I will start by staring I have only used this machine twice so far but from those two times I think the machine is worth it's weight in gold. I enjoy cooking but I don't enjoy the pressure of timing everything and the mass clean up at the end. Using this I can clean up while it's cooking and not worry about having to stir or turn the temperature down because it does that for me. There is an app with some recipes which are not bad however I have a restrictive diet so finding recipes has been a little more challenging for me (but only because of the food restrictions). There are not as many recipe sites for this specific machine however and will take me sometime to learn the machine and convert other recipes. I whole heartedly love this machine. It makes my life so much easier and I am now excited to make dinner.