# iDoyle: Sherlock Holmes — user reviews > 288 indexed App Store user reviews of iDoyle by iClassics Productions, S.L., rated 4.50/5 from 85 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idoyle-sherlock-holmes/id993664103/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/idoyle-sherlock-holmes/id993664103.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 70 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 6 ## What do users think of iDoyle? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Wonderful interactive experience - 🎨 Excellent illustrations and animations - 🎶 Immersive soundtrack - 📚 Faithful adaptation of the classic story - 🎓 Great for introducing Sherlock Holmes to new readers **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional issues with page turning - ⏱️ Short story length for the price - 🤖 Limited interactivity beyond viewing animations **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashes or freezes on some devices after iOS updates - Cellular data usage concerns **Most requested features** - More Sherlock Holmes stories in this interactive format - Ability to choose different story paths or endings - Deeper integration of puzzles and mysteries to solve ## Newest reviews (14 of 288) ### 5/5 — Great way to read a book *2020-03-28, version 1.13* I’m not one for reading books as I get distracted & lose concentration. This is a great way to read as the pages are small enough to manage, you can leave it & come back where you left off, the background changes every page which helps with concentration , there is accompanying music & of course it’s INTERACTIVE! Please make more Sherlock Holmes books! ### 3/5 — Slow *2020-02-13, version 1.13* Finallly, app works for my iPhone 11, updated from my iPhone 8. Turning pages in the story takes a long time even if one is a fast reader. Otherwise, I found the animations clever. I was under the impression this was a “user solves mystery” game, but it is really only a retelling of the story. ### 3/5 — No funciona con IOS 13 *2020-02-12, version 1.11* Con la nueva actualización de IOS ha dejado de funcionar La idea era buena pero si no se actualiza no se puede utilizar y se pierde el dinero de la compra y la confianza en esta compañía que sigue vendiendo la aplicación como si tal cosa La han actualizado aunque renquea un poco ### 5/5 — Very creative *2019-11-24, version 1.11* What a fantastic and immersive way to read a story. The animation and interaction breathe new life into this old classic. ### 5/5 — Urgente *2019-11-14, version 1.11* Tengo iDoyle, Poe y Lovecraft y no puedo abrir ninguno!! Que puedo hacer!? ### 2/5 — Error *2019-10-21, version 1.11* Con la actualización de iOS. 13 se traba. Ojalá logren resolver este problema ### 5/5 — Una forma fácil de lograr una lectura inmersiva *2019-07-22, version 1.11* He leído todas las obras que habéis publicado hasta ahora. Me encantan. Sólo me queda preguntar ¿para cuándo más? ### 4/5 — Exciting *2019-06-20, version 1.11* It’s a great story, the visuals and interactive elements are fantastic. It’s quite short though. ### 5/5 — Muy entretenido *2019-05-23, version 1.11* Es una lectura muy ligera y entretenida y que sirve muy bien para desengrasar entre otras lecturas más pesadas. Muy bueno, creo que voy a repetir con más frecuencia. ### 5/5 — Una autentica pasada! *2019-02-11, version 1.11* Otra pasada de iclassic,si aun no as probado alguno de estos clasicos no sabes lo q te estas perdiendo ,son sin exagerar los mejores libros interactivos de la app store,prueba alguno de sus clasicos y te sorprenderas,yo empece con el de poe y e acabado por tener q leerme todos y los e disfrutado un monton ### 5/5 — Entertaining! *2019-02-07, version 1.11* Artwork is very cool, the music is good. I enjoyed all of these volumes. ### 5/5 — Excelente producción gráfica *2019-01-03, version 1.11* Muy buena aplicación. Sabe mezclar la clásica historia con imágenes y animaciones coherentes. Interfaz muy dinámica para disfrutar de este clásico literario. ### 5/5 — Хорошая анимированная книга *2018-10-30* Оч понравилось; несколько языков, мне нужен был English, рекомендую всем! ### 5/5 — Fun, easy and entertaining reading *2018-09-23, version 1.11* A great way to bring Sherlock Holmes to the XXI century readers, highly recommended. