High confidence · Latest 100 of 108 total reviews analyzed · Based on 108 reviews. Signal may be noisy.

Frustrated

Recent user voice shows a frustrated sentiment. Users appreciate recipe quality and cooking inspiration, but report ads in paid subscription and app stability and crashes.

Rating: 4.9

Reviews: 108

Confidence: high

How did the latest release land?

Overall
4.9/ 5
(548.7K)
Current version
4.9/ 5
+0.0 vs overall
(533.6K)
Main signal post-update: recipe Quality.

Sentiment over time

Weekly average rating and review volume across stores, last 90 days.

Review themes

Praise

What users love

  • Recipe Quality
    • recipes are great, app performance poor
    • The NYT recipes are sensational
  • Cooking Inspiration
    • Answers the lifelong question of 'What’s for dinner?'
    • The quick videos make me want to try new recipes
Complaint

Common complaints

  • Ads in Paid Subscription
    • Ads everywhere in this app even after you pay a subscription.
    • A paid subscription should be ad-free. Sleazy, NYT.
  • App Stability and Crashes
    • app freezes at the 'manage privacy preferences' screen.
    • app keeps crashing when I try to open it
  • Resource Management
    • this app has used 11 gigabytes of my cellular data in 6 days!!
    • Nothing drains my battery faster

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