Cooklist: Pantry Meals Recipes

App has been glitchy and slow since I first started using it. Has a lot of bugs that need to be worked out. It still can’t link to my main grocery store (Albertsons) and it takes forever to sync to my local target. Pretty unacceptable since I’m paying for the advanced features.

it’s free to download but there’s a paywall before you can even start. and a free trial is only for a week. how is it going to help you plan for anything if it’s only for 7 days? why is everything a subscription now? immediately deleted off my phone

It’s free for 7 days then it’s a pay plan.

When I first heard about Cooklist, I thought it sounded great: being able to keep track of your pantry, find recipes, make a weekly list, and then place your order directly with your local grocery store. I was just starting to cook so it was an extremely helpful tool for a while. We were using it so often we upgraded and got a subscription. But as time went on, various bits of functionality stopped working correctly and for the last two years the app has not worked correctly with Kroger stores, which is the primary set of stores we use. This meant that we could no longer transfer our shopping list to the store app, and our pantry stopped being updatable because it required a receipt from the store and the interface was no longer working. After years of it not working correctly we decided to cancel our subscription and go back to just the regular service. Apparently, in that time they have changed the functionality even more so now the app is almost useless if you don’t have a subscription. I have subscriptions for lots of things and I’m more than willing to spend the money if the product is worth it, but you are now forcing people into a monthly subscription for a broken product that doesn’t even provide half of the features that you use for marketing the product. At this point, I don’t think we would stay or come back even if you do get that functionality working again due to how bad of an experience this has been. And a related note, I enjoy that you invested more time into AI garbage than you did making sure the core functionality worked correctly. Feels like whoever is in charge lost sight of the purpose of the app and who they were trying to serve.

This is the worst meal prep subscription I’ve used! The pantry entry is decent enough but the meals are terrible. It feels like they have a bot scrapping the internet for recipes then doing a horrible time transferring the ingredients and instructions to their format. The first three meals I tried to cook, all highly rated, had ingredients in the steps that weren’t in the list so I didn’t shop for them. The alternative suggestions were ok but skipped very obvious ones I had. Example I needed black pepper powder and it suggested lemon pepper when I had fine ground black pepper in the app’s pantry. If this is all you used I suggest try any other similar app so you can gauge for yourself. I have 5 others I would recommend before this one.

I was really looking forward to using this app as an added tool for my budget but it’s not free.

Have not been able to upload recipes from Instagram for the last month. Reached out to support and did not get any responses.

This would have been a great app but I live in Fl and they do not have a link with my (or any) Publix store … what a shame. I guess I am going to cancel during the trial period.

I love this app but they have not replied to my message in days about my subscription not showing up in the app. Really frustrating

There isn’t anyone running this app. Support is unresponsive and owners don’t care. Can’t log in, over charged attempts and no one will do anything about it. AVOID AVOID AVOID this bs ai slop. They will steal your data and hold you in limbo.

I waited hours for the app to submit my items and it never did!! Never using again. 1/10

It won’t let you do anything until you agree to a free trial without telling you how much the subscription fee is. I have no idea what this app looks like or how it works. With ZERO information, I’m not signing up for a free trial without knowing the subscription cost.

Why am I paying for your app if half of your features that you advertise do not work? My Amazon has not been connecting to my app for the past 3 months. I also keep getting errors for when I import from Instagram. You say that your team is working on it and that you’re hoping to hire new people to help fix your issues, but your lack of staffing and developers is not my problem. If I am paying for the services that you say that you have, then they should be working.

Forcing users to answer unnecessary questions with slow transitions is always an instant turn off. When will incompetent devs learn most users don’t care about what they think the app should be used for? Give an option to skip, I’ve downloaded the app, you don’t need to ask me guided questions to appeal features I already know about.

I was just overcharged by 3 times their promised reduced rate - now I can’t email or get in touch with anyone - don’t trust this app.

Can’t navigate without using their stupid AI bot that doesn’t even work. Thanks for making a useless app!

This has been an absolutely life changing up until recently. I’ve been able to plan meals and keep track of my pantry inventory like a pro! Making a meal plan and then having the shopping list exported to my Walmart app shopping list has been wonderful. Buuuutttt now my shopping list no longer syncs with my Walmart app. If this doesn’t change I will be canceling my subscription when the renewal happens in may. I’m not the only one to have this problem. I’ve seen posts of people who have been having the same problem for months with no end in sight. Please please fix this Cooklist!!!

Downloaded the app because it was showing online that it had available a protein isolate that I wanted for $10 cheaper than I could find anywhere else. It doesn’t have an option to browse online, you HAVE to get the app, which I would have been fine with doing if I needed to to actually purchase. It took forever to set up an account just for me to search the same product and it not even be available. Complete waste of time. I feel like they are fishing for users by listing groceries available for cheaper that aren’t even available.

Items from my shopping list won’t generate to my Walmart, which was the sole purpose of this app for me. I contacted customer support- no response.

App needs a lot of fixing. It crashes often, doesn’t update my shopping list like it used to, ingredient names are off, etc.

This isn’t an app that is worth paying for.

Was shopping online and found a product I need for the lowest price. Once you click it prompts you to download their app, and jump through hoops, and subscribe for $60, and asks a LOT of questions, eventually the price shows even higher than other stores! Scam!

My girlfriend sent me this app to get vegan recipes. We just started vegan on January 1, 2026 . The app said free .After setting an account. Im asked a join 7 day trail etc My girlfriend set this app she vegan .How is this app free. I didn’t see in app charge. This is false advertisement. So I deleted the app . Upset that it’s false that it’s free.

I have downloaded and kept this app but unfortunately I have never been able to get it to function. It doesn’t have an update and I have the most current update but it stays on the same screen even after closing the app then reopening, restarting the phone entirely and it stays on the screen unable to connect.

Free trial only but afterwards, 10 a month or 60 a year. There is no free version you can use.