# Parsnip: Learn to Cook — user reviews

> 101 indexed App Store user reviews of Parsnip by Seed & Stone, Inc, rated 4.89/5 from 396 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/parsnip-learn-to-cook/id1592325213/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/parsnip-learn-to-cook/id1592325213.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 369 · 4★ 17 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 2 · 1★ 4

## What do users think of Parsnip?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Engaging and fun to use
- 👍 Helpful for both beginners and experienced cooks
- 🤩 Teaches cooking techniques and basics
- 🎉 Gamification makes learning enjoyable
- 🍲 Provides tasty and easy-to-follow recipes
- 💰 Free app with no paid features

**Cons**

- 🌍 Limited for non-US users due to imperial measurements
- 🤔 Some questions have misleading or confusing answers
- 🔁 Streak system resets when changing time zones
- 🔍 Limited recipe selection that can get repetitive

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Occasional crashes or freezes
- Incorrect or missing information in some lessons

**Most requested features**

- Allow users to choose metric or imperial measurements
- Provide explanations for all possible answers, not just correct ones
- Expand recipe selection with more variety
- Add support for dietary restrictions and allergies

## Newest reviews (17 of 101)

### 5/5 — Used to hate cooking

*2024-06-03, version 1.6.0*

I used to hate having to cook, but this app makes it fun AND teaches me more than just how to cook. I’ve learned so much just about kitchen basics as well!

### 5/5 — Great for new cooks

*2024-03-31, version 1.6.0*

I am an absolute beginner and always embarrassed by how little I know about cooking. This has taught me so much in such a short period of time. The lessons are useful and structured in manageable, fun ways to keep you engaged. Give it a shot!

### 5/5 — I needed help so bad

*2024-03-13, version 1.6.0*

I SUCKED at cooking! Well… still not great, but this app HELPS! It assumed I know nothing and it turns out I don’t!

### 5/5 — Blown away

*2024-02-27, version 1.6.0*

I’m so happy I got this app, it has taught me so much already and is fun!

### 5/5 — Fun

*2024-02-19, version 1.6.0*

It’s fun.

### 5/5 — Love

*2024-02-01, version 1.6.0*

Absolutely love this app 10 out of 10

### 5/5 — Engaging and entertaining learning

*2024-01-23, version 1.6.0*

Got it for me and my husband to learn more cooking skills. Spent hours playing the games together just to learn better recipes and have more fun in the kitchen. 10/10 sending to everyone I know

### 5/5 — Great for those who were never taught how to cook!

*2024-01-04, version 1.6.0*

I absolutely love to bake and hate cooking, so I gave this app a try to help teach myself. I love that this starts from the basics, goes into details on how to cook that would have never thought of, and quizzes you throughout the way. It also tells you the “why” behind certain decisions, versus just doing something because you were once told to do it but didn’t know why. Reminds me of the fun science behind baking, so I’m hoping this motivates me to start cooking for fun.

### 5/5 — Fantastic app

*2024-01-01, version 1.6.0*

This app is well made and even though I already know how to cook I am still learning things.

### 5/5 — So funducational

*2023-11-26, version 1.6.0*

I learn so much and also have fun using this app, it’s dope

### 5/5 — 🐢

*2023-11-06, version 1.6.0*

It’s good

### 5/5 — Love It

*2023-11-04, version 1.6.0*

Love it.

### 5/5 — Great for all skill levels

*2023-10-12, version 1.6.0*

I have been cooking for years and I consider myself a VERY average cook. I downloaded this app in hopes of improving my skills and becoming better. I have learned so much in just the few minutes after beginning! Excited to apply my new knowledge.

### 5/5 — Love it

*2023-10-08, version 1.6.0*

Love it

### 5/5 — Great app

*2023-09-16, version 1.6.0*

Let me start this off with this is the only app I’ve ever taken the time to review. This app is fantastic, while I have always considered my self a decent cook I have learned quite a bit already. The app starts with you picking a what skill level you have and what types of food you might be interested in. The. The app walks you through how to pick the best ingredients with useful tips along the way. Next you learn the proper way to prepare the ingredients. And finally you go through useful tips on actually cooking the dish.

### 5/5 — Makes me more excited about cooking!

*2023-08-11, version 1.6.0*

For someone who’s been cooking for years, it’s really been helpful to know the terminology for everything that I’ve been doing. For me, I use the recipes as a baseline and I normally change things up to my liking. But if you are someone new to cooking I recommend following the instructions until you get the hang of things. It definitely got me more excited about cooking recently because of the game aspect. The streak is nice but I do mainly use it for additional recipe ideas and proper term usage. I do enjoy that you can pick recipes based on vegan, dairy free, vegetarian, quick, etc.

### 5/5 — Good to learn about cooking

*2023-04-30, version 1.6.0*

Very informative and good formatting

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Terrible waste of time

*2022-07-05, version 1.0.1*

This thing asks you to answer a bunch of mostly inane questions (why is a hamburger bun round?) that will not do anything but make a game out of trivia with the payoff being you “unlock” a recipe, as if that’s some reward. There is no learning material just the questions with cutesy answers. And these questions teach you nothing about cooking (true or false a tortilla is bread). This has all the hallmarks of an app built to sell an app rather than build an app that you believe is really useful. These types of apps sell you a lie that they can make difficult things easy, boring things fun, or laborious things fast. It’s mostly a lie. If you want to learn to cook look elsewhere. This dev uses sketchy marketing to promote the app, like making posts on Reddit as if they are an unrelated party asking if there is an app that teaches cooking and the full on promoting this app using a different account in answer to the question. Nothing but lies.

