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Umami - Recipe Manager
Strange Quark LLC · 450 ratings · ★ 4.8
4.8
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450 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 7 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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"recipe"
4 negative reviews mention this · 57% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disappointing. Only works about 1/3 of the time. I usually get an error message. Switched to another recipe organizer and haven't run into any issues with that one." - Sommergal2
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"recipes"
4 negative reviews mention this · 57% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Doesn’t import well. I downloaded several recipe organizers to try and this is the one that has had the most problems. I tried to import from url 3 recipes from different sites and every one said a recipe couldn’t be found or was blocked from import (Paprika …" - lilgr3ta
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"doesn"
3 negative reviews mention this · 43% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Doesn’t import well. I downloaded several recipe organizers to try and this is the one that has had the most problems. I tried to import from url 3 recipes from different sites and every one said a recipe couldn’t be found or was blocked from import (Paprika …" - lilgr3ta
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"worked"
3 negative reviews mention this · 43% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Doesn’t import well. I downloaded several recipe organizers to try and this is the one that has had the most problems. I tried to import from url 3 recipes from different sites and every one said a recipe couldn’t be found or was blocked from import (Paprika …" - lilgr3ta
5
"work"
3 negative reviews mention this · 43% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Disappointing. Only works about 1/3 of the time. I usually get an error message. Switched to another recipe organizer and haven't run into any issues with that one." - Sommergal2
📋 All 7 negative reviews
Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").
Disappointing
Only works about 1/3 of the time. I usually get an error message. Switched to another recipe organizer and haven't run into any issues with that one.
Will not transport recipes
I wish so much it would have worked. I emailed umami and never got a response.
Doesn’t work
It stops being able to upload recipes after a very brief period from sources like Instagram. The app is useless if you have to add the recipe manually versus scan and upload. I am so disappointed! It was great while it worked the first couple days.
Cost
The app works great but the cost is way too high. I will be using paper and pencil longer. It’s too bad.
Sneaky practices at work here
Finally when I got used to this app and really enjoyed using it, I’m hit with a pop-up that basically tells me “You have to subscribe to continue using this app” with a bunch of subscription options. The pricing is fairly cheap, but had I of know this was a subscription based app when I first downloaded it, I would’ve never downloaded it in the first place.
I’m so sick of the most simple apps being subscriptions. Everything’s gotta be a subscription.
I’m so sick of the most simple apps being subscriptions. Everything’s gotta be a subscription.
It doesn’t work
I could import only a recipe. It doesn’t recognize any of the recipes I stored on my Instagram account. Useless for me unfortunately. I will go back to ReciMe.
Doesn’t import well
I downloaded several recipe organizers to try and this is the one that has had the most problems.
I tried to import from url 3 recipes from different sites and every one said a recipe couldn’t be found or was blocked from import (Paprika and Recipe Keeper had no problem with any of them). The 4th and 5th url imports worked, so I hesitate to say it’s user error. I tried importing from photo and it was definitely more time consuming and clunky than others.
This app has great reviews all over, but it doesn’t appear to be for me.
I tried to import from url 3 recipes from different sites and every one said a recipe couldn’t be found or was blocked from import (Paprika and Recipe Keeper had no problem with any of them). The 4th and 5th url imports worked, so I hesitate to say it’s user error. I tried importing from photo and it was definitely more time consuming and clunky than others.
This app has great reviews all over, but it doesn’t appear to be for me.
Sentiment summary
95%
Positive (4-5★)
2%
Neutral (3★)
4%
Negative (1-2★)