I was thrilled to get a chance to review the Planet 316 Story Bible and the companion Planet 316 Story Bible App from Planet 316 and WorthyKids/Ideals.
What is the Planet 316 Story Bible and the companion Planet 316 Story Bible App?
This review comes in two parts. First, there is the actual Planet 316 Story Bible that is really high quality, hardcover with thick, glossy pages and bright, colorful images. There are more than 100 stories in more than 300 pages of storytelling, illustrated text.
Some of the Bible stories included are:
55 stories from the Old Testament from Creation, Noah, Babel, Abraham, Jacob and Esau, Joseph, Moses, Gideon, Samson, Ruth, Hannah (my favorite), Samuel, Saul, David and Goliath, Wisdom of Solomon, Job, Elijah, Elisha, Jonah, Daniel, Queen Esther, to the Rebuilding of the Temple and Nehemiah.
49 New Testament stories starting with Zechariah and Elizabeth, Mary and Joseph, the Birth of a Savior, several stories of Jesus growing up and his ministry, Crucifixion, Resurrection, the Beginning of the Church, Philip and the Ethiopian, Paul, and the Return of Jesus.
Second, it comes with a free companion Planet 316 Story Bible app that can be downloaded from the iTunes or Google Play stores. The app is easy to use and scans each page to make the images look as though they have popped up off of the pages in 3D fashion along with accompanying sounds and/or voices that adds an interactive emphasis to the stories.
Below is a picture of how it looks when a child is using the app on an iPhone. It's a bit tricky to get an accurate picture of how it all looks on the app, but the 3D elements are really cool. I tried to get a video record of it as well, but I had downloaded the app on the phone I usually use to video, and her electronic tablet that I used to capture the picture of her using it wouldn't accommodate transferring the video to my iPhone to upload to my blog. So, all I can do is explain that there are sound clips on each picture as well as the 3D effect. Sometimes, it's a character you tap on saying something. Other times, it's the sound of a bird or another environmental sound like water. All of it adds to the interactive storytelling experience.
Some of the Bible stories included are:
55 stories from the Old Testament from Creation, Noah, Babel, Abraham, Jacob and Esau, Joseph, Moses, Gideon, Samson, Ruth, Hannah (my favorite), Samuel, Saul, David and Goliath, Wisdom of Solomon, Job, Elijah, Elisha, Jonah, Daniel, Queen Esther, to the Rebuilding of the Temple and Nehemiah.
49 New Testament stories starting with Zechariah and Elizabeth, Mary and Joseph, the Birth of a Savior, several stories of Jesus growing up and his ministry, Crucifixion, Resurrection, the Beginning of the Church, Philip and the Ethiopian, Paul, and the Return of Jesus.
Second, it comes with a free companion Planet 316 Story Bible app that can be downloaded from the iTunes or Google Play stores. The app is easy to use and scans each page to make the images look as though they have popped up off of the pages in 3D fashion along with accompanying sounds and/or voices that adds an interactive emphasis to the stories.
Below is a picture of how it looks when a child is using the app on an iPhone. It's a bit tricky to get an accurate picture of how it all looks on the app, but the 3D elements are really cool. I tried to get a video record of it as well, but I had downloaded the app on the phone I usually use to video, and her electronic tablet that I used to capture the picture of her using it wouldn't accommodate transferring the video to my iPhone to upload to my blog. So, all I can do is explain that there are sound clips on each picture as well as the 3D effect. Sometimes, it's a character you tap on saying something. Other times, it's the sound of a bird or another environmental sound like water. All of it adds to the interactive storytelling experience.
How Did We Use It?
We were already excited and impressed by the quality of the actual story Bible, and then we discovered it came with a free downloadable app as well. I easily found the app on the iTunes app store and downloaded it to my phone, which by the way is an older model phone and only has the capability of updating as far as iOS 9. Still, the app downloaded with no issues and worked perfectly!
How's that for experiencing the burning bush? You hold the phone with the app installed on it over top of the page, and the burning bush looks like it pops out at you.
When you find it on the iPhone app store, this is how it looks along with all of the description and system/device requirements to run the app.
It is so cool, too! All you have to do is hold the phone to scan the page, and the images pop up in 3D fashion, and there are sounds that accompany them. Sometimes, each character you tap on makes a different sound or says a different thing. Of course, our favorite was the elephant since my daughter has been an elephant loving child since she was two.
See how the crosses pop up off of the page? There is a voiceover on this one that is really powerful! It really brought home the message of Easter/Resurrection Sunday!
The app was super easy for my daughter to figure out without any additional instruction other than my telling her to tap on different parts of the picture to see if a new soundbyte would play depending on what part of the picture you tapped.
How's that for experiencing the burning bush? You hold the phone with the app installed on it over top of the page, and the burning bush looks like it pops out at you.
What Did We Think?
This is so cool! The Bible in and of itself is printed with really high quality with a hardback cover and thick, hard-to-tear pages filled with beautiful, colorful and sweet images and biblical accounts told in a short story form. But, making it pop out and come alive with sounds and 3D images through the app is really fun and interactive!
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