Leave a Review BigOven Recipes & Meal Planner
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This is a great app if you want to cook miscellaneous stuff but I wanted a specific recipe but couldn't find it. There is no search, the search icon is there but when selected just brings up a category picture show, my recipe fitted into four of the categories I selected one pot meals thinking I could type in a recipe name and it would show any with that name but no I had to scroll through all the recipes looking for what I wanted, it wasn't there so I tried another category it wasn't there.
Chicken chasseur, a common enough dish, but I think reading the previous comments about the American recipes it probably isn't there and even if it was I never found it. So two stars only, I will delete big oven and look for another better U.K. style app. Just so glad it was freeShow lessJay-Hop
Developer Response
Hello. When you tap the search magnifying glass icon, you end up in our search screen where you can input any recipe name in the search bar and get results. You can also jump between "All", "My Recipes", and "Cooks" tabs. In the “All” tab, we help you get more inspiration by showing popular features like Collections, Use Up Leftovers and Recent Raves. In addition, in case you forgot what you were looking for, we have Recently Viewed to help you find that recipe again. In the “My Recipes” tab, you can search within your own recipes. In "Cooks" tab, you can find a cook's name and see their cook profile page. We hope this helps you out and that you continue to give BigOven a try.Sounds great, but falls short.
App was recommended. I downloaded with delight. Could not log in, make an account. Quite frustrated however, the customer support was EXCELLENT and I had an account made in minutes with their help.
I started using the app and scanned a recipe that was subsequently typed up. I got a few free before a 59 cent charge would apply. This happened super quick. Then I took a photo to upload to the recipe but it didn't load. I had saved it in a private list of my own recipe and I could not load a photo. Massively unhappy. Found out later, through an email telling me my photo was approved, that that is the process. It is my own recipe in my own private recipe section, surely I could have put a photo of a poo if I wanted without it having to be approved. Sharing it to a public forum, I can understand the need to approve photos, but I had not done this.
I then typed in an easy quick recipe. It didn't save. I didn't want to use one of my 'free' uploads on a recipe that takes 2 minutes to type in. Disappointed yet again.
All in all, the website is great, the customer service is excellent, however, I don't have the time to muck around with a website and this is what has turned me off paying for this site. Had it been free altogether I would have perservered.
Hope this review helps you make a decision. it is not intended to be negative or positive.Show lesslanderso
Very well made app!
I like this app, heaps of recipes, easy to use and navigate!kirver
Amazeballs
Great recipes, awesome search function, easy to add and store your own recipesDaddybot7
Great ideas for using up leftovers
Love the 'use up leftovers' feature. If it wasn't for this I would have thrown out lots of perfectly good ingredients.Mrs munsey
I cook now because of this app!!
This app is brilliant - I have never really cooked before, it all seemed too hard but for months now I have been making nice family meals because of this app. If I get an idea for dinner when at the grocery store I can easily look up recipes and buy what I need. Also great planning functions. Only added thing would be more dietary\calorie info . Love this app!!Show lessBindi13
Top app
I'm not a great chef but with this app I'm giving heaps of things a try that I would never have tried otherwise. And they taste awesome!!Russell Hynd
Easypeasy
Use it all the time in the kitchen and shopping for inspirationJonny_gooner
Simple and superb
I love this app. It's a simple collection of user-submitted recipes and I have yet to find anything else out there that is as simple but comprehensive.GPDunk
Life saver
I absolutley love this app.... I have used so many of these recipes and there just at the touch of a buttonJeanie girl
