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Sesame Street Games Club

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Sesame Street Games Club offers educational content for young children, but recent reviews highlight significant issues with audio, frequent crashes, and a restrictive paywall that limits free content and sometimes fails to register purchases, contradicting the overall positive lifetime rating.

4.1★ lifetime (16,724) Free + in-app purchases since 2024 by StoryToys Limited updated 0.8 mo ago recent negative 34% 35 reviews across 4 regions
Paywall & Purchases Audio Issues Technical Stability Content Value
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recent reviews across 4 regions, vs the 4.1★ lifetime average

Sesame Street Games Club is an educational app for young children, featuring characters like Elmo and offering various activities. While some users praise its educational value and entertainment, recent feedback points to persistent technical problems like missing audio and app crashes, alongside frustrations with its subscription model and limited free content.

What users like

  • Educational and entertaining for young children.R2R11R16R30
  • Features popular Sesame Street characters and themes.R1R13

What users complain about

  • Frequent reports of no audio or sound issues.R5R6R20R22
  • Many games are locked behind a paywall, even after purchasing a subscription.R7R9R29
  • App crashes or fails to load.R17R23
  • Purchased content may not be accessible, requiring re-purchase.R18R29
  • Limited free content and short game duration for paid content.R9R20R25R26

Latest update · v10.0.0

What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):

Grover is back with a new activity. Help him drive a big friendly bus along a busy road, avoid obstacles and other road users, pick up and drop off passengers at bus stops, and look out for surprise guests along the way.

Recurring themes

Audio Issues negative
Multiple users report a complete lack of audio or persistent sound problems within the app, even after purchasing content. This directly contradicts the expectation of an engaging children's app and is a recurring complaint across several recent reviews.R5R6R20R22
Paywall & Purchases negative
A significant number of reviews express frustration with the app's monetization model. Users report that most content is locked behind a subscription or in-app purchases. There are also severe complaints about purchases not being recognized, forcing users to buy content again, which causes significant anger.R7R8R9R18
Technical Stability negative
The app is reported to crash frequently or fail to load past a black screen, making it unusable for some users. This indicates a problem with the app's stability.R17R23
Content Value mixed
While some users find the content educational and good for young children, others feel the available games are too short, especially for the price of a subscription. There's also a comment about the content not being as advertised, focusing on building rather than ABCs or math.R2R11R16R25

Who it's for

This app is for parents looking for educational content featuring Sesame Street characters for toddlers and preschoolers R2R11. It is NOT for users who expect a fully free experience, as most content requires payment R7R9, or for those who are sensitive to technical issues like missing audio or app crashes R5R17.

Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, particularly concerning technical issues and monetization, which contrasts sharply with the high lifetime rating. This suggests a recent decline in app quality or user experience. The developer's notes mention a new activity but do not address any of the major issues reported by recent users, such as sound problems or purchase recognition.

Frequently asked

Does Sesame Street Games Club have sound?
Many recent reviews report that the app has no audio or significant sound issues, even after purchasing content R5R6R20R22.
Is Sesame Street Games Club free to play?
While the app is free to download, most games and content are locked behind a subscription or in-app purchases, with users reporting very limited free options R7R9R20.
Are in-app purchases reliable?
Several users have reported issues with in-app purchases, including purchased content not being accessible and the app asking for re-purchase R18R29.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 35 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R2] 5/5 · US Best: Educational
  2. [R11] 5/5 · US I love this game it’s so good for my little brother🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩: I love itttttt!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
  3. [R16] 5/5 · US Awesome game: Love this game
  4. [R30] 5/5 · GB Good: My cuason found about this game and he is 3 years old and he loved it
  5. [R1] 5/5 · US Take 5 stars on Sesame Street: 5 stars on YouTube kids are the best and the most entertaining people in my life and they are so funny and funny and so kind and I am very proud to have them as well and I’m happy to have you as my friends and I friends as well I just want love and to be with my friends as well as you friends I really love them and I want you as a family as well I want you and I love
  6. [R13] 5/5 · US Sesame Street: Lego build a Sesame Street
  7. [R5] 1/5 · US No audio: There’s no audio on this app or another app by the same developer.
  8. [R6] 3/5 · US No sound: Really wish they could fix the sound… I purchased this app not nothing it didn’t have sound
  9. [R20] 1/5 · US Limited options on free version: On my iPad Pro I get no sound at all, and a subscription option is way too expensive for what you would get.
  10. [R22] 1/5 · US Sound issues: Mom of disappointed toddler
  11. [R7] 2/5 · US Couldn’t play anything without paying: We tried a couple options that showed they were unlocked before buying the subscription, but it just kept taking us to a signup page.
  12. [R9] 1/5 · US Why do you have to buy stuff so much?: There’s hardly any games to play and I want to play more. I don’t want to spend any money so please make it free to play on your other games.
  13. [R29] 5/5 · GB Paying monthly subscription & the majority of games still locked!: Paying £6.99 subscription- just renewed and now it is asking for more money and most of the games are locked. Terrible app.
  14. [R17] 1/5 · US Doesn’t load: App is broken. Won’t load past a black screen and then crashes. Have attempted to delete and redownload multiples times with no success.
  15. [R23] 5/5 · US Buggy: My 3 year old enjoys this game and the rating would be higher if it didn’t crash regularly.
  16. [R18] 1/5 · US Where are my purchases?: I spent eight dollars on an app purchases yesterday and now my three-year-old wants to play the games and they’re telling me I need to purchase them again. I’m mad and my toddler is more mad. What happened?!
  17. [R25] 2/5 · US This app needs a lot of work: The games are way too short to only have 2 options for to play and it’s currently buggy as the volume is not working in app. It has a lot of potential but the devs have to get on it.
  18. [R26] 2/5 · US Very short: This game cost $5 for a subscription and my 4 year old finished exploring all the content in about 5 min..
  19. [R8] 1/5 · US Mecha builders: The first time I heard of this game it said that it was free! So I bought it for my kiddos

Synthesized from 35 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store