# The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore — user reviews > 35 indexed App Store user reviews of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by StoryToys Limited, rated 4.30/5 from 2,317 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-play-and-explore/id834404979/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-play-and-explore/id834404979.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,403 · 4★ 516 · 3★ 220 · 2★ 103 · 1★ 75 ## What do users think of The Very Hungry Caterpillar? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - ⭐ High ratings - 👍 Engaging puzzles and games - 🎨 Enjoyable artwork and visuals **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes - 💰 Paywall for full content access - 🤔 Confusing or disjointed user experience **Commonly reported bugs** - Missing or incorrect game elements - Compatibility issues on older devices **Most requested features** - Ability to read the full storybook - More content and levels for the games - Improved stability and performance ## Newest reviews (10 of 35) ### 2/5 — Freezes *2021-02-24* My son loves the game, until it freezes which happens all the time now. Or the right fruit to solve a pattern isn’t there, I bought the Eric Carle bundle, and while the games seem like they’d be wonderful if they worked properly there is far to meaning technical flaws. **Developer response:** Yikes! We're here to fix your problem. Please contact support@touchpress.com and let us take good care of you. ### 4/5 — Jydessggghhjhvbbgghjjkhgnznnzj. Z *2020-06-21* 🚚🚚🚕🧩🚍🚍🚲🚍🚡⏰⏲🧭🎛🧭🧭🧭🧭🧭🎚📽📽📽📷📷💿💾🕹💻⌨️📲🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🇩🇿🇦🇴🏳️‍🌈🇦🇽🏳️‍🌈 _😔😔😔😏🤨🚝🚝🚝🚝🦽🚒🚛🚛🇦🇩🇦🇮🇦🇬✝️💕🤎💕💕💗☺️🤣🙃🤪🤪🤪😚😌😌😚😝😉🙂😇🙂😉😗😋🥰😇😇🚖🚔🏍🦯🚛😁🇦🇽🇦🇬📽📽🤣🏳️‍🌈🚔🙂ⓧⓓⓣⓒ ### 2/5 — I only like the puzzles *2019-11-23* I only like the puzzles because the puzzles help your kids get more accurate and you get to do it on different levels and it’s like a mind game and when you are on a low level you, it’s like you rank up to a higher level ### 2/5 — Kein Ton! *2016-08-18* Ton funktioniert auf dem iPad nicht! S her enttäuschend. **Developer response:** Ich entschuldige mich, ich spreche kein Deutsch. Ich habe Google verwendet, um meine E-Mail übersetzen. Die englische Originalversion ist unten angehängt. Sorry, dass Sie Probleme mit unserer App haben. Normalerweise sind Probleme mit dem Ton auf die Tatsache zurückzuführen, dass der Stummschalter auf dem Gerät aktiviert ist. Dies kann ein wenig verwirrend sein, denn nicht alle Anwendungen gehorchen der Mute-Taste, aber unsere tun, so dass, während Sie in der Lage, andere Anwendungen zu hören sind, würden Sie nicht in der Lage, unsere zu hören. Sie müssen nur den Stummschalter einschalten, der sich auf der Seite des Tablets oder Smartphones befindet. Sobald Sie es umschalten, hören Sie den Ton wieder. Wenn es keinen Stummschaltknopf gibt, schieben Sie bitte oben das Menü von der Unterseite des iPad Schirmes, um das stummen Knopfsymbol zu finden. Wenn Sie den Ton noch nicht hören können, gehen Sie bitte wie folgt vor: Gehen Sie zu Einstellungen> Allgemein. Wählen Sie unter "Use Side Switch To" die Option "Mute" und nicht die Schaltfläche "Lock Rotation". Stellen Sie dann sicher, dass die Sperre / Freigabe-Funktion eingeschaltet ist (zu entsperren). Möglicherweise müssen Sie Ihr Gerät danach neu starten. ### 3/5 — Content is hit and miss *2014-11-18* We've had this a while and it never interested my toddler but recently she got into the jigsaw puzzles. I don't love the graphics for iPad games although they're great in the books. ### 4/5 — Sympa mais ce joue qu'une fois *2014-05-30* Le graphisme est très beau et ressemble au livre. L'appli est bien faite et pédagogique. Cependant une fois que l'enfant a fait le tour il n'y reviendra pas souvent. ### 2/5 — Scam *2014-05-30* This app will want more money from you to unlock so your child can play. I paid the initial price, and now they want more money so my kid can actually play beyond the first page. So annoying. Also, I expected that you could read the actual book, but that isn't here. There is just some longer factual stuff that my son has no interest in ### 2/5 — NOT worth downloading *2014-05-05* I was very dissapointed in this app. The mini games were too complicated. I am a big Eric Carle fan so this was very dissapointing! ### 3/5 — きれいけど… *2014-04-08* 未就学児向けのようですが、4歳の子供には簡単過ぎたみたいです。