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Backup system
It would be very handy to add the possibility to backup the database to Dropbox. My Ipod crashed yesterday and when I restored, the app wouldn't start. Had to delete it and download again. I lost all my recipes...Trakkat78
App is great but it needs to work with other grocery list apps
I said it before and I am saying it again. This app is wonderful. I have had none of the sync issues other mention and I have had to reset my iPhone and it still had all my recipes but I would be really aggrivated if I had had that problem!! I find it very easy to enter recipes especially on the PC from the link. HOWEVER...It needs to connect with a grocery list app! I KNOW I would use it more if I could quickly browse the recipes and add ingredients to my list and I didn't have to try to go back and forth between the apps to enter them. I know it syncs with ToDo but I, as most people probably do, use that app as a TO DO list, not a shopping list because it does NOT save entries, you have to type each item each time. A 5 star for sure if it linked to a real grocery list app, like Grocery Gadget which is also hurting for a good recipe function.Show lessCorgiRunner
connection between computer and iphone/ipad
the WiFi connection is unreliable between computer and iphone or ipad (I tried both). The problem is not my WiFi, I am sure of that.SusieLovesCake
Shockingly awful!!!
Shocking game! Very dissatisfied DO NOT BUY! Crashes always on the iPhone 4 3G!!!!!!!! Hate itBonbonMc
Best recipe app I
When I first start creating a new recipe I use notes in Mail since notes syncs between my deices but once I've refined a recipe, usually after I've made it a few times, I store it in Handy Cookbook.
Love the way I can paste in a list of ingredients into Handy Cookbook using Safari and Handy Cookbook will generate a grocery list plus it will easily adjust the ingredient amounts when servings are changed.
The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because there is no way to keep Handy Cookbook synced between devices other than to do exports and imports manually. I would gladly pay more for a version that kept its data file in Dropbox the way 1Password does so that my iPad, iPhone and partner's iPhone all would have their recipes in sync or had some other way to keep everything in sync.Show lessTzTerri
Yes it's handy
I have been using this app for many months now and do love how easy it is to add recipes that I see on TV or need to jot down quickly. it's excellent that if you need to multiply the recipe it does it for you once you add how many people you are cooking for. Then add recipe to shopping list is great.
However it is annoying that I can't combine my other shopping list app together w this one.
I have too many apps all doing great things but all lacking something that another one has. Anyway.
But please make an iPad version of handy cookbook.Show lessselw
When iPad version
Love it on my ipod touch have lots of recipes now, would be even better if on iPad !!Samui Mike
Great app
I love this app because it doesn't have 60 million recipes that I'm never going to use. I can put in the recipes I already use and love! Yes, it does occaisionally disconnect, but it's never taken more than a few seconds to reconnect and I've never lost any recipes that I've typed in. (You're not using anyone else's server, like some of the review indicate. You don't even have to be online to use this! It's all done through your wireless router, not on their server.) Most of my recipes already have nutritional information and I add that to the notes or at the end of the instructions, but it would nice to have them separate. Definitely a keeper!!!!Show lesstofumania
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I love this app, mainly because my main recipe program, on my desktop, is Mastercook. This is the only app (that I can find) that will transfer all my Mastercook recipes to my ipod touch. At the grocery store I have my entire recipe collection at my fingertips -- fabulous! I admit I do not use this app to enter recipes, only to transfer between my Mastercook program and the app so that I have the recipes handy. All I need now to be REALLY happy would be for this program to run on the iPad. I'd definitely pay a bigger price for it -- worth every penny of whatever you would charge for the iPad version and more than worth the measly $1.99 currently charged. Wonderful. Thank you.Show lessJegojo
Good but needs a little more.
Have used this so for a bit. It is simple and easy to use. Wish it had other categories like: soup, dressing, breakfast and snacks. I would like to pick from a list of measurements instead of typing in teaspoon or tablespoon each time for each ingredient. I would like to use hours and minutes for time instead of just having minutes as an option. For some slow cooker recipes you need to say 10 hours instead of 600 minutes. It would also be nice to search or organize by ingredient. I would like to be able to download picture from Internet.Show lessEva-kay
