We analyzed 231 negative reviews of NYT Cooking: Quick Tasty Meals from the App Store. Here's what users are saying.
Autoplay videos and intrusive ads
"Every time I open the app, it autoplays videos, which is annoying."
"Why are there ads when I’m paying for the app?"
I used to rely on New York Times cooking every day. Now that I downloaded 26.3 or whatever, I can’t open it even though I have a paid subscription. NYT chat support was not helpful— it did not understand my issue, which is that it’s not responding. The app is not responding to haptic touch. The Clai...
Why in the world is there so much tracking for a paid subscription cooking app?
Really NYT cooking? Really? Ads on an app I pay for? Wow, how low, and lacking of any kind of class.
Until last week, NYT cooking had an Apple Watch extension which doubled the value of the App. It meant you could follow a recipe on the watch without carrying a phone around and getting the screen all dirty and worrying about what was on your fingers. The Apple Watch screen stayed on without timing ...
During Lent season, the front page of the app features recipes for Ramadan.
What happened to the app for Apple Watch? That was the most useful thing about subscribing…
I purchased a bundle to NYT games, cooking, and news. Since I’ve purchased it, every time I try to look at a recipe with the cooking app I’m told I need to purchase a very expensive separate subscription for the cooking. This alleged “bundle subscription” is incredibly misleading and confusing.
Stop sending me emails that I never signed up for.
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