### 2/5 — Trash, probably written by AI

*2025-01-01, version 1.7.1*

I’m an intermediate-level home cook who thought this app would be fun. It has a fantastic concept…

When I first started using it, it seemed great but I have started noticing a ton of questions that are either written by AI or someone with very little actual cooking knowledge. I have encountered multiple lessons that contain outright falsehoods, or confusing wording. Amateur cooks beware!

### 2/5 — Nice idea, nice design but poor execution

*2022-07-28, version 1.0.3*

I liked the idea of the app but it really didn’t teach me anything. Lots of questions you got told they were wrong although the text admits you picked a correct answer, just not the one the app wanted you to pick. All the pictures & terms were very US-centric too, making this less useful for international users.

### 3/5 — Lots of potential

*2025-10-24, version 2.1.0*

I rated this app three stars because it clearly targets the US market. Most of the world uses the metric system, while only the US continues to use the Imperial system. When setting up an account, users should be given the option to choose their preferred measurement system. For now, I will set this app aside and revisit it later to update my review when it becomes more suitable for the majority of non-US users.

### 3/5 — okay but not the best

*2023-04-07, version 1.6.0*

my biggest issue with the app is the streak system: changing ur time zone at all entirely resets ur streak. the first time this happened I was upset but thought maybe I just did miss a day but it happened again a week later when I flew back home
secondly while the lessons r nice and cohesive they certainly don’t cover everything. sometimes the questions and possible answers given r misleading. i also wish there was a way to see the explanation for the wrong answers without actually having to get it wrong. i find the explanations helpful but if I want to see every different explanation i have to get the question wrong even if I know the answer. also, for questions where multiple options r correct, i would love for there to be an actual explanation to go with it
other than that this game is a rlly easy and nice way to pick up new cooking information that I do daily like duolingo

### 3/5 — Stop asking me to allow notifications

*2022-08-29, version 1.0.4*

I like the learning content. But the app keeps prompting me with an “oops” message prompting me to allow notifications. I don’t want notifications stop asking.

### 4/5 — It’s really good for beginners

*2023-05-20, version 1.6.0*

It gives pretty good instructions and helps a lot with learning from the ground up. It gives very tasty but easy recipes and really helps you get your feet under you when your starting out. My only complaint is that it could do with an expansion of the recipe roster as it can become pretty thin quicker than you would expect.

### 4/5 — Fun app, feels limited in utility

*2023-01-25, version 1.4.2*

The multiple choice questions are good for learning lots of useful tips in cooking, but not sure if it’s good for learning cooking principles.

### 4/5 — Promising

*2022-06-14, version 1.0*

I’ve just downloaded the app and I’m pretty impressed so far! The questions are a good idea and the recipes seem solid. The only fault I could find were minor spelling mistakes that can be easily resolved. I also wondered if the recipe meant for us to dice the onions rather than slice them.

### 5/5 — Awesome

*2025-01-26, version 1.8.0*

Just downloaded, already love it. TIL, don’t use hot water from the sink to boil water

## Most praised reviews (9 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — ITS FREE!!!

*2025-01-07, version 1.7.1*

I downloaded this app to save money and learn how to cook, I saw a post on Reddit and downloaded ASAP. And yes it’s free, so far as of 2025 there is no paid subscription. I’m gonna recommend to all my friends, just so you know I just downloaded it so keep that in mind but I’m so excited!!!

### 5/5 — Completely game changing

*2024-12-10, version 1.7.1*

Parsnip is an easy to use, fun app that has taught me so much about cooking.

Perfect for any skill level of chef, Parsnip meets you where you are at.

From purchasing, to storing, to preparing ingredients, Parsnip offers a wholistic view of the cooking process, which I’ve never experienced with any other cooking education tool.

Parsnip has enhanced my skills as a cook, and made recipes and techniques accessible that had previously been too daunting to try.

### 5/5 — Great way to learn

*2024-11-21, version 1.7.0*

This app is so fun because you play a game to get better knowledge of the said ingredients of your desired recipe. And, it’s mostly free!! Great for beginner and intermediate cooking.

### 5/5 — Best cooking app

*2024-11-19, version 1.7.0*

This is seriously the best cooking app on the App Store especially for people who are learning to cook.

### 5/5 — Fun way to learn

*2024-11-14, version 1.7.0*

I’ve been cooking for a couple of decades. I know my way around the kitchen. I thought I’d see how much knowledge I had. I am learning a lot from this app. Its fun to learn about the components of different recipes. This app is good for both beginners and experienced cooks.

### 5/5 — Was a little skeptical at first..

*2024-09-07, version 1.6.0*

I was a little skeptical with this app at first, but after trying it for a while, I see the peel and it’s actually helped me with my cooking a bit!!

### 5/5 — Parsnip

*2024-06-24, version 1.6.0*

Love this app helps me understand how to do things in the cooking dept. I have no complaints. It’s fun to guess the answers to the questions about cooking.

### 5/5 — Good for beginners!

*2024-06-09, version 1.6.0*

The gamification of cooking makes it fun to learn about new techniques and makes it easy to remember.

### 5/5 — Great way to learn

*2024-06-06, version 1.6.0*

It’s fun and very informative.  Even though I have cooked for years, I have learned so much already.  I have already shared with my grandsons who like to learn cooking.

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