ゲームは8種類ありますが、短いものばかりで、すぐ終わってしまいました。繰り返し楽しめる内容にしてほしいです。 絵はきれいで、ポップアップしてくるのもいい感じなので、これで絵本のストーリーがついていたらいいのになぁと思います。絵本は繰り返し見ますからね！ ### 2/5 — Mr *2014-03-27* A shockingly priced app that disappoints from the beginning , not fun , very disjointed and untuned into why children (mine included) love the story . Don't bother ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Nur Spiele. Nicht die Geschichte. *2016-08-19* Nur Spiele. Nicht die Geschichte. ### 1/5 — It's not the actual story. *2015-01-24* I thought it was the storybook. Waste of money. ### 1/5 — Total scam!! *2014-09-13* After opening this app I actually had to go back to see if I had accidentally downloaded the free version instead of the paid version...that's how little of this app is accessible for the purchase price!! It's ridiculous!!! Do not waste your money!! I want to access more of the app for my autistic son who is obsessed with all things Eric Carle, but I refuse to give this company one more cent of my money! ### 1/5 — What a waste of money! *2014-08-12* I am so disappointed in this app!! I purchased it and 1. Not all the features work 2. You have to pay additional money on top of the $5.00 to have access to the entire app. My daughter was in tears because the main features are broke. A WASTE OF MONEY ### 1/5 — Scam - a ripoff of the real hungry caterpillar *2014-07-21* Barry and Emmit O'neill (the producers of this D minus effort) owe my son $5. There's less than 10 minutes of content available before you have to buy more. Shameful. ### 1/5 — Junk app *2014-07-14* Try's to look like hungry caterpillar. Book nowhere to be found. Only crap themed mini games. Horrible. Waste of 5 bucks. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2014-06-22* A total scam. Everything your kid will try to do will try to extort money from you. And that's after paying $4 for the app. A shameful piece of junk. ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2014-06-04* Wish I'd read the reviews before I purchased this app. It's expensive and just badly designed and confusing even for an adult. It also asks you to purchase extra units as soon as you open it. Very disappointing as my grandson really loves this book. It doesn't deserve any stars in my opinion. ### 1/5 — Doesn't Work, Give me a refund! *2014-04-20* Can't even complete download. Tried five times and won't work. Give me my money back!! ### 1/5 — Hungry caterpilar *2014-04-02* Bad value for money. Completed in five minutes by a five year old who was left very disappointed! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Alexander *2026-07-14* 5 seconds ### 5/5 — I love it *2025-09-26* I like it lots!! **Developer response:** Thanks so much! We're thrilled you're enjoying us! Your review made everyone here so happy that we're dancing on top of our desks! To show our appreciation, here's a shower of 🎼🥁🎷🎉. ### 5/5 — Fjfnbjr *2023-04-05* Rjejdmgmgm ### 5/5 — Daniel *2022-07-01* Jehnna ### 5/5 — I know this game *2021-08-29* I can help caterpillar eat food in the Chamaeleon help numbers ### 5/5 — Very Good Thank you *2021-01-03* We love the ocean ### 5/5 — Ticker *2020-04-16* Way high rated ### 5/5 — New Animal Sticker: Crane *2019-11-10* New Animal Sticker: Black Panther ### 5/5 — 💎💎💎💎💎💎💎💎 *2017-09-22* はらべあおむしだいすき ### 5/5 — みんな大好き *2014-03-30* あの「はらぺこあおむし」の世界観をそのままに、 iPadならではのゲームで遊びながら自然に学べる、最高のアプリ。 --- *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 2026-09-11.*