# Food for Thought Meditations — user reviews > 75 indexed App Store user reviews of Food for Thought Meditations by BookMobile, rated 4.90/5 from 666 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/food-for-thought-meditations/id397843942/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/food-for-thought-meditations/id397843942.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 622 · 4★ 28 · 3★ 6 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 8 ## What do users think of Food for Thought Meditations? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Thoughtful and helpful content - 👍 Motivating and inspirational - 👍 Useful for recovery and abstinence - 👍 Great daily reading habit - 👍 Accessible and convenient **Cons** - ❌ Religious/spiritual overtones not inclusive - ❌ Outdated or biased content - ❌ Lack of customization or personalization **Commonly reported bugs** - App not showing up for some users after purchase - Resets to current day when switching between screens **Most requested features** - Add ability to highlight or save favorite passages - Integrate with calendar or reminders for daily readings - Expand content to include more diverse perspectives ## Newest reviews (16 of 75) ### 5/5 — Food for thought *2017-06-01* Awesome. Daily readings help keep me focused on my recovery and to keep food in proper perspective. Food is meant to maintain a healthy body and clarity of mind. It is not meant to escape from life. This book is a gentle reminder of what I need to do for myself to live life on life's terms. ### 5/5 — Daily routine *2017-05-03* I love starting my day with readings, journaling & meditation. This app is part if my daily routine and I appreciate be Ingrid able to focus on the food part of my many faceted disease ### 5/5 — Best Way to Start My Day *2017-04-25* Literature is one of the tools of OA and these short readings get me started each day in the right frame of mind and give me exactly what I need to hear to maintain my program and my abstinence. ### 5/5 — Love This! *2016-10-23, version 3.1.1* This is my very favorite of all my daily readings on the subject of compulsive eating! ### 5/5 — A great aid *2016-01-11* This book has targeted my food problems for many years It speaks to my obsession with positive alternatives to eating I would highly recommend it for anyone battling the power of sugar! ### 5/5 — Anchoring *2013-08-26* This book anchors me in what I know from my 12 step work. Some days I read it over and over again. I recommend it! ### 5/5 — None *2013-08-15, version 3.0* Great way to start the day! ### 5/5 — Food for thought *2013-08-04* Brilliant app! ### 5/5 — Food for Thought *2013-08-03, version 3.0* ... Is Awesome! ### 5/5 — Strong 12-step *2013-07-19, version 3.0* The readings have helped me get a deeper understanding of my compulsive eating. This has been a wonderful tool that I work with my program ### 5/5 — Rating Food for Thought *2013-06-27, version 3.0* I enjoy a daily morning read each day. It helps set my attitude and tone for the day! ### 5/5 — Great inspirational daily reading! *2013-06-21, version 3.0* I love this app. ### 5/5 — LOVE! *2013-06-19, version 3.0* Best words of wisdom for each day! Gives me great support and serenity around food and MYSELF! ### 5/5 — Great go to *2013-06-07* Love having these inspirational stories at my fingertips at all times. Just wish Hazeldon would put more books including other programs up as apps ### 5/5 — I'm a food addict... *2013-03-26, version 2.0* This app is so helpful. The concepts are right on for food addicts. Always inspirational and helpful! ### 5/5 — Inspirational *2013-02-25, version 2.0* Wonderful way to be reminded each morning of the wisdom of the program. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Religious nonsense *2025-04-14* Just a bunch of bible mumbo jumbo to make you feel guilty for existing. ### 1/5 — Toxic and Not inclusive *2023-05-23* There is a reading for May 18 that basically says being thin is the ultimate goal. As long as you’re thin, you’ve succeeded. And that God is not happy that you’re overweight. Also, all spiritual are to “Lord” and “Him”. **Developer response:** Thank you for your thoughtful review. This book was published in 1980 and was written primarily for people who identified as compulsive overeaters in Overeaters Anonymous. We’re updating the content to take into consideration that compulsive overeating is now an eating disorder, and that we need to use more inclusive language when we talk about various paths in recovery. We wish you all the best. ### 1/5 — HELP *2011-11-12, version 2.0* I purchased this, but where is it? It hasn't shown up with my other apps ### 1/5 — What a disappointment *2011-11-08, version 2.0* I am a devoted advocate and user of several Hazelden meditation resources and other wonderfull offerings. Generatipns of family & friends are alive and working programs with the help ans support of Hazelden. The only exception, and it is a huge exception, is this totally goofy, stupid & infantile "Food For Thought". The ONE meditation helper is totally without merit. ### 3/5 — Great help *2011-09-06* Like the content alot, though feel there is too much talk of God being a "him" (male dominant) The 12 step recovery movement is spiritual Not religious, this puts me off a little! Other recovery apps don't have such a strong emphasis on "him" , more on a Higher Power! Also would prefer if you could be able to copy/paste and highlight passages then save them, just like you can on the Kindle book reader. ### 4/5 — Spiritual food *2013-07-02, version 3.0* I enjoy food for thought very much. ### 4/5 — Excellent motivation *2013-05-02, version 2.0* This is great for a bit of a pick me up and really relates back to the literature of OA. ### 4/5 — Handy *2012-11-16* Handy especially for shaky food moments when out & about. ### 4/5 — Great app! *2012-06-01, version 2.0* On target with a nugget of truth that I can carry with me every day. ### 4/5 — Very good *2012-05-20, version 2.0* Simple and clear. Just wish it had a built-in alarm or a way to link in with calendar so that it could remind you to read at particular times in the day. That would be awesome! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Food for thought *2024-01-25* Starts the day right ### 5/5 — Well written resource *2023-06-21* Thoughtful helpful wide ranging subjects about life and a relationship to a higher power. ### 5/5 — Thank you *2022-09-24* I want to say thank you to the author of this amazing book. It gives me strength and it gives me hope each day that the weight that I have because of my obsession for food can be over come. Yes I am losing weight very slowly but the pounds are coming off because I know I’m not alone on this journey. Thank you so very much sincerely Carleen ### 5/5 — Often More Spiritual *2022-07-30* I think there is even more of a conviction to trust in and lean on my Higher Power than the OA For Today book has. I read both, but find this one every bit as powerful in keeping me willing, motivated and growing in my recovery. Keep coming back, and take one day at a time. ### 5/5 — Make it so we can highlight *2021-12-02* I love this app. So many of the daily thoughts are amazing and resonate with me. My only suggestion on improving this app would be 1) giving the reader the ability to highlight those portions that “speak” to them. Not just click on a star for favorite (which is great) but also the ability to highlight the text. And 2) not having it revert back to the current day when we pull up another mobile screen. For example, I read another day’s thought, which got me pondering and I switched my screen to Safari to look up more info on the subject and when I returned back to the app screen it had reverted back to the current day and not the day I had previously been looking at. ### 5/5 — Good reflections each day *2018-10-15* Really enjoy reading each morning. ### 5/5 — Such a blessing! *2017-09-19* Love the app! ### 5/5 — Love App!!! *2017-07-22* It always works! Can save favorites👍👏🌟 ### 5/5 — Perfect! *2017-07-20* A wonderful thought each day. I think about the day's message often. Highly recommended! ### 5/5 — Everything you need as an overeater! *2017-07-10, version 3.1.2* Reminders, motivation --- *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 2026-09-01.*