Ratio App Reviews

This isnt a proper cookbook but for quick on the fly baking tips this app does nicely. Hasnt had a substantial update in ages, iPad version sorely absent. Havent had any cooking disasters with any of the ratios, however when baking bread Ive referred to proper recipe books. Have had fairly good results with on the fly pound cake, crepes, biscuits and a few others. Overall Id recommend despite lack of updates and price.

Three for three three attempts three failures

I loaned my book to someone and it disappeared and I thought this app might be a decent substitute. I couldnt recall the oven temp i wanted for a bread recipe and figured it would be in the app, WRONG. The ratios are fine from what I saw and remember from the book. However, relevant details are missing like oven temps. As I went through the app some more I found it to be disappointing, nothing compared to the book. It is only good for the actual ratio. There are no supplementary recipes, which the book has and I thought might be here. Connectivity to the blog is still non-functioning and none of the suggestions from previous comments were taken. Save your money, buy the book!

Very few recipes and doesnt allow you to add additional ingredients or recipes. It will measure the main ingredients for one of the apps recipes but youre on your own for the measurements beyond those. Over priced for what it does.

Most of the functionality of this app works well, but please beware - while you can make your own notes on a recipe, the notes are erased once you exit out of the app. Not so great for creating your own recipes. In need of an update. Not worth $5.

I was an early adopter of this app, & its ratios really work. I was suspicious of this technique, but its so useful! When you cook for 2, scaling down recipes can be dicey. But having knowledge of amts. of an ingredient when trying to play with a recipe is simple, thanks to this app. (May be best for those who are used to cooking, rather than newbies.)

This is a great app for improvising cooks and those who just want the basic foundation to build ones own recipes on. Plus they finally fixed the discrepancies between the description here, the in-app introduction, and the blurbs for the actual book. The underlying tech could use some improvement. The primary applications seem to work well: its a ratio app and it needs to do math and it does. Some extras are a bit off. They finally got around to the iPhone 5 screen, but in early 2014, it really should be fully iPad compatible. The iPad is much better suited for a cooking companion than the iPhone (yes, these are simple formulas that will ultimately be committed to memory, but not immediately), and now that the mini is available there’s a clear middle ground between iPhone and full-sized iPad that should be supported. The transparent navigation tabs and (to a lesser extent) title bar are a mistake. When text is behind them, the tabs are rendered unreadable. This cannot be intentional as no one would have done this on purpose. Retina graphics would be nice, too. Create fully iPad-compatible app and this will be a five-star app. The content is beyond reproach. Ruhlman Enterprises should bring the app up to its level.

The update is good in concept but cannot save custom ratios - all default to 1:1:1....

"The importance of bug testing." Very disappointed in this app, especially at $4.99. The custom ratios all reset to 1:1:1 and 20 as a unit. Am a big fan of Ruhlman and this is not up to his standard.

The app itself is awesome. I have used it for years. It seems to function as it always has. The photos in the new version are black and white and I dont believe add to the app. Interesting choice as I think it affects the aesthetics of the app. Function is great. New look not so much.

Without the ability to save a custom ratio or recipe with anything other than the default value, this app has little value. The concept is great but the QA on the stated functionality gives it one star

The first thing I wanted to do was to make a ratio for coffee, but "coffee" isnt an ingredient and you cant add custom ingredients. It also kept defaulting me to 20tbs and 12oz instead of 1tbs and 6oz like I kept attempting. Not sure whats going on here but Im pretty bummed that I spent $6 on this app instead of a latte. ): Maybe the preset ratios will come in handy this weekend for cooking food rather than brewing joe.

Too minimal for a $5 app. I regret this purchase.

But overall its too limited for the price. I used it for a couple months and then deleted it from my iphone.

Too expensive for what you get in this app. I expected more from the brand.

I have this book and I thought thered be a little more to the app, little skimpy for the price.

Very useful but would be satisfied if this app, as it is, were free. Im tempted to say "wheres the beef" but I wont. Disappointed.