So, what do I say? Should you go buy this app?
Why, yes! go and get it! This app is not crap!
Your kids will love it and I think you will too!
And you’ll all wish you had your own Thing One and Thing Two!
How good would Dr. Seuss books look on the iPad? If you said damn good, you’re right. And it’s not would, it’s will - as Oceanhouse Media plans to bring all of Dr. Seuss to the iPad. Yay!...
— Just Another iPad Blog, Mar 4, 2010
Tuesday, March 2nd was Theodor Geisel’s birthday. And Oceanhouse Media has put all their Dr. Seuss apps on sale to celebrate. Dr. Seuss’s ABC is one of the ebooks that has made it into the Top 25 App list. That’s right, a kid’s educational book is a Top 25 app. How is that possible? It’s Dr. Seuss, my friend…..Dr. “Sam I am” Seuss...
Their motto is “Apps that uplift, educate and inspire” and that is exactly what Oceanhouse Media did yesterday with the announcement of several Dr. Seuss iPhone applications that have made the podium in the App Store, all within 24 hours.
I have to say “Bravo!” These are the best storybooks I have found on the iPhone! Much longer, with more pages and touchable pictures too. After having read both The Cat in the Hat and Dr. Suess ABC, Oceanhouse Media blows (the) others away...
— iPhone4idiots.com, Mar 4, 2010
REVIEW – “This delightful book comes to life on your iPhone.”
While I normally do not review books, for the simple reason that their features are usually quite obvious, The Cat in the Hat takes the extra steps truly stand out. It becomes a great way for your child to not only enjoy a great book but improve their own reading skills.
Remember the days as a child when you would beg your mom (or in my case dad) to read you a Dr. Seuss story? Well, children (and moms & dads) these days are blessed with the magic of the iPhone for instant entertainment. And what better way to occupy a child in an educational, fun way then to have a library of Dr. Seuss apps on your iPhone? ...
— The Huffington Post, Mar 2, 2010
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! Yes, it’s true, the author and illustrator of such children’s classics as The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! would have celebrated his 106th birthday today...
As the book reads, it zooms in and out of the pictures based on the context of whats being read and as the words are read, they change colors so that your little one can follow along. There are also corresponding sounds that go with the picture, such as when when it rains, you hear rain in the background or if its windy you hear wind rustling through the trees.
— Touch Tech Review, Mar 2, 2010
If you like to buy your apps cheap
In case they're not good enough to keep
Then oh! I have some marvellous news
About some apps from Dr. Seuss
— Mobile Entertainment, Mar 1, 2010
Graham is a huge fan of The Cat in the Hat iPhone app. It has the same wonderful illustrations that you will find in the book and will read the story to your child. You can also choose to read the story yourself. This app along with the Dr. Seuss's ABC iPhone app also has a wonderful feature that lets your child hear and see the words of items they touch on the screen...
Dr. Seuss is one of my all time favorite children’s book authors. I loved the books as a kid, and as an adult, I still love reading the books to my kids. So it should probably come as no surprise that the Dr. Seuss iPhone apps totally thrill me and my kids...
— The Working Mom, Mar 1, 2010
I continue to find gems in educational apps, and here's a great example - Oceanhouse Media's reimagined eBook for Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat, and a number of other books too.
While I suspect most of us know the story of The Cat in the Hat, and Dr. Suess’ use of anapestic tetrameter in his writing style to teach the rhythm and sounds critical to learning to read, this is all new to children – so is hearing it as it should be read. Right off I am impressed with the use of the option of reading it alone or having it read to you....
My three year old was entertained by both apps and had no problems swiping and interacting with them. When he was done with the two, he was asking for other Dr. Seuss books to interact with. Hopefully, Oceanhouse Media will come along with more because their implementation is really supurb...
— Wired.com - GeekDad, Feb 24, 2010
Oceanhouse Media has an enviable track record:
For almost the entire lifetime of the App Store they’ve consistently had a handful of apps in the top-100. Their apps beat the averages for both volume and unit price; in fact, they won’t build an app unless they can sell (a minimum of) five to ten thousand units at $4 to $7 each...
