400+ Free Cooking Recipes (Cookbook) app review: recipes at your fingertips

Introduction

Are you tired of cooking the same old meals?  The 400+ Free Cooking Recipes (Cookbook) app makes it possible to create all kinds of tasty meals that will leave everyone begging for more. Often people who have a hard time cooking just need a little guidance and some good recipes to work from. Here's an opportunity to test out your skills in the kitchen and prove to yourself you are more than capable of mouth-watering dishes.

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A Wealth of Recipes

This app provides you with 400 creative, tasty, and simple recipes at your fingertips. You will find soups, salads, appetizers, mains, sandwiches, desserts, vegetarian options, and even ethnic dishes. The variety is really quite impressive for a free app.

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And if the recipes you are provided for aren't enough you can always unlock the full version of the app that gives you more than 2,000 recipes. The full version is available for $7.99 which is still cheaper than the majority of cookbooks. You will also have the convenience of having those recipes with you no matter where you are.

If you come across a notable recipe you can always share it with family and friends through Facebook and email. Then again maybe you want to keep it as your special secret! There is no internet connection needed for this app, which gives it true flexibility.

Find What You're Looking For

With more than 400 recipes to browse through it may seem like it would be overwhelming to find what it is you're looking for. This is why the app has the recipes divided into categories so if it’s a dessert you’re looking for, you can just go straight to that category.

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Now here’s where things get tricky. From the main menu it looks like all the topics are locked, although this isn’t necessarily true. Enter a category and you will find there is a selection of topics/recipes that are unlocked. The rest are only available in the full version. There is still a good selection of recipes and informative articles that are free so you won’t have a shortage of material here. It can just be a bit time-consuming to keep taping on items to see if they are free or not.

When reading a recipe, tap on the screen to share by Facebook, email, SMS, or to copy it. You also have the ability to add it to your list of favorites.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• A wide selection of recipes in a variety of categories
• Recipes can be shared by Facebook, SMS, and email
• Mark recipes as favorites
• Recipes are sorted into categories

Cons

• It isn’t clearly marked as to what is free and what is locked
• There are no visuals of the recipes
• The directions in some of the recipes feels a bit too brief

Final Thoughts

I appreciate a good recipe app as much as the next person but I have to say that the 400+ Free Cooking Recipes app was a bit of a disappointment. The user interface isn’t exactly user-friendly, there are no pictures of the recipes, and too much of the content is locked.