# How the Grinch Stole Christmas — user reviews > 46 indexed App Store user reviews of How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Oceanhouse Media, rated 4.50/5 from 4,422 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/how-the-grinch-stole-christmas/id1016686482/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/how-the-grinch-stole-christmas/id1016686482.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,069 · 4★ 832 · 3★ 306 · 2★ 115 · 1★ 100 ## What do users think of How the Grinch Stole Christmas? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - ⭐️ Classic book / app! - ⭐️ I LOVE THIS - ⭐️ My Favourite Christmas Book! - ⭐️ really fun game! - ⭐️ Loved this whene I was little - ⭐️ The best - ⭐️ Since I was a kid! - ⭐️ Love it - ⭐️ Great as GRINCH cakes - ⭐️ Grandson loves the grinch - ⭐️ Fabulous my kids love this - ⭐️ Checks all boxes - ⭐️ Great app great family tradition - ⭐️ Excellent! - ⭐️ The best! - ⭐️ So delightful! - ⭐️ Great App! - ⭐️ Get into the Holiday Spirit! **Cons** - ❌ Zero - ❌ NOT BORIS KARLOFF!!!? - ❌ Fun Activities but Narrator is Annoying... - ❌ Not original narrator - ❌ Disappointing. It is unclear how to open games and we are stuck with just a jigsaw. **Commonly reported bugs** - Apple refuses to refund didn't want app kid made purchases with out knowledge - Won't download **Most requested features** - More Read and Play / Read And Learn books like The 500 Hats Of Bartholomew Cubbins, Oh, The Thinks You Can Think!, and Oh Say Can You Say? - Add a game to every page, not just different pages where there is the same scene and it doesn't give you a new game if it's the same scene every page - In a future version, could there be a toggle in settings to go between the classic muted coloring and the updated full color? ## Newest reviews (13 of 46) ### 4/5 — I LOVE THIS *2025-06-02, version 4.1.3* I kind love it and it’s games! I watched a reboot movie from illumination when I was 4 or 3 tho. I hope my lil sis loves this! :) ### 5/5 — The best *2022-05-29, version 4.1.1* The best story with games for my daughter ### 5/5 — Grinch *2021-10-15, version 4.1.1* Christmasaurus ### 5/5 — +65 9766 6604 *2021-05-17, version 4.1.1* I liked the game ### 5/5 — The grinch who stole Christmas *2021-04-08, version 4.1.1* It’s extremely easy to see the grinch in a book after only seen him in a movie ### 5/5 — The best *2020-11-08, version 4.0.14* This app is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ### 5/5 — Since I was a kid! *2020-06-01, version 4.0.14* I have learned and enjoyed Dr Seuss and now over 40 years later my daughter is enjoying just the same ### 5/5 — Love it *2019-12-21, version 4.0.14* I enjoy the story ### 4/5 — JiJuicy in abjurei one sutth-((-51iiuuuu I *2019-06-11, version 4.0.14* Effective cAnd hwas ### 5/5 — Great as GRINCH cakes *2018-12-20, version 4.0.14* So I love this app it's a classic story of how the GRINCH stole Christmas but animations and stuff awsome ### 5/5 — Grandson loves the grinch *2018-01-18, version 4.0.10* Making it Christmas all year ### 5/5 — Thomas is bring a sleigh at the fair when the sleigh slips down the hill Thomas to the rescue! *2017-11-20, version 4.0.10* Santa’s Little Engine ### 3/5 — Fun Activities but Narrator is Annoying... *2017-11-20, version 4.0.10* I downloaded this app for my son as the Grinch is currently his favorite story. The illustrations are exactly the same as the book and are animated which is great. There are some decent settings as you can turn some functions on and off, however I almost requested a refund due to the narration of the story to be extremely annoying. If I knew it was going to be that bad, I would not have downloaded it. The original narration by Boris Karloff is a classic, this is an instant flop. I really hope for the next update (If any) they replace the narration. Overall; Design - ***** UX - **** Narration - * Activities - *** Illustrations - ***** Story - ***** ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Zero *2024-10-08* Apple refuses to refund didn’t want app kid made purchases with out knowledge ### 1/5 — NOT BORIS KARLOFF!!!? *2022-11-28, version 4.1.2* You’ve got to be kidding me. The official Dr. Seuss app doesn’t have the Boris Karloff narration? I’d like a refund. ### 1/5 — Won’t download *2018-12-22, version 4.0.14* I