# Plant Based Recipe Club — user reviews > 51 indexed App Store user reviews of Plant Based Recipe Club by The Happy Pear, rated 4.70/5 from 23 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/plant-based-recipe-club/id1587396851/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/plant-based-recipe-club/id1587396851.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 20 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 0 ## What do users think of Plant Based Recipe Club? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🌟 Abundant content (recipes, yoga, Pilates) - 🍲 Delicious and easy-to-follow recipes - 🌱 Great for plant-based eating - 🧘‍♀️ Holistic approach to health (meditation, yoga) - 💡 Inspiring and encouraging community - ✨ Warm and relaxed delivery style - 💯 Great value for money - 👨‍🍳 Helpful cooking instruction videos - 💖 Positive and joyful vibe - 🚀 App works much better now - ✅ Well-organized categories - 👍 Easy to search by ingredient **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent glitches and technical issues - 🔒 App security concerns (password in email) - 👎 Poor user experience - ❌ App is a website packaged as an app - 🚫 Login and access problems - 💸 Expensive for the value - ⏳ Long wait for support responses - 🤔 Misleading advertising - sluggish App is slow to load - 🔄 No screen rotation option - clumsy App interface is clunky - frustrating App is impossible to use - 😞 App crashes often - 😩 App is unreliable **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes frequently - Login issues - Cannot access membership after payment - App freezes - Recipes don't load - Authorization code not received - App asks to subscribe after payment - App doesn't save login details - App doesn't save to home screen - App is slow to load - App is glitchy - Technical issues - Website and app are very poor - App needs a lot of work - App is dated - Hard to navigate - App freezes constantly - Cannot find recipes - App never remembers login details - No search tool for recipes - No facility to remember favorite recipe - App sticks on subscription page - App asks for subscription after payment **Most requested features** - Option to save or bookmark recipes - Search bar for specific recipes or ingredients - Screen rotation option - Ability to save favorite recipes - Search by ingredient ## Newest reviews (14 of 51) ### 4/5 — Great recipes, app has room for further improvements *2025-01-01* The boys have created some of the best vegan recipes I have tasted and moving on to the app has made this so much more accessible when cooking. My only critique is that the app isn’t as user friendly as others I have used and I would love to see an option for screen rotation in this app. Keep up the great work HP Team! **Developer response:** girloutdoors, thanks so much for the lovely review! We'll take your feedback on board & bring this to our development team. Thank you 💚 ### 5/5 — Helpful cooking instruction videos *2024-10-05, version 2.4.4* The cooking tips are helpful for beginners. Great personalities. Great info. (Wish it were easier to pick up in the middle of videos after a break) ### 5/5 — Fantastic recipes *2024-09-23* I’m the washer-upper and the recipe taster, my wife is the cook - we have been using this app since January and its honestly a game change! The recipe club recipes are super tasty packed with veggies and the best part, minimal washing up - huge win for me! We’ve actually lost weight since we started following these melas and were feeling great! Health delicious and simple. Highly recommend if you want to eat well without spending hours in the kitchen - or with the dishes 😉 Wife says there so much more than recipes, she uses the yoga, meditation and live cooking shows, all great! ### 5/5 — Best app ever! *2024-09-23* This is the only food app you will ever need! Loads of plant based delicious recipes; yoga sessions; meditation plus loads more! I use it every day 😋 ### 5/5 — Amazing App with a Fab Community! *2024-09-23, version 2.4.2* I cannot stress how much we adore this app! The courses are phenomenal, the recipes are delish, and the lads and their team have made such a beautiful and welcoming community. The support and encouragement you receive are amazing! There’s also meditations, exercises, and breath work, along with their wonderful podcast. This is truly the only app you’ll ever need! ### 5/5 — Fantastic App *2024-09-21* I've been using this WFPB lifestyle app for a while now, and it's truly been a game-changer! The value for money is unbeatable, with a huge variety of content that keeps me cooking and eating healthy meals from scratch. The video cooking shows and meal planning tools are incredibly helpful, and there are so many informative courses and live events to stay engaged and inspired. The Happy Pear boys are incredibly likeable and approachable, often replying to questions themselves, which adds a personal touch. Plus, they bring in fantastic guest speakers who offer even more insights. The community ("the tribe") is so supportive, and whenever I’ve needed technical help, the team has been quick to respond. This app has made my WFPB journey so much easier and enjoyable! ### 5/5 — Great app - best thing I pay for hands downs *2024-09-18* Love the app and love the amount of value this subscription gives me - the guys do regular cook alongs, fitness and stretch classes and the sheer amount of recipes is brilliant! If you’re going to pay for one app - make it this one! ### 5/5 — All Around Great Healthy Lifestyle App *2024-09-18, version 2.4.2* I love how this app includes healthy recipes, podcasts, workout classes, a community and more all in one place! I love how it is organized across the bottom with various categories and have found it great to search for recipes by an ingredient or category. Overall has been