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The Monster at the End... App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Great idea, fun animation, but way to slow and laggy.My kids love this app, except for all the waiting for pages to load, and inconsistent interactivity. This could easily be a homerun if they did some usability testing. I mean come on, blank pages load, you wait for five seconds before anything happens. Buttons show interactivity, then pause it, for several seconds before you can click on them. Then, after several pages of you clicking to make things happen, they just give up on that idea and the book does it without your input. This could easily be a homerun, and my kids did smile throughout, but it is a poor example of useability..Version: 1.2
✓ No good for an obedient childThis didn't work for my son. Grover tells him not to turn the page so he doesn't. He just sat there staring at it despite my urging him and telling him it was actually OK to turn it! It wasn't that he was scared he was just doing what the app was telling him and taking it literally. Even on subsequent attempts. So far a waste of money :-(.Version: 3.1
✓ CrashesLooks great, but won't get past 5 or 6 pages without crashing. Get it fixed please, not good enough for paid app..Version: 1.1
✓ BuggyThis app is not very well finished. It crashes continually mid story and lags badly between page turns (at least at the start of the story) which is a shame as the actual content is rather good and reasonably funny..Version: 1.1
✓ CoolLooks great in retina pad and 99cents is right price for even an adult to buy this, to relive childhood memories. I don't know if a company such as Sesame Street should be charging any more than a dollar for these books. Also, the page where Grover puts uh the brick wall, you turn the page in the original and because you were strong enough to turn the page Grover says "you are very strong". However in this one you have to knock the wall down by bashing it first, this changes the meaning of the page for me. Turns a comedic act of strength in the page turning into a just a show of strength in violence. I wish this included the original in original form also..Version: 3.1
✓ ARG .99FAVORITE BOOK EVER! 2 stats re price drop to .99 day after I purchased this app. Refund = 5 stars.Version: 3.2
✓ DisappointingI was expecting a lot more to this app. There is absolutely no story to the book. Each page is just another variation on the same, "Don't turn the page, there's a monster at the end of this book". That's not a story. It's the start of a story. Graphically, the app could have used more colors & visuals. Obviously a lot of work did go into this app, but the storytelling needs further work. Also, technically, each turn of the page on an iPad 1 was slow, causing a wait indicator to appear before the next page appeared. The pop-up notes to parents with suggestions is pointless. As parents we can figure out those things out ourselves. Make the pop-ups for the child, not the parent. I do like the character of Grover & would like to see more engaging apps for a child. The developer has much better apps. I would suggest getting some of the other Callaway apps for children before purchasing this one..Version: 2.1
✓ Grover does not talkGrover talks on a couple of pages and the just stands there and talks but with no sound coming out, it's poor !! Don't waste your money.Version: 2.2
✓ Pleased and disappointedI'm a long time fan of the book so I was excited to find it in an app. Every child (from surprisingly varied ages) love it when I read the book to them. It's great that Grover can read the story aloud and act it out. I love how the kids interact to destroy Grover's attempts to stop them turning pages. They also have additional ideas for home activities related to the story. I was disappointed (and surprised), however, that there appears to be no option to use the app as a book I can read myself, at my own pace. Reading TO the kids is where I get my joy from the book. I noticed in the parent section it suggests turning your iPad to silent but Grover continues to appear to read and the words continue to come up at their own pace, and some even disappear. Please add a 'ready by myself' option. Also, the bricks seem to topple on their own without any child interaction..Version: 4.0
✓ Please listen to me pleaseCan you please make this a bit longer. I only finished this in a few minutes. Please listen to this review!.Version: 6.3
✓ A monsterThis was a really disappointing app. I wouldn't chance buying any more in the series because it was quite expensive for what it is. Rubbish!.Version: 3.3
