App Profile: Bon Appetit

Jtg22

Rating: 4/5

When I learned my normal subscription to Bon Appetit included a digital copy, I was ecstatic. Initially, on my 1st generation iPad, the experience of reading the magazine I loved on a touch screen was good. Then, when I upgraded to an iPad with retina display - wow. The images are more eye popping and more beautiful than the paper version - that is for certain. Some people have complained about the size of the download, but Bon Appetit is a highly visual experience so it makes sense that high resolution graphics are going to require a sizable download. Typically, I keep all back issues archived and only have the current and previous issue downloaded at a time to conserve space. I've seen others post about numerous technical problems but I haven't experienced any of them. It's an amazing cooking magazine and an excellent application if you have one of the newer iPads.

customfitz

Rating: 1/5

I got this app last year to replace The NY Times cooking app. Apparently I’m good without either. I barely used the Bon Appetit app, then a year later awaken to a renewal charge of 42. I spent a week and half trying to get them to refund me before I just told my bank I didn’t approve the charge. I got charged the renewal fee on 11/20 and just now after two emails and two voicemails I’ve left are they calling me asking about my satisfaction w their service. Nah I’m good. Maybe a warning email before renewing a subscription would be a better approach. This was unimpressive through and through.

Mkokimoto

Rating: 2/5

This app is a PDF copy of the printed magazine that I received in the mail. I could not figure out any links to the actual recipes that are in there and it does not give you access to the whole Bon Appetit website with all their other recipes. The app is useless if you already get the printed magazine