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allrecipes ®
Gazal Gupta · 223 ratings · ★ 2.6
2.6
★★★★★
223 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 53 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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"search"
32 negative reviews mention this · 60% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Literally unusable. No search bar. “Restore purchases” button doesn’t work. Even upgrading to a subscription doesn’t work." - OwlNotes
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"recipes"
23 negative reviews mention this · 43% of all complaints
★★★★★ "BEWARE Not That Allrecipes!. How on earth did this app get approved by Apple‽ This app doesn’t appear to be affiliated with Allrecipes.com or the magazine. As noted in other reviews, there’s no search bar and very few actual recipes (12 to be specific.) The recipe lab…" - JD8459
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"money"
20 negative reviews mention this · 38% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t waist your money. This is the worst app" - K8 LACE UP!
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"waste"
12 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Scam!. Stay clear of this app. It is NOT All Recipes! I asked Apple for my money back. This is a complete scam and waste of money. Are you kidding? Three Italian recipes? No search? Shame on you for using the formerly fantastic All Recipes app…" - blueeyes792
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"waste money"
11 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
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"allrecipes"
10 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "BEWARE Not That Allrecipes!. How on earth did this app get approved by Apple‽ This app doesn’t appear to be affiliated with Allrecipes.com or the magazine. As noted in other reviews, there’s no search bar and very few actual recipes (12 to be specific.) The recipe lab…" - JD8459
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"website"
10 negative reviews mention this · 19% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Scam!. Stay clear of this app. It is NOT All Recipes! I asked Apple for my money back. This is a complete scam and waste of money. Are you kidding? Three Italian recipes? No search? Shame on you for using the formerly fantastic All Recipes app…" - blueeyes792
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"free"
9 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Scam!. Stay clear of this app. It is NOT All Recipes! I asked Apple for my money back. This is a complete scam and waste of money. Are you kidding? Three Italian recipes? No search? Shame on you for using the formerly fantastic All Recipes app…" - blueeyes792
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"reviews"
8 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "BEWARE Not That Allrecipes!. How on earth did this app get approved by Apple‽ This app doesn’t appear to be affiliated with Allrecipes.com or the magazine. As noted in other reviews, there’s no search bar and very few actual recipes (12 to be specific.) The recipe lab…" - JD8459
10
"recipe"
7 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "BEWARE Not That Allrecipes!. How on earth did this app get approved by Apple‽ This app doesn’t appear to be affiliated with Allrecipes.com or the magazine. As noted in other reviews, there’s no search bar and very few actual recipes (12 to be specific.) The recipe lab…" - JD8459
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"lifetime"
7 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "BEWARE Not That Allrecipes!. How on earth did this app get approved by Apple‽ This app doesn’t appear to be affiliated with Allrecipes.com or the magazine. As noted in other reviews, there’s no search bar and very few actual recipes (12 to be specific.) The recipe lab…" - JD8459
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"read"
7 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "50.00 and no search bar??. I guess I should have read the reviews! This is terrible. How do I get a refund?" - cbamomof3
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Literally unusable
No search bar. “Restore purchases” button doesn’t work. Even upgrading to a subscription doesn’t work.
BEWARE Not That Allrecipes!
How on earth did this app get approved by Apple‽
This app doesn’t appear to be affiliated with Allrecipes.com or the magazine. As noted in other reviews, there’s no search bar and very few actual recipes (12 to be specific.) The recipe labeled spaghetti and meatballs shows a picture of bacon and eggs! The worst part is that it charges $50 for a lifetime subscription.
This app doesn’t appear to be affiliated with Allrecipes.com or the magazine. As noted in other reviews, there’s no search bar and very few actual recipes (12 to be specific.) The recipe labeled spaghetti and meatballs shows a picture of bacon and eggs! The worst part is that it charges $50 for a lifetime subscription.
No search tool
This is a horrible app and not worth the price paid for it don’t bother.
Don’t waist your money
This is the worst app
Scam!
Stay clear of this app. It is NOT All Recipes! I asked Apple for my money back. This is a complete scam and waste of money. Are you kidding? Three Italian recipes? No search? Shame on you for using the formerly fantastic All Recipes app and trying to fraudulently make money off of their good name. Use the All Recipes website for the REAL one. It’s free too! I want my money back you scammers!! I was forced to give one star but I would put zero if I could.
There’s no search bar
There’s no search bar. It’s useless. A total bait and switch.
Ease of use
This new Allrecipes app is not easy to use! Not worth the money
App does not work
This was terribly executed. No search bar, no functionality. Very disappointed.
No search bar
Worst app ever. Fix it so it is usable!
Deceptive!
No search bar is absurd! I expected an updated version of the original.
50.00 and no search bar??
I guess I should have read the reviews! This is terrible. How do I get a refund?
BEWARE!! DO NOT PAY!
Not cool what you did to lure customers to buy your app.
My apologies that I didn’t research that the app from the site no longer has the app available. Just remember that the decision to deceive customers out of 50 bucks a pop is sad.
My apologies that I didn’t research that the app from the site no longer has the app available. Just remember that the decision to deceive customers out of 50 bucks a pop is sad.
Stay away from this app
What a waist of time and money. A real rip off and I want my money back!
What a disappointment!
I’ve used and liked the website for years and thought this would be a good upgrade. WRONG! No search bar, and will only give you three recipes for each category. What a waste.
Recipes
I don’t
Rip Off
Free website, but the app has a pay wall? Who’s falling for this?
