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Loaflo: Sourdough Starter
No Worries! Lifestyle, LLC · 316 ratings · ★ 4.6
4.6
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316 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 12 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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"subscription"
7 negative reviews mention this · 58% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Paywall. I hate when apps don’t advertise a subscription based service in the photos or descriptions- not to mention the paywall keeps popping up with a timer. NAH buh-bye!" - Xx.Breezy.xX
2
"free"
5 negative reviews mention this · 42% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pay Wall & Annoying Pop-Up. This is the most annoying app I have ever downloaded in my entire life. Despite not being mentioned in the description, you do have to pay a subscription for all of the features, aside from recipes. Recipes are the only thing you can access…" - Bobette134
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"scan"
4 negative reviews mention this · 33% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Nothing works. This app came highly recommended, and I was excited to use it to help perfect my craft. Unfortunately even after paying for the subscription nothing it working. I cannot chat with the bot, I cannot scan my bread or upload a picture. Ver…" - PNGWoods
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"starter"
3 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not for beginners. This was advertised as a helper for beginners, starting with the starter. All this is is a recipe database. There’s 1 starter recipe, that’s it. Not worth the money. Because of the false advertising, I contacted support through the website …" - EJ5493
5
"money"
3 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not for beginners. This was advertised as a helper for beginners, starting with the starter. All this is is a recipe database. There’s 1 starter recipe, that’s it. Not worth the money. Because of the false advertising, I contacted support through the website …" - EJ5493
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"thing"
3 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pay Wall & Annoying Pop-Up. This is the most annoying app I have ever downloaded in my entire life. Despite not being mentioned in the description, you do have to pay a subscription for all of the features, aside from recipes. Recipes are the only thing you can access…" - Bobette134
7
"everything"
3 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pay Wall & Annoying Pop-Up. This is the most annoying app I have ever downloaded in my entire life. Despite not being mentioned in the description, you do have to pay a subscription for all of the features, aside from recipes. Recipes are the only thing you can access…" - Bobette134
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"help"
3 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not for beginners. This was advertised as a helper for beginners, starting with the starter. All this is is a recipe database. There’s 1 starter recipe, that’s it. Not worth the money. Because of the false advertising, I contacted support through the website …" - EJ5493
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"paid"
3 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Help. When I scan, it says that I have invalid credit. I paid the subscription amount and it says that I have access to all of the premium capabilities. I can’t find anywhere on your app. To fix this problem please help." - Pip Reaver
10
"single"
3 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Chat GPT is better and free. This app requires a paid subscription, it’s cheap enough so I tried it. For a month straight it said the exact same thing every single time I scanned starter vs discard jar (they look completely different on top). Every loaf was the same sc…" - Bakeddaily
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"scanned"
3 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Chat GPT is better and free. This app requires a paid subscription, it’s cheap enough so I tried it. For a month straight it said the exact same thing every single time I scanned starter vs discard jar (they look completely different on top). Every loaf was the same sc…" - Bakeddaily
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Paywall
I hate when apps don’t advertise a subscription based service in the photos or descriptions- not to mention the paywall keeps popping up with a timer. NAH buh-bye!
Not for beginners
This was advertised as a helper for beginners, starting with the starter. All this is is a recipe database. There’s 1 starter recipe, that’s it. Not worth the money. Because of the false advertising, I contacted support through the website (there are no account options in the app to cancel or contact) and have bo heard back. I want a full refund due to the false advertising, AND it overcharged me by $13 compared to the advertised price.
Pay Wall & Annoying Pop-Up
This is the most annoying app I have ever downloaded in my entire life. Despite not being mentioned in the description, you do have to pay a subscription for all of the features, aside from recipes. Recipes are the only thing you can access free. At first, it appears like you can use it without a subscription, but everything you click on results in a pop-up, trying to force you into the sub subscription. Apparently the developer does not understand that there has to be something I love about the app for me to want to try out the upgraded features. But overall, it’s absolutely annoying. The pop-up that comes up has a little countdown, and you must look at the premium upgrade until it counts all the way down. You cannot just close it immediately. And it persistently pops up. I can get recipes on the Internet. There’s absolutely no reason to use this app. And if there’s no reason to use it, there’s definitely no reason to upgrade.
Don’t pay
Can’t cancel my free trial
Nothing works
This app came highly recommended, and I was excited to use it to help perfect my craft.
Unfortunately even after paying for the subscription nothing it working. I cannot chat with the bot, I cannot scan my bread or upload a picture.
Very disappointing and I’m not sure how to get my money back
Unfortunately even after paying for the subscription nothing it working. I cannot chat with the bot, I cannot scan my bread or upload a picture.
Very disappointing and I’m not sure how to get my money back
Help
When I scan, it says that I have invalid credit. I paid the subscription amount and it says that I have access to all of the premium capabilities. I can’t find anywhere on your app. To fix this problem please help.
App
This app is not free! I was only able to use it once. When I just tried, it is making me sign up for the subscription. 😡
Chat GPT is better and free
This app requires a paid subscription, it’s cheap enough so I tried it. For a month straight it said the exact same thing every single time I scanned starter vs discard jar (they look completely different on top). Every loaf was the same score and description. I believe someone started the app as a money grab with little to no knowledge regarding sourdough. Disappointing to say the least, waste of money to say the most. Use google images for free or chat got FOR FREE
Unreliable
I scanned 3 different moldy starters and it rated 2 of them pretty high and the one that it rated low was only from a lack of visible bubbles. All 3 were different starters from different people and clear pictures.
You literally only get one scan.
You get one single scan, everything else is locked behind paywalls. The feedback would be great if I could actually compare the before/after.
Beware of Subscriptions!!!!
I understand that in 2025 everything is subscription based now but for an app that is just supposed to tell me if my starter is alive or not is kind of ridiculous. I should t have to pay for taking a picture of something.. I can just as easily look it up online. If the subscription portion was tied to being able to utilize the journal or other parts of the app I could understand that.. but the whole point of the app (at least to my knowledge) is to be able to scan your starter and that’s it. It should be free because there are a ton of free apps that let you scan all types of things without subscribing.
Don’t bother
Paid for it to tell me the same thing every single time I scanned anything. Bought it to help me, and it did nothing. Not worth it.
Sentiment summary
89%
Positive (4-5★)
3%
Neutral (3★)
8%
Negative (1-2★)