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Here are two apps that are dealing with the same subject, recipes, and are extremely effective but in different ways.I would argue that while they are dealing with the same subject, the apps are for two different audiences. Allrecipes.com is the app for the less advanced cook, someone who still relies on by the book ideas for meals. This is demonstrated by the apps straightforward search engine. However, Big Oven is more of an app for the advanced cook, someone who wants to be creative and get a little crazy with mashed potatoes, for example, coconut mashed potatoes being one of the recipes in their “What’s for Dinner” section. Both apps are free and offer cool extras beyond recipes. Below i’ll offer the Pros and Cons of each app to really break it down for you.
Pros
The search engine, that also serves as the home page for Allrecipes.com is unique because it allows you to search not only by ingredient, but by “ready in time”, giving the cook with a lot to do, the ability to search for a meal that will only take 20 minutes to complete. Big Oven’s homepage is also really neat because it offers an index of cool ways to organize your account on the app. There is the favorites list, the my try soon list, the really important grocery list where you can search recipes and choose items from it that you do not have at home, it adds it to the list so that when you make the trip to the store you know what you’re missing. There is also the leftover wizard that allows you to add ingredients that you have left over and compiles a relevant list of recipes, the whats for dinner? tab allows you to see what people around the world are eating that night for dinner, the random recipe tab and the ultimate, the Big Oven Glossary. Needless to say, there are so many different ways a person can take advantage of this app. You have to sign up by email, but it is a simple two minute process that results in a complete and most effective use of the app.
Cons
The simplicity of Allrecipes.com might not be enough for the cooks who want to challenge themselves, while it makes finding recipes easy, according to its search engine, it just doesn’t beat all the cool extra stuff that Big Oven offers. I mean coconut mashed potatoes — they would never be on Allrecipes.com. Big Oven definitely wins in the “cool” factor. However, the same way that Allrecipes.com may be over simplified, Big Oven is a little complex, there isn’t really a way to navigate it quickly especially if you do have a time crunch, Allrecipes.com is the way to go. All in all, using either app will make you feel really hungry and make you wish that you had more of an urge to use the oven over the microwave. Its important to know what you want to get out of the app and what takes precedence in your search criteria for recipes; time or creativity. Once you have that nailed, either app will come through in providing a recipe that’s right for you.
This article was published by iphoneapplicationlist.com
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