# 5 dinners 1 hour — user reviews > 23 indexed App Store user reviews of 5 dinners 1 hour by 5 Dinners in 1 Hour LLC, rated 4.73/5 from 808 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/5-dinners-1-hour/id1458841713/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/5-dinners-1-hour/id1458841713.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 694 · 4★ 61 · 3★ 22 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 21 ## What do users think of 5 dinners 1 hour? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Life and time saver - 👍 Convenient and money-saving - 👍 Helps with meal planning and preparation - 👍 Saves time and effort - 👍 Delicious and fancy meals - 👍 Helps with executive dysfunction **Cons** - 🐛 Glitchy and slow app - 🐛 Recipes not customizable for allergies/preferences - 🐛 Recipes not very flavorful - 🐛 Recipes not suitable for picky eaters - 🐛 Inability to collaborate on menu planning - 🐛 Lack of customer service support - 🐛 Repetitive recipes **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes and freezes - Inability to register/sign up - Recipes not syncing between devices - Difficulty printing recipes **Most requested features** - Ability to filter recipes by allergies/preferences - Improved app performance and stability - Better recipe customization options - Improved collaboration features for families - More variety in recipes ## Newest reviews (4 of 23) ### 3/5 — Great meals glitchy app *2024-05-06, version 1.0* The meals have been great and quite the time saver for me. The problem is the app. It’s glitchy and won’t let you print your menu/recipes 75% of the time. ### 3/5 — Needs major work *2023-09-25, version 1.0* App interface is awful. Menus won’t sync between devices or spouses. Recipes are hard to find. Can’t print from the app. App is a good idea, just needs major help for easy use. ### 3/5 — The app is just ok *2023-08-14, version 1.0* We love the service in general. It has made cooking in our house fun again and manageable with busy kid schedules. I would give the meals 5 stars because we love it! However, I’m reviewing the app and it needs some help. What I dislike most is that my wife and I can’t collaborate inside of the app. I can’t just find a recipe, like it and her see it on her device. We have to put in everything for the week on her phone to make the grocery list (nice feature). However, if I’m cooking because she is running the kids around, then I have to find the meal again to get the recipe or she has to screen shot and send to me. Work around is for us both to like everything for the week and then we both have it but there is such a better way. That’s why I give only 3 stars. ### 3/5 — I like the plan but the app needs serious update *2022-07-10, version 1.0* The system is amazing and I love how it helped me to cook healthy meals. However the technic needs serious improvement. The application needs “instruction” to use, clearly indication it is not user friendly. And I can’t print the recopies from my phone. Needs to be on a laptop and iPad. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not worth the money *2024-04-09, version 1.0* The app itself is fine, not the best out there in terms of functionality but it works. We tried 3 months of the classic recipes and so far are on month two and extremely disappointed with the dinners. None of them have tasted very good, none of the kids will eat them and they have not been worth the convenience of being put together ahead of time. I’m all for a good meal prep but so far this isn’t it. ### 1/5 — Glitchy *2023-11-12, version 1.0* Won’t let me register ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2023-10-09, version 1.0* Doesn’t allow me to download app. Keeps getting stuck on registration page. ### 1/5 — Don’t be duped like I was *2023-09-22, version 1.0* TLDR: It’s just a very expensive e-cookbook. There is a reason you have to pay upfront to try this out. The okay: I like the concept. New recipes are added monthly (though old ones are removed, so little benefit unless you are unwilling to eat a meal more than 4x per year). The meals were what you probably expect for pre-prepped ingredients - meh, but not terrible. The bad: The only reason this is an app/website rather than a cookbook is to justify the cost. The app is glitchy and often doesn’t save recipes to the menu, meaning you have to refi d them repeatedly. Even when it does work and you compile an ingredient list, it doesn’t take the basic step of consolidating your shopping list. Staples used in multiple recipes are listed separately, and often not grouped together. At all points, you have fewer recipes than a reasonable cookbook. Worst of all, I tried to cancel the day my membership renewed. I was charged anyway. When I asked for a refund I was told that the charges were “locked.” Seems like the business model is to lock people into quarterly contracts since they know people won’t be willing customers for long. ### 1/5 — Customer Service Nonexistant *2023-07-18, version 1.0* No help from customer service. Will only quite t’s and c’s and zero empathy. Terrible. ### 1/5 — Same recipes different month *2023-07-13, version 1.0* A lot of repetitive recipes. Took a year break because it seems like the recipes were the same with just a few variations. Decided to come back and it’s still the same. Have to do a lot of tweaking to make them more flavorful. ### 1/5 — Scam!!! Terrible Customer Service!!! *2023-04-04, version 1.0* DO NOT BUY THIS!!! Their website and app crashed and I wanted a refund because I couldn't use it and they refused!!! ### 2/5 — App is terrible and website isn’t much better *2024-12-05, version 1.0* I really wanted to try this out because as a family of 5 with kids in extracurriculars, we have about 45min-1hr to prep, cook, eat and dress for practices. The app is very basic, could use some graphic design help and the food pics won’t even load on my phone app. I was looking through recipes today and there’s no filter that I can find to “omit” for allergies or unpreferred ingredients. Also, most of these meals I would be ok eating but we have VERY picky kids who will not eat a vegetable to save their lives. Needs to be more filter customizable to tailor the meals for your family/lifestyle. I’ll be canceling my subscription and just googling meals I know I can prep ahead of time instead. ### 3/5 — Love the App..Hate the Lag *2025-08-18, version 1.0* I have been using 5dinners 1 hour for 4 years! It is incredible and a game changer for my family of 5. It’s so nice to take one thing off the planning every week. However, the app is so incredibly slow! When I want to look at my favorites or saved menu it takes an eternity to load. Often times it doesn’t even load. I have to continually open and close the app in hopes that it will work this time. For that reason I give it a 3 star. This is frustrating and wasting my time which the app is suppose to save me time. ### 3/5 — Tried a week of recipes *2024-09-16, version 1.0* They are easy to make but perhaps not my regular food profile, I will try another week but so far haven’t found that delicious flavor I had hoped for. ## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Life and Time Saver *2025-12-26, version 1.0* I’ve used this plan for years and lost over a hundred pounds. I only gain it back when I stop the plan. I also love the convenience and money saving. Only takes about 30 minutes when I get off work! ### 5/5 — Amazing program but the app isn’t always great *2024-02-05, version 1.0* If you struggle with executive dysfunction please try this. It has been a life saver for our family. Saves on groceries, the meals sound fancy and are so yummy. I will say the app and the website are glitchy. The app won’t open on my husbands phone at all. But we find a way to use it because we need to. ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2023-04-19, version 1.0* Life saver, I seen them on tictok and thought I would give it a try. We have a family of 3 (2 adults and toddler, and never walked out of Walmart with our spending 200$ on nothing!. Literally some snacks for my little one and a bunch of random stuff for other meals but never could we afford to cook 5 food meals a week. Grocery shopping for me was awful, I would blow out budget and still be left to figure out when we need to make dinner. This is a life changer .. this is my second time using it and for 5 home cooked dinners (and we have left overs for lunch) it’s runs us about $100-$120 !! A week !!. I never could figure out a system until now and it really took so much off me. Not to mention my first time meal prepping 5 meals with 6 servings each and washing all the dishes that I used doing that I did in one hour !. I spent Triple that a week on Pinterest trying to do everything. Truly love this ### 5/5 — Shar1675 *2022-04-15, version 1.0* Love it ### 5/5 — Lifesaver! *2021-09-08, version 1.0* 5D1H is an amazing program! Makes weeknight dinners a breeze. The ease of the app makes it even better! ### 5/5 — Love *2021-06-11, version 1.0* I save so much money and stress! ### 5/5 — It’s AMAZING *2021-04-05, version 1.0* I love 5 dinners in 1 hour! It’s saved me so much time! I don’t have to think about what’s for dinner! As a mom with a very active toddler, and a husband who has a non traditional work schedule, this is a blessing for me!! No more drive thru or take out because dinner is already to go!! ### 5/5 — Awesome app! *2021-04-05, version 1.0* Works very close to the website without having to go into browsers and log in constantly. Very easy to work with and figure out. Loving it. ### 5/5 — Great compliment to an already amazing system *2021-02-27, version 1.0* I have been a member of 5 Dinners in 1 Hour for a couple of years now. It has made my life so much easier getting dinner on the table every night. I am excited to have even more ease of access with the new 5 Dinners in 1 Hour app! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-15.*