Mastercook 15 Recipe PC

Still trying to figure it out. Made the switch from Living Cookbook, since it seems to be a dead product. The nutritional database is poor. They use the USDA nutritional database, but the user is unable to manually update it - you have to wait for Mastercook to send an update, or buy the latest version.

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.

I bought this software because I am no longer able to access my recipes using Living Cookbook. I thought this would be an easy transition since I had a backup copy of my Living Cookbook recipes. The other reviews of this software talked about the good support for importing LCB files into Mastercook. Once I received my software, I was disappointed to learn that I had 5 updates that I needed to download and apply. In addition, in order to import my recipes, I either have to use a piece of free shareware (that isnt working for me yet), or pay $75 for Mastercook support to do the conversion. There is no built-in feature of the software for doing this conversion. In fact, the Help FAQ says that you will need to pay a fee if you require lengthy support time.

I have used MasterCook since I first found a CD at a bookstore many years ago. I have always liked this product and found it to be incredibly useful.

hard to use, poor instructions

An excellent program that is very well done. It arrived faster that expected.

Was too difficult to manage

Love this program. Lets you keep all your favorite recipes in one place. Easy to add recipes. Great way to share recipes with family and friends.

Bought the cook book and would not load sent back I have windows 10 not happy at all

My wife love it