# PRY — user reviews > 71 indexed App Store user reviews of PRY by Tender Claws LLC, rated 4.70/5 from 33 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pry/id846195114/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pry/id846195114.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 30 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of PRY? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 💡 Innovative storytelling techniques - ✨ Unique and immersive experience - 🎨 Beautiful and artistic design - 🧠 Thought-provoking and engaging content - 👍 Intuitive and smooth interface - 🚀 Pushing boundaries of interactive narrative - 🌟 High quality production - 💖 Emotionally resonant and moving - 🤔 Encourages reader intelligence and exploration - 💯 Masterful use of media integration **Cons** - ❓ Confusing and difficult to follow - ⏳ Incomplete story/lack of content - 💸 Perceived as expensive for the content - 🐌 Slow pacing - 😵 Disjointed chapters/narrative - 🤷‍♀️ Not for everyone/requires patience **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes repeatedly - Videos loop at the end - App doesn't always pick up where it left off - Sound issues (no sound) **Most requested features** - More content/chapters - Clearer narrative progression - Fix looping videos - Explanation for red diamond collection ## Newest reviews (14 of 71) ### 4/5 — Interesting way of storytelling *2019-04-03, version 2.0* The app is great, it uses a way of storytelling that mixes text, images and video. Is it meant to have sound tough? I cannot hear anything, and no its not the volume turned off. ### 4/5 — Too short but great *2016-06-20* The story is great, the interface is amazing. It is just too short! ### 5/5 — You Need To Try Pry! *2016-06-11* One of the most detailed apps that I have ever seen. It's so intricately designed and beautifully portrayed that you will become swept away in this thrilling story!! Imagery is spectacular and vivid. Incredible storylines and plot unveiling at the most accurate moments to keep you engaged and enchanted by every tiny moment you spend with "Pry". ### 5/5 — Very cool *2016-06-10, version 2.0* Confusing and difficult puzzles that fulfill you once you get them, and it leads you through a story that is crazy cool and interesting. Can't wait to finish part 2!!! ### 5/5 — It's amazing!!!💛 *2016-06-09, version 1.1.0* 💛 ### 5/5 — Great *2016-06-01, version 1.1.0* Very interesting and beautiful. I'm patiently awaiting an update to give us more!!! ### 5/5 — My favorite app ever *2016-02-15, version 1.1.0* For those who love discovery, books, and experimental learning. ### 5/5 — 점자 읽는 부분이 진짜 대박이네요.... *2016-02-14* 정말 게임 같지가 않아요. 한편의 영화나 책 한권을 읽은 것 같은. 특히 점자 읽는 부분은 어떻게 이런 생각을... ### 5/5 — Wondrously new and yet not at all gimmicky *2016-01-11, version 1.1.0* I adored this story/app/experience and have gone through it several times to try to get all the chapters completed. I'm impatiently waiting for the 'coming soon' sections! ### 5/5 — I'd PRY or BUY the nexr five things these folks do. *2015-12-31, version 1.1.0* This is the first thing I've seen that has stretched the idea so pleasantly and tells a story so riveting. Start today, and linger a good while to savor, pause, ruminate, and return. ### 5/5 — Absolutely Brilliant! *2015-12-20, version 1.1.0* A 3D reading experience. If you are a reader you must get this app! ### 5/5 — Spend time with it.. It's cool *2015-12-20, version 1.1.0* Take the quiet path, and dig into it.. A subliminal journey, with more to return to. Looking forward to part two. Thanks guys! ### 5/5 — Fascinating structure *2015-12-18, version 1.1.0* At first I tried to follow the story line. Then I was intrigued by the hidden details (more than the actual story); memories and POV. You can read multiple times and discover new details every time. Looking forward to part 2. ### 4/5 — Inventive, Innovative, Incredibly Interesting *2015-12-18, version 1.1.0* Sometimes something comes along that really reshapes the boundaries we are familiar with, causing surprise and delight. PRY is one of those things - neither book, nor video, nor spoken word in the conventional sense but an interactive inventive amalgam that plays with time, form, and narrative to deliver a truly intriguing and mysterious interplay that just tugs constantly at you. I love that our protagonist is also not always a reliable narrator, so you begin to regularly question just where the truth lies. The only reason I've held off on giving five stars is that the app is a little buggy and will crash repeatedly at times, but all in all, the best thing I've encountered on the Apple App Store. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — This is short *2016-03-06, version 1.1.0* And I would vouch, is probably never gonna get the promised Part 2 considering it's been a year and a half! I gave you my money so here's a star to warn others. ### 1/5 — Stupid *2016-01-24, version 1.1.0* Don't waste your time. ### 1/5 — Cool idea, terrible implementation *2016-01-15, version 1.1.0* The visuals are great. I like how they integrate real video with text and give user a few unique control options that move things along. This is very innovative and welcome. However, the story/game/experience is a mess. I couldn't follow it and realized I didn't want to. ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2015-01-20, version 1.1.0* The kind of app that should be free. Definitely not worth 3.79. 