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Hearst Communications, Inc. · Food & Drink · Free · v2.3.0

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Review-rating drop
0.35

2025-Q4 2.94 → last 90 days 2.59, text reviews

Peak quarter
2.94

2025-Q4, text reviews

Last 90 days
2.59

text reviews

Store rating
3.81

all 535 ratings, incl. star-only

Store gap
0.89

store minus reviews

Est. MRR
$274k

#31 top-grossing, Food & Drink

store 3.81 · reviews 2.94 → 2.59 · gap 1.22 store 3.81 reviews 2.59

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 163 text reviews

2★3★4★5★ 1★ 2025-Q4: 2.94★ from 49 reviews 2.94 2025-Q4 2026-Q1: 1.96★ from 25 reviews 2026-Q2: 1.54★ from 50 reviews 2026-Q3: 2.27★ from 37 reviews 2026-Q4: 3.00★ from 2 reviews (small sample) 3.00 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
2025-Q42.94 49
2026-Q11.96 25
2026-Q21.54 50
2026-Q32.27 37
2026-Q43.00 2

Recent 1–2 star reviews

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★ · v2.3.0 · Oct 10, 2026

Went to the website and get spammed with advertisement and a novel of a story telling me the backstory of the recipe. I get to the recipe and it’s blurred out because I don’t have the app. I download the app and the amount of time it takes to create an account just to access an app to view recipes is ridiculous. Trash

Subscription issues

★★ · v2.2.7 · Sep 28, 2026

Every time I use the app it tells me I need to subscribe, even though I have an active subscription. Makes it useless and a waste of time and money if every time I look at a recipe I get an “Oh no, you’re out of free recipes” error. I have enjoyed several of the recipes on the site, but I end up going with another free site because delish can’t get their app straight.

You have to pay

★ · v2.2.7 · Sep 18, 2026

The app is free but you have to pay a membership to see the recipes. Such a waste. Used to enjoy their website and recipes

Truly awful app

★ · v2.2.7 · Sep 16, 2026

Don’t bother with this app. I signed up for a subscription. App doesn’t recognize that even after I changed my password 6 times. I’m canceling my subscription immediately. Too many other cooking options without this much bs. Waste of time

I have an Account - Fix It

★ · v2.2.7 · Sep 9, 2026

The app truly is appalling that I have an account. A paid membership that gets me the quarterly magazine. But when I try to look at a recipe it says it’s reserved members. I can only get to recipes on my computer but not on this app. Please fix it.

Must pay for recipes

★ · v2.2.7 · Sep 8, 2026

If you are prompted to download the app when using the web browser version, don't bother. You can only look at two of the "non-subscriber" recipes, which are limited, without subscribing and even those are impractical because the subscription window pops up every time you try to scroll up or down and has to be closed again before you can proceed. If you specifically use delish recipes frequently and want to put your phone in "cook mode" it may be worth it, but for the occasional user there is no reason not to just use their browser page.

Bait and switch/pay to use

★ · v2.2.6 · Sep 2, 2026

I was excited to use the app and find new recipes but after downloading and going through all the set up I find out without a subscription you cannot use the app. Seemed like it might have been an ok app but without so much competition, o expected more.

Meh

★ · v2.2.5 · Aug 25, 2026

App asks for dietary restrictions and then completely ignores them when suggesting recipes. Was only able to view a couple recipes before you have to pay for membership.

This is absolutely predatory

★ · v2.2.5 · Aug 24, 2026

Suddenly all of your favorite recipes are behind an app and a paywall. Wow

You are evil scum, terrible company

★ · v2.2.5 · Aug 21, 2026

Can’t use their website anymore without half the screen begging you to use their awful buggy app. You can’t close out of their personal advertisement. They make you create an account to use their awful app. Then they will sell your data for profits :) truly evil people working here

Frozen

★★ · v2.2.5 · Aug 17, 2026

Froze on the first prompt. So can’t really use it

pointless

★ · v2.2.5 · Aug 13, 2026

users complained that the app was buggy and required constant logins while the website was free. it appears that instead of improving the mobile experience they made the website worse and covered the page with demands to install the app.

Everything is pay only

★ · v2.2.5 · Aug 13, 2026

They let you download the app but any recipe that you click on is for 'members only' so nothing on it is truly free. I wish they would just say that upfront so I dont waste my time.

Can’t see recipe until you subscribe….

★ · v2.2.5 · Aug 13, 2026

So people can’t see the recipe online, you make them download the app, and can’t see it on the app because they have to pay for a subscription? COME ON! You’re forcing people to get a subscription.

Literally does not work

★ · v2.2.5 · Aug 11, 2026

If you click a recipe or try and search it just glitches out, but if you use the web app it pops up with a huge banner that blocks the page

Recipes- good. App- awful

★★ · v2.2.2 · Jul 29, 2026

This app sucks but unfortunately it’s the only way to access recipes now bc when I sign in, it auto opens the app. They send me push notifications that rarely work. Please, powers that be, stop forcing this app that doesn’t work on us.

Frustrating Log In Process

★ · v2.2.2 · Jul 17, 2026

I’ve attempted multiple times to save my password for this stupid app and it never fails whenever I try to SIGN IN, it takes me to create an account. I wish I could get my $30+ back for not being able to access what I paid for. Extremely FRUSTRATING!!!!

Unable to use app

★ · v2.2.2 · Jul 17, 2026

Will not let me sign in to application

Please stop pushing us to the app

★ · v2.2.1 · Jul 12, 2026

Hey y’all. Website is great. Mags are great. Your app sucks. I just uninstalled because having to log in every time is annoying. Please stop trying to push people to your app or I’ll have to consider unsubscribing

App is terrible

★ · v2.2.1 · Jul 11, 2026

Love the recipes but the app never works - won’t be continuing with my paid subscription

Buggy App

★ · v2.2.1 · Jul 10, 2026

App has been inconsistent by all accounts. After the update today 7/10, all I see is a blank white screen. On other occasions, I had to sign in and sign out multiple times just to get the app to work. It doesn’t always save recipes either. Very frustrating as I am a paying subscriber.

App is great, when it works…

★ · v2.2.1 · Jul 8, 2026

I love the recipes this app provides, however I find it incredibly frustrating that I pay for a product that doesn’t work. More often than not the app doesn’t work at all. It’s just a blank white screen once open… almost always.

An endless blank screen

★ · v2.2.1 · Jul 8, 2026

This app literally won’t load no matter what. I install the updates, I hard refresh the app, I restart my phone, I reset my wifi, nothing works. I have to navigate to a web browser to get access to my recipes. This has happened over the last 2 weeks and isn’t going away.

Screen size

★ · v2.2.1 · Jul 7, 2026

Unbelievable that it is only configured to be used on a phone. When I open it on my ipad (which I always use for recipes) it opens as if on a phone and doesn’t use the entire screen. 12/23/25, Are you every going to fix the app so I can use it in landscape mode, full screen on an ipad? Until then it is an app that I will not use!! 04/10/26 Still waiting for it to work full screen on an iPad. 07/07/26 still waiting. Guess this isn’t a priority.

Annoying

★★ · v2.2.1 · Jul 3, 2026

Everytime I open the app I have to re login. But that’s only if I can even get the app to work most of the time I just opens to a white screen and I can’t even use the app.

The opportunity

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