--- title: McDonalds App Tells You When Ice Cream Machine Is Broken description: The pain of ordering a McFlurry at McDonald's only to be told the ice cream is machine is broken may finally be over. canonical: https://time.com/5011921/mcdonalds-app-broken-ice-cream-machine/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-06T19:11:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:30.972Z og:title: This App Tells You If a McDonald's Ice Cream Machine Is Broken og:description: Come one, come all for McFlurries og:url: https://time.com/5011921/mcdonalds-app-broken-ice-cream-machine/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt34a7f9fa5516b6ce/6988e4bebc6cfc38d93e3d47/mcdonalds-ice-cream.jpg?branch=production&width=479&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 479 og:image:height: 269 og:image:alt: McDonalds-Ice-Cream-Machine-App og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This App Tells You If a McDonald's Ice Cream Machine Is Broken twitter:description: Come one, come all for McFlurries twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt34a7f9fa5516b6ce/6988e4bebc6cfc38d93e3d47/mcdonalds-ice-cream.jpg?branch=production&width=479&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # There's Now an App That Tells You If McDonald's Ice Cream Machine Is Broken > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 6, 2017 7:11 PM UTC  McDonald's meal McDonald's meal Popartic/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 6, 2017 7:11 PM UTC The pain of ordering a [McFlurry](http://time.com/money/4369722/mms-mcflurry-disappear/) at [McDonald’s](http://time.com/money/5006483/mcdonalds-mcrib-returns/) only to be told the [ice cream](http://www.extracrispy.com/video/4083/doughnut-ice-cream-sandwich-stax-nyc) is machine is broken may finally be over. After years of [customers complaining online](http://www.seventeen.com/life/food-recipes/a42820/mcdonalds-drinks-machine-always-broken-investigation/) that the fast food giant’s soft-serve machines are too frequently out of service, there is now an app that aims to tell you whether or not you’ll be able to satisfy your frozen treat cravings before you arrive at your local Mickey D’s. Dubbed [Ice Check](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ice-check/id1220622239?mt=8), the app — which is available for Apple iOS devices — allows users to search for their nearest McDonald’s and then shows them the status of its ice cream machine in real-time. And if you happen to be the unlucky customer who discovers a machine is down, you can save your fellow McD’s lovers some trouble by marking the location as “off.” “I came up with the idea for the app around a year ago, after a late night Oreo McFlurry craving went unfulfilled due to the ice cream machine being down,” Raina McLeod, the app’s creator, [told BuzzFeed](https://www.buzzfeed.com/delaneystrunk/this-app-tells-you-when-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machi?utm%5Fterm=.kxPzleWbe#.nhG1p0kr0). 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