This is a loving adaptation of the anarchic classic, with the illustrations by Dr Seuss — aka Theodor Geisel, who wrote the original in 1957 — perfectly, even luminously reproduced...
One iBook, Two iBook, Red iBook, Blue iBook
In response to one overlooked demographic, Oceanhouse Media has launched additional iPhone and iPod touch apps featuring some beloved children's titles. And they've got their eyes set on the iPad...
Building on the work Oceanhouse did with its previous release, an iPhone-optimized e-book of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” the books combine the artwork of the original books with features developed to help promote reading in young children, like highlighted picture and word associations, professional narrations and custom background audio...
The Cat and the Hat has just been put out as an iPhone app by Oceanhouse Media, the nice people who brought us the Grinch game last Christmas. They’ve also released Dr. Suess’ ABCs. Not a moment too soon. My kids got to playtest these on a harrowing cross-country flight. I love you for that, Oceanhouse...
— Babble.com (Strollerderby), Feb 17, 2010
My daughter loves Dr. Seuss. She also loves the camera on my iPhone. Put these together and you have a four year old in Seussian snap happy heaven, and a mother who can't check her e-mail or play Words With Friends when her kid is around...
Last year Oceanhouse Media brought Dr. Seuss’s Grinch to the iPhone. Just last week they released an iPhone version of “The Cat in the Hat” and “Dr. Suess’s ABC”. This weekend I tried out the Dr. Suess’s ABC app because that is one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books. It’s a fun twist on an alphabet book and as far as Dr. Seuss books go, the words are easy enough to pronounce...
— The iPhone Mom, Feb 15, 2010
Here’s another great Dr. Seuss app from Oceanhouse Media. The Dr. Seuss Camera – The Cat in the Hat Edition is a follow up to the Grinch camera app that they released at the the end of 2009. This version lets you take pictures and then liven them up with some spunk courtesy of of the Cat in the Hat...
— The iPhone Mom, Feb 15, 2010
On February 12, application developer Oceanhouse Media announced the launch of three iPhone Apps based on Dr. Seuss children's stories. Two interactive books plus a photo application can be used on the iPhone and iPad touch and will also be available for the iPad...
— The Independent, Feb 13, 2010
They say eBook, I say audiobook readalong to go. Oceanhouse Media has three innovative Dr. Seuss hybrids that combine the classic illustrations with narration, highlighting the text in sync with the audio. Watch the video to see how it works! ...
I know from the response to our giveaway that we have lots of Dr. Seuss fans! Oceanhouse Media is announcing three new Dr. Seuss apps: “The Cat in the Hat” eBook, “Dr. Seuss’s ABC” eBook and “Dr. Seuss Camera - The Cat in the Hat Edition.” ...
— Cool Moms Rule, Feb 13, 2010
Three new iPhone apps based on the books of Dr. Seuss have launched on the App Store, courtesy of Oceanhouse Media. The company has launched interactive e-book versions of The Cat in the Hat and Dr. Seuss's ABC, as well as a photo-card maker app called Dr. Seuss Camera - The Cat in the Hat Edition...
— Mobile Entertainment, Feb 13, 2010
Having Dr Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! read to me via the iPhone e-book app created by Oceanhouse Media in a traffic jam was one of the cooler things (aside from the games) that I’ve experienced with my mobile phone.
The nice people at Oceanhouse Media are at it again, this time with Dr Seuss’ “The Cat in the Hat” and “ABC”. Check out the press release below for further details...
— Nine Over Ten 9/10, Feb 13, 2010
It's a good time to be a Dr. Seuss fan--and an iPhone or iPod Touch owner. Hot on the heels of last year's criminally overlooked "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and thoroughly entertaining Dr. Seuss Camera, Grinch Edition, Oceanhouse Media just dropped three new Seuss apps, starting with a spectacular e-book edition of "The Cat in the Hat."