1 star. ### 1/5 — Too hard to follow *2015-01-15, version 1.1.0* The chapters seem to be random talking and don't connect from one to the next. Plus it's not even a full book. Says new chapters will unlock soon so have to wait to see if the book ever makes sense. ### 1/5 — Langweilig *2014-10-03* Für "future of story telling" ist hier sowohl die Geschichte als auch die Präsentation ziemlich langweilig. Da ist "Device 6" in beiden Kategorien um Meilen weiter und besser. ### 2/5 — boring and expensive *2016-06-13, version 2.0* It's quite possible I'm a moron, because I just don't get it. I understand why the app is $5.99 -- movies are expensive to shoot and you are using real actors here -- but after almost an HOUR of "gameplay", I haven't actually done anything DIFFERENT... just spreading and squeezing my fingers together in order to see different pictures and get a (sort of uninteresting) story told slightly more completely each time. As far as I can tell, there IS no game to be played, and no puzzles to be solved. DISAPPOINTING. I was expecting (and hoping for) something interactive, something intriguing and something which involved solving puzzles. I got none of that, and I feel really ripped off. ### 2/5 — Wait until part 2 is released *2016-02-03, version 1.1.0* Creative, creative app. A mix of book, movie, game, interactive story. And in most instances it is nicely executed. However the lack of completion to the story line at this point is a deal breaker. Wait and purchase this app after they complete the narrative and all portions are released. Otherwise the feeling you are left with at the end is unsatisfying at best, and possibly even disappointing. Stay tuned for the update. ### 2/5 — Just can't get into it *2016-01-06* Man, this sounded like the coolest thing ever. There is something about the written parts that make it very hard for me to follow. Maybe it's the writing style, maybe it's all the interactiveness distracting me, or maybe it's just too slow for me. Also, sometimes it doesn't pick up right where it left off. It brings you back to the beginning of the section. If someone else were to try this concept...I would be willing to try it again. ### 2/5 — Incomplete and incoherent *2015-10-13, version 1.1.0* The amount of effort and work that went into this app is impressive. Unfortunately it falls short. The story is incomplete, chapters 1,2 & 6? What happened to 3-5? The story is extremely confusing to follow. The "interactiveness" of chapter 6 convoluted the story so much I just gave up on PRY altogether. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Seeds of Tender Claws’ Future *2022-03-29* Remarkable piece. I’ve been a fan of Tender Claws since VVR on Google Daydream and loved every virtual reality experience they’ve made since then; I find their work playful and delightfully weird, though never so abstract that it lacks a human core. It was fascinating to dive into PRY and see certain themes and mechanics found in their later work peeking out in the context of my iPhone. For example, what in VVR becomes worlds within worlds through removing a chain of VR headsets here becomes pinching in and out through time, space, text, and memories. PRY tackles more serious subject matter than their later work, but just as successful within its own established rubric: is this a story that could only be properly told and understood in this format? Absolutely yes-- I’m particularly struck by the empathy generated through various media forms as different states of first-personness. If I had to give PRY critique, it would be that I love the sense of the relentless passage of time even when there are multiple simultaneous narratives, and it feels like cheating when videos loop at the end. I’d prefer them to always blur out, as some moments do. Also just an element of confusion: I can’t figure out why the Appendix lists the total number of red diamonds I’ve collected-- I thought maybe new content gets added to the appendix as I collect more red diamonds, but that doesn’t seem to be the case unless I’m misunderstanding how to access the full appendix (I’m scrolling and pinching). To conclude, no one explores interactive narratives quite like Tender Claws, and PRY is a wonderful exploration of internalness through the various affordances of a touchscreen interface. Highly recommend. ### 5/5 — Tremendously interesting experiment *2017-01-08* This is a tremendously interesting experiment in storytelling. Some rough edges, but a ton of good ideas. ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2017-01-07* Those hungry for alternative storytelling techniques will appreciate (if not love) the clever interaction design this app doles out. ### 5/5 — Evocative *2016-10-15, version 2.0* Evocative, a bird's eye view into an awake dream. Navigating by the seat of your pants. It's great ride. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2016-09-03* This app is a pure accomplishment in design by balancing publishing with digital new media and film / it's an incredible story and a remarkable experience! ### 5/5 — Pry!!!! *2016-08-23* This app is incredibly detailed. I love that the reader transposes their position and is made an active member of the story and how it progresses in a way that is incredible unique. Just so very cool. ### 5/5 — Unique storytelling at its best! *2016-08-03* Almost loved this as much as HerStory. Great look at a new way to tell a story. ### 5/5 — Stunning, innovative, moving game *2016-07-08, version 2.0* A unique and immersive storytelling experience. Incredibly high quality in all aspects of production. The tactility of the game navigation is inspired and the content is sensitive, probing and wisely inconclusive. The depth of content and potential approaches to that content is staggering. Can't rate highly enough. Excited to see what the studio does next. ### 5/5 — Wow *2016-06-16* Just...wow ### 5/5 — Entirely engrossing *2016-06-14* I've only played for 10 minutes and have recommended it to all of my friends. It's amazing. --- *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.*