StoryBuilder for iPad vs Lexicon Learning
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StoryBuilder for iPad
This app helps children improve their narrative skills by assisting with paragraph formation, idea integration, and abstract thinking through inference. It utilizes audio clips to enhance auditory processing for children with special needs, offering a fun environment to build stories.
- Improve paragraph formation
- Integrate ideas
- Higher level abstractions
- Auditory processing enhancement
- Record narrative in own voice
- Archive and email stories
- Import photos
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Winner - Best reading app of 2011 by the Huffington Post. Own as an individual app or as part of our MES Speech Therapy Bundle. Story Builder is designed to help children accomplish the following educational goals: 1) Improve paragraph formation; 2) Improve integration of ideas; and 3) Improve higher level abstractions by inference. Extensive use of audio clips promotes improved auditory processing for special needs children with autism spectrum disorders or sensory processing disorders. Story Builder offers a rich and fun environment for improving the ability to create a narrative. FEATURES -Record feature allows students to record narrative in their own voice -3 levels of play -Simple and intuitive interface to record narrative -Recorded answers are stitched together to create complete narrative -Stories can be archived for later play -Each student gets their own archive page -Stories can be emailed -50 distinct story lines to create narrative from -Import photos from camera or library -500 audio clips of questions to guide narrative -Optional question text and answer introduction reinforcement LANGUAGES - English REQUIREMENTS - Compatible with iPad - Requires iOS 4.2 software update StoryBuilder is part of "The Builder Series" of award winning education apps. Mobile Education Store has won over 40 app awards and has been named educational developer of the year in 2011 and 2012. Mobile Education Tools is a member of Moms with Apps, a collaborative group of family-friendly developers seeking to promote quality apps for kids and families. Recommended Ages: 6-10, 10+ Categories: Special Needs
Lexicon Learning
This app helps you learn English and programming languages through interactive courses, daily vocabulary, and fun games. Expand your communication skills with phrases, idioms, and phrasal verbs. Connect with a community of learners to share progress and socialize.
- English and programming language courses
- Daily vocabulary building
- Phrases, idioms, and phrasal verbs
- Interactive play and learn games
- Socialize and connect with a community
- Share learning and private messaging
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Knowledge is freedom. Learning the English language will provide you with freedom. - Now you can translate English words, phrases & idioms, phrasal verbs, and quotes to your language. --------- FEATURES ----------- - Courses for English language and Programming languages - Vocabulary Today: 3 Words daily will make you 1000+ words richer. - Find the right words in a matter of seconds. - Phrases and Idioms: Make your writing and speaking skills irresistible. - Phrasal Verbs: Make your writing and speaking skills sound like native English speakers. - Quotes: Make your speech or writings sound like an elixir to the ears. - Play & Learn: Have fun while you learn. - Socialize: Connect and socialize. - Community: Build or join communities with like-minded people. - Sharing: Share learning, send private messages, and photos with friends. ------------------------------- Our Mission: Unlock Human Potential & Provide Freedom
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: StoryBuilder for iPad at 95% against Lexicon Learning's 0%. StoryBuilder for iPad also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.0). Lexicon Learning's advantage is price (Free vs $7.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.4). On 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
Lexicon Learning is free to download; StoryBuilder for iPad costs $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lexicon Learning holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StoryBuilder for iPad has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 95% of StoryBuilder for iPad's written reviews are positive against 0% of Lexicon Learning's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
StoryBuilder for iPad ships an update every 7 months, Lexicon Learning every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StoryBuilder for iPad | Lexicon Learning |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.4 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 94.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mobile Education Store LLC | Amirul Sheikh |
Customer experience
StoryBuilder for iPad
Lexicon Learning
Bugs and requests
StoryBuilder for iPad
Reported bugs
2 issues- Recordings deleted after a week
- Voice recording can be strange
Requested features
15 requests- French or Spanish version
- Import own pictures
- Video export of stories
- Tap words to hear them read aloud
- More age-appropriate content for older kids
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- Ability to scroll through story cards
- Ability to end story without closing app
- UK English accent/slower delivery voice over
- Multiple choice answer page
- Option to import own pictures
- Option to turn off initial voice
- Child log to click on name
- Lock for settings screen
- Thumbnail screen for story cards
- More interactive pictures for younger children
Lexicon Learning
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
StoryBuilder for iPad
No in-app purchases
Lexicon Learning
No in-app purchases
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