# Gruffalo: Games — user reviews > 72 indexed App Store user reviews of Gruffalo by Magic Light Pictures Ltd., rated 4.50/5 from 21 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gruffalo-games/id909269064/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gruffalo-games/id909269064.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 16 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of Gruffalo? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎨 Cartoonish, storybook graphics - 🧠 Educational and logical games - 🎶 Relaxing music - 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Fun for kids and parents - 📚 Based on popular book - 🌟 Well-designed and engaging - 👍 Easy to use and navigate - 💡 Good variety of games - 🚫 No ads mentioned by one user **Cons** - ⏳ Short or frustrating timers - 🎮 Difficult games for younger kids - ⚠️ Snap game feels rigged - ⚫ Large black bars on screen - 📉 Not updated for a long time - 💰 Waste of money if not working - 😵 Overly competitive games for young children **Commonly reported bugs** - App not opening/loading - Freezes on startup screen - Stopped working after updates - Incompatible with older iOS versions - Crashing issues **Most requested features** - Remove or make timers optional - Adjustable difficulty levels - Option to turn off timers - Add more games ## Newest reviews (13 of 72) ### 4/5 — Mini games yet not updated *2025-04-18* A decent selection of mini games for kids. I like the cartoonish, storybook graphics. It’s probably best for older kids because some of the games are more tricky. It hasn’t been updated in a long time though, and there are large black bars on the edges of the screen. ### 3/5 — Good game with bad timers *2024-08-27* This is a great little selection of games for the Gruffalo lover in your life. But the TIMERS, ugh. There is no need for them here other than for high scores. This should be an option. Not always on. Hey devs, remove the timers please! The little ones just want to play. ### 4/5 — The Gruffalo Game *2024-05-09* This game is so good. I saw my child plating it and I thought, not only is it educational but the children have a lot of fun. I would get it trust me. Know what I’m doing. DOWNLOAD IT NOW! There are no adds🥂 ### 4/5 — Great *2020-03-29* Great game for little ones! I love how it’s all about the gruffalo a book bound to have been read. ### 4/5 — Countdown timer too short *2020-01-19* My kid loves this app, but the countdown timers are way too short, ### 5/5 — Love! *2019-12-27* Have had this app for at least a year now and never had a problem. Every game it comes with is fun and keeps my 6 year old very occupied. I even have fun with it myself lol. We love the Gruffalo movie & this app is great. Love the music too. ### 4/5 — The game is really good but there is a time on every mini games *2019-05-04* The game is really good but there is a time on every mini games and the little ones can’t get past certain levels because of it, hence making them bored playing the same levels over and over again ### 2/5 — Generally enjoyable *2018-12-09, version 1.0.3* Generally enjoyable, but I’m giving it a 2 instead of a 4 as the snap game is blatantly fixed. The software clearly predetermines who is going to win each hand to keep the game “close” and it’s damn annoying when the “Gruffalo” clearly knows the hand before its played and is there like lightening even though your thumb is hovering over the cards. ### 5/5 — Best game ever😍😍😍👍👍👍 *2018-11-03* I love this game💖💖💖💖💖💕🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 ### 4/5 — Needs updating. *2017-05-25* My grandkids love this app and we don't have any issues with it, hence the 4 stars. But the developers need to make sure that it is regularly updated to keep pace with the latest iOS version, as otherwise there will be a lot of disappointed kids out there, and very annoyed adults. ### 3/5 — good but.... *2017-04-07, version 1.0.1* the time limits for games are very short and my little boy gets very frustrated about the time running out just when he's getting the hang of things. ### 2/5 — 2 *2017-02-26* I have a 3 year old playing this game, she becomes frustrated when she is unable to complete or win games due to the difficulty. I'd recommend an option in the settings where the level of difficulty can be adjusted to suit different age ranges. ### 5/5 — FANTASTIC app!!!! *2016-11-05* What a FANTASTIC app!!! Very educational, great graphics, great games, easy to use and navigate. I can't recommend this highly enough. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Aaaaaaaa *2026-02-08, version 1.0.3* This is not a support.. it’s just a silly app!!! 21,000,000,000.26 percent of people don’t like its Gruffalo,, it’s too scary! When the game starts, I’ll run away into the lost property! Please don’t download it, this is the theme of the game, what happened? ### 1/5 — Superschrott *2024-08-02* So ein Rotz, das ist höchstens interessant für Embryos. Säuglinge langweilen sich da schon… ### 1/5 — Funktioniert nicht mit iOS 11 *2017-10-30* Tolle App, meine Kinder lieben die Spiele! Aber seit iOS 11 startet sie nicht mehr. Sie hängt auf dem Startscreen. 5 Punkte wenn sie wieder geht. ### 1/5 — Finger weg! Die App funktioniert nicht! *2017-01-12* Die App funktioniert weder auf einem iPhone 5S noch auf einem 3GS noch auf einem iPad 1 - 4 € für die Katz. Vielen Dank auch! ### 1/5 — Useless *2017-01-01, version 1.0.1* Don't buy it won't go past the loading screen! What a waste of money. ### 1/5 — Never get past loading screen *2016-10-14, version 1.0.1* On iPad mini. Waste of money and disappointed / upset my 3yo ### 1/5 — Gruffalo games *2016-10-09* Just paid $6. and won't open. 😡 please fix ### 1/5 — Stopped working *2016-08-01, version 1.0.1* Quite a good game but has stopped loading. ### 1/5 — Won't even start up *2016-07-22, version 1.0.1* This game won't run on my iPhone 6 - it just sits forever on the startup screen. ### 1/5 — Won't open. Doesn't work. Don't buy *2015-11-29, version 1.0.1* Says it all really. There's a reason why there are so many 1 star reviews for this app. Great idea but it just doesn't open. Avoid disappointing your child. Don't buy it in the first place. Developers - please fix. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Snap so hard *2024-10-21* oh my god snap on here is SO hard TOO hard to even play it I lose every time ### 5/5 — GET THIS NOW!!!!!!! *2024-03-13* It is sooooooooo amazing everything is so fun !!!! Jigsaws…amazing Games…. AMAZING GET THIS R.I.G.H.T N.O.W!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2023-04-08* This game is amazing because my children love it because of it’s wonderful games. ### 5/5 — Good game *2020-10-21* It’s a anther app and my brother loves it xx ### 5/5 — IT’S AMAZING *2020-05-28, version 1.0.3* Please buy the game if you’re looking at it buy it straight away don’t just stare at it buy it . It will make your child’s imagination grow and you will have a happy playful child and your child and his/her future would be joyful and happy.thank you.xxx ### 5/5 — Beautiful educational app *2020-04-21* Love the calm music and games in app help kids to learn and use logic. ### 5/5 — Sehr gut! Absolute Kaufempfehlung. *2020-04-07* Eine sehr gutgemachte Spiel. Meine Tochter 3 Jahre sehr begeistert. Super! ### 5/5 — Perfect *2020-04-07* This game is the perfect difficulty for my two boys - ages 4 and 5.5 they both love it and there’s a good variety of games. The music is relaxing to listen to as well. Well done! ### 5/5 — SO GOOD!!! *2020-04-02* I think this game is the best app about the Gruffalo!!!!!! ### 5/5 — Lovey *2020-03-28* We love this game it is calm for a child to play it is full of fun things to do and I would recommend to all parents to download it for there child it is a fun way to learn numbers and letters too in a fun way it is also fun if you are playing without knowing that numbers and alphabet too I would recommend this game to everybody it is in places quite hard but you can help your little one with that I rate this five stars👍 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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