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Vorwerk, LLC · Food & Drink · Free · v26.9.0

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Review-rating drop
0.54

2021-Q3 4.75 → last 90 days 4.21, text reviews

Peak quarter
4.75

2021-Q3, text reviews

Last 90 days
4.21

text reviews

Store rating
4.89

all 36485 ratings, incl. star-only

Store gap
0.68

store minus reviews

Est. MRR
$256k

#34 top-grossing, Food & Drink

store 4.89 · reviews 4.75 → 4.21 · gap 0.68 store 4.89 reviews 4.21

Store ratings include star-only taps from in-app prompts, which skew high. The peak and recent figures come only from people who wrote a review, which skews low. Compare each against itself: the drop is the signal, and a big gap between the two usually means heavy rating prompting is masking unhappy users.

Average rating by quarter from 381 text reviews

2★3★4★5★ 1★ 2019-Q3: 4.57★ from 30 reviews 4.57 2019-Q3 2019-Q4: 4.27★ from 11 reviews 2020-Q1: 4.09★ from 11 reviews 2020-Q2: 4.22★ from 27 reviews 2020-Q3: 4.36★ from 11 reviews 2020-Q4: 4.45★ from 20 reviews 2021-Q1: 4.65★ from 17 reviews 2021-Q2: 4.40★ from 5 reviews (small sample) 2021-Q3: 4.75★ from 8 reviews 4.75 2021-Q3 2021-Q4: 3.28★ from 18 reviews 2022-Q1: 4.40★ from 5 reviews (small sample) 2022-Q2: 4.25★ from 4 reviews (small sample) 2022-Q3: 5.00★ from 3 reviews (small sample) 2022-Q4: 4.57★ from 7 reviews (small sample) 2023-Q1: 4.20★ from 10 reviews 2023-Q2: 4.60★ from 10 reviews 2023-Q3: 3.83★ from 6 reviews (small sample) 2023-Q4: 4.64★ from 11 reviews 2024-Q1: 4.07★ from 14 reviews 2024-Q2: 4.29★ from 7 reviews (small sample) 2024-Q3: 4.50★ from 10 reviews 2024-Q4: 4.30★ from 10 reviews 2025-Q1: 3.44★ from 9 reviews 2025-Q2: 2.25★ from 8 reviews 2025-Q3: 3.80★ from 5 reviews (small sample) 2025-Q4: 4.07★ from 15 reviews 2026-Q1: 3.61★ from 18 reviews 2026-Q2: 4.67★ from 24 reviews 2026-Q3: 3.95★ from 40 reviews 2026-Q4: 4.14★ from 7 reviews (small sample) 4.14 2026-Q4
Faint bars have fewer than 8 reviews. Text reviews skew negative versus star-only ratings; read the direction, not the level.
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QuarterAvg stars Reviews
2019-Q34.57 30
2019-Q44.27 11
2020-Q14.09 11
2020-Q24.22 27
2020-Q34.36 11
2020-Q44.45 20
2021-Q14.65 17
2021-Q24.40 5
2021-Q34.75 8
2021-Q43.28 18
2022-Q14.40 5
2022-Q24.25 4
2022-Q35.00 3
2022-Q44.57 7
2023-Q14.20 10
2023-Q24.60 10
2023-Q33.83 6
2023-Q44.64 11
2024-Q14.07 14
2024-Q24.29 7
2024-Q34.50 10
2024-Q44.30 10
2025-Q13.44 9
2025-Q22.25 8
2025-Q33.80 5
2025-Q44.07 15
2026-Q13.61 18
2026-Q24.67 24
2026-Q33.95 40
2026-Q44.14 7

Recent 1–2 star reviews

Failure

★ · v26.9.0 · Oct 10, 2026

I can’t add recipe to my app

Update required to us

★ · v26.9.0 · Sep 27, 2026

Every time I start my Thermomix, it's not available for first 15 minutes because it requires an update. Every. Single. Time

You can’t filter or see reviews!

★★ · v26.9.0 · Sep 18, 2026

It’s weird that you can’t leave reviews for other users to see. It would be great for the Thermomix community to see each other’s notes. You can’t filter the collections by language! Many recipes are repetitive.

Can’t connect

★ · v26.8.0 · Sep 12, 2026

It shows that I am logged in with my email in my Thermomix and the app but recepies are not connected.

App not synced with website

★ · v26.7.1 · Aug 8, 2026

For the price paid for the thermomix and the cookidoo subscription, I was hoping that there would not have bugs on it. I just want to bookmark recipes from the website connected with my account (which is way more easy than on the phone) and it’s just not sync neither with the phone app nor the thermomix. Really disappointing

Missing AI

★★ · v26.7.1 · Jul 18, 2026

Search functionalities are too old

Doesn’t work

★ · v26.7.1 · Jul 15, 2026

Login password from app doesn’t match witch this pot

4G/5G Connectivity and Sync Failure

★ · v26.7.1 · Jul 14, 2026

The Cookidoo iOS app does not work when connected via 4G or 5G and is only accessible over Wi-Fi. In addition, data does not synchronize properly between the app and the Thermomix. These recurring connectivity and synchronization issues significantly affect the user experience and need to be fixed.

