Leave a Review BigOven Recipes & Meal Planner
Forced to create account
Before you can try this app you are forced to create an account or log in with Facebook. My son didn’t have to do this on the iPad version.Johnnnn1324
After finding this, there will be NO other!
I love this book! The recipes are for any average everyday family meals. Nothing fancy, just easy and tasty meals.
There are also meals for all pallets, health conditions and weight loss. Who would need any other cook book?
It’s like the Wikipedia of cook books.Katseyes1808
Happy Pro User
I use this app every week. It lets me neatly add and file my own recipes and any that I find within the app or online. It’s a breeze to add recipes from your favorite food blogs or sites. It easily scans the ingredients in my my weekly meal plans and makes a grocery list for me. I recommend using the BigOven shortcut in your browser toolbar for easily adding recipes from most sites (has to be in recipe format). This app has made meal planning a breeze for me. Thank you!Show lessnjbunch
A bit disappointed with the App/ Customer Service
Using the app was a bit clunky at first because some of the features were not available on the basic version, so you had to upgrade to the pro which I did not want to do before extensively testing this app. A lot of my questions to the customer service were answered by simply suggesting that I allow them to make the changes for me on their end, which is a bit strange given the fact that I want to be able to make all of my own changes. The customer service team did not seem at all concerned with my frustration, I was unable to link the Web app with the mobile app and that once again was tackled with a “why don’t you do it this way“ and so after a few hiccups I decided that I wasn’t going to mess around with it anymore. And once again The customer service department did not seem to care that I was going to look for a different app and not continue to use this one. So I cannot recommend this app to anyone for that reason, I recommend that you guys find an alternative.Show lessNewwaverap
Learning the app - good so far
I am new to this app. I got it in Pro form to be able to scan and store all my past recipes. I am finding the scan option is hard to use - it doesn’t read most of my recipes. Also the search mechanism for recipes doesn’t come up with options if you ask for say “soufflé without butter”. I think I can make this work for me eventually - Glad to have it as an option.Show lessanyarocks29
Great, fun, easy recipes!
I use it not only to find recipes for something I have a hunger for but also to give me ideas for new favorites. Easy to use. Excellent app.
It covers all types of food. I can find vegan recipes for me, vegetarian for my daughter, and traditional American meals for my husband. We use it every weekend to plan the week’s meals and the shopping list. I have recommended this app to so many people. They love it as well.Show lessMcgoran
CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT!!
LOVE this app! All your recipes at your fingertips on your phone where you can access them at the grocery store. Share with friends or on Social Media. The shop feature is great. The only issue I have is with "clip recipe" from web. Out of the 10 times I have tried to use this has only worked twice. I know this feature is only compatible with recipes from certain sites, just wish it would accept any recipe from less popular sites. But I still love it! I also really love that I can take a photo of one of my Grandmother’s handwritten recipes and save it to my recipes on the app. A MUST HAVE for cooks you can find so many new recipes and rediscover old favorites!Show lessThe Real Idgie
Great time saver
I do love this out, and I use it every week to plan my meals. I’ve had no trouble with adding in recipes or editing from other sources to customize for my use. My biggest complaint would be the grocery list… I’ve used other grocery apps in the past that I was able to customize the categories to correspond with the way I shop, and they also were able to save commonly purchased items that ended up on the list every week. I find myself editing the categories of most items that I put on my grocery list every week as the assumed categories are inaccurate. Fixing this feature would make this the ultimate grocery and meal planning app.Show lessActiveMom4Life
Versatile and Useful App
The fact that BigOven works across platforms, combined with the ability to share things like grocery lists, make this app incredibly useful. The recipes I have made have all been really good. I appreciate being able to add recipes from anywhere on the internet too. Meal planning saves money and we eat healthier meals when they are thought out. I recommend BigOven to people all the time and I have for well over 5 years.Show lessTricky1025
Wanted to like this app...
A lot of resources has gone into the making of this app and service. I wanted an app specifically designed for scanning and cataloging recipes. Unfortunately, after signing up for the pro service to use the 30 day trial, the app/service didn't do what I wanted. You are limited in the number of recipes you can scan unless you pay more. And if you want to add community recipes to your own book, you can't edit them in any way. I attempted to cancel my subscription via their support center (I was less than 30 days into the trial) but I still got charged for the full pro service. After filing a second ticket, I still have gotten no response to either request. The service and app might have a lot of resources put into their importing algorithms and community contributions, but their support center is in dire need of help. I cannot recommend Big Oven to people.Show lessTi'anda
Developer Response
Hello. Thank you for giving BigOven a try. As a Pro member, you can save an unlimited number of recipes and you can copy and customize a recipe, if you are not the original author of the recipe. You receive 25 Recipescans at sign up, additional scans can be purchased and that feature is tied to real costs of people digitizing your recipe to ensure proper transcription. And if you need to cancel a subscription you purchased via the App Store, we are not allowed to cancel it for you. You do have to go through the App Store via your device to cancel the subscription. Again, thank you for giving BigOven a try.
