# Dr. McDougall Mobile Cookbook — user reviews > 95 indexed App Store user reviews of Dr. McDougall Mobile Cookbook by McDougall Media, rated 4.70/5 from 246 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dr-mcdougall-mobile-cookbook/id418470303/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dr-mcdougall-mobile-cookbook/id418470303.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 205 · 4★ 20 · 3★ 11 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Dr. McDougall Mobile Cookbook? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Comprehensive recipe collection (800+ recipes) - 🎯 Excellent search functionality by ingredient - 📱 Easy-to-use interface and navigation - 🛒 Convenient shopping list generation - ✨ High-quality, tested recipes - 🌱 Aligned with plant-based/WFPB diet philosophy - 💚 Delicious and creative recipes - ⭐ Favorites/bookmarking feature - 🍽️ Recipes work well for families and meal planning - 📚 Portable access to recipes on phone/tablet **Cons** - 📸 Missing photos for many recipes - 🐛 App crashes when saving favorites (recurring issue) - 🌐 Requires internet connection to function - ⚠️ Some recipes have missing or incorrect ingredients - 🔄 Inconsistent recipe quality and testing - ❌ Lacks offline functionality - 📝 Cannot add personal notes to recipes - 🎨 Limited ability to customize/edit recipes - 🔍 Some duplicate recipes in database - ⚙️ App crashes when not connected to WiFi/cell **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when favoriting recipes (iPhone) - Featured section empty for extended periods - App crashes when not connected to internet/WiFi - Missing ingredients in recipe display (after updates) - Favorites list disappears after app updates - Shopping list doesn't aggregate duplicate ingredients across recipes - Cannot copy text from recipes to other apps - Baked macaroni recipe missing water measurement - Some recipe measurements are inaccurate **Most requested features** - Add photos/images to all recipes - Ability to enlarge recipe photos - Recipe scaling/portion adjustment feature - Personal notes/annotations on recipes - Print functionality for recipes - Share recipes via email/text/social media - Search by ingredient feature (some users unaware it exists) - Browse recipes by category/name (not just search) - Weekly meal planner integration - Offline access capability - Instant Pot adaptation for recipes - Filter for low-fructose/low-sugar options - Integration with Apple Notes/Reminders - Ability to edit ingredient quantities - Add photos to recipes - Budget-friendly recipe filter - Recipe testing verification indicator ## Newest reviews (13 of 95) ### 3/5 — Great! Needs a Couple of Upgrades… *2020-10-19, version 3.2* Overall, the recipes in this app are great, but there are 2 things that would put it off the charts: (1) Allow editing, such as ingredient quantities and the addition of photos (WAY too few included). (2) Adding a scaling feature. Many of the recipes only feed two people, maybe three. ### 4/5 — Good but missing Search by Ingredient *2019-08-18, version 3.2* Good value! However would be nice to search recipes by Ingredients. To make this App excellent it would be nice to have ability to reduce/increase portion size. Most of the recipes are for large number of portions. That would work well if the recipes are freezer friendly or for families but not as easy for singles/couples. Also, pictures for each recipes would be a bonus! ### 4/5 — Tons if healthy plant based recipes! *2019-05-11, version 3.1* I love the amount of material in this app! The biggest downside is a lack of pictures for a lot of the recipes. I’m a visual person, and would get a lot more use out of this app if each recipe had a picture with it. ### 5/5 — Easy and tasty! *2019-03-12, version 3.0* I've made a few of the recipes so far and they're easy to follow and they actually taste good! Spread the word..... ### 5/5 — Wonderful *2019-02-26, version 3.0* Wonderful, simple, easy ,quick!! Oh yeah HEALTHY ### 5/5 — Healed *2019-02-10, version 3.0* Love the recipes I have my grocery list in my hand! ### 5/5 — LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! *2019-02-10, version 3.0* The recipes are excellent. Huge variety, representing many cuisines, and tried & tested over many years. The app is easy to search. ### 5/5 — Like the App *2019-01-31, version 3.0* I like the app. Very handy when you are looking for something to eat but stuck for ideas. I like the search function. I like that you can add recipes you like to Favorites. Two notes: app editors need to clean up duplicates and other errors; and I wish you could enlarge the thumbnails of the photos to get a better look. Overall I’m pleased with the app. ### 4/5 — Let us help! *2019-01-22, version 3.0* Love the recipes but I wish they all had pictures and that we could click on the picture to make it bigger! It would be nice for us trying out the recipes to be able to submit pictures for this purpose! I like that there’s a search bar to look up by ingredient. Love the grocery list. Pretty cool! Liette ### 4/5 — Nice! *2019-01-17, version 3.0* It’s just nice to have recipes that you don’t have to make sure they support the starch diet. I like that! Simple. Easy to use! ### 3/5 — Great Recipes but... *2018-12-28, version 3.0* I’m very pleased with the selection of recipes however I would really enjoy search option, a printer option and I’d love to be able to email a recipe to a friend ### 5/5 — I Love It! *2018-11-26, version 3.0* So easy to use! ### 5/5 — No new recipes. *2018-11-14, version 3.0* Some good stuff on the app but it’s never updated with anything new. Forks Over Knives app is much better in this respect. A bit more effort here would be great..... ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Horrible update *2021-06-26, version 3.5* I went to make falafel patties just now for a gathering tomorrow and when I looked at the recipe all the ingredients were missing on the recipe on this update!!! I wish I’d never done it. How am I going to make them now? I’ve got my parsley chopped and my chickpeas ready and was about to produce the recipe. Now what am I supposed to do? I just went and looked at the other felafel recipes in this app and all the ingredients are missing in every recipe!!! ### 1/5 — Purchase issue *2020-07-23* I purchased this product for 399 on July 11 and today ie July 24 my money credited the same amount 399 ### 1/5 — Recipes just aren't good *2019-09-21, version 3.2* I love Dr. McDougall. But Im sorry these recipes just are not good. They are very bland and not very creative. I've made 15-20 of them. ### 1/5 — Unable to use off line *2019-01-16, version 3.0* Darn I got scammed as well, my whole world does not revolve around the internet i actually get out into the real world and live it and cook with out the internet. Waste of money for me. Iain ### 1/5 — Theft *2014-01-17, version 1.1.5* Buy Frozen Hash brown potato patties (no oil). Grill them in a george foreman grill. Thats a recipe??!! ### 1/5 — Where is the browse feature? *2011-08-30, version 1.1* Would be nice to browse recipe titles seeing as I have no idea of the names of any. I do like the search via ingredient feature though. ### 2/5 — Crash *2019-05-08, version 3.1* App crashes when I try to save a favorite. ### 2/5 — Trouble with recent upgrade *2019-05-02, version 3.1* I Love this app, and have been using it for years! However, the recent update is now causing it to crash every time I want to save a favorite. All my favorites when away with the upgrade, and when I try to save a favorite, the app just crashed. I hope this can be fixed soon! If it’s necessary information, I am on an iPhone. ### 2/5 — Crashes while favoriting *2019-05-01, version 3.1* The app crashes when I favorite a recipe on my iPhone 6s. ### 2/5 — Few small Fotos of recipes *2018-02-24* I had the bad surprise that most of the recipes come without Fotos. When there is a Foto, you can’t oversize : on a mobile phone or even an Ipad you hardly see the picture. So you just have to imagine what the final result is… Unbelievable on 21st century… There are probably 1000 recipes but most are so basics that you just feel you lose your time when looking at them. I had great expectations but the experiment is quite frustrating. It definitively needs improvements to be worth the money. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Amazing diet, amazing app, buy it - it’s life changing *2025-11-04, version 3.6* This diet took me from diabetic range to non diabetic range in 48 hours…literally. Can’t thank Dr. Mcdougall and fam enough. RIP. ### 5/5 — Nice cookbook *2025-07-25* Many interesting and creative recepies. I like this app. It's more practical than flipping the book or website. ### 5/5 — WFPB cooking simplified *2023-03-22, version 3.6* Really enjoying the app! Would like to ask for a feature that allows me to make notes on recipes. I like to tweak them & am having to use a notebook ### 5/5 — Great cookbook and App *2021-06-25, version 3.5* This app is fantastic. All compliant healthy recipes at my finger tips all day long. I like to browse through and search for ideas for new dishes to try out during idle time. I can build a list and use that for shopping. Without this app, staying compliant on a whole food plant based oil-free life style would be way more challenging. Also it is nice to know that I don’t need to observe caution in these recipes like I do with forks over knives and other vegan websites. If it is in this App, I can Enjoy it and I do! ### 5/5 — My Plant Based Go-To! *2020-09-27, version 3.2* I downloaded this a month ago and have made over a dozen of these recipes- all of them simple and DELICIOUS! I can’t rave enough- it is so fun and exciting making and truly enjoying these healthy options. And all in one place! ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2020-06-17, version 3.2* Fantastic easy healthy whole food recipes, easy to use app, thank you ### 5/5 — So giving! *2020-01-30, version 3.2* I love the way the McDougall’s hearts are generous and am deeply grateful for their sacrifices and untiring efforts to change the culture toward “life”, through their teaching. This practical resource is a BLESSING! ### 5/5 — Very Tasty Plant Based Recipes! *2019-12-13, version 3.2* This is not just some random collection of recipes. These all seem to be thoroughly tested and adjusted. And they are all DELICIOUS! Even my spouse (who still eats some meat and dairy) doesn’t miss the oil, meat, or dairy when I make these dishes. Highly recommended for anyone that wants to try a plant based diet. ### 5/5 — Dr. McDougall Mobile Cookbook *2019-12-08, version 3.2* Hurray! Over 1000 recipes that I can find on the McDougall website for free—but at my fingertips, with easy Kindle Table of Contents. What I love is Mary’s economy of words. These recipes are made to be easy. Thrilled. ### 5/5 — High end App *2019-04-10, version 3.0* I use all his books & APPs over & over again for reference , recipes. Very high end. And I have lost 10 lbs. It has been very slow for me as I need to be stricter than I am. My downfall is when I am visiting on vacation or I am company and others want to cook for me as a guest. I am getting better. I’m still needing to lose about 20 lbs. --- *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 2026-07-18.*