Mastercook 15 Recipe PC

hard to use, poor instructions

I had an earlier version so knew what to expect. Since I am not as computer literate as I would like, the lack of printed instructions is a small problem for me. But overall iit is a good program.

I purchased this software because of the rating, supposed to be 4 to 5 stars; I found it very confusing, not user friendly at all and when I finally figured it out then printed one recipe the formatting is awful and you can not change it.

Ive been a user of MasterCook for a decade or more. Years ago, serious development stopped on the software, and they converted to an annual subscription model at about $30/year. I was annoyed but inertia kept me with them. The latest news is that MasterCook 2020 is due this month, and the new cost will be $100 to $125 (or more) per year. This is another example, like Quicken or MS Office 365, of companies taking mature software, converting it to the SaaS (Software as a Service) model, and milking what users remain. After considerable research, I have converted to Paprika Recipe Manager 3, which seamlessly imported all 500 of my MasterCook Recipes. Paprika has every single feature that I wanted - and more. Plus, its much simpler to use, even on multiple devices. The direct import of recipes from websites is particularly robust. I have zero association of Paprika, btw.

I love this program. It is easy to learn to use and the tech support is wonderful. Pam was quick to respond to my questions and her answers were easy to follow. I would recommend you purchase this program.

I have a difficult time with the program. No good direction for it. Wanted to like it because I had another program but it hooked up to the internet and it was more and more difficult to use. I am 73 and really not all that tech savvy.

Its not downloading on my computer.

There are very few computer cookbooks available, of all of them, this is the most useful. Not perfect, but better than the others out there.

Returned. Was advertised as working with Windows 10. I couldnt get it to work.

I found absolutely nothing new about and in some ways, its more difficult to make even the most basic changes to recipes.