Chefman Sous Videv2.0.10

Released January 22, 2019Major

iOS

The latest major update resulted in a 0.72 star rating decline, dropping the average from 2.9 to 2.18. New guided cooking features and navigation changes are currently overshadowed by critical connectivity failures and hardware performance issues. The update is classified as strongly negative due to the immediate erosion of the user experience.

What changed

New featureIntroduced Smart Bar for real-time monitoring of cooking status and device temperatures.
UXAdded 'active' status indicator to recipes to maintain state during navigation.
New featureAdded step narration and progress percentage tracking for guided cooking.
New featureEnabled automatic temperature detection and instant device setting from recipe steps.

Reception

25/ 100 impact scoreStrongly Negative

What didn't

New feature
backfired
Guided cooking features coincide with reports of excessive battery drain and device overheating.
UX
backfired
Navigation updates are overshadowed by a new twenty character limit on WiFi passwords that prevents network connection.

How it played out

Retrospective analysisAugust 11, 2026

The average rating declined by 0.72 stars following the update, driven by persistent connectivity failures and new reports of hardware overheating. While the update intended to improve guided cooking, users report that restrictive password fields and battery consumption issues significantly degrade the experience. Momentum is weakening as users express frustration with the inability to maintain stable network connections.

-0.72 ★

Sentiment shift

New complaints (2)

Excessive battery drain and device overheating during active app usagemediumversion-tied

Arbitrary twenty character limit on WiFi passwords prevents network connectionlowversion-tied

Marlvel takeaways

Remove the twenty character limit on WiFi passwords to restore basic connectivity for users.
Investigate the guided cooking module for power-intensive processes causing device overheating and battery drain.
Address the 0.72 star rating decline by prioritizing stability fixes over new feature parity.

Original release notes

Guided Cooking and Smart Bar
- Smart bar will tell you what’s cooking, the live temperature of the device, target temperature of the device, cooking status, timer
- On the recipe, it will say “active” on top if you’re in the middle of making it – you can still navigate away, and when you return it will say “active” again
- On the recipe, it will narrate the steps and what percentage you’re on – for instance it will say 10% done preheating
- On the recipe, it will automatically say what temperature the recipe requires, and on that step, you can instantly set your device to that temperature.