Being Persistent vs 500 Life
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
500 Life
This app encourages regular Bible study through a structured approach to the Life-study of the Bible. It offers customizable reading schedules, progress tracking, and offline access to study messages for spiritual nourishment and growth.
- Customizable reading schedules
- Offline access to study messages
- Progress visualization and milestone badges
- Integration with ministrybooks.org
- Habitual spiritual nourishment
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The 500 Life-studies (500LS) app aims to help and encourage believers to become constituted with the truth in the Bible by using the Life-study of the Bible in a regular and habitual way. The Life-study of the Bible, a monumental and classic work by Witness Lee, is a book-by-book exposition of the entire Bible from the perspective of the believers’ enjoyment of Christ as life for the building up of the church as the Body of Christ. The "500" refers to the goal of reading at least 500 Life-study messages for your spiritual nourishment and growth. FEATURES: Customizable schedules: Create one or more reading schedules that can accommodate your reading capacity and time. Consider starting small to achieve better consistency. Easy access to the Life-study messages: Access your reading directly in the app via a simple reader without the need for Internet connection or via integration with ministrybooks.org (available for free or with a paid subscription). Progress visualization: Track both your overall progress and recent progress as you work toward your goals and earn milestone badges along the way. If you have any questions or feedback or want to report a bug, please contact us on https://500lifestudies.canny.io. For additional resources and information, please visit https://500lifestudies.org.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 500 Life at 4.8 against Being Persistent's 3.0. 500 Life also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and ratings volume (120 vs 2). Being Persistent's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.4). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
500 Life holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 500 Life has 120 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Being Persistent's written reviews are positive against 100% of 500 Life's.
Being Persistent ships an update every 4 months, 500 Life every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Being Persistent | 500 Life |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (120 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 120 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 176 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ChinaHCM | Living Stream Ministry |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Being Persistent
No in-app purchases
500 Life
No in-app purchases
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