Monster Coloring Book App Reviews

Ok, in general this is a pretty cool app. The art is awesome and the idea is really neat. Being able to save, share, print, etc with the images is cool. HOWEVER, there are several issues that annoying from the get go. First, the biggest thing, get rid of the stupid monster bucks and buyings monsters, patterns, brushes, etc scheme. For a kid, they just want to color. Either make the images available or not but dont confuse kids with the colors some. Earn bucks, and buy (unlock) more flow. If you want to make money, then sell additional packs of these things as in app purchases. The app needs a LOT more colors, colors need to have opacity so they can be mixed to make more shades. Same with patterns. With those I expected something more like a Microsoft office color palette, where I could pick a wavy line pattern and then have it be any color from my palette. Needs an "advanced" mode to allow older kids and adults to truly finger paint so you can put a swipe of color here and there along with the fill. Would also be nice in this mode to have the option to stay in the lines as you swipe or to bleed a little so the monsters could look more artsy. Stickers need to have opacity as well as a "blend" mode so they can be masked by other elements. For example if a monster is holding a book and I want a sticker on the book cover, the monsters hand should mask on top of the sticker and not be covered by it. Again, overall its a great app. The art is the best part by far. Just loose the more adult purchasing flows and enhance the overly childish coloring tools and I think youll have one of the best kid and adult apps Ive seen. PS - also, think about letting kids color a picture and then e,ail it as a post card or birthday card to grandma or something. Now to mail a postcard, Id pay 99¢ per for that feature.

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New version: Great improvements: getting rid of Monster Bucks and unlocking content, and the new expanded color palette. The new colors give this app much more depth and possibility than others like it, and keep adults and kids engaged longer. Pinch & zoom would be a great improvement, and make this app functional on the iPhone. Old version: Nice monsters and color palette, but UI buttons get in the way on both iPhone and iPad. Overall the UI is too much in the foreground, especially for a kids app. The Monster Bucks thing is maybe ok for older kids, but beyond younger kids and annoying for adults too. On the iPhone it is impossible to color some of the smaller details accurately for either adults or kids. Overall not as streamlined an app as Super Why coloring book.

I dont get it. Maybe most of the good reviews are by parents. I bought this thinking it would be a relaxing, fun thing to do a few minutes a day. But the only thing adult fingers can do is fill areas with the tools. There is absolutely no way to "color" and stay in the lines. Its a mess. The pictures are simply too small. And as many people have mentioned, theres mo way to make them bigger. I wish I hadnt spent the money on this.

The update is great! We love the new stuff!

This coloring book is LOADED with FUN! So many monsters, so many colors, patterns, stickers..limitless hours of coloring. I like to email my monsters to my friends and family, like my "Monster of the Day". Theyre cool to print too. Lots of content, kids love it and I do too. I like the classical music options, but then I discovered I could color monsters while listening to my iTunes playlists. Great value. Great App. Glad I bought it, my kids new favorite! :D

A great app for keeping my 11yr old (or myself) busy at the bus stop! I am especially happy with the new update! As others have said, wish you could make the small details larger in order to fill them & that stickers could change their transparency. This is our new favorite app! Keep up the great work

This is nicer than most coloring books, and I snapped it up the minute it went on sale for $1.99. However, there in a big crash problem in the brush-selecting mode. Not okay with my 4 year old or myself. In the end, if this problem persists, I would say it is not even worth the sale price.

It fun and cute

I bought this app for my iPad and loved it. It was a bit crashy, but mostly worked. It wouldnt crash completely, just to the background. So, naturally, I didnt install it on my iPhone 3. When I got my iPhone 4, I added it right away. Ive found it to be hard to precisely color on such a small screen. Im not attempting shading or anything but tapping on a tiny hoof colors the whole background, tapping on a stripe in the horns colors the section you already colored. Plus, if you mess up, no undo. So, I recommend a zoom option (finger pinch) and an undo button. 5 stars for those options.

I would have given it 5 stars but it crashes often.

crashes all the time :(

I really love the design and the music. The monsters are really cute and I like the palette.

I know thats not a word, but this ap needs its own special words! Its creative, colorful and just plainly tickles my FUN bone! Makes folks of all ages relax, get in touch with their child and and smile.

My 3 and 5 year-olds love this app and I was amazed at how little help they needed to learn how to navigate it. They ask to play "paint monsters" quite often. The illustrations and even the background music are delightful. Love this app, love the monsters!

I love it myself, but its also something my 3 year old can do for a long time and which we do together. The background music, which you can turn off, is so lovely that we leave it on. We dont do many games on the iPad, but we do have this and train builder, which my 6 year old enjoys.

One of my favorite apps. A lovely variety, and I love the music as well. A favorite app, no complaints. One of my first purchases on my iPad.

The monsters make great backgrounds, are fun to send people, and super fun!! Yay monsters!

I love everything thats in this app. Easy and fun to use! Suggestions: 1) Pease update the app with Even More Monsters. 2) Include new monsters in every category with a corner edge icon on the thumbnails, representing new monsters. 3) Add Some New Categories: Scary. Tiny. Teeth. Pets. 4) Have a continuous cover flow-type preview selection that goes from one category to the next and loops around.

Fantastic fun, but would be even more fantastically fun if there were more colors and patterns. 10 patterns isnt enough. And how bout some brighter colors:)