Lightgliders vs Kingstone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lightgliders
Explore a virtual world focused on Christian faith, fun, and games. Engage in exciting missions, community events, and weekly activities designed to encourage biblical values. Level up your character, customize your avatar, and connect with others in a safe, faith-based online environment.
- Virtual world exploration
- Character customization
- Variety of games
- Weekly challenges and updates
- Devotional videos
- Cross-platform gameplay
- Family activities
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Enter Lightgliders to experience a virtual world of Christian faith, games, and community! Lightgliders is a multiplayer online game with exciting missions, a calendar of community events, and weekly activities that encourage biblical faith and values! Play fun games and watch videos to level up your Lightglider and unlock more to do in the Academy. Attend in-game events to meet new friends and to get exclusive clothing, hats, and other items to customize your character. Learn how you were made to shine with Bible-based activities updated each week. Ask your parents to get Lightgliders for your computer, tablet, or smartphone today! PARENTS: Lightgliders is a virtual world of Christian faith, fun, and games for kids and families. A subscription to Lightgliders gives your kids a safe, fun, faith-based alternative for their screentime with biblical content updated each week. But that’s not all! Lightgliders also sends you weekly resources to encourage meaningful conversations with the kids you care about throughout the week. OUR MISSION: To encourage faith, character, and service into kids before their teenage years and to be a strategic partner for parents and churches worldwide. OUR PROMISE: No negative content. No ads. No in-game purchases or micro-transactions. NEW TO LIGHTGLIDERS? Discover a world of adventure by becoming a Lightglider. Choose an individual (1 child) or family (up to 5 kids) plan and start your 7-day free trial today! Create your character(s) and begin exploring! Your subscription will begin automatically at the conclusion of the free trial. Cancel trial anytime to avoid charges. RETURNING TO LIGHTGLIDERS? Welcome back! We saved all your progress! Simply log in and follow the steps to reactivate your account, and you’ll pick up right where you left off! Lightgliders was created by Kingdom Scene Endeavors LLC. To learn more, visit www.lightgliders.com or contact us at info@lightgliders.com - we’d love to help! FEATURES: - A virtual world to explore with fun gameplay and community - Thousands of character creation and customization options - Tons of games: Bible games, platformers, action games, puzzles, retro games, and more - Weekly challenges, leaderboards, awards, prizes, and updates - Devotional videos to learn about and grow in God's love - Cross-platform characters, social rooms, and online gameplay - Family activities to encourage conversations, connections, and discipleship opportunities - Community safeguards including in-game moderation and pre-approved chat phrases - Biblical faith and values curriculum distributed weekly - Leadership program spotlighting players and providing increasing in-game responsibilities - Weekly emails to parents outlining the biblical themes, activities, and events inside Lightgliders Terms of use: https://www.lightgliders.com/terms-of-service
Kingstone
Explore heroic stories brought to life through Christian comic books, graphic novels, and animated motion comics. Immerse yourself in faith-based narratives with engaging visuals and storytelling.
- Christian comic books
- Graphic novels
- Motion comic animation
- Heroic stories
- Faith-based narratives
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Heroic stories come to life. The very best in Christian comic books, graphic novels and motion comic animation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lightgliders at 73% against Kingstone's 25%. Lightgliders also leads on rating (4.3 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (94 vs 22). Kingstone's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Lightgliders sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Kingstone sells 55 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Lightgliders holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 94 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Lightgliders's written reviews are positive against 25% of Kingstone's.
Lightgliders ships an update every 3 months, Kingstone every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and August 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lightgliders | Kingstone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (94 ratings) — better | 3.0 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.4% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 94 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | LIGHTGLIDERS | Kingstone Media |
Customer experience
Lightgliders
Kingstone
Bugs and requests
Lightgliders
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes and won't reopen
- Blank screen after login
- Error getting game content
- Cannot log in to parent account
- Website not loading
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- App closes immediately on iPad
- Payment window not updated
- Cannot cancel subscription
- Game won't orient correctly on iPad
- Free trial not working after payment
Requested features
5 requests- Make the game free
- Improve clarity on free trial and payment terms
- Easier cancellation process for subscriptions
- Allow Apple sign-in
- Fix orientation issues on iPad
Kingstone
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Lightgliders
- Monthly Individual7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Monthly Family7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Annual Individual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
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- Annual Family7 Days trial$99.991 Year
Kingstone
- Kingstone eBook$0.99
- Kingstone Animation$0.99
- Kingstone eBook$1.99
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- Kingstone Animation$1.99
- Christ 11$2.99
- Christ 12$2.99
- The Christ 1$2.99
- Acts 1: The Awakening$2.99
- Many Paths to God$2.99
- Revelation 1: The Vision$2.99
- The Revelation 3$2.99
- The Revelation 1$2.99
- The Revelation Part 2$2.99
- Rapture$2.99
- David 1: The Shepherd$2.99
- David 2: The King$2.99
- Job$2.99
- Isaac & Jacob$2.99
- Wilderness$2.99
- Joshua$2.99
- The Prophets 4$2.99
- The Declaration$2.99
- Exodus$2.99
- Angels$2.99
- Jonah$2.99
- Moses$2.99
- Eternals$2.99
- 101 Questions Vol 1$2.99
- Noah$2.99
- The Antichrist$2.99
- The Kingdom$2.99
- The Beginning$2.99
- Origin of the different races?$2.99
- 101 Q 6: Not heard of Jesus?$2.99
- 101 Q 7: UFO's and Aliens?$2.99
- 101 Questions Vol 13$2.99
- 101 Questions Vol 10$2.99
- 101 Questions Vol 14$2.99
- 101 Questions vol 12$2.99
- 101 Questions Vol 11$2.99
- The Letters 3$2.99
- Revelation 3: Antichrist$2.99
- Revelation 2: Tribulation$2.99
- Revelation 4: The Return$2.99
- A New England$2.99
- Creation - Motion Comic$2.99
- Kingstone eBook$3.99
- Luther$6.99
- The U.S. Constitution$7.99
- The Book of God$7.99
- Eternity$7.99
- The Kingstone Bible Vol 6$7.99
- No Vacancy$9.99
- 1 Year Student Membership$39.99
- 1 Year Kingstone+ Membership$99.99









