The recipes on the website are posted by members of the Allrecipes.com community and then copyedited by staff. Members of the community can also rate and review recipes, as well as add photos of the finished dish. Recipes are categorized by season, type (such as appetizer or dessert), and ingredients. Search functionality supports requiring and excluding specific ingredients. Other categories include methods (such as grilling or baking), occasions, cooking style, and recipes for specific holidays. As of March 2023, the app for smartphones was no longer available or supported. Allrecipes.com was available for
iPhone,
iPad,
Windows Phone, and
Android users. Allrecipes.com's app for smartphones, Dinner Spinner, allowed users to access the site and its user-uploaded content while on the go. In 2011, Alison Sherwood of the
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel rated the site as one of her "five favorite food apps." In September 2015, Allrecipes.com launched a revamped website as part of a broader transformation into a social networking service for food lovers. The September 2015 website relaunch was met with broad criticism, with the most common grievance being the perceived decrease in usability. Meredith closed 14 international Allrecipes domains on October 16, 2018. ==References==