Smartfire vs Waterco Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smartfire
Control and monitor your BBQ remotely from your iPhone or iPad. Set target temperatures, receive alerts, and customize probe settings for various meats. Enjoy perfectly smoked food with less stress.
- Real-time pit and food probe status
- Set target pit temperature and alarms
- Configure individual food probe targets
- Select meat types and doneness levels
- Customize alarm sounds and settings
- Pair controller with WiFi credentials
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Monitor, manage and perfectly smoke your favourite BBQ from your iPhone or iPad while getting the weekend shopping done! Stress less, enjoy more, smoke perfectly! The Smartfire App includes: - Status screen provides a 'single look' status of the pit and food probes - Setup Your Pit screen enables you to dial in your desired target pit temperature, along with high and low threshold alarms and a fan override switch. - Setup Probe screen enables you to choose your target temperatures, alarms and nick names associated with a probe. You select the meat type associated with the probe, ie 'Pork' then either swipe or tap the left/right arrows to change the selection. The options available are Beef, Pork, Chicken, Fish and Custom. For each primary meat type, there are multiple meat and doneness combinations, ie 'Steak (medium rare) - 130F' within Beef. - Settings screen to customise your pit type, temperature scale, whether alarm sounds are on and the desired alarm sound effect. - Setup screen to pair your phone and Smartfire Controller and provide your WiFi credentials for the Controller to use
Waterco Connect
Remotely monitor and control WiFi-connected pool equipment like heat pumps and chlorinators. Manage key parameters for your pool system from anywhere.
- Remote monitoring of pool equipment
- Control WiFi heat pumps
- Control WiFi chlorinators
- Manage key pool parameters
- Companion app for Waterco products
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Waterco Connect is the companion app for your WiFi connected Waterco products. Supporting a range of WiFi heat pumps and chlorinators, Waterco Connect allows you to remotely monitor and control your key pool equipment parameters.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Smartfire at 44% against Waterco Connect's 0%. Smartfire also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Smartfire ships an update monthly, Waterco Connect every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smartfire | Waterco Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 43.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smartfire Pty Ltd | Waterco |
Customer experience
Smartfire
Waterco Connect
In-app purchases
Smartfire
No in-app purchases
Waterco Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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