Comparison

LDS Primary Stories vs Isaiah Explained

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LDS Primary Stories

Engaging storybooks and coloring books designed to make sacred scriptures accessible and fun for children. Features vibrant illustrations and interactive elements to help kids learn gospel lessons and remember key stories.

Highlights
  • Vibrantly-colored storybooks
  • Coloring book mode
  • Read-to-me mode
  • Read-it-myself mode
  • Tap-to-identify characters and objects
  • High-resolution illustrations
Features
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LDS Primary Stories is a growing collection of uplifting, educational and FUN storybooks and coloring books for LDS kids. This is a series of vibrantly-colored storybooks that will help make the stories of these sacred scriptures come alive in a way that will engage your children as they become familiar with the characters and lessons. Your kids will be too entertained to realize that they’re actually learning the gospel. The object is to simplify the main stories in the Book of Mormon so they are easier to understand and remember for children. Books: - Who is Nephi - Free story with $.99 in-app purchase to add coloring book - Tree of Life - $2.99 for complete story including coloring book - The Promised Land - $2.99 for complete story including coloring book - Pre-order our next book for $1.99 Who is Abinadi? Features: - High-resolution, high quality illustrations - Read-to-me mode - Read-it-myself mode (tap text for opt-in narration) - Tap-to-identify - tap characters and objects to identify (tap a second time on symbols) - Each story is also a coloring book - Use the pages they colored as the background images in the story The series begins with “Who is Nephi?,” an adapted first-person account of Nephi’s experiences as his family leaves his home in Jerusalem, and then returns with his brothers on the Lord’s errand to retrieve the plates from a wicked man named Laban. Your children will watch and listen as Nephi cheerfully obeys the Lords commandments, and learns the importance diligence and faith as he puts his trust in God. The second book "The Tree of Life" is an adapted first-person account of Lehi telling his family about his vision. The story is as close as possible to 1 Nephi 8 while still readable and understandable by children. In this book we follow Lehi through his whole story and and with what it meant for his family. Although this is not the most exciting story we hope the illustrations and interactions will keep kids engaged and learning. Our Third Book "The Promised Land" is our best book yet! Now you can tap on people in the story and get additional dialog. This book has multiple voices to add to the value of the book. More pages, more words, more voices, more interactions. Well worth the price. Note: Please keep in mind that the illustrations and development for this project is very expensive. You will notice that the quality of illustration is far beyond that of anything available in the the LDS market. The price we set for these books is to help us be able to add more content your children can enjoy. Please consider this when writing reviews and considering purchase.

About

Isaiah Explained

This app provides tools to understand the prophecies of Isaiah, clarifying complex endtime scenarios by connecting them to historical world events. It simplifies literary analysis to demystify the prophetic text.

Highlights
  • Literary analysis tools
  • Prophecy clarification
  • Endtime scenario explanation
  • Historical context integration
  • Simplified text interpretation
Features
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Simple tools of literary analysis clear up much of the mystery surrounding the prophecy of Isaiah—how Isaiah predicts an awe-inspiring endtime scenario under a cloak of world events of his day.

Screenshots

LDS Primary Stories3 screens
Isaiah Explained4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Isaiah Explained at 4.7 against LDS Primary Stories's 4.1. Isaiah Explained also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months). LDS Primary Stories's advantage is ratings volume (299 vs 39) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 16.4). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. LDS Primary Stories sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Isaiah Explained sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Isaiah Explained holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LDS Primary Stories has 299 ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of LDS Primary Stories's written reviews are positive against 55% of Isaiah Explained's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LDS Primary Stories ships an update every 10 months, Isaiah Explained monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
LDS Primary Stories versus Isaiah Explained: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLDS Primary StoriesIsaiah Explained
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (299 ratings)4.7 (39 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.8% of reviews — better54.5% of reviews
Number of ratings299 — better39
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.3 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB280 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer36Pixels LLCHebraeus Foundation

Customer experience

LDS Primary Stories

All ratings298 ratings
Positive81.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral2.9%
Negative35.3%

Isaiah Explained

All ratings39 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral12.8%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral36.4%
Negative9.1%

Bugs and requests

LDS Primary Stories

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • App stuck perpetually on downloading/loading screen
  • App crashes after account creation and login
  • App fails to launch on iPhone 4S and newer iOS versions
  • App hangs at splash screen (36Pixel)
  • App won't open after in-app purchases
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  • Duplicate charges for story purchases
  • App incompatible with current iOS firmware

Requested features

7 requests
  • More stories and expanded content library
  • Free or bundled pricing model instead of per-story purchases
  • Complete Book of Mormon content
  • Multiple voice actors for better narration variety
  • More interactive elements and engagement features
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  • Improved character representations and depictions
  • Better device compatibility and optimization

Isaiah Explained

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

LDS Primary Stories

One-time5
  • Who is Nephi Full Book$0.99
  • Who Is Abinadi Book$0.99
  • The Tree Of Life Full Book2 variants$1.99
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  • The Promised Land Full Book2 variants$1.99
  • Who Is Abinadi Book$1.99
8 purchases

Isaiah Explained

One-time8
  • The End from the Beginning$7.99
  • Isaiah Made Simple$8.99
  • The Literary Message of Isaiah$9.99
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  • Isaiah Made Simple Audio Book$9.99
  • Isaiah Decoded$11.99
  • The End from the Beginning Aud$11.99
  • Apocalyptic Commentary$13.99
  • Isaiah Decoded Audio$13.99

Questions

Is LDS Primary Stories free?
LDS Primary Stories is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Isaiah Explained free?
Isaiah Explained is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LDS Primary Stories or Isaiah Explained?
Isaiah Explained is rated higher. LDS Primary Stories averages 4.1 out of 5 from 299 ratings, while Isaiah Explained averages 4.7 from 39 ratings.
Do LDS Primary Stories or Isaiah Explained have ads?
Neither LDS Primary Stories nor Isaiah Explained shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LDS Primary Stories or Isaiah Explained?
LDS Primary Stories ships an update every 10 months, and Isaiah Explained monthly. Most recently, LDS Primary Stories was updated on October 23, 2026 and Isaiah Explained on October 24, 2026.

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