Anova Culinary User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience31.2% of reviews
Neutral9.5% of reviews
Negative experience59.3% of reviews

~ Based on 1,200 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Anova Culinary Safe?

Anova Culinary appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Anova Culinary is 88/100.

This assessment is based on 25,579 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.4/5.

Safety Analysis

85.1% of ratings point to a safe experience
3.2% of ratings suggest some concerns
11.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 25,579 App Store ratings for Anova Culinary.

Is Anova Culinary Legit?

Anova Culinary appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Anova Culinary is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Great app! Worth the money!

Great app! You can collab with other Anova-Masters! Worth every penny!

Mike

I’ve been amazed for two years now,it’s a keeper

My opinion

Love my Anova!!
Especially for poultry!! Use it once a week!’

Rip off

I’ve had my Anova sous vide cooker with app connectivity for 4 years. I’ve never had to pay a subscription. I bought the device knowing it had connectivity and now they want to charge me a monthly fee for something that I already had when I bought it. That’s called theft. I don’t really care about your recipes. I just want to be able to control it from my phone and you took that feature away. Shameful business practices.
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Great product

My wife will not eat beef unless we Sous vide it prior to cooking. This product makes it so easy to make great recipes and repeat them. The trick is repeating a great recipe. This Sous Vide will allow you consistently make great recipes.

Push notifications are paid? Ridiculous

All push notifications are locked behind their a subscription, which is all I really care about. It’s way too expensive for just that function and it wasn’t clear until after I bought the sous vide and paired it. I never would have bothered had I known.

Must have

My sous vide from Anova culinary has become a must have in my kitchen. It always delivers the perfect temperature for steak, chicken and even lobster.

Grrrrr

This is when you need a negative 5 star option. Have had to go to Bluetooth in settings and manually connect it 3 times in 20 minutes. And yes the app is updated. I’ve had it over a year and the unit works great when the app isn’t crapping out. The shutoff timer has never worked. If it wasn’t a gift I would’ve returned it.
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Sad state

I have to create an account to view the temp via Bluetooth? Time to find a new company to deal with.

Crashes every time

App has become useless since the latest update - crashes every single time I open the Guide.

App Crashes upon opening Guides

Pretty much the title. The overall app experience is great, but when I attempt to view Anova’s guides, the app crashes. Unfortunate.

Money grab breaks app

So now they’re going to a subscription model, but don’t worry OG adopters will still be able to use their device.

No, they won’t

does not connect using latest app

I imagine if I paid the subscription it would magically start working, but I’m not going to do that.

App crashes and new subscription fee?

I’ve had my Anova since 2019. One of my go to kitchen appliances, especially for protein. My wife won’t let me cook her filet mignon any other way. Recently though, the app crashed when I try to pick a protein recipe. Anyone else having this issue. I have deleted and reinstalled the app twice without success.

Also, is Anova starting to charge a subscription fee? When I reinstalled the app, it had a welcome window stating a new fee was going to be charged to compensate for creating new content. I thought us users were submitting recipes…
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Version 3.6.4 super buggy

I’ve been using this app for years. This new release has made it unusable. the guides crash every single time.

Crashes

This app was working so good in the past and now anytime I go to “Guides” and make a selection it crashes. You broke it and now it is useless.

Can’t open guides

Every time I try to open a guide the app closes. IOS 26.5

App now crashing

Since updating the app a few days ago the App crashes every time I open the cooking guide and select a meat type to be cooked.

Can’t even deliver on the basic stuff

Garbage product. doesn’t even pair or connect. i followed the instructions carefully. several times.

Disappointing

Won’t recognize my device and no answer from tech support

App crashes

When I tap on "Guides" and then select what I want to cook, the app crashes. Doesn't matter which food I choose, it crashes every time.