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Tasty: Recipes, Cooking Videos
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Top complaints - extracted from 22 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"
14 negative reviews mention this · 64% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Dietary preferences. I’m gf and it’s literally only suggesting recipes with gluten" - Nocjakne
2
"find"
5 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Don’t use. How do you find your saved recipes on this stupid app" - mcpatters
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"doesn"
5 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Terrible recipes are taking up my phones storage. I added this app because they had a couple recipes I liked. Now, they send me recipes that are all either disgusting or are just something that it seems are thrown together by someone who doesn’t care and just trying to rush out content. I’…" - Disappointed player 2
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"recipe"
5 negative reviews mention this · 23% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Dietary preferences. I’m gf and it’s literally only suggesting recipes with gluten" - Nocjakne
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"tasty"
4 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Logged off my tasty app, now I have to pay monthly?!. What kind of BS is happening here? I’ve used tasty for many years, and now I have to sign up? I lost all my saved meals and whatever I have contributed to this app. So disappointed!" - User_yes
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"been"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not for kids!! - inappropriate ads!. The app description says that it is for ages 4+ but it’s letting ads inappropriate for young kids. My son has been cooking and was excited about having this app on his Android phone, which has A LOT of parental restrictions. However, throug…" - Nlcjohn
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"cooking"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not for kids!! - inappropriate ads!. The app description says that it is for ages 4+ but it’s letting ads inappropriate for young kids. My son has been cooking and was excited about having this app on his Android phone, which has A LOT of parental restrictions. However, throug…" - Nlcjohn
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"know"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not for kids!! - inappropriate ads!. The app description says that it is for ages 4+ but it’s letting ads inappropriate for young kids. My son has been cooking and was excited about having this app on his Android phone, which has A LOT of parental restrictions. However, throug…" - Nlcjohn
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"people"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Not for kids!! - inappropriate ads!. The app description says that it is for ages 4+ but it’s letting ads inappropriate for young kids. My son has been cooking and was excited about having this app on his Android phone, which has A LOT of parental restrictions. However, throug…" - Nlcjohn
10
"layout"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Waste. The app is bloated with ads, the layout is so congested that you can hardly find the information you need, they force you to create an account to bookmark any recipes, and the recipes are just GARBAGE. It's a complete waste of food, time, s…" - Pharagill
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"trying"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Terrible recipes are taking up my phones storage. I added this app because they had a couple recipes I liked. Now, they send me recipes that are all either disgusting or are just something that it seems are thrown together by someone who doesn’t care and just trying to rush out content. I’…" - Disappointed player 2
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"things"
3 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "No scratch recipes. None of these recipes will actually TEACH you how to cook unfortunately. It just tells you to buy premade sauces or breads. I want to know how to make things from scratch from a recipe app" - Dylyo38
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Profile
Where did my profile go?!
Not for kids!! - inappropriate ads!
The app description says that it is for ages 4+ but it’s letting ads inappropriate for young kids. My son has been cooking and was excited about having this app on his Android phone, which has A LOT of parental restrictions. However, through this app inappropriate ads (sexualized Temu ads if you must know) appeared. I tried to report it directly from the ad, which made it disappear only to reappear a few seconds later.
He’s uninstalled it. I only installed it to write this review.
I also see that people can post pictures of what they made. Are those pictures being regulated or like the ads in this app, anything can show up there?
He’s uninstalled it. I only installed it to write this review.
I also see that people can post pictures of what they made. Are those pictures being regulated or like the ads in this app, anything can show up there?
Dietary preferences
I’m gf and it’s literally only suggesting recipes with gluten
Logged off my tasty app, now I have to pay monthly?!
What kind of BS is happening here? I’ve used tasty for many years, and now I have to sign up? I lost all my saved meals and whatever I have contributed to this app. So disappointed!
Don’t use
How do you find your saved recipes on this stupid app
Waste
The app is bloated with ads, the layout is so congested that you can hardly find the information you need, they force you to create an account to bookmark any recipes, and the recipes are just GARBAGE. It's a complete waste of food, time, sanity, and energy. They make enticing videos for youtube but the end result in real life is pathetic. Use a legit cookbook instead.
Terrible recipes are taking up my phones storage
I added this app because they had a couple recipes I liked. Now, they send me recipes that are all either disgusting or are just something that it seems are thrown together by someone who doesn’t care and just trying to rush out content. I’m deleting this app today after having not been attracted to any one recipe in over a year. Why take up space on my phone when I can just google recipes that are actually good and usable?
Ratings???
Don't know why people rate this app so high. I wanted to find peanut butter frosting (icing) recipe. Did not exist or even get close. App will be deleted.
Getting political
I joined tasty because of the variety of dishes and now they are posting political posts. If I want that I will go to a news network. Stick to food.
Yeah, no
All of these weird recipes look like you just stole them off 5 minute crafts. And also, there are so many 5 year olds always fighting and hating in the comments of people’s posts. I’m just trying to find tips to improve my baking, not see little kids arguing about religion or whether the post is a screenshot or not. This app should be 15+
Kid friendly
If you are a child you will like the ridiculous recipes
Cluttered layout, poor directions, ads even in premium version
Update: The directions are worse than I originally noticed. Why would it assume someone just had *cooked* brown rice hanging around in the same “pantry staples” category as salt and pepper? It’s so frustrating to deal with this that we decided to unsubscribe, delete the app, and use the groceries we’ve bought on other recipes to just leave the frustration behind.
