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Peachie Recipes
Peachie · 564 ratings · ★ 4.9
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Top complaints - extracted from 11 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"
8 negative reviews mention this · 73% of all complaints
★★★★★ "App keeps failing to load recipes. FIX it once and for all!!!. What a joke! The least you could do if you’re going to charge for something that you said was going to remain free is keep up on the maintenance of it. What is the money going towards if the app keeps failing?" - Pissedoffhornet
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"free"
7 negative reviews mention this · 64% of all complaints
★★★★★ "App keeps failing to load recipes. FIX it once and for all!!!. What a joke! The least you could do if you’re going to charge for something that you said was going to remain free is keep up on the maintenance of it. What is the money going towards if the app keeps failing?" - Pissedoffhornet
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"subscription"
5 negative reviews mention this · 45% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bait and switch. Downloaded the Peachie app when I heard it could pull recipes from a photo. It was a free app that offered optional features at a cost. Worked pretty well for a while. One day I opened the app to look up a family recipe I stored and now it …" - HeyYou_21
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"bait"
4 negative reviews mention this · 36% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bait and switch. Downloaded the Peachie app when I heard it could pull recipes from a photo. It was a free app that offered optional features at a cost. Worked pretty well for a while. One day I opened the app to look up a family recipe I stored and now it …" - HeyYou_21
5
"switch"
4 negative reviews mention this · 36% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bait and switch. Downloaded the Peachie app when I heard it could pull recipes from a photo. It was a free app that offered optional features at a cost. Worked pretty well for a while. One day I opened the app to look up a family recipe I stored and now it …" - HeyYou_21
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"recipe"
4 negative reviews mention this · 36% of all complaints
★★★★★ "App keeps failing to load recipes. FIX it once and for all!!!. What a joke! The least you could do if you’re going to charge for something that you said was going to remain free is keep up on the maintenance of it. What is the money going towards if the app keeps failing?" - Pissedoffhornet
7
"bait switch"
4 negative reviews mention this · 36% of all complaints
8
"peachie"
3 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bait and switch. Downloaded the Peachie app when I heard it could pull recipes from a photo. It was a free app that offered optional features at a cost. Worked pretty well for a while. One day I opened the app to look up a family recipe I stored and now it …" - HeyYou_21
9
"disappointed"
3 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disappointed. Cannot even use the website to upload a recipe anymore. Now it forces the app purchase. I feel they have been deceptive with the transition to subscription based; they said don’t worry the web will still work but it only stores the recipe…" - Nickname_francine
10
"work"
3 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bait and switch. Downloaded the Peachie app when I heard it could pull recipes from a photo. It was a free app that offered optional features at a cost. Worked pretty well for a while. One day I opened the app to look up a family recipe I stored and now it …" - HeyYou_21
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"down"
3 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Bait and switch. Downloaded the Peachie app when I heard it could pull recipes from a photo. It was a free app that offered optional features at a cost. Worked pretty well for a while. One day I opened the app to look up a family recipe I stored and now it …" - HeyYou_21
12
"worth"
3 negative reviews mention this · 27% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disappointed. I loved this app, but was disappointed that they switched it to a subscription. Since I only use it occasionally, I don’t find it worth it to pay for the app. I understand that they need to start charging, but I wish they could have kept a …" - jessssss11111
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Bait and switch
Downloaded the Peachie app when I heard it could pull recipes from a photo. It was a free app that offered optional features at a cost. Worked pretty well for a while. One day I opened the app to look up a family recipe I stored and now it requires a paid subscription and has locked me out! No warning beforehand. Now my recipes are being held hostage unless I pay to see them. DO NOT DOWNLOAD!!!
Disappointed
Cannot even use the website to upload a recipe anymore. Now it forces the app purchase. I feel they have been deceptive with the transition to subscription based; they said don’t worry the web will still work but it only stores the recipes. I might of purchased as it was a lovely app but feel extremely let down. Now I have to delete everything and delete my account.
Not worth it
Recipes saved say saved to quick save yet none show up in app. Saving from IG reals dis not work. Click on support it just takes you to pages of recipes????? Sticking with Paprika app. Was hoping this could be an upgrade.
Don’t trust them
I loved everything about this app. It has good features, is aesthetically pleasing, has the option to print recipes to add to a binder on really cool material that can’t be ruined by spills. Unfortunately, you can’t trust this company. Out of the blue the app turned into a subscription model. No free option, suddenly my app didn’t work at all unless I signed up for the free trial of the subscription. I will be using my trial to save the recipes that I had painstakingly finished saving to a different app. I am so upset at the hours I wasted saving my recipes to this app only to have to start over. For anyone new, you will know from the beginning it is by subscription but I don’t recommend supporting people who bait and switch. (Their FAQ still says the app is free, there was literally no warning.)
Disappointed and Frustrated
After hours and hours of uploading family recipes and correcting the mistakes in the uploading, I am so disappointed and frustrated as at the time the app was free and company offered printing for home option…. until they didn’t. First, stopped offering printing. Then, started again but only once a month. Finally, they turned free app into paid app. Thankfully I can access stored recipes via the web but I can no longer add new recipes into app. Now will have to start all over with another app as I am afraid their next move will be to increase the pricing. Disappointed in owners and company and feel like I was taken for a bait and switch.
Note: Wouldn’t give any stars but had to in order to get my review to post.
Note: Wouldn’t give any stars but had to in order to get my review to post.
William
This recipe software appears promising, but its user interface is confusing and lacks clarity. Like all other recipe software. It’s frustrating to navigate and find what you need. What is the real intent?
App keeps failing to load recipes. FIX it once and for all!!!
What a joke! The least you could do if you’re going to charge for something that you said was going to remain free is keep up on the maintenance of it. What is the money going towards if the app keeps failing?
Disappointed
I loved this app, but was disappointed that they switched it to a subscription. Since I only use it occasionally, I don’t find it worth it to pay for the app. I understand that they need to start charging, but I wish they could have kept a free version with an option for an upgrade instead of having a subscription be the only option. I’m also disappointed that I can’t access the recipes I already had saved on there anymore.
Deceiving update
My sister turned me on to peachie. I have gradually started adding my recipes to peachie in the past few months and was feeling happy that my recipes weren’t going to be lost. However, now I have to pay a monthly fee to keep my recipes. That’s really infuriating. This app does a nice job of easily converting my saved blogger recipes but I can’t add any notes to remind me of the changes I make. I guess I’ll do the 2 free weeks and pull all my recipes down since I’m no longer happy with this service.
Nice but...
I started using Peachie when it was only the web interface. It drew me in because if the printable, wipeable pages and the ease of uploading. The upgrade to the app was great, then too. It's a really nice app and overall Peachie is a great recipe organizing tool. HOWEVER for me, it's not worth the price. I am a casual users, so another the monthly subscription is not really interesting to me. If it was a one time fee of max $9.99, especially for early users, I would pay it in a heartbeat. But as other reviews mentioned, the bait and switch of first the printable cards (there were emails counting down the stopping if the printing and then only a vague reference that the decision was amended) and then the subscription app all seems like the heart of the product/service is being driven by impulsive business decisions. I get it, it needs to be monetized! But subscription is not it. Consider a one time fee, and I'll reconsider my use of it 🥳
Con job
What a freaking con job. It’s free until it’s NOT
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