Ezra Learning vs LIFEPAC

What each one is

LIFEPAC homeschool curriculum is the print curriculum of Alpha Omega Publications, a "Bible-centered", mastery-based program for kindergarten through Grade 12 in Bible, History & Geography, Language Arts, Math and Science, with electives. Each subject is ten worktexts a year, about one a month and three or four pages a day, with instruction, activities and self tests in the booklet and a unit test at the end; the child works at his own pace and must show he has mastered a unit before going on, and the parent grades from the teacher's guide and keeps the records. The 3rd Grade Complete Grade Set — fifty worktexts and five teacher's guides across the five subjects, for one child — is $468.00, and subjects are also sold one at a time.

Ezra Learning covers Grades 1–9 in Mathematics, English, Spelling, Bible and Geography, with about 6,900 hands-on practice skills and 1,220 narrated lessons, each with a printable sheet. Scripture (Berean Standard Bible) is read word for word in every strand of every subject; there are no cartoons, games or characters. The Family plan is $15 a month per household, up to six children, and the first two sections of every subject and grade are free.

The facts, line by line

		LIFEPAC
Grades	Grades 1–9	Kindergarten–Grade 12
Subjects	Math, English, Spelling, Bible, Geography	Bible, History & Geography, Language Arts, Math, Science, electives
Price	$15 USD a month for the household (up to six children)	Per set, per child: 3rd Grade Complete Grade Set (5 subjects) $468.00; single subjects from $102.00
Free to start	Two sections of every subject and grade, always free	Sample pages for each subject as free PDFs; no free trial
How a lesson is taught	Narrated by a voice, drawings only, watch-only	The child reads the lesson in the worktext and works on his own; the parent instructs more in the early grades
Practice	Hands-on: drag, tap, sort, build, drop a pin	Written activities in the worktext; self tests and a unit test in every booklet; optional hands-on activities
Scripture	A Bible verse in every strand of every subject, read aloud	"Bible-centered"; Bible is one of the five subjects in every grade
Printables	A PDF sheet for every lesson + a library of 147 books and packs	Consumable worktexts; sample pages and scope and sequence as PDFs
High school	No	Grades 9–12 sets, courses and electives
Science	No	Yes
History	No	History & Geography
Parent reports	Per child: minutes, mastery, needs-a-hand, PDF report	The parent grades from the teacher's guide; student record books and cumulative files
No screen needed	Lessons and practice are on a screen; sheets print	Yes, the whole course is on paper
Cartoons, games, characters	None	None stated on their site; the lessons are described as "colorful"

Facts checked October 14, 2026 on the two sites. Prices and plans change; the links at the end go to LIFEPAC's own pages, and we correct this table when we are told it is out of date.

What it costs your family

The biggest practical difference is how the price is counted. LIFEPAC is priced per student. Ezra is priced per household, so a second, third or fourth child costs nothing more.

How a lesson is taught

A LIFEPAC lesson is three or four pages of a worktext that the child reads and works on his own: the booklet teaches the concept, links it to what he already knows, and gives the activities, with self tests along the way and a unit test at the end of each of the ten booklets. He works at his own pace and goes on to the next worktext when he has shown he has mastered the unit; AOP suggests one booklet a subject a month. The parent grades the assignments and tests from the teacher's guide, which has the answer keys, and keeps the record book — more instruction from the parent is needed in the early grades. The strengths of paper are all here: no screen, no subscription, the year in one box, and a younger child who can use the teacher's guides again.

An Ezra lesson is a short narrated slideshow: one voice reads every word while a simple line drawing builds up on the slide — no cartoons, no characters, no questions asked of the child inside the lesson. The lesson ends with a Bible verse read aloud, and every lesson has a printable sheet for the child to do on paper. Then the child goes to the practice skills of that strand, which are hands-on: drag the pieces, tap the picture, build the number, sort the words, drop a pin on the map.

Where the Bible sits

Both programs are Christian. LIFEPAC is a Christian curriculum from a Christian publisher: AOP calls it "Bible-centered", Bible is one of the five subjects in every grade with ten worktexts of its own, and the other subjects are taught from a biblical worldview. The Bible version used is not stated on the pages we read. In Ezra, Scripture is not a subject on the side. Every strand of Mathematics, English, Spelling and Geography closes with a verse from the Berean Standard Bible, read aloud word for word, and a Scripture practice skill sits at the end of every strand. Bible is also a subject of its own in every grade, with a character strand (obey right away, tell the truth, no quarrelling) in each. The verses are never paraphrased.

What LIFEPAC has that Ezra does not

Kindergarten and Grades 10–12. Science and History & Geography as full subjects, and electives. Self tests and a unit test written into every worktext, with a teacher's guide, answer keys and record books for the parent. A full year of five subjects in one box, or any one subject on its own. The same company's online program, Monarch, if a family later wants to move an older child to a screen. And books on paper — no screen, no subscription, and teacher's guides a younger child can use again.

What Ezra has that LIFEPAC does not

A Bible verse in every strand of every subject, read aloud word for word from the Berean Standard Bible, and a Bible subject of its own in every grade with a character strand. A narrated lesson the child can press play on, with a simple line drawing on every slide, so a child who reads slowly is not teaching himself from the page. Practice the child does with his hands — dragging, sorting, building, dropping a pin on a map — generated endlessly, graded on the spot, with a parent report that shows mastery, minutes and where he needs a hand, so nothing has to be graded by hand. Spelling and Geography as subjects of their own. A printable sheet for every lesson and a library of 147 books and packs. One price for the household, however many children and whichever grades. And two free sections of every subject and grade, so a family can see all of it before paying anything.

Where the facts come from

• LIFEPAC 3rd Grade Complete Grade Set (5-Subject) — aop.com
• LIFEPAC 3rd Grade Math Student Grade Set — aop.com
• LIFEPAC curriculum — aop.com
• Ezra Learning: pricing and curriculum pages, October 14, 2026.

LIFEPAC and Alpha Omega Publications (AOP) are names of their owners, used here only to identify their products. If you represent LIFEPAC and a fact here is wrong, write to hello@ezralearning.com and we will correct it.