# Eating for Life — user reviews > 21 indexed App Store user reviews of Eating for Life by Simetrical, SA de CV, rated 3.20/5 from 36 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eating-for-life/id799635980/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/eating-for-life/id799635980.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 14 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 13 ## Newest reviews (2 of 21) ### 3/5 — Wish I Could Return *2015-12-20, version 1.1* I assumed I could add my own recipes. That doesn't appear to be the case. ### 3/5 — It's ok *2014-07-22, version 1.1* This is great, but not a lot different than just using the book. I thought there would be more to it. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Does not work! *2022-11-12, version 1.1* It is not compatible with the newer IOS. Once you pay, it won’t download. Don’t purchase this, it does not work. ### 1/5 — Need an update. *2021-12-30, version 1.1* I can’t use this on my phone because the app needs to be updated. How can this be fixed ? ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work! *2021-07-14, version 1.1* After purchasing the app I received this message -The developer of this app needs to update the it to work with the version of IOS. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2021-06-28* Needs updated by developer to work. Would love to use it if that happens. ### 1/5 — Rip-off *2020-02-26* This app is a total waste of money, it shouldn’t even be allowed to be sold. The meal planner and shopping guide don’t even work. What a disappointment. ### 1/5 — Any extras coming? *2016-01-24, version 1.1* Please tell me you are going to add to this app! If you have the book, you do not need this app. I bought it without previewing it and wish I could get a refund. Please add a workout and weight loss journal, a weight loss graph, calorie/protein count for each day of food, and more menu choices!!! ### 1/5 — So disappointing *2016-01-17, version 1.1* Buyer is held captive by certain pre-selected meals (the kind you'd need a live-in chef to prepare). One can't choose from an approved BFL food list, as one might imagine would be a basic feature of this app. Waste of $, sigh! ### 1/5 — Grocery List nearly worthless *2014-07-12, version 1.1* I own the book and figured spending $2.99 for the app would prove useful when creating my shipping list for the week. Wrong!!! Not only does the shopping list fail to mention quantities of ANYTHING, my list is about 4 pages long (for one week) and has items listed multiple times "randomly" in the list. Such as (grilled chicken, marinated chicken, chicken halve, sliced chicken, etc). Great, now I know the type of chicken I'll be using in my recipes but how much (weight/quantity) for all my recipes? I can't go to a store with this list. ### 2/5 — Only does EFL recipes *2016-06-04, version 1.1* Grocery list has no measures. No ability to enter a food or recipe that is not in the EFL database. Can only add recipes to meal plan from recipe view, can't see the meal plan from the recipe view. Good luck figuring out if you already chose a dinner for Wednesday. Overall, big big disappointment. ### 3/5 — Needs update *2021-06-17, version 1.1* App no longer works with current version of iOS. Was great until then. ## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Helpful in the grocery store *2019-09-27, version 1.1* Eating for Life is my favorite cookbook. This app is handy when I fail to make a list. ### 5/5 — Great! *2014-04-12, version 1.1* I have been eating this way for years and have been really happy with it. ### 5/5 — AWESOME AND CONVENIENT *2014-02-22, version 1.1* This app is awesome. Very convenient way to make planning meals easy!!! ### 5/5 — Finally!!! It looks great. *2014-02-21, version 1.1* Eating for Life is a wonderful book with tasty/healthy recipes. I've had hard copies of BFL & EFL for years... The plan & meals work... If you do. I'm so happy to see it in iTunes. I hope a BFL app follows!!! Thanks for the incentive to get back to Body for Life! ### 5/5 — Super convenient and easy! *2014-02-21, version 1.1* I've used the cookbook for years and I'm so excited to incorporate this app into my daily routine of planning and eating right! ### 4/5 — NEEDS AN UPDATE *2023-03-26* I have had the book for years. The app cannot be downloaded back to my phone without an update. The website doesn’t exist anymore :( ### 4/5 — Needs Update *2021-06-22, version 1.1* I love this app! Unfortunately, it now needs to be updated by the creator to use with the new iOS updates. ### 4/5 — Great! *2016-07-14, version 1.1* I really follow the things that Bill Phillips teaches. This app is great. However, the banana pudding recipe has the wrong ingredients listed. Also the grocery list is hard to follow. I would definitely give it five stars if you could fix the grocery list. Other than that I love this app. Thanks for making it! ### 4/5 — Love the idea but it keeps crashing. *2014-02-21, version 1.1* I have had the cookbook for years but I just downloaded the App and it keeps crashing. Will give it 5 stars when it's fixed:-) --- *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 2026-06-10.*