✓ NOT WORTH ITI'm a big fan of the original book, and i think someone could make an awesome application of it for the ipad. this is NOT that application! this app is SLOW and BUGGY (crashes all the time!), but it's also so poorly designed that even if it ran as intended you wouldn't want to use it. the app works nothing like an ibook. feels like a clunky old cd-rom. you're stuck on every page until animations complete, there's no easy way to go backwards, and the pages load so slowly you're stuck looking at a blank page for ever! absolutely NOT KID-FRIENDLY. but if you're a fan of the original at all, the book is NOT ADULT-FRIENDLY either. what a disappointment. even at $0.99 it's NOT WORTH IT. i'm trying to figure out a way to get my money back. AVOID!.Version: 1.1
✓ MomNever got past the first page. Crashed every time I tried to go to the second page. Plenty of memory.Total waste of $4.00. Very disappointed..Version: 2.0
✓ Incredibly bad value for moneyIt's not a bad game but I was expecting something to happen. You finish it in a few minutes and then it's just a case of repetition. I cannot believe what a waste of money it was, even if it was 1/10 the cost it would be poor value.Version: 5.1
✓ Sesame Street - the monster at the end of the bookAfter buying full version and constantly trying to download app it still hasn't loaded. It gets 3/4's of the way and freezes. Deleting and reinstalling has not helped. And No it's not me or my equipment or internet connection, Other apps have downloaded without any problems. Have one very disappointed 4 year old..Version: 5.1
✓ Too shortOnly around 10 double page spreads long so $4.49 is a rip-off. Otherwise pretty good. Grover's voice is great..Version: 3.0
✓ It won't open!That is very expensive to not even be able to open it!.Version: 2.1
✓ No sound!!There is no sound on this app. Boo to Disney/sesame street. What a disappointment, as my son was really excited about this book -it is one of his favorites..Version: 1.1
✓ No parent read option, slow, canWhat a disappointment. The book insists on reading itself to you, which is annoying enough, but it is also slow. You can't jump the title page, which Grover seems to spend an awfully long time on. And please, include a 'parent read' option, I hate that both of us would have to sit there and simply watch it. It's a book, it's meant to be read..Version: 1.2
✓ Awful adsAt some point this app got updated to include ads, which have been placed directly over the corner to turn the page. Used to be my toddlers favorite app. Now he can’t play it because all he does it touch the ad..Version: 5.1.6
✓ App okay, here's fix for sound issuesThe app was okay. I loved this book as a kid so when I saw it, I had to get it. The transitions between pages seems slow compared to the other interactive books i've bought. The delay is so long that my daughter kept asking if we were at the end. There was also a sound issue that I have seen others have a problem with. **Here is how to fix the No Sound Issue (at least it fixed it for me)** Make sure that the Side Switch is set to Mute and NOT Rotation Lock as found in Settings - > General. I had mine set for orientation lock and would not get any sound. As soon as I did that, I was able to get sound. Hopefully in future versions they will fix that oversight and speed up the transitions..Version: 1.2
✓ Sends a really bad messageYes this is lovely animation but the message of the game seems really misguided. Grover is scared and asks (sometimes pleads) you not to turn the page. If your child listens, nothing happens. The only way to play is to ignore Grover’s feelings. Not something I want to teach my child..Version: 6.0
✓ Where is the empathy?I remember this as being a silly, fun book. Grover pleads with the reader not to turn the page. My daughter, however, felt very loving towards Grover and wouldn't turn the page because Grover seemed very afraid. As a Kindergarten Teacher and Mom of two, I agree with my daughter. If someone is in distress, we should listen to their cries for help. This book teaches kids it's ok to scare others. Somehow it just seems wrong to keep feeding Grover's fears Of course the ending works out OK but the road to get there does not encourage empathy for a very frightened Grover..Version: 2.2
✓ Still buggy - too slowSadly there is still an annoying lag between pages and continual crashes. There is no way to skip ahead so you are forced to sit through the entire animation sequence before advancing. This might be 'ok' if the lag wasn't so long - in some cases 2-3 seconds before the next animation begins. The swipe to turn the page doesn't always work either. My 2 year old summed it up as "too slow - keeps crashing"! He does go back to it though so there is potential to make it good. See the pop-out version of Peter Rabbit for a great example of how fluid and responsive the enhanced book format can be....Version: 1.1
✓ Adds ?? I paid for thisLittle tile add that flips throughout the entire story. Makes this app useless for my autistic son. Dissatisfied..Version: 5.1.8
✓ Need Lag Issue to be fixedDaughter loves this book, but loses interest really quickly due to the lag issue. If this issue was fixed and the option to turn pages when you feel like it opposed to when Grover has finished speaking would be great and I would definately give this app 5 stars!.Version: 1.2
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