Mastercook 15 Recipe PC

This software requires ongoing investment without providing modern functionality. As other reviews have mentioned, the program looks like a relic from the 90s. I owned 8.0 and paid to “upgrade” to 15.0. There were no new features, the print layouts were still archaic, and the glitches with web imports and other basic tasks remained. In the years between 8.0 and 15.0, the only observable change was a “home” screen that allowed you to navigate between online (paid) account access and your pc. The site previously advertised free web accounts but has since changed to requiring all accounts to pay a subscription. Clearly the company has received many complaints from unhappy customers as there are repeated references to the product being non-refundable. There is no place on the site where customers can provide feedback/reviews. Further, the tech support in my experience was snippy and rude.

Was too difficult to manage

Another product not as advertised. I registered the product and was promptly swamped with upgrades I could buy, The major cookbook that was advertised to be included was there, but for sale. They graciously included the capability to download 30 recipes from the internet for free; if I wanted additional recipes, there was a monthly account for sale that would allow me to download more recipes (very generous, I thought). I have a MasterCook 5 program now that seems to me to have more capabilities than the 15. And, oh by the way, the 22 cookbooks available on the 15 version contain many of the same cookbooks I have on the 5. Not a happy camper.

I had a problem with windows 10 interaction and reported it to Master Cook. They resolved the issue by contacting Microsoft and working with their development team and kept me informed throughout the process. Love the program and the support that comes with it.

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.

Im not as enthusiastic about this program as so many others here. It looks very rudimentary compared to similar programs. It works, but the way it is set up it looks like something from the early 90s, which is pretty much the stone age for software. I had a problem where the program became corrupted somehow. It was working fine one day and wouldnt boot the next and I hadnt done anything in the meantime. Luckily I had only started to use it, but I would be very annoyed if I had a lot of recipes loaded already. Tech support did answer me and told me to delete it and reload which I had already done. When I asked if they knew why this happened because I didnt want to lose recipes again they blamed me for not waiting until talking to them first. Huh? I did exactly the same thing they told me to do and lost the recipes. I thought their response was a bit snippy, but at least they did answer me in a timely manner. I would not buy this program again though.

Easy to input recipes software loaded without a hitch

I have mastercook 15, and it stopped working as mastercook does not support the program on Firefox.. I have not been able to make this work and I do not advise anyone to purchase this program, at this time. After a month of emailing mastercook they are not willing or unable to fix anything. It was a great program when it worked. Not now. Beware

I like the import assistant function.

This is the 3rd edition I have purchased. Although I live in a retirement community where meals are provided I still wanted the new edition when I got my new computer. (I guess thats what you call it ... a new edition ... its what works with my computer). Personally, I really dont use the cookbooks that come with it as I can find just about any recipe I want on the internet BUT I have put my old tried and true recipes on a cookbook I created for them. I like and use the features of Mastercook in putting my recipes in my personal cookbook. I also like other features of Mastercook with my cookbook ... the search features ... the ability to easily put the recipe in several categories ... the ease of printing out a recipe to share ... and so on. I like having my recipes in one place, easily accessible so much so that I was willing to buy it ... again.