The Bedtime Express vs Living Lights Collection #2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Bedtime Express
Embark on a nightly adventure with animated bedtime stories featuring unique characters and interactive elements. Help passengers on their journey home and tuck them into bed with calming activities. Discover new stories and locations each night for a relaxing end to the day.
- Animated bedtime stories
- Interactive passenger journeys
- Calming narration and illustrations
- Nightly changing stories
- Variety of characters and locations
- Interactive bedtime routines
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"The Bedtime Express by Unit11 is a stunning and delightful app for your kids at bedtime! The perfect app to create a relaxing time and help your kids to go to bed!" 5/5 funeducationalapps.com "This app has delightful illustrations, animation and calming narration. Beautifully done!" 5/5 Reading Buddies Board the "Bedtime Express" for the perfect animated bedtime story. Meet the unusual passengers on their way home at the end of the day and visit them in their homes to say goodnight. Each night, the train stops at different locations and picks up different passengers. One night you could be making Badger a hot chocolate and playing "I-Spy" with the fox family. The next night, you could be helping the Mouse family find their lost tickets and waking a sleeping Polar Bear! Once you have stamped all the passengers' tickets, the train pulls into the last station and you are taken to each of the passengers' homes to put them to bed. To send them off to sleep, you'll need to do things like switching off lights, closing curtains or lighting a log fire. Children will love meeting the adorable characters and helping them on their journey. There are 6 different groups of passengers, from meerkats to polar bears, and 5 different locations to visit, from the city to the arctic. The story is packed with highly detailed illustration and animation and the gentle pace of the story provides a calm atmosphere at bedtime. Climb aboard the Bedtime Express and discover who has boarded the train tonight! www.unit11apps.com | facebook.com/unit11apps
Living Lights Collection #2
This collection offers 8 interactive Berenstain Bears storybook apps designed for young children. It features engaging narration, vocabulary building, and the ability to record your own voice. The stories focus on moral lessons and positive values for children aged 3-7.
- 8 interactive storybooks
- Professional narration
- Vocabulary building
- Recordable narration
- Parental controls
- Multiple reading modes
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Dive into 8 exciting Berenstain Bears Living Lights interactive storybook apps that help young readers learn how God wants them to live every day! Explore pictures, learn new vocabulary, and personalize the story with your own narration. Enjoy The Berenstain Bears and the Golden Rule, The Berenstain Bears Go to Sunday School, The Berenstain Bears Hurry to Help, The Berenstain Bears and a Job Well Done, The Berenstain Bears Learn to Share, The Berenstain Bears Love Their Neighbors, The Berenstain Bears Play a Good Game, and The Berenstain Bears Say Their Prayers, all in one convenient place. Explore the Stories: - Follow along with 3 Fun Ways to Read - Hear characters come to life with engaging professional narration - Select a scene with easy-to-use navigation - Record your own narration & share it with others - Build vocabulary with tappable words & pictures - Keep kids in the story with parental controls -The Berenstain Bears and the Golden Rule: Sister Bear learns that choosing to be kind may not always be the easy choice, but it is always the right choice! Will she ignore the new girl at school just because her friends do, or will she live out the golden rule? -The Berenstain Bears Go to Sunday School: Mama Bear decides to get the family back in the habit of going to church at the Chapel in the Woods! How will the Bears discover the value of going to Sunday School as a family? -The Berenstain Bears Hurry to Help: The Bear Scouts attempt to earn their Good Merit Badge! Find out how scoutmaster Papa Bear stirs up trouble in Bear Country as he aids the Scouts in lending a helping hand. -The Berenstain Bears and a Job Well Done: Brother, Sister, and Honey Bear are given the task of cleaning the family tree house for spring cleaning time! Will they get distracted by the beautiful spring day, or will they learn an important lesson about sticking to the job and doing it well? -The Berenstain Bears Learn to Share: Sister Bear learns how fun it is to share toys with all her friends! Share in her joy as she learns that God has blessed her with great friends and lots of time and toys to share. -The Berenstain Bears Love Their Neighbors: The Bears help out their neighbors the Bogg Brothers who live in a run-down shack. Jump inside to learn an important lesson about finding and giving help in unexpected places. -The Berenstain Bears Play a Good Game: Papa Bear coaches the cubs' soccer game! When he wants the team to play fair but the other coach just wants to win, how will the cubs learn an important lesson about sportsmanship for young and old alike? -The Berenstain Bears Say Their Prayers: Brother Bear learns that praying isn't just for bedtime! Jump inside to find out how he learns that God answers every prayer in his own way and time. Designed for children ages 3 - 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We'd Love To Hear From You! - Please share your thoughts in a review! Your experience matters to us. - Need tech support? Contact us at support@omapp.com - Say hello to us on FB! facebook.com/oceanhousemedia Official Zondervan licensed app: www.zonderkidz.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: The Bedtime Express at $1.99 against Living Lights Collection #2's $19.99. The Bedtime Express also leads on update cadence (every 11 months vs every 43 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Living Lights Collection #2's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 87%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On ratings volume, 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
The Bedtime Express costs $1.99 and Living Lights Collection #2 $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
The Bedtime Express holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 42 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of The Bedtime Express's written reviews are positive against 100% of Living Lights Collection #2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
The Bedtime Express ships an update every 11 months, Living Lights Collection #2 every 43 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | The Bedtime Express | Living Lights Collection #2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (24 ratings) — better | 4.6 (42 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 42 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months — better | Every 43 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 125 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Unit11 | Oceanhouse Media |
Customer experience
The Bedtime Express
Living Lights Collection #2
In-app purchases
The Bedtime Express
No in-app purchases
Living Lights Collection #2
No in-app purchases
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