Oh so disappointed
Not at all what I expected from this company. Watching the recipes go by on YouTube, I expected to find all of those recipes in an app that I paid $39 for. Don’t waste your money.
I can’t believe Apple even allows this ripoff to be available.
Buyer Beware!!!!!
I can’t believe Apple even allows this ripoff to be available.
Buyer Beware!!!!!
Not Happy
29 bucks per week or 39 per year no thank you. I liked when you were free. Deleting your app.
FRUSTRATING
The most difficult app I tried to use. Could not navigate anywhere. What a waste of money!
No search!
This is ridiculous that you can’t search for recipes. I should have researched the app before buying. What a waste of money.
Stinks
I just bought this. I should have!!! Now I want my money back! There is no recipe search!!!!!
Waste of money!
I thought this was the allrecipies.com app. I found out after my purchase that they discontinued their app years ago. Also, there’s no search bar, and an incredibly limited number of recipes. Absolutely not worth it! Don’t waste your money.
Waste of Money
Junk app. Wish I read the reviews first.
Dumb
Stupid app doesn’t work unless you buy subscription
It isn’t worth the lifetime membership
I bought the app because I thought it would be quicker than the website. It sucks and I wish I knew how to get my money back!
Inadequate
The app has none of the features of the website at all. A total waste of money. Stick with the website
ALL Recipes?!?!
Hardly. Unfortunately this is a case of someone using a reputable name for their gain. This is NOT to be confused with a🥄r allrecipes that we know and rely on. Requesting refund for this fraud of a site. I think there are 8 garbage recipes. Ugh.
Rip off
Only three recipes per category , will be asking apple for a refund,
HORRIBLE!!!
As another reviewer stated, there is no search function. What a joke. Wish I’d read before I bought. This app is awful!!!!
Allrecipes app
What good is a recipe app if you can’t search for a recipe?? As a previous commenter mentioned, I also upgraded and got less for what I wanted/purchased. Fix or give me my money back.
Where’s the search option?
Loved Allrecipes for years, this app totally sucks.
Horrible app
I spent $40 on the lifetime version and I don’t even know what I’m getting for it. I wish I could get my money back. I don’t see any recipes in the past. I loved this app. I had a library of recipes and expected to be able to login and see all of those. This is absolutely useless and a waste of money.
Totally nuts.
If you think I’m going to pay $30 a week for an app you’re crazy. Especially when all the reviews say there is no search feature. The old app was free and pretty good. Looks like greed has taken over and you don’t even care if the app is usable.
Terrible
I should have read the reviews before paying for this useless app!! No search bar, it’s nothing but a fee recipes maybe a dozen. This is a scam! I think the developer hijacked the allrecipies trade name. Total rip off 😡
Awful App
I bought the lifetime subscription thinking I could search for any recipe of my liking, but instead, I’m stuck with the categories they have picked. There is no search bar to type in what I am looking for. I should have read the reviews and just continued using the recipes on the website. Don’t waste your money on this joke.
Not good
Reason it isn’t good is when you have to pay for recipes. No Thanks other than that it’s a great site
Wish I would have read the reviews
I also paid for the app thinking it would be like the old app I can’t login to my account from the app which has all the recipes I saved can’t find specific recipes because there’s no search bar don’t waste your money also it says there are 5 star reviews but I couldn’t find any over 1 star so disappointed I loved the old FREE app
No search option
I wish I’d read the other reviews before purchasing this app. It is totally useless because you cannot search for anything. Do not buy.
Omg what a rip off
Ok so I've used the allrecipes old Ap and website for years. When I want to find a recipe I would just use the search bar and look at the matches. Now this Ap does not even have a search feature and has very limited recipes on it. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY or time with this Ap.
Where’s the search???
No search bar…are you kidding?
Got ripped off!!
I also installed the app thinking it would be useful when using on my phone to search for recipes but there is no search tool!! So I subscribed to the Lifetime membership at $34.99 and it charged me $53.48!!!!!!
No Search Feature
DON’T BOTHER!!! I paid $35 for the lifetime membership without checking for the search feature first. Don’t make this same mistake!
No search feature
I have been watching allrecipes’s youtube channel and loving it so I thought this app would allow me to easily find the recipes I love but there is not way to pull up something you want……just whatever they decide to put in the different cuisines. I will delete the app and stick to the youtube channel and free access to the site. Gazal Gupta, the developer, should be ashamed of themselves!
No longer free to access
Now you have to pay to access the app but website remains free!
Ripoff!
Very disappointed. Wanted companion to YouTube show and online all recipes. Is not! A ripoff!
Pay???
Why am I required to pay for this app when every other Apple app is free? And I’ve used Allrecipes for free in the past. Very disappointing!!
Terrible!
You get three recipes. No search feature. Scam! I want my money back.
I was wondering why my old recipe app was gone
And then I Google it and see now you have to pay for it. I’ve been using it for all these years, sharing all the recipes that I made from you guys posting them on Facebook on TikTok on Instagram and now you guys are gonna start charging people to use your site people that have used it for years that’s a shame.
Not good at all
I have used allrecipes.com for years. The app is terrible and nothing like the website. No search. No save. Lacks a lot and I want my money back.
No search feature false advertising
If you say that there is unlimited searching, you should at least provide a search feature. You do not. Giving us cuisine options and then only three recipes within each cuisine is not giving us a search option. This is false advertising. I just paid $35 for nothing.
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Sentiment summary
40%
Positive (4-5★)
2%
Neutral (3★)
58%
Negative (1-2★)