wonderful app in making it easy to live a healthier & happier lifestyle! ### 5/5 — Live cooking yesterday *2024-09-17* Happy to join this session - it was amazing ### 5/5 — Great App to help with health *2024-09-16, version 2.4.2* I enjoy using The Happy Pear app! Lots of great healthy recipes and a kind “tribe” to chat with. You can tell Steve and Dave care about health and more importantly people! ### 5/5 — Worth every penny! *2024-09-16* Wonderful app with incredible recipes, courses and other goodies! Worth every penny! ### 5/5 — Great recipes *2024-09-09* I have been a member for a few weeks now. I have loved the different recipes so far. They have been really tasty . I made the Hungarian goulash yesterday and it's lovely. ### 5/5 — Great recipes and inspiration *2024-07-17* I love this app. There are menu plans, masses of recipes, inspiring group discussions to join. Courses for specific elements of diet, healthy heart for example. This week for example there was an hour video with a cook along and you prepped three different dishes, 12 portions in total and packed in the fridge for supper/lunches for the next few days. I paid for the full membership and will definitely renew when it expires. Just watching their videos is like a burst of sunshine and energy in your home. ### 5/5 — Changed my world *2023-09-18* There were glitches but these are gradually being ironed out. Having The Happy Pear in my pocket inspires me, lifts my mood with every video I watch and has changed my eating habits for the better, forever. So grateful I found them 🥰 The search function for recipes is a game changer x ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Tried to cancel *2026-01-05, version 2.7.9* Tried to cancel but no response ### 1/5 — This is not an app, it’s a website packaged as an app. One of the worst I have ever seen *2025-04-16, version 2.5.6* This is not an app, it’s a website packaged as an app. Security is appalling - how is it even allowed here?! They literally send me an email with my password in the title!! User experience is very poor. Shame cuz I had high hopes. ### 1/5 — Absolutely dreadful! *2024-11-15, version 2.4.4* I signed up but as luck would have it there was a three day trial (despite the original offer of two months free that was advertised) I cannot even access the account because I keep being asked for an authorisation code that I haven’t even been sent!! Needless to say, after waiting several hours for said code (eating into my meagre 3 days!) I cancelled my subscription. In fact the app support has stopped replying to the reviews!! Sorry lads but very poor show! ### 1/5 — Does not work *2024-04-20* I was gifted a year of the recipe club and was looking forward to accessing recipes on the app but all it allows me to do is enter my login details then asks which plan I want to access and then tells me it’s crashed so I cannot access anything on the app at all. Really disappointing. ### 1/5 — Paid twice and no access *2024-01-12* App is terrible. Bought it on Sunday and half of it said membership expired and couldn’t access. Today it let me ‘renew membership’ and it charged me again and still hasn’t sorted the problem, still says membership expired and no access to half of it. I feel conned. Someone had the same issue in October so clearly a long-standing problem not been fixed yet still advertising the app. *Update* After emailing Happy Pear, they have confirmed the access is correct as you need to pay more to get access to other stuff including the ‘tribe’ community despite the Facebook ad saying this was included. The Facebook ad described all the great stuff included and only gave the option to sign up at the cheapest rate. Very misleading. They also ignored me being charged twice . Disappointing from a well known brand. The app is just for recipes and meditation. ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2023-10-18* Regret going for this, app slow, can’t search for recipes, usually end up just searching the web to find what I need. Had really high hopes for this too. UPDATE had this nearly a year and it’s only getting worse paid a years subscription and can barely access the app and now says expired although imy subscription is still active. I’ve changed my review from 2 to 1 star as can’t leave zero ### 1/5 — Glitchy *2023-05-30* Could be good but it’s so glitchy with regular technical issues and log in problems, so not worth the high price. Love the recipes and books but the app needs a lot of work and a price reduction ### 1/5 — Like Happy Pear philosophy but this App doesn’t work! *2023-01-09* I paid a year’s subscription to Happy Pear. Via their website on my iPad I can access my courses but live events, new recipes and events can only be accessed via the App which can only be used with iPhone, and then it doesn’t save to home screen or save log in details and is unreliable. It's a shame it is spoiling my experience of the great Happy Pear experience! I am advised the Developers are working on it, but several months on, still not sorted. ### 1/5 — So disappointing *2022-12-24* I couldn’t even browse the content. Purchased a trial. Logged in an endless amount of times and activated only to be told my subscription expired after 10 minutes. Both on the site and the app. Impossible to use! So frustrating since I love them and their videos. ### 1/5 — Disappointed and regret paying *2022-12-15* I’ve tried to leave this review off for as long as possible but I’m extremely disappointed in this app. I love The Happy Pear and have always supported them. I was so excited for this app and was counting down the days to purchase it but as others have said, it’s full of glitches, I can never log on and the app itself seems quite dated, hard to navigate and always freezes. I appreciate there are many courses on the app and that is what I was most excited for but using the app and it crashing all the time is a real pain. It’s hard to find recipes as well. I expected so much more and I do regret paying for this app as it is extremely expensive in my opinion. Hopefully they will be able to improve the app soon and make it more user friendly. Until then, I wouldn’t recommend you purchasing this app. Sorry and disappointed. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great content *2026-08-20* There is so much content included, thousands of recipes, yoga and Pilates sessions. I love all the videos and daily recipe suggestions and tips and advice from the community members. Monday Motivation gets the week off to a good start as well. ### 5/5 — New Member *2025-10-25* After seeing many short videos on social media, I decided to take out a one-year subscription. I expected to simply gain access to a wide range of new recipes, but what truly surprised me was the full suite of services included. There’s everything from guided meditations and exercise routines to cooking fundamentals, batch-cooking tips, and an extensive collection of clearly explained recipes — all delivered in a warm, relaxed style. Highly recommended! **Developer response:** ShaneLiamWhite, thank you for the lovely review! We're delighted that you're enjoying the app & our recipes 💚 ### 5/5 — Excellent app *2025-08-29* Love this community. I’m not vegan and won’t ever be but am making a concerted effort to introduce more plant based meals into my diet and the recipes tried so far have been delicious. Also love the holistic approach to overall health **Developer response:** Sheznez19, Thank you for your wonderful review! We're delighted that you're enjoying the app & that it's helping you get more veggies into your diet 💚 ### 5/5 — 🥇 *2025-03-22, version 2.5.0* I love everything about this app and the wonderful vibe you guys bring with it! I’m an Irish citizen/ native New Yorker who registered my foreign birth a number of years ago…my grandma was from Galway. The last time we visited we stayed in Mullinivat and something changed in me! There was a beautiful herd of cows not far from the window of our room at the inn. As I had never been so close to cows I filmed and watched them every day and noticed the friendships that the cows seem to have. As a city dweller, I had never seen this. I changed to a plant based diet after our stay. As a new vegan the recipes have been SO helpful and very much enjoyed. Thank you for the wonderful recipes, the videos, community and the good vibes! Will definitely be stopping by The Happy Pear when we visit next ☮️☘️🥰 ### 5/5 — Great app and much improved *2025-03-13* The app works much better now. Fantastic resource for delicious recipes, and depending on subscription access to the excellent cooking courses, plus live events yoga, meditation, health tips. Super encouraging and very knowledgeable. I’ve been cooking happy pear recipes for five years now and there is always something new to learn. **Developer response:** wildwanders, thanks so much for the lovely review! We're constantly working to improve our app & it's wonderful to hear that it's noticed! Thank you 💚 ### 5/5 — An inspiring wellbeing hub *2024-12-23* An inspiring wellbeing hub full of delicious recipes and health tips. I’ve loved using this app in the lead up to Christmas, to ensure I’m as healthy as possible, and am looking forward to continuing in the New Year. **Developer response:** Pippa Eke, Thanks so much for the lovely review 💚 ### 5/5 — Amazing app!! *2024-12-22, version 2.4.7* If only I had a dollar for every app I download and never use. But Happy Pear is different - I just love it - everything you need is at your fingertips- food, fitness, yoga , encouragement- it’s all there!! ### 5/5 — Ms *2024-12-22* Great flavoursome recipes which are super easy to follow. Makes swapping in plant-based foods seamless. Love the variety of dishes on offer - highly recommend! **Developer response:** Reasonable chap, thanks for this lovely review 💚 ### 5/5 — The home of delicious content *2024-12-22* I am always looking for delicious inspiration to feed my family. The Happy Pear app is a great source of inspiration for me. I am always looking for new ideas to encourage my family to eat more vegetables, this app is packed with ideas. Thanks team Happy Pear. **Developer response:** 052024VBR, so glad to have you in our community! 💚 ### 5/5 — The Happy Pear for a Happy New Year *2024-12-19, version 2.4.7* I am so glad I found The Happy Pear! The app is filled with amazing resources that have helped me embrace a healthier lifestyle, specifically, how to love eating more veggies. Dave and Steve, Irish twins who are the happy pair, are full of joy and happiness as they demo just how easy it is to make delicious whole food plant based foods. They have been at it over 20 years running a cafe, writing cookbooks, being role models for healthy living. Included in the app are many courses to learn new cooking skills, such as, sourdough bread baking, vegan baking, quick and easy meals, plant based cooking, fermenting… There are also courses included free in the app for happy sleep, happy gut, happy shape, happy heart, happy skin, happy menopause, etc. There are other resources like stretching, yoga, breathing classes, podcasts and so much more. I just watched their Christmas cook-along and am joyfully equipped to go and cook our Christmas dinner! The app also offers an invitation into the Happy Pear community with Dave, Steve and members sharing positive, healthy things they are making and doing to support a happy healthy lifestyle. This is an app that you will enjoy using a lot! If you are thinking about being healthier in the new year, this app will help you get there. Hope you’ll join us 🙂🍐🙂🍐 --- *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 2026-09-05.*