# Story Time Interactive reading — user reviews > 91 indexed App Store user reviews of Story Time Interactive reading by Mariya Bohari, rated 4.22/5 from 55 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/story-time-interactive-reading/id410788584/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/story-time-interactive-reading/id410788584.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 34 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Story Time Interactive reading? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Loves the app - 👍 Good for kids - 👍 Nice graphics - 👍 Lots of free books - 👍 Interactive stories - 👍 Read-along feature - 👍 Good for storytelling - 👍 Simple and easy to use - 👍 Keeps kids busy - 👍 Good for car rides - 👍 New version is better - 👍 High quality graphics - 👍 Child's voice concept - 👍 Bright colors **Cons** - 🐛 Books won't download - 🐛 Charged for free book - 🐛 Activity part is off - 🐛 Font is all caps - 🐛 No sound on iPad - 🐛 App closes when opening story - 🐛 Books disappear - 🐛 Black squares on book - 🐛 Syncing crashes - 🐛 App doesn't read - 🐛 Only 2 free books - 🐛 App wipes out stories - 🐛 App crashes - 🐛 Audio not working - 🐛 Bugs still present - 🐛 Invalid character errors - 🐛 Downloading errors - 🐛 Network failure - 🐛 Freezing issues - 🐛 Low quality books - 🐛 App hangs too much - 🐛 Stories not aligned with originals - 🐛 Rudimentary book program - 🐛 Horrendous stories - 🐛 Terrible recording quality - 🐛 Lame app - 🐛 Low quality - 🐛 Annoying voice - 🐛 Weird voice - 🐛 Awful voices - 🐛 Not worth time - 🐛 No volume - 🐛 Too many errors - 🐛 Worst app - 🐛 Game is basic - 🐛 Story stops halfway - 🐛 App is basic - 🐛 Graphics cut & paste - 🐛 Nothing to it - 🐛 Voice is bad - 🐛 Graphics are worse - 🐛 Gameplay not worth mentioning - 🐛 App is rubbish - 🐛 Story has no closure - 🐛 App is disappointing - 🐛 App is very weak - 🐛 No sound - 🐛 Too many glitches - 🐛 Not recommended - 🐛 App is lame **Commonly reported bugs** - Book will not download - Book listed as free, but charged - Black squares on the book - Font is ALL CAPITALS - No sound in iPad air2 - App closes each time story is opened - App wipes out stories from 'my books' shelf - Books disappear from 'My Books' shelf - Cannot download books - No books at all after opening app - Cannot download more books - App closed each time story is opened - Sync books purchased between devices crashes - App does not read when 'read to me' is pressed - Only 4 books are free - Only get 2 free books - Purchased books do not download - Error message when downloading purchased book - Purchased stories do not work - App asks to pay for stories again after reinstalling - Notifications cannot be cleared without purchasing all books - Annoying numbers that won't clear - Cannot clear notifications without buying all books - Terrible voices, poorly delivered - Cannot download other stories due to error - Invalid character errors - Won't download new books - Free books fail to download - Purchased books do not download - Error message when downloading purchased book - Purchased stories do not work - App asks to pay for stories again after reinstalling - Story stops halfway and narration starts from beginning - App stopped at Rapunzel, says network failure - App freezes at Rapunzel and cannot view other books - App freezes after the first story - Cannot go back to the main menu - Won't download after second book - Keep having to read the same book - App keeps freezing up - Free story freezes everything - Cannot go back to main menu or do anything else - App stopped doing anything - Bug in The Picnic - App hangs too much - App freezes - Too many errors - Glitches in the games - Audio is not working - No volume **Most requested features** - Option to subscribe to have all stories - Fix activity part for making books - Upgrade app to latest iOS - Add a tab to return to main menu - Make app universal for all devices - Add more free stories - Add English grammar exercises - Add more games ## Newest reviews (10 of 91) ### 3/5 — No option to have all? *2020-12-29, version 4.0* My autistic son absolutely loves this app but there’s no option to subscribe to have ALL the stories which is disappointing. ### 3/5 — My 3 year old son seems to like it so far.. *2018-12-19* Just takes a while since you have to wait on each book to download which sorta got our excitement tho quickly go away cause it took a while for a book to download on our WiFi. ((We have crappy||cheap WiFi in my opinion lol{+}my husband is cheap and I am a stay at home Mom{+}wife so I am of course trying to be grateful that we even have any at all)) overall this app is worth the time spent on impatient downloads rather than 💰 spent on more app purchases that they only play a couple times and lose interest in. So the free stuff is awesome and there is a lot of free things in the app so that alone is worth the download I say.. The only thing we've not liked so far besides the individual 📖 downloads on Grandma speed WiFi is the activity part where you can make your own book or whatever it is very off like touch accommodation is very off and jumps to stuff I'm not editing like while trying to pinch to size characters it just bounces too much and that makes it not so fun for my 3 year old to try and make his own creations. If there is any way of fixing these things that would make this app much better . & This is my perspective after only playing it for about an hour with my 3 yr old before naptime💤🆓🆒📲⏳📶💬❗️👩‍👦‍👦📚🐛 ### 4/5 — Book will not download *2018-07-19, version 4.0* PinK Elephant I bought this book but will not download Apple could not help this is the 2 Nd book that this has happened to me can you plz upgrade your app to iOS to latest one so this will not happen no more and plz let me know when I can download it for free I love your app but now am scared to buy anymore which is very sad to me ☹️ ### 4/5 — Wonderful App *2016-11-12, version 3.0* Nice app. My son loves reading." ### 4/5 — Good story app *2016-06-19* Nice short stories which can be heard if not in mood to read to kids ### 3/5 — Font is ALL CAPITALS *2015-09-13* I like that each word is highlighted as it is read but using a hard to read font that is in all capitals is very counterproductive to helping kids read. Please use an easy to read font that has lower case letters with caps only at appropriate places. Also, there is nothing that tells the child when the story is over and there are no more pages. Please add a tab on last page that takes us back to main menu of titles again. ### 2/5 — Buggy program at best *2013-02-05, version 2.0.3* Seems good at first but try to sync books that you purchased between devices and it just crashes. Until they fix this the app is worthless. ### 5/5 — Very nice *2012-12-17, version 2.0.3* Great layout and the kids love it. ### 5/5 — Stories with beautiful graphics. *2012-12-16* You can tell a lot if time was put into making this one. Very detailed graphics and your children will love this. Grab this for free since it comes with a few books. Nothing to lose. ### 5/5 — Easy to use story book. *2012-12-16, version 2.0.3* Nice and easy to use interface. My kids can even work this app. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Book listed as free, but charged $1.99. *2018-04-06* The Pinocchio book is listed as a free item, however, it charged $1.99. Sent requests to vendor 2 times and no one cares to return your email, and therefore no refund. ### 1/5 — Needs update *2016-01-27* Looks like a very good app problem is every time I click to read the book there's black squares on the book and it cover part of the title story time and it prevents me from reading the book at all 😪👎🏻 ### 1/5 — Not sound in iPad air2 *2015-01-07, version 3.0* Please fix it! ### 1/5 — Useless. *2013-09-26, version 2.0.5* Okay, so I downloaded this app yesterday for my younger sister to read. I thought it was great! hah. by the time the books had finished downloading it was today and then I couldn't even open them! just utterly useless! ### 1/5 — So disappointing *2013-06-08, version 2.0.4* As much as my child loves this app, it's even more frustrating to have to delete and reinstall this app on a daily basis. We have to reinstall it sometimes two and three times a day because it wipes out stories from her 'my books' shelf. Please fix and I'll raise the rating. Thanks! ### 1/5 — Disappearing Books! *2013-04-25, version 2.0.4* I have now downloaded the 30 books twice! The books are on the "My Books" shelf, but then they just disappear!!?! The second time the books disappeared after I installed another app. I caught the word "Cleaning" where it usually says "Loading". Now, I can't download the books at all. ### 1/5 — Strange *2013-04-24, version 2.0.4* I got this app and had 30 books in my library. About 4 of them downloaded and the rest said they were queuing which was fine. When I opened the app this morning there are no books at all and I cannot download anymore. Sad because they all looked great. ### 1/5 — Hmmmm... *2013-04-23, version 2.0.4* The set up looks amazing. I was really excited to use it. Once it downloaded all the stories, the app closed each time I tried to open a story. It would say "initializing story" and then shutdown after a few seconds. ### 1/5 — Bad *2012-12-30, version 2.0.3* The app does not work when you press read to me it opens the book up then it will not read to you only 4 books are free waste of time don't get it ### 1/5 — dont download *2012-12-17, version 2.0.3* unless you want to purchase each stories.i hate apps that says free when you have to purchase before you can make use of their app! nice trick! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Lots of free books *2017-12-14* The App offers 8 free books in total and other books cost only $1.99 each. It's well worth the money. ### 5/5 — Good *2017-10-23* Very good ### 5/5 — Please read this *2017-09-18* Teaches kids to believe in fake story's ### 5/5 — Really good *2014-02-06, version 2.0.5* My toddler daughter loves this app. Mixing the interactivity of this app with good old fashion real books keeps story telling fresh and fun. ### 5/5 — Love it *2013-07-25, version 2.0.5* I wish to buy more books. ### 5/5 — Best Kids Story App *2013-03-06* I absolutely LOVE this app. My 6 year old son is completely captivated by the stories. I have looked at other reading apps and I have to say this is the best. What makes it stand out is the read along action, the way the words move up into a wave like affect across the page as the narrator reads each line. This reinforces word recognition. Also, the pictures give additional emotion to the story when touching the image helps give a rounded view of what's happening on the page. I have a E reader for my son. Is this only available through Apple products? I'd like to put it on the reader but can't find it. Please make this universal so it can go on all devices. Thank you Brooklyn, NY ### 5/5 — A good kids book *2012-12-25, version 2.0.3* My little brother love this he is 2 , he love it all I read it times (only one story that I read I could off been his ...lol ### 5/5 — Has lots of my favorite books *2012-12-18* It is a free app, but you only get 2 free books. To get the other books you have to pay. I liked that this had all of my favorite childhood books in one app that I can share with my son. ### 5/5 — Parents you will love this one. *2012-12-17, version 2.0.3* Great way to spend time with the kids. This app also comes in handy for those long car rides. ### 5/5 — nice pictures and graphics *2012-12-17, version 2.0.3* great Free app, and lots of classics to purchase for only $0.99. So far has been keeping my kids busy for hours. --- *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 2026-06-10.*