Dr. Seuss’s ABC Review for iPhone and iPod Touch
Learning the alphabet with Dr. Seuss is as easy as A, B, C. From Aunt Annie’s Alligator to a Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz, you can’t help but have fun in Oceanhouse Media’s latest e-book, Dr. Seuss’s ABC for iPhone and iPod Touch....
Dr. Seuss Camera – The Cat in the Hat Edition Review for iPhone and iPod Touch
Use your iPhone’s camera to build whimsical, Cat in the Hat-like cards that you can share with your friends with Oceanhouse Media’s latest app, Dr. Seuss Camera – The Cat in the Hat Edition for iPhone and iPod Touch...
The Cat in the Hat – Dr. Seuss Review for iPhone and iPod Touch
He’s tall, furry, wears a tall, red and white-striped hat and carries an umbrella. Can you guess who this famous children’s book character is? If you guessed The Cat from Dr. Seuss’s book The Cat in the Hat, you’re absolutely right. Thanks to Oceanhouse Media, this popular children’s book is now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch...
Oceanhouse Media has announced the release of three new officially licensed Dr. Seuss iPhone applications. The Cat in the Hat and Dr. Seuss’s ABC are interactive eBooks providing professional narration, background audio and original text and artwork from the popular Dr. Seuss children’s titles. The two eBook applications also include the ability to highlight words as the story is read and to read back words as pictures are touched...
Oceanhouse Media, the app developer behind the 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' eBook app that was released just before the holiday season, announced today that it three new Dr. Seuss apps are now available in the app store...
“The whole time I was at Autodesk I was planning my next big thing,” Kripalani said. “When Apple shipped the first iPhone in June of 2007, I had to have one. When they made the [software development kit] available to developers and opened the App Store in June of 2008, the writing was on the wall.”
That’s when Kripalani decided to embark on his latest business endeavor: iPhone apps...
— The Guardian, UCSD, Jan 25, 2010
Through his volunteer service on the board of the UCSD Library, Kripalani was introduced to Dr. Seuss Enterprises. The main library at UCSD is named after Audrey and Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) in honor of their contributions to the library and their devotion to improving literacy.
So far, Oceanhouse has produced three Dr. Seuss iPhone applications, and two others-”Dr. Seuss’s ABC” and “The Cat in the Hat”-are scheduled to be released before March 2, which is National Reading Day in honor of Theodor Geisel’s birthday.
— San Diego News Network, Jan 19, 2010
Review Update: Grinchmas! by Oceanhouse Media
There are a couple of game play changes worthy of noting. The first is that there are actually two modes now: Classic and Challenge. Classic is the original game, which now even has easy, medium and hard modes. Challenge mode is the bright spot of this update, however. In the Mean Grinch scenario there are 20 challenges and in Merry Grinch mode there are 17. A challenge might be basic like "quiet 3 near noisy houses" in Mean scenario or "deliver 3 presents" in Merry mode. As you get further down the list, however, things get more difficult...
Fun Holiday iPhone / iPod Touch apps
Grinchmas let’s you play the part of Mr. Grinch on Christmas Day. If you’re feeling like a mean grinch, you can throw snowballs at the houses in Who-ville. If you’re feeling like Mr. Nice Grinch, you can shower the houses with gifts! Great fun for the whole family...
— iProng Magazine, Dec 25, 2009
Gadgets and Apps to Ease Holiday Travel with Kids
Some Apps they enjoyed: a free dress-up game called “Dress Chica” and a $1.99 snowball-fight game called “Grinchmas!” His 2-year-old son particularly loved a free, beautifully illustrated short book called “Voodoo Doll’s Halloween Story,” while his 6-year-old spent hours with a free math-drills program...
— Wall Street Journal, Dec 24, 2009
A Game For All You Whos Out There
Grinchmas did not leave me with a heart a size or two smaller. Au contraire! I absolutely got into the holiday spirit, loved to see the Grinch on my iPhone and now I'm warmly recommending it to all you Whos out there. It sells for $1.99 in the AppStore, a price that may be a bit steep if you're thinking it's just one game mode with two graphics. Nonetheless, the game is worth it even if only to have that nice Grinch icon on your iPhone...
