The Very Hungry Caterpillar Downloads & RevenueThe Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore · App Store
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore is #79 in Games › Family Paid in Japan and charting in 2 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperStoryToys Limited
CategoryGames
Price5.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 4.3 (2.3k)
Version1.1.0
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)100k+ worldwide
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore update history & changes
Last change · 21 events since 19 Mar 2014Full timeline ↓⭐Passed 1K ratings⭐Passed 1K ratings📈Entered the top 100 in 2 charts📈Entered the top 100🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 20 events in the last 12 months
- 📈The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Adventure · DE · Top Paid · Family · DE
- 📈The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore entered the top 100Top Paid · Family · GB
- 📈The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore entered the top 10Top Paid · Family · ID
- 📈The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore entered the top 100 in 3 chartsTop Paid · Games · ID · Top Paid · Adventure · ID · Top Grossing · Family · ID
- 📈The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore charting in a new countryIndonesia
- 📈The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Adventure · AU · Top Paid · Family · AU
- 📈The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore entered the top 100Top Paid · Family · US
- 📈The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore charting in a new countryUnited States
- 📈The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore charting in a new countryUnited Kingdom
- 📈The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore charting in a new countryFrance
- 🆕The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore first spotted by AppInsider#85 in Top Paid · Family · Japan
- 🆕The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.3 ★
2.3k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#79
Games › Family PaidMeasured
New ratings a week
1.5
App Store, 4-week average
Measured
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore on the App Store
App details
App ID
834404979
Publisher
StoryToys Limited
On the store since
Mar 2014
12 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 8.0+
iPhone 4s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad · Watch
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
5
EN FR DE JA ES
Size
267 MB
Also listed in
Adventure, Family, Education
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | Games › FamilyPaid | #79 |
 Australia | Games › FamilyPaid | #200 |
Apps near The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore on the chart
Games › Family Paid, around #79.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.3 ★
2.3k ratings
Measured
Ratings
2.3k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
1.5
4-week average
Lifetime rating
4.3★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
55/100
faster than 58% of Games apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore
From the 18 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mostly negative (28% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and privacy and spam. Recent reviews are more positive than earlier ones.
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Do not waste your money!!”
- Privacy & data: “Scam - a ripoff of the real hungry caterpillar”
- Features & content: “Not all the features work 2”
- Crashes & bugs: “Doesn't Work, Give me a refund!”
About The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Play & Explore
* Tech With Kids Best Pick App *
The beloved characters of Eric Carle are now available in The Very Hungry Caterpillar™ & Friends - Play & Explore, a stunning 3D pop up app featuring fun and educational games and activities.
Now includes our new Jigsaw Puzzle, 3D Stickerbook and Spot The Difference for FREE for all users! No further In-App Purchases required.
Please note this app features the beautiful artwork of Eric Carle in brand new fun and educational games and activities, and does not feature the original story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar book.
• Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar™, Mister Seahorse, The Very Quiet Cricket and other characters from Eric Carle’s best-selling books Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, The Mixed-Up Chameleon and 10 Little Rubber Ducks
• Practice counting, sorting, and memory skills.
• Learn about healthy eating, and discover amazing facts about caterpillars, seahorses, chameleons and other animals.
• Includes five language versions in a single app: English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese!
FEATURES:
• Award-winning 3D technology
• Gentle animations bring the characters to life
• Fun and easy activities
• Earn badges for completing extra puzzles and challenges in every scene
GAMES:
• Guide the world's best-known caterpillar towards healthy fruits as he wriggles across the garden
• Play hide-and-seek with Mister Seahorse and his babies at the bottom of the ocean
• Guide the Brown Bear around a forest maze to find her bear cub
• Grow The Tiny Seed into a beautiful flower with help from the sun and the Little Cloud
• Watch The Mixed Chameleon change color as you help him gobble up bugs with his long tongue!
• Complete jigsaw puzzles of your favorite characters
Guaranteed to make fans of The Very Hungry Caterpillar smile!
_______________________________
STORYTOYS AWARDS:
• Kidscreen 2016 Award
• Winner of the Bologna Ragazzi Digital Award, 2015
• 11 Children’s Technology Review Editor’s Choice Awards
• 2 iLounge awards for best kids’ app
• 2 Mom’s Choice gold awards
• Mom’s Choice Silver award
• Shortlist nominations for the FutureBook Digital Innovation Award
• Best Kids’ App Ever winner
• Longlisted for the DBW Publishing innovation award
• 9 Tech With Kids Best Pick App Awards
_______________________________
STAY IN TOUCH!
Stay in touch to hear about new releases and promotions:
- Visit us: storytoys.com
- Need help? For any technical issues please email us at [email protected]
- Say hello to us on Facebook: facebook.com/StoryToys
- Tweet us @StoryToys
The beloved characters of Eric Carle are now available in The Very Hungry Caterpillar™ & Friends - Play & Explore, a stunning 3D pop up app featuring fun and educational games and activities.
Now includes our new Jigsaw Puzzle, 3D Stickerbook and Spot The Difference for FREE for all users! No further In-App Purchases required.
Please note this app features the beautiful artwork of Eric Carle in brand new fun and educational games and activities, and does not feature the original story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar book.
• Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar™, Mister Seahorse, The Very Quiet Cricket and other characters from Eric Carle’s best-selling books Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, The Mixed-Up Chameleon and 10 Little Rubber Ducks
• Practice counting, sorting, and memory skills.
• Learn about healthy eating, and discover amazing facts about caterpillars, seahorses, chameleons and other animals.
• Includes five language versions in a single app: English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese!
FEATURES:
• Award-winning 3D technology
• Gentle animations bring the characters to life
• Fun and easy activities
• Earn badges for completing extra puzzles and challenges in every scene
GAMES:
• Guide the world's best-known caterpillar towards healthy fruits as he wriggles across the garden
• Play hide-and-seek with Mister Seahorse and his babies at the bottom of the ocean
• Guide the Brown Bear around a forest maze to find her bear cub
• Grow The Tiny Seed into a beautiful flower with help from the sun and the Little Cloud
• Watch The Mixed Chameleon change color as you help him gobble up bugs with his long tongue!
• Complete jigsaw puzzles of your favorite characters
Guaranteed to make fans of The Very Hungry Caterpillar smile!
_______________________________
STORYTOYS AWARDS:
• Kidscreen 2016 Award
• Winner of the Bologna Ragazzi Digital Award, 2015
• 11 Children’s Technology Review Editor’s Choice Awards
• 2 iLounge awards for best kids’ app
• 2 Mom’s Choice gold awards
• Mom’s Choice Silver award
• Shortlist nominations for the FutureBook Digital Innovation Award
• Best Kids’ App Ever winner
• Longlisted for the DBW Publishing innovation award
• 9 Tech With Kids Best Pick App Awards
_______________________________
STAY IN TOUCH!
Stay in touch to hear about new releases and promotions:
- Visit us: storytoys.com
- Need help? For any technical issues please email us at [email protected]
- Say hello to us on Facebook: facebook.com/StoryToys
- Tweet us @StoryToys
Latest updates
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