Scribble Lite vs How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scribble Lite
Unleash your creativity with a simple drawing tool. Doodle, sketch, or finger paint with various pen sizes and colors. Shake to clear your canvas or draw directly on your photos.
- Draw and doodle
- Shake to erase
- Multiple pen sizes and colors
- Draw on photos
- Background color options
- Finger painting
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Draw! Then shake to erase! Now with more colors, pen sizes, and... draw on photos! New in version 1.3: Background colors! Use scribble to draw, doodle, finger paint, sketch and trace. Great for quick note taking or fun for children of all ages.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Experience the classic Dr. Seuss story with interactive animations and engaging activities. Discover hidden surprises, play mini-games, and learn new vocabulary. This award-winning app offers multiple reading modes and tracks progress for young readers.
- Interactive animations and surprises
- Hidden stars with fun activities
- Multiple reading modes (read along, self-read, auto play)
- Vocabulary exploration
- Parents' progress tracking
- Seven mini-games
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The Dr. Seuss classic, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" comes to life with playful interactivity, delightful animations and fun activities! ** Parents’ Choice Recommended Award Winner ** ** Academic's Choice "Smart Choice Media" Award Winner ** ** Best Pick Award - Tech with Kids ** ** Best New Apps - Apple ** ** KidSAFE Listed ** FEATURES - Tap and drag to find playful surprises throughout the book - Find hidden stars on every page to reveal fun activities - Read along with highlighting narration, read it yourself, or enjoy auto play - Explore new vocabulary by tapping words and pictures - Track minutes spent reading, pages read, and more in the Parents section ACTIVITIES - Play seven different mini-games like Memory Match, Jigsaw Puzzle, Word Search, Sequence, and more! - Find all 28 unique games hidden throughout the book - Enjoy activities again and again, directly from the main menu - Try to beat your high score and best time -------------------- Download today! -------------------- Oceanhouse Media is proud to celebrate over 15 years bringing Dr. Seuss’s beloved stories to the App Store! Trusted by millions of families. Official Dr. Seuss licensed App. Dr. Seuss Properties ™ & © 2015 Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. All rights reserved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Scribble Lite at Free against How the Grinch Stole Christmas's $3.99. Scribble Lite also leads on iOS requirement (3.1 vs 12.0). How the Grinch Stole Christmas's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 3.3) and review sentiment (74% vs 53%). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Scribble Lite is free to download; How the Grinch Stole Christmas costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: How the Grinch Stole Christmas has 4.4K ratings behind it against 182, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Scribble Lite's written reviews are positive against 74% of How the Grinch Stole Christmas's.
Scribble Lite ships an update every 2 months, How the Grinch Stole Christmas every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scribble Lite | How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 3.3 (182 ratings) | 4.5 (4.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.2% of reviews | 73.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 182 | 4.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #156 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 3.1 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zintin | Oceanhouse Media |
Customer experience
Scribble Lite
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
User reviews
Scribble Lite
From 182 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and simple to use
- 👍 Great for quick doodles and notes
- 💡 Ability to draw on photos
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🔍 Limited color and tool options
- 🔨 Lack of undo/erase functionality
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
From 4.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ⭐️ Classic book / app!
- ⭐️ I LOVE THIS
- ⭐️ My Favourite Christmas Book!
- ⭐️ really fun game!
- ⭐️ Loved this whene I was little
Room to improve
- ❌ Zero
- ❌ NOT BORIS KARLOFF!!!?
- ❌ Fun Activities but Narrator is Annoying...
- ❌ Not original narrator
- ❌ Disappointing. It is unclear how to open games and we are stuck with just a jigsaw.
Bugs and requests
Scribble Lite
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on launch
- Drawings disappear after saving
- Photos loaded upside down
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- More color choices
- Adjustable pen size
- Undo/erase feature
- Ability to clear the canvas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Reported bugs
2 issues- Apple refuses to refund didn't want app kid made purchases with out knowledge
- Won't download
Requested features
3 requests- More Read and Play / Read And Learn books like The 500 Hats Of Bartholomew Cubbins, Oh, The Thinks You Can Think!, and Oh Say Can You Say?
- Add a game to every page, not just different pages where there is the same scene and it doesn't give you a new game if it's the same scene every page
- In a future version, could there be a toggle in settings to go between the classic muted coloring and the updated full color?
In-app purchases
Scribble Lite
No in-app purchases
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Scribble Lite free?
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