Current Top Nominees Announced for 2009 Best App Ever Awards
Best Just for Fun Kids App - Grinchmas! by Oceanhouse Media
Dr. Seuss Camera Review for iPhone and iPod Touch
Tis the season to be jolly…or not! With Dr. Seuss Camera: The Grinch Edition for the iPhone and iPod Touch, you can use the camera to build whimsical, yet Grinch-like holiday cards that you can share with your friends...
Obviously, the fact that a narrator is at the ready to read the text makes this edition of the book more interactive than your average paperback. But there are other differences as well. When you turn to a page with a new picture, the static image will pan in or out, which makes it a bit more interesting. And there are cool sound effects, popping sounds and whistles and background music, for example, when the Whos start their infernal Who singing. (There is also an option to turn sound effects off.) The neatest thing, though, is that on each page a number of areas of the picture will be mapped, so that when you touch them the narrator will name what you've touched, and the name will zoom out of the picture in big red letters. If the item named appears in the text on that page, the zooming letters will emerge not from the picture but from the text itself.
Oceanhouse Media has been busy! First they came out with Grinchmas and Dr. Seuss Camera – The Grinch Edition. Then just last week they released How the Grinch Stole Christmas as an e-book app. Awesome!How the Grinch Stole Christmas is one of my favorite holiday tales.
This is a fantastic version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. We are loving all the Grinchiness on my iPhone right now. Thank you Oceanhouse Media…I’m hoping this is the beginning of much more Seuss to come for my iPhone!
— The iPhone Mom, Dec 15, 2009
No holiday would be complete unless you took some crazy photos and made them your Christmas card for next year. But why wait until next year, when you can dress them up and send them now? For $2.99, with the Grinch edition of the Dr. Seuss Camera, you can take a picture of your holiday antics, lay some Grinch illustrations on top of the faces you and your nephew are making and then send those greetings out to your loved ones right away. Who said the Grinch ruined Christmas?
— Fortune/CNN.com, Dec 14, 2009
My 10 favorite iPhone apps of 2009
2. How the Grinch Stole Christmas Another newcomer, "Grinch" brings Dr. Seuss to the iPhone in high style. Parents will love it as much as kids....
Best App for Reindeer Games
Honorable Mention - Grinchmas!
5 Must Have Christmas Special iPhone Games and Apps
— TouchReviews.net, Dec 13, 2009
I had a friend who actually shrieked “What, you had never read Dr Seuess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! when you were kid?!” LOL. My upbringing back then was typically British and that would mean reading material like J.R.R Tolkien and Enid Blyton in the same boat with English breakfast (which was a daily affair).
In any case, I actually had “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” read to me on Friday night. That’s right. The new e-book from Oceanhouse Media has a “Read to me” function and a very nice voice-over would narrate the story...
— Nine Over Ten 9/10, Dec 13, 2009
It’s nice to see a Dr. Seuss children’s book arrive on the iPhone in such a a fun and innovative way. How the Grinch Stole Christmas ($3.99, iTunes link) is the classic book with the original art and text along with some cool interactive features.
The book has a professional narrator that reads the book to you. Or, you can choose no narrator to read the book yourself. If you do choose the narrator, your child can follow along with the text, as words are highlighted as they are read. It’s a nice learning tool, as your child will learn to recognize the words....
— Art of the iPhone, Dec 12, 2009
The folks over at Oceanhouse Media have partnered with Dr. Seuss Enterprises to fill our holiday minds with the Grinch. The first app in the iTunes App Store is called "Grinchmas" [iTunes Link]. It's a simple game where you choose to be a mean or a merry Grinch. I, of course, chose to be mean the first time around... I found myself throwing snowballs at noisy houses with a goal of keeping the noise meter from reaching its max. Next, I tried the merry side: I was given presents and a timer and challenged to toss the most presents before the time ran out. It was a fun little game, good for true Grinch fans and a quick time waster...
