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Annabel Karmel Kids Recipes
Cooking For Children Ltd. · 202 ratings · ★ 3.3
3.3
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202 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 56 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"recipes"
24 negative reviews mention this · 43% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I have been absolutely loving this app at the beginning of the year but it has recently been freezing and not allowing me access to the app at all 😭 I have paid for a yearly subscription and I can't use it at all 😭 I have updated the app …" - Bex Jordan
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"recipe"
14 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I have been absolutely loving this app at the beginning of the year but it has recently been freezing and not allowing me access to the app at all 😭 I have paid for a yearly subscription and I can't use it at all 😭 I have updated the app …" - Bex Jordan
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"paid"
10 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "I have been absolutely loving this app at the beginning of the year but it has recently been freezing and not allowing me access to the app at all 😭 I have paid for a yearly subscription and I can't use it at all 😭 I have updated the app …" - Bex Jordan
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"work"
9 negative reviews mention this · 16% of all complaints
★★★★★ "just downloaded and not working from the start, very poor for the cost" - Tobi Stone
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"doesn"
7 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "great recipes when app works but app just freezes and doesn't allow anything to be viewed or navigated. recipes are no good if can't be viewed." - Poppy Campbell
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"cannot"
7 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "cannot open the app as the screen doesnt let me scroll to the explore button in order to log in. Ive uninstall and reinstalled and cleared cache with no luck." - Nikki Walker
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not accessing the app
just downloaded and not working from the start, very poor for the cost
app is frozen! Not working
great recipes when app works but app just freezes and doesn't allow anything to be viewed or navigated. recipes are no good if can't be viewed.
I would rate the recipes with five stars; however, my one-star rating is due to an ongoing issue with access to the app. For over a month, I have been unable to access the content I am paying for, as the application is always frozen upon launch, preventing any navigation. Clearing the cache has not resolved this problem. Please fix this or refund me!
Must purchase before seeing the ingredients of the recipe.
No way to export recipes, or shopping list to another app. There are immensely superior tools to manage shopping and meal plans. I've paid for the recipes, let me access them on the website, or export them to our familys most used food app. Subscription cancelled.
It's very glitchy. It doesn't load pages. subscribed because I have loved the recipe book we have. I thought there would be a lot more content with recipes from the website organised on an app. This is not the case. There are some new recipes but very limited. I'd recommend her books and using the recipes on her website.
lost all the recipes I'd saved and also seems to have just removed one of the recipes I made so I can't go back and make it again. it also is very glitchy
Does not work
cannot open the app as the screen doesnt let me scroll to the explore button in order to log in. Ive uninstall and reinstalled and cleared cache with no luck.
It's been a week that it keeps crashing and won't even open. I paid for this?
Not working
She has free recipes on her website. I have 2 Annabel Karmel books. The app says "free with in app purchases". I thought maybe she has bonus stuff for a fee or maybe there's a donation thing but no straight away it asking for a subscription of $50 a year. I paid about $25 for her books. Maybe I would consider a one off $25 for the app, but I wouldn't even use it for more then a year. It doesn't have the production cost of a book nor can I hand it down to someone. Library is free also.
Paid and app keeps crashing
Waste of money. App crashes when opening any recipes.
Keeps crashing for the last few days whenever you tap into a recipe, very poor from a paid app.
App keep closing since latest update . .
Paid for the app and search is not working very disappointed
Great app in theory. However, you can not see what age group recipes are for when clicking on recipes. Also, the search bar jumps around, so you can not see what you are searching for. This is on an Android phone.
Lots of bugs on this app, cant use the filters or meal planner section. Waste of money.
Impossible to register on Android. Has been the same for a long time. Such a shame.
Doesn't work on android!
Does not function on Android. The app store version for iPhones work so much better and a lot of content is missing on the Android version. Recipes do not display the age they are intended for like they do on iPhones, so You have to search under each category to find age appropriate food. The search function also does not work and overall it is very buggy and sloppy
The app's information architecture is needlessly obtuse, making navigation a frustrating ordeal. It's disheartening when a seemingly simple task turns into a confusing maze due to poor design choices. Moreover, the meal planner, which should be a helpful feature, falls short of expectations. The drop-down menus are consistently non-responsive, rendering the planner more of a hassle than a convenience. To make matters worse, various combinations of navigation resulted in a complete app freeze.
User experience is awful. I cant even subscribe as it keeps saying I've done my free trial (I havent) I'm happy to pay but it keeps saying error and not working!
The recipes lack detail and some of the instructions don't make sense - they need proof reading. I didn't like the recipe I tried. However it's good for inspiration and the app is eaay to navigate.
Difficult to navigate. You cannot filter through recipes, and when you go back, it takes you back to the home screen. I've reached out several times to the developers and they keep saying it's going to get fixed and that was months ago.
Dangerous! Recipes are in age categories & errors have led to recipes being in the wrong age categories. Meaning children from 6 months have recipes that include honey - a huge NO! Also sugar & that's just in one recipe. The team advised it's an error. I would be cautious of other ingredients etc. You don't pay for an app to have to Google each recipes ingredients to ensure they are OK. You would trust the research & reputation of the app which you cannot. Very Dangerous & not user friendly!
I'm so confused. I paid for the app it work then it didn't over ans over again. Now it's all gone ans it's a subscription of so much per month. So what happened to the app I paid for?
Not worth 80.00
Unuseable. Uninstalled immediately.
At least on her website she had a few free recipes, you cant even open this app unless you pay .. a bit silly
Very hard to navigate and I find it frustrating that when you click to a view a recipe and then go back, it takes you back to the main page again. It's a shame as I really like Annabel's recipes
Charged me but now the app is crashed on the homepage?!?
Can't even log in as declines every payment method I have tried. What's the point of advertising it so much of it doesn't work? Please fix the issue as it looks like it can be a very helpful tool.
Cannot subscribe
Poor app, won't even let me subscribe.. very disappointed
Payment keeps getting declined, even after changing multiple payment method. Can you look into how to fix it? Thanks
Could not subscribe to open the app.
Cannot purchase the app, despite using correct details. Disappointing experience.
Disappointed. Can't even get past the subscribe page, even when entered my details to subscribe and pay!
Cons automatically makes you pay. Glad I have settings on for pre approval for payments
A lot of recipes unfinished or ingredients missing (items in title but not in the list of what you need). Impossible to unsibscibe from. Would joy recommend
Does not work Paid and downloaded this app on my phone and it wouldnt load the recipes, so tried to download on my tablet and still couldnt get it to work. Really disappointed
I have been absolutely loving this app at the beginning of the year but it has recently been freezing and not allowing me access to the app at all 😭 I have paid for a yearly subscription and I can't use it at all 😭 I have updated the app and it still won't allow me on. Such a shame as it is a 5 star rating when I can get on and use the recipes but I have been unable to get on for over 2 weeks now 😭
There is the option to save recipes as in your favourites. The recipe will appear momentarily and then will disappear. If you are looking to go back to a recipe you need to remember the exact name of it. It's always freezing. At the moment I can't use the app at all.
Since the latest update (22nd Jan 2026) my password is no longer accepted in the app. I can log in on the website but the recipe I had planned to make (and bought ingredients for) isn't there! Not sure what has happened with this update but something has gone wrong...
the recipe says 6 doesn't specify the temperatures. can you please amend this! I never knew how to cook the recipes in the oven and left guessing! It's really bad since I paid for this!
The app picks and choices when it's going to load which is extremely frustrating, the recipes are good and helpful when they do load but it's not worth the stress when it doesn't work most of the time
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Sentiment summary
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