Hungry Caterpillar Play School offers a calming and beautiful environment for young children ages 2-6. Activities are based on Montessori principles that encourage hands-on and independent learning.
The app is inspired by Eric Carle, a beloved author and illustrator known for his classic children’s books, including “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”.
• Hundreds of books, activities, videos, songs, and meditations.
• Child-centric learning—explore and learn at your own pace
• Eric Carle's beautiful and unique art style
• Essential early learning for kids aged 2-6
• Gentle rewards to encourage repeated play—crucial for early learners
• Highly praised by parents of neurodivergent children
LEARNING BENEFITS
ABCs - learn the alphabet and how to read. Children trace letters and learn to spell their name.
EARLY MATH - explore numbers 1-10. Play games that teach early coding, measurement, patterns, and more.
SCIENCE & NATURE - activities and non-fiction books make little ones aware of science and the natural world.
PROBLEM-SOLVING - match pairs, learn shapes, solve jigsaw puzzles, and complete fun quizzes.
ART & MUSIC - artistic activities include coloring, collage, and building blocks. Experiment with musical notes, explore scales, learn chords, and create beats.
HEALTH & WELLNESS - practice meditations to calm down, relax, and reduce anxiety.
Apple Editor’s Choice 2022
FEATURES
• Safe and age-appropriate
• Designed responsibly to let your child enjoy screen time while developing healthy digital habits at a young age
• Play pre-downloaded content offline without wifi or internet
• Regular updates with new content
• Apple Family Sharing for easy subscription sharing with other family members
• No third-party advertising
• No in-app purchases for subscribers
SUPPORT
For any questions or assistance, please reach out to us at support@storytoys.com
ABOUT STORYTOYS
Our mission is to bring the world's most popular characters, worlds, and stories to life for children. We make apps for kids that engage them in well-rounded activities designed to help them learn, play, and grow. Parents can enjoy peace of mind knowing their kids are learning and having fun at the same time.
PRIVACY & TERMS
StoryToys takes children's privacy seriously and ensures that its apps comply with privacy laws, including the Child Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). If you would like to learn more about the information we collect and how we use it, please visit our privacy policy at https://storytoys.com/privacy.
Read our terms of use here: https://storytoys.com/terms.
SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS
This app contains sample content that is free to play. However, LOTS MORE fun and entertaining games and activities are available if you purchase a monthly or yearly subscription. While you are subscribed you can play with EVERYTHING. We regularly add new stuff, so subscribed users will enjoy ever-expanding play opportunities.
• Subscriptions are billed monthly or annually according to the rate of the selected subscription plan.
• You can change your mind at any point. Cancelling can be done through your iTunes settings.
• Your subscription will auto-renew at the cost of the chosen package unless you cancel it 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. Subscription fees are charged to your iTunes account.
• After purchase, you can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings.
• When you purchase a subscription, you forfeit any unused portion of a free trial period.
• You can use your subscription on any device registered with the same Apple ID that you subscribed from.
Inspired by the timeless story of a little egg on a leaf, Hungry Caterpillar Play School is as sweet and colorful as Eric Carle’s beloved children’s book. The app is all about play and exploration; kids can draw, color, sing, and even learn to grow strawberries (for the caterpillar’s snack).
Looks pretty good so far but FIX TYPOS, please!
ShiGold
We just started our free trial, as our three year old loves Eric Carle (and quite frankly, the limited content was way too limited to get a real sense of the app). We are enjoying the bright colors, familiar characters, and variety of games/subjects. Since the book section wasn’t available in our limited content exploration, we went to read one—the one about the frog. The pictures are cute, the information is age appropriate and the animations, though limited, are fun (the sound effects are especially appreciated by my preschooler). BUT! Imagine my surprise to find a typo! Yes it’s a common mistake —“its” incorrectly is spelled “it’s”—but COME ON!!! This is a LEARNING APP and there are grammar errors?!! Not cool. Not appreciated. And definitely NOT what I expect from anything Eric Carle-related (he’s a Big Deal in our household).For the money that we are expected to pay with the auto-renewal, I expect better editing and proofreading. Please look over AND CORRECT the text of the books and other sections of the app as part of the next update!
Developer Response
Hi ShiGold. Thanks for your feedback, and well spotted! We will of course correct this as soon as possible. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
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Seagreenx777
This is a really great app for kids, done really well. My daughter and I both enjoy all the fun things to do with in the app. I like how the content is updated frequently. My only complaint is the ads inside the App even after purchasing subscription for one year. I often pay to have ads removed so my daughter doesn’t encounter them while playing apps. Ads are such a nuisance and distracting, especially in the middle of gameplay. It would be my suggestion that you remove ads inside the game for subscription users.
Developer Response
Hi Seagreenx777. Thanks for your review, we're glad you're enjoying the app. We're concerned that you are seeing ads though. You should not be seeing ads as a subscriber, and even free users should only see one of two suggested apps from the rest of our collection. Could you please email support@touchpress.com describing the ads and where they appear, or send us screenshots? We're eager to fix this issue as soon as possible. Thanks!
Great app! Please don’t let Mickey ruin it again!
Daanyul
Update 1/3/19: I appreciate the apology. Have revised from 1 to 5 stars. It’s a great app provided Mickey Mouse stays far away.Original 12/25 review: This has been the only app I’ve ever let my 2.5 year old use. I’ve paid more for this app than any other. After using the free trial, we subsequently paid for the subscription and it has helped my kid learn letters and numbers. I’ve appreciated the relative simplicity and the lack of flashiness when compared with similar educational apps. Until this morning. This morning, Mickey Mouse Disney ads started popping up every minute. It’s ruining the experience and is infuriating. We’ll be cancelling if this isn’t eliminated. Please fix this and apologize for what was essentially a bait-and-switch move. Even if the frequency of the ads was an unintentional bug, its still unacceptable to try to sneakily show advertisements to my child.
Developer Response
Hello,Please accept our apologies. It has come to our attention that a pop-up advert appeared in Hungry Caterpillar Play School over the Christmas period. This should not have happened and occurred as a result of a technical error. We are very sorry for this happening. It was completely unacceptable.Unfortunately over the Holiday period our team did not spot the error and it remained until January 2nd 2019. We have now removed this message entirely from the app.As an extra measure to our unconditional commitment to our users we have implemented precautions which will prevent such errors in the future.Please always share your feedback with us. We strive to keep learning and improving your experience
Celebrate The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s anniversary! This update focuses on behind-the-scenes technical enhancements to keep everything running smoothly.
Version 18.1.5
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Information
Seller
StoryToys Limited
Size
468.6 MB
Category
Education
Compatibility
Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 13.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