— The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Dec 12, 2009
I’m pretty sure my daughter as well as the million of kids who are allowed by their parents to use their iPhones would love this new iPhone app - “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” Yes folks, it’s the classic Christmas tale from Dr. Seuss getting a fresh treatment by way of a cool iPhone app.
The good thing is, it’s not only just your ordinary kiddie iPhone game because it is sort of an interactive ebook as well. Your kids could learn about this classic tale by letting the app read the story to them or they can read them on their own.
The app is also an educational tool for kids...
'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' dazzles on iPhone
Somewhere, Theodor Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) is smiling. "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" for iPhone turns the classic tale into a superb interactive e-book, one that's as much a learning tool as it is an entertaining diversion...
Okay, I’m biased – I love the Grinch, so I was probably going to love this game regardless of how good it is. Actually, I pretty much love all things from that gentle madman, Theodor Geisel, also known as our friend, Dr. Seuss (a doctorate in what, I wonder?). But this set of two games is actually pretty good all on its own...
You may not have heard of their name yet, but Oceanhouse Media, Inc. have definitely made their presence in the App Store well known thus far. With a total of 67 applications currently in the App Store and 12 to 16 applications consistently within Top 100 rankings, Oceanhouse Media, Inc. is using their team of developers with over 20 years of experience in the interactive entertainment industry to successfully plan and execute an additional 40 applications geared for the iPhone and iPod Touch in the coming year.
We sat down with company President, Michel Kripalani to discuss their involvement with the Dr. Seuss Franchise, the attention of detail used during the creation of Dr. Seuss Apps, and how Oceanhouse Media, Inc. have diversified themselves in the mobile gaming industry...
What makes for a more delightful Christmas then Dr. Suess? Well, Dr. Seuss and the Grinch means that Christmas this year is complete on your device. Oceanhouse Media have just released 3 wonderful apps, and their latest offering was approved yesterday on the AppStore and is “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” eBook.
Are you as excited as me? I couldn’t wait to get this downloaded and put on my iPhone. It has to be one of my all time favorite reads and for this review I will nab my youngest son and get him to read it to me! (It has two modes, one where there is a narrator and the other is where you read it like a traditional book...
As reported earlier this week, Oceanhouse Media is releasing a bunch of Dr. Seuss iPhone apps, the newest of which, just released today, is an enhanced eBook version of the classic 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas.' eBookNewser took a look at the app, which is clearly of the "let's make it more like a book than a video game" school of iPhone apps.
Oceanhouse sticks pretty close to the original book, with a few added bells and whistles. The title screen offers two choices: "Read it to me" or "Read it myself." The voiceover has a slightly sinister male British accent that rolls its R's, which is appropriate for Seuss's sinister sing-song rhymes...
Grinchmas Review for iPhone and iPod Touch
You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch! Well, not necessarily in Oceanhouse Media’s latest creation, Grinchmas for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It is a casual game suited for the whole family and depending on your mood; you can choose to be a mean or merry Mr. Grinch.
Grinchmas is a game with two variants; you can plays as a Mean Grinch or a Merry Grinch. If you choose to be mean, your job is to throw snowballs at those noisy Who houses during the night. If you choose to be merry, instead of throwing snowballs at the houses, you have to throw colored presents at the matching colored Who houses. The challenge is to throw either the most snowballs or presents and hit their designated targets before the clock runs out...
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without the Grinch and you know I am all over it if it has to do with the iPhone!
We reviewed these two adorable iPhone apps by Oceanhouse Media that will put you in the holiday spirit! The Dr. Seuss Camera-The Grinch Edition is hilarious! You can choose from 20 different cards that feature Dr. Seuss's artwork and put yours or a loved ones face in the action! Add cute borders and stickers to dress it up then save it or mail it off to your friends and family! Purchase The Dr. Seuss Camera-The Grinch Edition for $2.99 in the app store....
iPhone app developer Oceanhouse Media has announced the release of three Seuss Enterprises-licensed apps based on the Dr. Seuss classic 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas.' Two are games--'Grinchmas,' a kind of digital snowball fight; and 'The Dr. Seuss Camera-Grinch Edition,' a greeting-card maker--and are already available in the app store. The third, which the company says will be out in time for the holidays, is an e-book version of the book itself...
