At this point with all the lawsuits out there hosted by Apple, I'm surprised they haven't been suing small app developers who have the prefixed "i" in the title of the app. iCooking Barbecue is free today from the Amazon Appstore.
The name implies quite alot which is good, but in this case the app doesn't live up to anyone's initial expectations. No matter the price, I feel we can all agree that when you are on the hunt for a particular app there are a list of demands that must be met. I would hope we share many bullet points between all our lists, but this developer seems to have missed quite a few.
The user interface (UI) is a bit on the garbage side. What looks like gorgeous screen grabs is merely shopped images with a extremely poorly conceive interactive interface. On many screens it is not clear when you are supposed to press, swipe, tap, whatever to get to where you're going. The intermitted need to hit the phone Menu button is always a confusing pleasure. Then back to swiping left to right with images. Call it a hosh posh control scheme barely meeting the terms of the word "scheme".
The content leaves much to be desired. As other users have pointed out, this so called barbecue app shares no BBQ tips, tricks are methods with its apps or otherwise. You'd expect to see an entire section based on charcoal vs gas, or how to smoke your meat. That sounded bad when taken out of context. All I'm saying is a novice would have a beauty of a time relying solely on this app to get the results as pictured. Good luck!
This is another cooking app, but unfortunately updates would not cure this meat. A complete overhaul is what is needed. Though Food Network has a couple sweet apps in the Android Market, featuring Bobby Flay amongst the staff of top chefs. Happy grilling!
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