I've been having a lot of fun with this, thank you for working on it! However, I do miss the sense of danger from before the update. Before, I was constantly sneaking around and peeking around corners, but because of the change to how apples work, it feels like now I can just sprint from room to room as long as I'm holding an apple, which gives me enough freedom to find replacement apples before the pred is dangerous again (and I was able to escape with the book on my first try after the update even though I was pretty careless). It does make the pred feel a lot less... predatory when she'll just take your apple and hold on to your key for a minute, too.
I know a lot of people mentioned having trouble completing the demo before, and I do think apples didn't help enough in the initial release, so I hope it isn't frustrating to hear that I personally think they're a bit too handy now. In any case, I'm still enjoying the game very much, and I'm excited to see what you add to it!