The Budget Bytes App is Here!
Okay guys, it’s the day we’ve all been waiting for! The Budget Bytes app is NOW AVAILABLE for iOS in the Apple store!! I’m so completely excited that I don’t think I can contain myself! Luckily, I made a short video a couple of days ago to walk to you through some of the main features and give you a sneak peek at what the app has to offer. …because right now I’m just too excited to talk. All I can do is wiggle with excitement and glee. 🤣
**UPDATE** We officially have the green light on producing an Android version of the app, and it will be available soon! Stay tuned for updates!
So, without further ado, here is your first look at the Budget Bytes app!!
There it is! After months of hard work from the awesome team at Sidechef and myself, I’m so happy to finally bring the Budget Bytes content to you in app form. But of course, this is just the beginning. Expect new features, recipe collections, and more in the future. If you have questions about the app or want to offer your feedback, please email us at budgetbytesapp@sidechef.com. And just as a reminder, the app is for iOS only at this time (hopefully Android soon!) and it currently contains 100 of the most popular recipes on Budget Bytes.
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I can’t wait to hear what you think!!
So disappointed with the direction taken with the app. Not only did I have to purchase it, but not all of the units are shown for recipes, and now they’ve added microtransactions. Severely regretting my decision to buy the app.
Look forward to getting the app after Xmas (waaaayyy over spent on kids am completely skint!) great job keep it up love the recipes
Excited to try the app! I would LOVE it if you could pick 3 or so meals and then have a compiled grocery list, organized by category (similar to app MealLime but with your delicious recipes).
Just cooked dinner last night with the new app coaching me through it. I’m very impressed! Instead of having to re-unlock my phone and scroll madly (usually with fingers covered in something) for the next step, it’s one touch away. The audio is clear and pleasant, so no squinting at the screen. Excellently put together. And I’m glad to see that the recipe collection is filling out so quickly!
Thank you!!
Wow I expected it to be free like so many other foodie apps, sorry but I won’t be buying
I’m on a budget and can’t throw away $2.99 on an app. I’ll stick to visiting the website I guess.
I was expecting the app to be free, saw the $2.99 price tag, and went “Well dude, she’s saved me a LOT more than $2.99 in the past!” It’s definitely worth the cost!
I won’t be able to download it for a couple of weeks, but I’m super excited that it’s available and look forward to using it and all of the new features that will be added in the future! A really great feature might be a “substitutions” list for other ingredients that might work in a dish; for example, if a dish contains cauliflower but the reader doesn’t like that, to say that broccoli would be a good substitute but something like zucchini might not work. And hopefully nutrition info could be easily incorporated into the app!
Thanks again. :)
Thanks for the support, Diana! :)
Beth.,
I’ve followed your site since I first started law school back in 2009 and I have to say I’m so excited to see what you’ve done over the years. Your zeal for good food at good value consistently shows. It is disheartening to see some comments from a minority of the fan base turn against you with “take my support elsewhere” simply because the Android app is not available yet. Acting under the guise of “iPhones are expensive and anyone who can afford it probably isn’t even using your site anyway” is not only awfully presumptuous, it’s distracting from what is important here: Celebrating YOU. You rock Beth. And I look forward to accessing the site on my Android OS tablet soon. <3
I left out my 2nd sentence on why the law school part was relevant. You helped me keep my food costs down while in school and taught me cost effective cooking skills going forward.
Thank you SO MUCH. :) The app definitely won’t be right or useful for everyone, so I’m not offended if someone doesn’t want to buy it or wants to take their money elsewhere. Gotta do what’s right for you. :)
Can’t wait for the app to be available on my Google phone!
I think this app is going to be so useful, and thanks for adding so many features! I did have a suggestion though:
When I tried to filter recipes, I tried to select vegetarian, and then narrow it down to main dishes, one pot, quick, etc. In other words, I wanted to be able to search through all the vegetarian recipes that could be dinner recipes (excluding dessert or bread recipes). When I did that, I got a message saying there were no results that matched. I’m guessing that’s because the filter was looking for recipes that were vegetarian and one pot AND soups AND pizza. Which would be a very strange recipe indeed. So instead, it would be useful if the search engine narrowed it down to recipes that fit into any ONE of the selected categories (rather than all of them) or a way to exclude certain types, so that dessert recipes or pasta recipes don’t come up if I’m trying to look just for dinner recipes.
Also, for the record, I did then try to narrow the results by vegetarian and then just “main dish”, but still no results came up. Vegetarian and “one pot” did return results. So it seems like the system doesn’t have any vegetarian dishes tagged in the “main dish” category.
Thanks for the feedback! I’ll pass this along to the tech team. :)
We usually turn off data for all of our apps to conserve our data plan. Can I still use this app without data or in an offline mode?
No, unfortunately all of the recipe data is stored on servers instead of your phone, so you’ll need to be online to use it.
I wish the app was available in Google Play.
It will be soon! We’re hoping by the end of July. :)
Hi Beth!
I’ve been a big fan of your recipes and have been following your work for years. I’m so happy that you have an app and proud of you for making it! The app is beautiful and I love how easy to use it is. Unfortunately, I’m unable to sign up on the app. I don’t have Facebook, so I can’t connect through FB. So i’ve been trying to use my email, and the login/sign up page stay frozen for over 2 minutes and then i lose hope and try again later. Any recommendations on how to sign-up?
Much adoration,
Roberto
Hi Roberto, Thanks for letting me know about that glitch! Can you please email what you just posted here to budgetbytesapp@sidechef.com? That way the tech team can look into it and respond because then they’ll have your email as well. :) Thank you!
I love the app! Being able to adjust the portions without doing the math is super handy. Will there be an iPad version? I’d love to read from a larger screen.
It’s compatible with ipad, although not fully optimized for it. We haven’t discussed making an ipad specific version just yet. :)
Question: I truly appreciate the convenience of an app…but I’m curious is the fee monthly or just a one time fee?
Thank you,
It’s just a one time purchase. :)