Learning Stories vs Smash Education
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Learning Stories
This app allows students, teachers, and early childhood educators to create pedagogical documentation. Easily insert pictures and text into one of six templates to record learning experiences.
- Pedagogical documentation tool
- Six customizable templates
- Insert pictures and text
- Easy to use interface
- Suitable for classroom use
- Collaborative features
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Sheridan Learning Stories is an easy to use tool for pedagogical documentation, meant to be used by students, teachers and early childhood educators. Choose from one of six templates and insert your pictures and text in just a few minutes. Designed for use on an iOS device, Sheridan Learning Stories can be used on the floor, in the classroom and even in collaboration with the children.
Smash Education
This app offers a comprehensive platform for language learning, designed to make the process enjoyable and effective. It aims to provide users with all the tools they need to master new languages.
- Complete language learning solution
- Learn and love languages
- Engaging learning experience
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The most complete solution to learn and love Languages
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Learning Stories at 100% against Smash Education's 21%. Learning Stories also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). Smash Education's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Learning Stories ships an update every 5 weeks, Smash Education fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Learning Stories | Smash Education |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.6 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 21.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning | My Spanish Software Inc. |
Customer experience
Learning Stories
Smash Education
Bugs and requests
Learning Stories
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Smash Education
Reported bugs
14 issues- Speech recognition fails to recognize correct pronunciation
- Correct answers marked as incorrect
- App crashes and kicks users out
- Screen freezes during activities
- Questions skip without completion
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- Buttons unresponsive or non-functional
- Audio lags and glitches
- Duplicate answer choices appear
- Completed sections revert to incomplete
- Some questions have no correct answer options
- Memory game locks until audio finishes
- Microphone does not work properly
- App runs extremely slowly on browsers
- Hangman questions have unfillable gaps
Requested features
7 requests- Slowed-down voice button for audio clarity
- Ability to see answers when stuck
- Offline functionality
- Private student pricing options
- Studies/research on app efficacy
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- Better microphone sensitivity control
- Improved directions in native language
In-app purchases
Learning Stories
No in-app purchases
Smash Education
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do Learning Stories or Smash Education have ads?
Which is updated more often, Learning Stories or Smash Education?
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