# Catch Santa In My House! — user reviews > 232 indexed App Store user reviews of Catch Santa In My House! by Magical Beliefs LLC, rated 4.80/5 from 25,423 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/catch-santa-in-my-house/id1166974799/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/catch-santa-in-my-house/id1166974799.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 22,079 · 4★ 1,895 · 3★ 738 · 2★ 249 · 1★ 462 ## What do users think of Catch Santa In My House!? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🎄 Magical Christmas experience - 👍 Easy to use - 🎅 Realistic Santa stickers - 🎁 Captures the holiday spirit - 💡 Keeps the magic alive for kids **Cons** - 💰 Paid stickers required for best features - 🐛 App crashes and bugs - 🤔 Unclear purchasing process - 🙁 Purchased items not working - 😤 Deceptive free vs paid content **Commonly reported bugs** - Purchased stickers not showing up - App crashing on launch - Inability to access previously purchased content **Most requested features** - More holiday character options (e.g. Easter bunny, Halloween) - Ability to resize and adjust stickers - Improved sticker blending and lighting - Permanent access to purchased content ## Newest reviews (16 of 232) ### 2/5 — Will search for new app *2024-12-25, version 4.3.0* Sad to see there were no free basic Santa stickers this year. ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2024-12-25, version 4.3.0* Now all stickers require payment. Previously it wasn’t like this. Junk ### 1/5 — Scam *2024-12-24, version 4.3.0* If you want Santa in your photos you have to pay. Only free stickers are cartoons, elves and sleighs. Very deceiving. ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2024-12-23, version 4.3.0* Let’s get to the point. If you want to pay for a picture of Santa under your tree, then this app is for you. There are no free options in this app to put Santa next to your tree. In a world of AI, there are other options out there. ### 1/5 — Changed *2024-03-14, version 4.2.0* I got this app a long time ago and it had other stickers besides Santa in it. I used it for the Easter bunny and tooth fairy but now they are gone and I have to pay for different apps to get other holidays!! I’ll use the free photoshop instead. ### 1/5 — Piss poor *2023-12-25, version 4.2.0* Have to buy to unlock Santa ### 3/5 — Perfect app that still shows ads once you pay *2023-12-25, version 4.2.0* This app works great but loses two star for still forcing me to see adds after I purchased. ### 1/5 — Misleading *2023-12-25, version 4.2.0* Super misleading that the app is “free” but you have to pay to add Santa in your photo. What a joke. Yes there are random free stickers, but none of Santa. ### 2/5 — No Santa in free app! *2023-12-25, version 4.2.0* Disappointing app ### 2/5 — Pay *2023-12-24, version 4.2.0* Of course you have to PAY ### 1/5 — You have to pay for Santa stickers *2023-12-19, version 4.2.0* Shame you have to pay for the Santa stickers. There are free stickers but not Santa ones ### 1/5 — Stupid Ads! *2022-12-25, version 4.0.2* I purchased the package gif the Santa standards. When I’m done placing Santa and try to export to download, an ad pops up and it won’t let me get rid of the ad to die load my photo!!!!!!! Rip off! ### 2/5 — Cute idea.. but there's got to be something better. *2022-12-25, version 4.0.2* If I could do it all over again, I'd go for a different app. The concept is cute, but you can't do basic stuff - like resize the Santa to scale with your photo. Also every "pack" is a separate charge, which isn't explicitly mentioned. ### 1/5 — I’ve already paid for this app why is it now asking for another usage fee *2022-12-24, version 4.0.2* I bought this app a couple of years ago and had been using it every Christmas. Now it’s asking me to pay for the stickers I had previously bought again. Don’t mind paying for apps, but not ones that rip you off. I’ll switch to another app from now on. ### 1/5 — Pay to use *2022-12-24, version 4.0.2* Sick of downloading apps that only take my info and don’t deliver. The Santa stickers have to be purchased, the only free ones are crappy stickers and none with Santa. Huge rip off ### 3/5 — Bumps you out of free stickers *2022-12-21, version 4.0.1* Every time I try to use the free elves, it bumps me out of the app. Also, what happens to the pictures you save? I don’t see an option of where to find them and they do not show up in my photos! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Trash *2025-12-25, version 4.5.1* No Santa ### 1/5 — Not everything needs to be a subscription *2025-12-25, version 4.5.1* Been using this app for years. Now there’s way more ads making it harder to navigate and not even a basic free Santa option. It’s all pay to access. ### 1/5 — Lame Money Grab *2025-12-25, version 4.5.1* I’ve used this app for years and always been happy but this year they made it so you have to pay for even the most basic Santa. What is the point of a “catch Santa” app if you can’t put him in the picture. Lame money grab, I’ll be deleting this app. ### 1/5 — Not Free *2025-12-25, version 4.5.1* You can download the app. But to add stickers of Santa you have to pay for the stickers. Bum app and bum behavior. ### 1/5 — No Santa unless you pay *2025-12-24, version 4.5.1* Whole point of the app is to catch Santa but not even a single Santa image without having to pay. Scrooges. ### 1/5 — Bummer *2025-12-24, version 4.5.1* This was a favorite app in past years. Really sad that basic Santa isn’t free anymore. ### 1/5 — Rip off application when my son was around 8 *2025-10-06, version 4.3.0* If you want just Santa Claus in your photos you have to buy an in app purchase! The sticker packs cost money big time! I downloaded it just to take a photo of me (ADeb), Santa and my 8 year old son Fletch on 22 December 2017! And it’s not really free, as the free version only has limited sticker packs of just cartoons and other features. Ripped off after I buy an in app purchase ### 1/5 — Dnt waste your time *2024-12-25, version 4.3.0* In order to get the Santa sticker you have to pay for it. $4.99 for one time use or, $2.99 for a year smh. They dnt show that in the video they provided though ### 1/5 — Be prepared to buy *2024-12-25, version 4.3.0* You get very few free ones and very limited on editing aspects. ### 1/5 — No free Santa *2024-12-25, version 4.3.0* You have to buy to get the Santa pics. Too many ads. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love this app! *2024-12-25, version 4.3.0* I wake up every Christmas morning to go “pee” and catch Santa! This has become one of the most beloved things in our home!!! We love this app and thank you for bringing so much MORE magic!!!! ### 5/5 — Love the app!!! *2024-12-21, version 4.3.0* Would really like to be able to purchase a version without ads and this would be perfect!! ### 5/5 — Great App! *2023-12-25, version 4.2.0* I highly recommend this app, it is easy to use and you have great options to choose from. The best app available. Merry Christmas! ### 5/5 — Able to edit the sticker *2022-12-25, version 4.0.2* I downloaded and used two apps, and this was definitely the better one! I was able to edit the brightness and blurry-ness of the sticker so it looked more natural given the low light in our room (since it’s supposed to be the middle of the night, I took a photo with lower light). The other app just had one brightness and it looked really artificial as a result because Santa was very bright compared to the room. Our child was so excited to catch Santa coming in to deliver gifts! ### 5/5 — Magic *2022-08-08, version 3.0.1* My kids love the magical moments captured by this app! It is precious to see the excitement in their eyes ### 5/5 — Pepaw pepper pepsin *2022-06-14, version 3.0.1* Mama mama daddy daddy daddy mama daddy daddy daddy mama daddy daddy daddy mama daddy daddy daddy mommy Papa daddy daddy Papa Papa daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy I am a rat king you ### 5/5 — Haha *2022-01-26, version 2.67* So funny 🤣🤣🤣 ### 5/5 — Worth every penny of the $4.99! *2021-12-25, version 2.67* I purchased the Premier Santa pack and it is worth every penny of the $4.99! With 96 poses to chose from, you are bound to find the perfect Santa for your picture. Very easy to use, navigate and even manipulate Santa. Once you do it a few times, you will be able to edit all of your friends pics in under a minute. ### 5/5 — Love! *2021-12-25, version 2.67* Year after year i surprise my kids with a photo from this app! I’ve used it for five years now and love looking back at them! ### 5/5 — Holiday Cheer *2021-12-24, version 2.67* Perfect addition to light up the holidays --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-04.*