# The Canterville Ghost — user reviews > 63 indexed App Store user reviews of The Canterville Ghost by iClassics Productions, S.L., rated 4.50/5 from 53 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-canterville-ghost/id1193944163/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-canterville-ghost/id1193944163.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 44 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 4 ## What do users think of The Canterville Ghost? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - ✨ Beautiful illustrations and animations - 🎶 Superb sound and music - 📖 Great interface and presentation - 💡 Engaging and immersive experience - 📚 Excellent introduction to classics - 👍 Well-done retellings - 🤩 Highly recommended - 💯 Top-notch programming - 🚀 Fun and entertaining for all ages - 💖 Brings stories to life - 🌟 Wonderful execution - ✨ Unique and interactive reading - 🎨 Compelling artwork **Cons** - ⚫ Black screen on opening - 📱 Pages hard to turn - ⏳ Shorter than expected for the price - 📶 Suspicious cellular data usage - 🔊 Music cuts out on multitasking **Commonly reported bugs** - Black screen on opening (iOS 13) - App crashes when changing pages (iPhone 7 Plus iOS 10.3.1) - Music cuts out when returning from multitasking **Most requested features** - Fix black screen bug - Improve page turning mechanism - Add Russian language support - Provide definitions for difficult words - Stop suspicious cellular data usage - More content/longer stories ## Newest reviews (14 of 63) ### 5/5 — Wonderful interactive story! *2019-04-25* Beautifully presented and easy to read Oscar’s tale of the Ghost. Recommended! ### 5/5 — Wow *2019-02-22* What a great story what a great app execution 🙌👏 ### 5/5 — Absolutely phenomenal *2018-07-28* As a fan of classic literature, and the beautiful job that iClassics has done so far with the works of some of history‘s most famous writers and poets, to see the original comical ghost story with all of its drama and etiquette made so beautiful with the modern touch of art and interaction for the reader, warms my soul. I am extremely pleased with the presentation of this classic story, and I hope that this company continues to bring more to the readers. ☺️❤️ ### 5/5 — Recommend *2018-02-03, version 1.1.12* Excellent!! ### 5/5 — Loved my first iClassic interactive read! *2017-12-23* This was the first iClassic interactive read that I've purchased and I LOVED it. The art is engaging and memorable, the story is interactive in just the right places and the music added to the atmosphere of the horror story. Have already purchased a few more that I will be reading. Highly recommended for children and adults alike. ### 5/5 — Well done Oscar! *2017-12-22* I love this tale, quite new to me and wonderfully crafted. The effects were well produced and the gentle humanity of the author is beautifully brought to life. Many thanks, more please! Paul. ### 5/5 — Well done novella *2017-11-05* Not all that long but well done and no regrets about purchase. ### 5/5 — Très belle application *2017-10-30* Les animations et illustrations accompagnent très bien la lecture et l'enrichissent grandement. Le livre n'en devient que meilleur! ### 5/5 — So great *2017-10-24* Love the illustrations and animations. Such a fun way to experience the story. Definitely worth the few dollars to complete the book. ### 5/5 — 👍 *2017-10-08, version 1.1.8* Excelente app me encanta , buenísimo ### 5/5 — iClassics strikes again! *2017-09-22* I am a huge fan of iClassics work. This latest project is the latest in a long line of phenomenal works. The artwork is great, the music fantastic, and the experience wonderful! I have loved Canterville since I was small and this team made it even better. Thanks iClassics for another great app! ### 5/5 — A lot of fun *2017-08-29, version 1.1.7* A great silly sweet tale for Halloween or any time. The animation and sound are wonderful. I love the lightening. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2017-08-17, version 1.1.7* What a awesome app ### 5/5 — Another Masterpiece! *2017-08-16, version 1.1.7* iPoe was one of the main reasons I switched from Android to iPhone, and I've loved every story iClassics has put out ever since. Their newest addition is no exception. The illustrations are breathtaking, and the music is captivating. I enjoyed it very much and can't wait for the next release! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Black screen at opening *2020-03-26* Ios 13.4 Ipad 7 French Black screen ### 1/5 — Update. Quickly *2020-02-26* Black screen快点更新。黑屏。ios13下不能用 ### 1/5 — Suspicious *2020-01-12* 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 — Nothin but black *2019-12-24* There seems to be a bug. I just get a black screen when opening the app. Otherwise I used to love this app. ### 1/5 — The app crash *2017-05-11, version 1.1* Im buy the app cause love the book, but the app crash every time i want to change the page in my iphone 7plus iOS 10.3.1 Hope fix it soon ### 2/5 — Used to love this *2020-01-24* I used to love this iBook, but now all I get is a black screen when I open it. Very disappointing. ### 3/5 — Russian please *2017-07-22* Русского языка недодали... ### 4/5 — Beautifully done, although shorter than I had imagined *2017-12-19* A very creative way of presenting excellent literature. However, I was finished in 30-45 minutes, and I had expected a bit more than that for the price of $2.99. ### 4/5 — Lots of fun *2017-05-19, version 1.1.2* Great quick read. Love the music and animation. Everything's great except the pages are hard to turn. One of the pages in chapter 2 wouldn't turn at all. Otherwise great fun :) ### 4/5 — Sweet *2017-05-19, version 1.1.2* What a great way to experience reading. Fun for young and old alike. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — So Fun! *2025-10-25* Highly recommended introduction to the classics. Great interface, fun surprises, tongue-in-cheek presentation. More, please! ### 5/5 — A melhor versão desse conto atemporal *2024-08-13* Há alguns anos tinha um bug que deixava o app sem música, mas desde então foi corrigido. As ilustrações são perfeitas! ### 5/5 — A great story well presented *2024-06-29* The Canterville Ghost is a gem, of course. It wouldn’t be so famous if it wasn’t. It’s like a forerunner of beatleguise. iClassics did a great job of making the story more vivid and immersive. I feel like they were trying to make it in the style of Burton and Elfman. Great job! ### 5/5 — Perfect *2022-01-11* Thank you so much for your amazing app based book with wonderful illustrations 🌹🌹🙏🏻👍🏻 ### 5/5 — Absolutely Magnificent *2021-03-18* This is the best so far! ### 5/5 — Fabulous! *2020-12-16* The retelling of these stories is very well done and I purchase every single one! A great and unique pleasure. ### 5/5 — Most intelligent App *2020-11-25* This is the best app ever created. Honestly, it helps young and old readers appreciate the wit of classical literature. ### 5/5 — Wonderful! *2020-11-07* So beautifully illustrated, animated and enriched by superb sound. I was familiar with the book but how good to see it come to life this way. ### 5/5 — Love the Fixes.....but..... *2020-03-12* I’m so happy to see the fixes have made it in for almost all of the books. So they all get five stars as always and I can now get to the ones I haven’t read yet. Only one question - will you be fixing the last two - Canterville Ghost and Sleepy Hollow? I know I can read them elsewhere but I was looking forward to the design of the standalone works for each. These have been some of the best ‘apps’ I’ve ever bought on Apple. Great idea to create them!!! Thanks - Ric ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2019-06-14* This is a beautifully crafted, amazingly interactive way of reading/ingesting these classic stories. So entertaining and just a terrific experience- top notch programming, obviously, with no glitches whatsoever. Really fun for the younger AND older reader alike, and even if you already know the story, this enhances it so much!! --- *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 2026-08-24.*