- Data updated: 2026-08-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/nelson-smarter-every-day/id6747343441/reviews.md

## What is Nelson?

You already have ten minutes. You were going to spend them scrolling anyway. Nelson makes them count.

Everything in Nelson is designed to be both captivating and true. The fall of Constantinople, the money in your pocket, the plague that rewired Europe: each one takes about ten minutes, nearly every page is illustrated, and all of it is narrated, so you can read or listen. The writing holds up next to the books on your shelf.

WANDER NINE WORLDS. History, Philosophy, Science, Psychology, Biography and more, each with its own shelf to work through.

GO DEEP WITH LEARNING PATHS. World War One in fifteen episodes. The history of money in eight. Big subjects, one evening at a time.

HATCH INKLINGS. Every read carries a creature. Finish a chapter and it grows. Reach the end and it takes its adult form. Ace the quiz and something rarer happens.

BUILD A READING LIFE. Keep a streak with a forgiving bookmark, fill a Chronicle with everything you earn, and hang honours for the worlds you master.

Nelson has the substance of a library and the pace of your feed. Ten minutes from now, you'll know something worth keeping.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.0.1 — 2026-08-14

Added user accounts + share cards.

### 3.0.0 — 2026-08-09

Clio is now Nelson, rebuilt from the ground up. A new reader, a new audio player with lock screen playback, learning paths, Inklings to hatch, streaks, quizzes, and the Chronicle. This version is a fresh start, so reading progress from earlier versions does not carry over. The library is better than ever.

### 2.0.1 — 2026-03-11

Minor bug fixes and changed App Store screenshots.

### 2.0 — 2026-03-04

Clio V2!! Massive update. 

Added Learning Paths: connected stories that break down complex topics such as WW1 into chapters. Like a mini Netflix documentary. 
Also added Clions and Cliodex!! eg. each story read spawns a unique egg. Start reading to hatch the egg, keep reading to evolve it, and ace the quiz for more evolutions!! 
Finally, added in-byte images every 2-3 pages. This should make the reading experience awesome :)

### 1.4.9 — 2026-01-27

Added a modal asking for thoughts/feedback on Clio and thanking users from around the world :)

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