Being Persistent vs Excellent Stories
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Being Persistent
This app shares a vivid story from ancient China about the idiom "Being Persistent." It offers bilingual education in Chinese and English, with colorful illustrations and interactive exercises to teach children valuable life lessons and cultural wisdom.
- Bilingual Chinese and English stories
- Interactive exercises and word cards
- Colorful, cartoon-like illustrations
- Professional native speaker recordings
- Teaches Chinese idioms and wisdom
- Automatic and manual page turning
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A good story is better than a teacher. This story is one of the many life stories a child needs to learn. The story tells us of the idiom “Being Persistent” which says that one should be persistent and hold one’s goals when doing something, which will lead to good results. The application tells a vivid story from ancient China, it takes you into the wonder land of Chinese culture, language and wisdom. The morals and examples of these stories provide excellent role models for your children. Chinese parables: interesting, educative and enlightening. Bilingual education: story is taught in both Chinese and English . Exquisite pictures: the pictures are colourfule, cartoon-like, and easy to understand and remember. Interactive exercises: there are many interactive activities such as new words cards, repeat after me and sentence making ,it is fun. Professional recording: The text is recorded both by native Chinese and American. Pages can be turned automatically and manually. Don’t miss it, download it now! Any questions, please contact us: Email:jinghuaApp@chinahcm.com
Excellent Stories
Explore 120 ancient stories presented in a modern, trilingual format. Enjoy text and audio in Chinese, Tibetan, and English, with highlighted text following the narration. Creative artwork accompanies each story, and audio can be downloaded for offline listening.
- 120 ancient stories
- Trilingual text (Chinese, Tibetan, English)
- Multilingual audio options
- Highlighted text synchronized with audio
- Creative artwork for each story
- Offline audio download
- Comprehension questions
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This app is a selection of 120 ancient stories, well known and loved around the whole world. These Bible stories have been translated into hundreds of languages over the centuries and now, for the first time, they are presented in three languages together, with the text and audio interchangeable! We hope you enjoy the stories in this format along with the colourful images. Features: * 120 ancient stories presented in a modern format * Three text languages: Chinese, Tibetan, and English * Five audio languages! You can choose the best one for you * Highlighted text follows the audio to help you read more easily * Creative artwork accompanying each story * Download the audio for offline use * Each story has two questions to help you understand the meaning We hope you will enjoy reading and listening to the stories together with the artwork.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Excellent Stories at 5.0 against Being Persistent's 3.0. Excellent Stories also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Being Persistent's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Excellent Stories holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Being Persistent's written reviews are positive against 100% of Excellent Stories's.
Being Persistent ships an update every 4 months, Excellent Stories every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Being Persistent | Excellent Stories |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ChinaHCM | Central Asia Publishing |
Customer experience
Being Persistent
Excellent Stories
In-app purchases
Being Persistent
No in-app purchases
Excellent Stories
No in-app purchases
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