have tried many times and this app will not download on my phone or iPad. ### 1/5 — Why did you change the narrator!? *2018-09-25, version 4.0.13* My special needs child loves the Dr S treasury & these read & play apps. No joke, I think they get listened to at least 10x a day. If not more. But recently the narrator got switched for the Grinch Read & Play (which is kiddo’s favorite) and it was horrible! The new narrator is not nearly as good as the old one & there was no reason to change this. Please please change the narrator to the old one!!!! ### 1/5 — Not original narrator *2016-12-17, version 4.0.7* Anyone who knows this story knows the narration in the animated movie is the only true narration. So disappointed to hear someone trying to do a knock off version. It totally throws the feel of the story off. Put me out of the Christmas spirit. If you have kids, just stick to he old animated classic. Or better yet, read them the story. You don't need someone else's dad trying to do a voice for you. ### 1/5 — So much fun! *2015-12-06, version 4.0.5* Love this app ### 1/5 — Mrs F *2015-11-28, version 4.0.4* Disappointing. It is unclear how to open games and we are stuck with just a jigsaw. ### 2/5 — Bring back the old narration! *2018-09-02, version 4.0.13* My family loved the original narration. The new guy is fine, but it’s hard to replace the original. ### 3/5 — Great app, but we don’t like the new narrator *2018-11-24, version 4.0.14* The app is awesome and we love the interaction. Really well done! However, we are not a fan of the new narrator. The previous narrator was much more engaging and entertaining. We’ll hold off on updating the other Dr. Seuss story apps to avoid the unfortunate surprise of a new narrator. ### 3/5 — Grinch *2018-10-21, version 4.0.14* My son loves this app ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — the book is ok *2026-05-13, version 4.1.4* awesome book to read for christmas ### 5/5 — I love The Grinch *2026-05-02, version 4.1.4* This book is good, along with the 2018 movie! ### 5/5 — It would be great if there were more *2026-02-25, version 4.1.4* I too think it would be great if they had more apps like Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are (Read and Play) I Can Read With My Eyes Shut (Read and Learn) Oh Say Can You Say (Read and Learn) If Possible Wacky Wednesday (Read and Learn) And many others ### 5/5 — Classic book / app! *2025-10-16, version 4.1.3* This app is wonderful! This is my favorite Dr. Seuss book! The animations and play activities are fun! And of course the book itself is so iconic after nearly 70 years! The other Read and Play / Read And Learn books are great too! You should make even more like The 500 Hats Of Bartholomew Cubbins (Read And Play), Oh, The Thinks You Can Think! (Read And Learn), Oh Say Can You Say? (Read And Learn) And many others! Keep them coming! ### 5/5 — The grinch *2025-05-05, version 4.1.3* So this app review is not like any other how to get games tap on things to get mini games on the home page press the star for the games I love this app 10/10 ### 5/5 — My Favourite Christmas Book! *2024-11-23, version 4.1.3* It’s Christmas time and I saw this app recommended to me so I bought it and it’s the best book app I’ve read! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ### 5/5 — really fun game! *2023-12-11, version 4.1.2* okay i love this app. i was scrolling around, goofing off in the App Store, and i decided to scroll through the entertainment chart. number 3 was this app, and it had to be great if it was number 3 on the chart, and it looked pretty cool! so i bought it, and it’s amazing! i love tapping around on everything. super fun app, love it! i love the games in every page too! i think you should try and add a game every page, not just different pages where there is the same scene and it doesn’t give you a new game if it’s the same scene every page. good app! i recommend you get it and it’s amazing for a 1 dollar game! - from a dear reviewer, who loves dr. seuss ⭐️ 😊 ### 5/5 — Loved this whene I was little *2023-09-26, version 4.1.2* .. ### 5/5 — The grinch *2023-01-03, version 4.1.2* I love the grinch ### 5/5 — delicious! *2022-11-22, version 4.1.2* Super fun and jolly. Merry Christmas! --- *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 2026-09-03.*