New version doesn’t work

★ · v26.7.1 · Jul 14, 2026

New version won’t allow me to log in. I’m able to log in through the website just fine.

New version doesn’t work

★ · v26.7.0 · Jul 11, 2026

The new version doesn’t work on my iPhone

Disappointed

★ · v26.5.0 · Jun 7, 2026

It’s 2026 how is this they there is no AI based search, no concepts like pantry management and find recipes I can cook or generate a meal plan for me around some basic proteins you have on hand

Not a tech company

★ · v26.3.0 · Mar 12, 2026

The machine works great, I have consistently been amazed by it… The interface leaves a lot to be desired. Your profile should be able to mark your dietary needs so that only those recipes come up, such as vegetarian or vegan or gluten-free. And your country or region having to match on your profile and your Thermo mix for them to sink… I want to be able to switch so that different recipes come up from different areas… and I can’t always multiply the recipe the way that I want to, so it should be easy to always change the recipe serving size and automatically change the recipe. The search function just really isn’t the best. And not being able to access other user created recipes is quite frustrating it depends on which region you’re in.

Bypasses notification restrictions

★ · v25.12.2 · Feb 17, 2026

I have all notifications turned off for Cookidoo but it still gives a sound notifications even when my phone an Apple watch are in a strict Do Not Disturb mode with no notifications allowed whatsoever. Additionally it gives an alert on my Apple watch even though I removed the app from my watch.

Can’t log in to app

★ · v25.12.2 · Jan 29, 2026

The app is useless. I can log in on the website to look up and save recipes but the app doesn’t let me log in, saying my credentials are incorrect. No customer service, no help. Useless.

William

★ · v25.12.2 · Jan 27, 2026

I renewed my Cookidoo subscription but the Thermomix says it is not and won’t allow me to use it.

Stay away

★ · v25.12.2 · Jan 19, 2026

Stay away from this product. Seriously 1k for this appliance and have to pay a subscription fee for the app recipes to use this thing outside of manual mode? Do yourself a favor and ignore the whole product and app all together you’ll save a lot of money.

Complete scam company

★ · v25.11.0 · Nov 29, 2025

Do not buy this expensive product you will be sadly disappointed, especially if you live in France and don’t speak French. Please know that if your language does not match your billing address you’re gonna be very upset and unable to use something you paid almost $2000 for the customer service is appalling they don’t care anything about you once they have your money

Bricked

★ · v25.10.1 · Oct 25, 2025

The app is currently bricked. I can only login to website and there doesn’t seem to be any customer service or technical support.

Prettified and dumbed down

★★ · v25.8.2 · Oct 2, 2025

The instructions have been removed from what it pretends to be a recipe. Why would I want to start the thermomix device to step through the phases, only to realize I don’t want to execute this recipe.

Missing info

★ · v25.6.0 · Aug 2, 2025

Some recipes are missing steps and there is no obvious way to submit feedback or point out what it wrong

The new app is not user friendly

★ · v25.6.0 · Jun 30, 2025

If you are using filters for your search, you need to start over every time you want to change your search. Filters are hidden. This new design is not helping with the user experience.

Terrible company

★ · v25.6.0 · Jun 9, 2025

I cancelled my subscription over a year ago, and they continued to charge me even after I cancelled. Even after calling and telling them that I had cancelled, they refused to refund me. Also the product isn’t very good, I would NOT recommend.

Die neue App ist grottig

★★ · v25.6.0 · Jun 5, 2025

Alt war besser. Einfach mal versuchen etwas zu suchen….

Don’t fix what isn’t broken

★ · v25.3.1 · Apr 11, 2025

The value of Thermomix is the vast network on recipes. Without the recipes the machine is just another appliance. I also suspect Cookidoo subscription is the money maker of this company. There’s one big problem that seems pretty easy yo solve but it hasn’t, actually they made it worst in the most recent update. Recipes are siloed by country and language. If you want to cook a German dish you better speak German. This was an annoyance more than a problem for me, I could just share the recipe with the ChatGPT app and let it translate and build a shopping list for me. But now they change the app so that sharing recipes and ingredients as pure text is ok longer possible. This makes the cooking experience 10X worse. Of course you can take screenshots and do that but why? Clearly the team or company developing Cookiedoo are not using Thermomix often, so they don’t understand what they broke and why it is such a big deal for daily users like me.

Improve Login Process and Ingredients Display

★ · v25.3.1 · Apr 6, 2025

Please, please, pleeeease! Consider updating the Thermomix unit so it is not constantly logging users out of their Cookidoo account and/or Wi-Fi. As brilliant as this device is, it’s very frustrating to constantly have to re-enter my email address and password because the device is not able to save it. The same applies for the Wi-Fi information. It should be able to remember previous connections/passwords. Also, please update the ingredients lists so the quantity is listed before the ingredient name. The new layout takes up a significant amount of space and makes it more difficult to see the entire overview of ingredients when reviewing the recipe. Annnnd, to agree with quite a few reviewers, please bring back the ability to copy the recipe into a translator, or as others have wisely suggested, give users the ability to select the language that displays for each recipe. This is a pricey app. I would much rather see improved functionality/flow over new recipes in the next few months. Thank you!!!

The opportunity

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