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Beware *2026-02-12, version 1.13* Why does this app include location tracking? Explain to me why a game needs access to my location data for any reason except spyware. Check your system settings. I’ll be deleting, what else are they secretly tracking? ### 1/5 — Ne fonctionne pas sous iOS 13 *2020-01-25* Ne fonctionne pas sous iOS 13 : écran noir **Developer response:** Thanks for writing to us. Yes, we had a problem with the latest version of iOS. It is solved. Now you can continue enjoying our application. Thank you for your trust. ### 1/5 — Suspicious *2020-01-12, version 1.11* These books are entertaining and well done, but unfortunately I have to give them a low rating due to the apps suspicious behavior. I have purchased all of the iclassics and found that they all immediately default to the 'on' position in cellular data and immediately use nearly a megabyte of data. Why a book would need to use any data at all is curious and that they use that much data is both odd and suspicious. I wrote to the company at the email posted on their website but received no response. I cannot recommend purchasing these books unless they stop this practice of sending whatever data they're gathering and using customers cellular data without permission. ### 1/5 — Does not work since iOS update *2019-12-31, version 1.11* App does not work since iOS 13.3 update. All iClassics books does not work anymore. ### 1/5 — Dejo de funcionar *2019-11-27, version 1.11* Ya no funciona con la ultima versión de IOS en mi iPhone 6S plus ### 1/5 — App doesn’t work❗️❗️❗️ *2019-10-30, version 1.11* This app cant even start. iPhone Xr ### 1/5 — A once great app reduced to a money grab *2018-08-05, version 1.11* I really liked all of the apps from these guys. I work as an ESL teacher and used them for my students to get them excited and interested in what, normally, terrified them. My daughter also greatly enjoyed them. I saw their purchase as in investment of interest. Then came the mandatory updates and they added new content that was an in-app purchase but they LOCKED what I had already paid for before! Now one app and .99 cents would be one thing...but I had gotten so many of them! I didn’t fork out nearly $5 each just to be held up for more to buy back what I’d already had! I got in touch with t hem thinking this was an error and got a person who spoke very lovely and said oh, it’s just a mistake I’ll get you the codes. NEVER HAPPENED. and who’s to say if I gave in now that I wouldn’t have to purchase them all AGAIN at their next fund raising opportunity. Sorry. Fool me once shame on you...fool me twice, shame on me. I’ll stick with the old YouTube teacher cartoon standby and put my money into books that aren’t taken away and ransomed, thank you very much! I don’t know what’s going on w these review responses. I never got a response until today and it popped up in notifications just now... and yet it says the response here was from the day after.. in November.... it is now AUGUST... I did indeed correspond multiple times w someone there newly in charge of getting your apps out to teachers...after weeks of promises I got no more answers and changed my reviews to reflect my disappointment. I don’t mind update fees after a huge OS update... but not buying them again. I don’t have the $$ for that. ### 1/5 — Más freemium *2017-08-03, version 1.5* :( ### 1/5 — Cette mise à jour est une arnaque *2017-07-21, version 1.4* Attention: après la dernière mise à jour, il faut acheter les chapitres auxquels on avait accès avec la version précédente. Quelle arnaque !!! ### 1/5 — Stalls *2017-07-20, version 1.4* Get to the second page, where it tells you headphones are recommended, and can't go to previous page, next page or main menu. Complete waste of space, so deleting it. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Wonderful! *2024-07-09, version 1.13* Great job, with much care and love put into the presentation. Well done! ### 5/5 — Very well done *2023-08-19, version 1.13* Great animation and layout. It is a rather short story, but I enjoyed it immensely. ### 5/5 — Collection magique *2023-02-12* Et trop rare ! Ce concept de lecture animée est trop souvent réservé aux enfants… ### 5/5 — Amazing *2022-01-11, version 1.13* The best illustrated edition iv ever seen ### 5/5 — Excelsa *2021-10-11, version 1.13* Libros que me Acompañarán siempre. Los adoro ### 5/5 — Enjoyed immensely *2021-03-30, version 1.13* Ditto.... ### 5/5 — Cute Implementation! *2020-10-29, version 1.13* The game is afoot! All I can ask is more manipulatives in more Sherlock stories-old and new! ### 5/5 — More than elementary! *2020-10-12, version 1.13* Loved the artwork and soundtrack. The interactive and animated features draw the reader into the atmosphere of Baker Street. More please! ### 5/5 — Wonderful interactive book *2020-08-29, version 1.13* This app highlights the story beautifully and brings the characters to life. ### 5/5 — Esperando por más *2020-03-31, version 1.13* ¿Cuando van a sacar más libros? --- *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 2026-09-08.*