Great kitchen helper
I use this app all the time! I take a picture of a recipe, it scans all the ingredients, makes a shopping list, does everything but cook the meal!
They don’t sell your information, they give it away.
I read some good reviews of this app and downloaded it. When I got to the section about the privacy policy, I clicked on it and saw the longest privacy policy I’ve ever seen: just under 30,000 words. That’s about 60 single spaced pages of text. Fortunately, ChatGPT was easily able to read through it and highlight a few red flags.
You may find this completely acceptable, but as someone who is concerned with privacy I do not, so I will be deleting the app and canceling my subscription immediately.
From ChatGPT:
1. Meta Integration Is Extensive
This is not just “we have a Facebook page.”
They explicitly use:
Meta Pixel
Facebook Conversions API
Advanced Matching
Custom Audiences
Instagram Ads
Audience Network
That combination enables:
cross-site tracking,
attribution,
ad retargeting,
profile enrichment,
lookalike audience generation.
The most important language is this:
“Contact Information ... names, email addresses and telephone numbers ... transmitted to Meta”
and:
“behavioral and interest data ... for targeted advertising and audience building”
That means:
if you use the app/site,
and especially if you create an account with a normal email address,
Meta can potentially correlate:
recipe interests,
cooking behavior,
subscription status,
site interactions,
conversion events,
with your broader Meta advertising identity.
Even hashed identifiers are still very effective for matching.
2. The Tracking Is Broader Than Strictly Necessary
This is not a minimalist:
“we only use analytics to improve the app”
policy.
They are doing:
retargeting,
conversion tracking,
remarketing,
audience segmentation,
click tracking,
personalized ads,
Meta custom audiences,
Google Ads remarketing.
That’s a full commercial marketing stack.
For a recipe app, one could reasonably argue this is more aggressive than necessary.
You may find this completely acceptable, but as someone who is concerned with privacy I do not, so I will be deleting the app and canceling my subscription immediately.
From ChatGPT:
1. Meta Integration Is Extensive
This is not just “we have a Facebook page.”
They explicitly use:
Meta Pixel
Facebook Conversions API
Advanced Matching
Custom Audiences
Instagram Ads
Audience Network
That combination enables:
cross-site tracking,
attribution,
ad retargeting,
profile enrichment,
lookalike audience generation.
The most important language is this:
“Contact Information ... names, email addresses and telephone numbers ... transmitted to Meta”
and:
“behavioral and interest data ... for targeted advertising and audience building”
That means:
if you use the app/site,
and especially if you create an account with a normal email address,
Meta can potentially correlate:
recipe interests,
cooking behavior,
subscription status,
site interactions,
conversion events,
with your broader Meta advertising identity.
Even hashed identifiers are still very effective for matching.
2. The Tracking Is Broader Than Strictly Necessary
This is not a minimalist:
“we only use analytics to improve the app”
policy.
They are doing:
retargeting,
conversion tracking,
remarketing,
audience segmentation,
click tracking,
personalized ads,
Meta custom audiences,
Google Ads remarketing.
That’s a full commercial marketing stack.
For a recipe app, one could reasonably argue this is more aggressive than necessary.
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Simple et pratique
Suis passé à la version pro pour étendre les capacités de la version gratuite que j’ai beaucoup aimé utiliser. Et là, je viens de me rendre compte que Jan est présent pour accueillir les nouveaux membres. Je trouve ça vraiment sympa. Bravo !
Response from developer
Merci beaucoup pour votre avis. Je suis heureux que vous appréciiez la version Pro. Bon appétit et bonne cuisine !
Genau was ich suchte
Top App!! Hab nach dem Probe Abo gleich lifetime abgeschlossen. Das Importieren von Rezeptseite funktioniert prima
Response from developer
Das freut mich sehr, dass dir die App so gut gefällt. Viel Spaß beim Kochen!
Nach dem Update kein Speichern mehr möglich?
Nach dem nochmaligen Update funktioniert wieder alles.
Response from developer
Hallo Katkuhu, eigentlich sollte alles normal funktionieren. Kannst du mir bitte kurz eine E-Mail an feedback@mrcook.app schreiben mit den Details, dann gucke ich mir das schnellstmöglich an. Danke fürs Bescheid geben. Schönen Tag dir!