To start, if I’m paying for an app and see an ad that’s automatically problematic and unacceptable and immediately made me unsubscribe. Do not give me a Starbucks Ad when I’m trying to cook. The Ads on a paid app are intrusive.
The layout is cluttered and oftentimes confusing. Navigating the app often feels like trying to navigate the temu app with the amount of clutter and overstimulation.
The actual directions for the recipes are often incomplete or assume odd things. For example, when creating a Bahn Mi bowl, it assumed I already had shredded red cabbage, 1 cup of cooked rice, sliced radish and jalapeño already, and did not add this to either the instructions or ingredients - leading to confusion when cooking and wasted recipes and therefor groceries.
There is plenty of good. The recipes - when properly documented - are delicious and often easy to make. Exporting a shopping list to Walmart is incredibly helpful and makes shopping via pickup a breeze.
Overall, I’ll be unsubscribing because of the Ads and poor directions. The layout I could get over. In my opinion, you’re better off using MealLime. It’s $1 cheaper, has no ads, and an easy to use layout. However it does have more limited recipes.
To start, if I’m paying for an app and see an ad that’s automatically problematic and unacceptable and immediately made me unsubscribe. Do not give me a Starbucks Ad when I’m trying to cook. The Ads on a paid app are intrusive.
The layout is cluttered and oftentimes confusing. Navigating the app often feels like trying to navigate the temu app with the amount of clutter and overstimulation.
The actual directions for the recipes are often incomplete or assume odd things. For example, when creating a Bahn Mi bowl, it assumed I already had shredded red cabbage, 1 cup of cooked rice, sliced radish and jalapeño already, and did not add this to either the instructions or ingredients - leading to confusion when cooking and wasted recipes and therefor groceries.
There is plenty of good. The recipes - when properly documented - are delicious and often easy to make. Exporting a shopping list to Walmart is incredibly helpful and makes shopping via pickup a breeze.
Overall, I’ll be unsubscribing because of the Ads and poor directions. The layout I could get over. In my opinion, you’re better off using MealLime. It’s $1 cheaper, has no ads, and an easy to use layout. However it does have more limited recipes.
DON'T DOWNLOAD THIS STUPID APP!!!!!! 👎🏻
Apparently my review doesn't count, because I submitted one a few days ago, and now it's nonexistent. Therefore, I'm making another one now, and I'm even MORE annoyed than I was then! This app is STUPID because when I first downloaded it and clicked on it to open it for the first time, the first two things that came up were 'Are you vegetarian?' and the question of what types of recipes I'd prefer to see. Well, I've been a proud militant vegetarian for 17+ years and still going strong, and I selected 'I want healthy recipes' for the second question. So, I answer both of the questions, and of course like any other person I immediately go to the dashboard/homepage for inspiration, to see what their recipes are like. I kid you not, ALMOST ALL of the recommended recipes involved some sort of meat as the base ingredient, AND the very FIRST recommended recipe was for CINNAMON ROLLS. Why bother to ask questions if you're just going to push your own agenda regardless? This app is useless, and I deleted it immediately. I've NEVER been so insulted by an app before. Screw you, 'Tasty.' I'll NEVER download OR recommend this app EVER 👎🏻
yeaaa idk…
lowkey bad hear me out i love their books but their recipes in the app are a mess like there’s not enough recipes available and most of them are not trustable and layout is messy
Not good
The videos don’t work and say their unavailable very unfortunate.
Only Filters Some Allergies
It doesn't have many options for foods to avoid. I’m allergic to all kinds of peppers, and very much hate most beans. There was no option to filter out those recipes. I would have liked to see that.
It’s not really all that.
I put my lactose free and no peanut butter for can’t have and it still kept giving me nothing but recipes with them in it. It was kinda frustrating.
good recipes but constant sign ins
the recipes and cooking stuff are alright but its annoying how you have to sign in everytime, why doesnt it savemy info so i dont have to sign in every single time i want to use the app
No scratch recipes
None of these recipes will actually TEACH you how to cook unfortunately. It just tells you to buy premade sauces or breads. I want to know how to make things from scratch from a recipe app
Key lime bars recipe
I bought all ingredients which was offered to me in this recipe including coconut milk. And now I’m suffering because it doesn’t works like it is supposed to be. Milk was supposed to be thick but this one is more like water. I didn’t choose this coconut milk by myself, the app showed me that one.
It a fan
Way too much fish sauce and Tamarind sauce. I cut way back on the Tamarind and still was way too pungent! One and done for me!!!
Good when it works, not great
So far, the app will barely load for me. I cannot get past the “tasty” opening page. When it does load in (rare), the recipes are good but I wish it would let me save the healthy remix as opposed to the regular version. I expected a lot more from this app and was hoping to find low cholesterol recipes, but there is no way to search for them except for the ai which is an ok feature. Doesn’t give a bunch of results.
Sentiment summary
99%
Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)