I know you’ll try to resist it, because the Dr. Seuss Camera-The Grinch Edition is $2.99. But you can’t. Because it’s Christmas and it’s the Grinch and you want to randomly email Grinch-themed Christmas cards with your face in them to your family and friends until they start classifying your emails as spam.
If there’s a person born in this country, or even on this planet, after the 50s who didn’t grow up reading Dr. Seuss books, then they’ve been living in a poorly heated cave in the middle of nowhere...
I’m addicted to the Grinchmas iPhone app
I’ve been playing Grinchmas a lot the last few days. I play while I’m putting Madelyn down for her nap, while she’s in the bathtub, and at other random times during the day. Granted, those times are short lived but still.. I turn to the Grinchmas app for entertainment.
— The Mommy Insider, Dec 7, 2009
Grinchmas – This app is an officially licensed Dr. Seuss product. Grinchmas lets you be THE Grinch. If you are in a mean mood you can throw snowballs down at Who houses. If you are a merry Grinch you’ll get to deliver presents. It’s all done by the swipe of a finger. A fun little app to relieve frustrations after hitting the mall.
Dr. Seuss Camera: The Grinch Edition – Lately I’ve been feeling more like the Grinch than Mrs. Clause. This clever little app can actually make me look like part. You choose from twenty Grinch themed cards and then take a picture of yourself, or someone else, and add it to the card...
Quick Review: Grinchmas for iPhone/iPod touch
You might have seen my post about the release of two new Grinch games for the iPhone/iPod touch – but how do they play? Well, let me enlighten you about the first one, ‘Grinchmas’!
A new iPhone App that even the Grinch would love
I have to admit I'm a bit of an iPhone app addict, but even though the number of smart phone apps are growing into the hundreds of thousands I generally think that there are only a dozen or two that are worthwhile. The Dr. Seuss Camera--Grinch Edition iPhone app is totally one of those.
Select a card and use your built in camera to add yourself, or loved one to the picture. It's incredibly fun and easy...
Quick Review: ‘The Dr. Seuss Camera – The Grinch Edition’
Well this isn’t quite so much a game – although you can certainly derive some enjoyment from it! It’s basically a fun camera app that lets you capture faces, and then insert them in to a selection of themed cards in the app. You can even save and export your efforts, for sending later!
Of course, to match some of the Grinch characters, your face might need re-colouring – but don’t worry, the App manages this for you!
Oceanhouse Media has developed a staggering number of non-gaming Apps since it opened its doors in January, and now it's tackling games, starting with Dr Seuss. We spoke to company president, and former Autodesk and Presto Studios man Michel Kripalani to find out more...
— CasualGaming.biz, Dec 4, 2009
Here are a couple of fun holiday iPhone/iPod touch apps created by Oceanhouse Media! Grinchmas, a casual, light-hearted snowball and present-throwing game, is now available in the App Store for $1.99, in addition to Dr. Seuss Camera – The Grinch Edition, a unique and whimsical greeting card maker now available for only $2.99.
I was lucky enough to try both of these apps and they are so fun! The Grinchmas app is a fun, casual game in which players assume the role of the Grinch perched atop Mount Crumpit...
— TechTalkForMoms, Dec 2, 2009
Now that I’ve professed my geeky love for my phone, I’ve got to tell you about a couple of new apps that were just released. They are here just in time for the holiday and they are HOT.
If you don’t know who the Grinch is, or the adorable people from Who-ville, then I guess you’ve been living under a rock. Two new notable iPhone apps are all about the Grinch and we can’t get enough...
Oceanhouse Media, which was founded by former CEO of Presto Studios and director of business development at Autodesk, Michel Kripalani, has today released its first game project. Previously Kripalani's studio has focused on non-gaming Apps such as calandas and audiobooks...