Flame Boss vs HowToBBQRightApp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flame Boss
Remotely monitor and control your cooking with a Wi-Fi smoker controller or thermometer. View temperature graphs, adjust settings, and receive text alerts for your pit and meat. Share your progress and save cook details for future reference.
- Remote temperature monitoring
- Adjust set temperature
- Text alerts for pit/meat
- View temperature graphs
- Share cooks on social media
- Automatic warming temperature
- Save cook notes and titles
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The Flame Boss® app allows you to remotely monitor and control your cooks with any Flame Boss Wi-Fi smoker controller or thermometer. You can: -View temperature graphs of current and past cooks -Change the set temperature for your pit -Text alert configuration -Enable or disable pit and meat alerts -Share your cooks on Facebook and Twitter -Enable an automatic warming temp when the finished meat temp is reached -Add, edit and update personal cook titles and notes for future reference -Change device pin and remove shared access with other users -Make cooks private The Flame Boss app also works with the web-based application available at MyFlameBoss.com.
HowToBBQRightApp
Discover down-to-earth and easy-to-follow barbecue recipes, videos, and guides. Learn everything from selecting meat and mastering your grill to achieving perfect doneness and exploring new flavors.
- Barbecue recipes
- How-to videos
- Grill and smoker reviews
- Fire management tips
- Seasoning and flavor guides
- Doneness techniques
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HowToBBQRight contains BBQ recipes, videos and guides from Malcom Reed that are down-to-earth and easy to follow. From choosing the right meat to learning your grill, to nailing doneness, to experimenting with different flavors and seasonings... this app has the recipes and tips you need. Here’s what you can expect: - All of Malcom's recipes - easy to search - Information and reviews on grills and smokers - Tips on fire management, flavors and dialing in the doneness - Easy navigation and user-friendly design Download the HowToBBQRight app and Let's Get To Cookin'
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Flame Boss at every 2 weeks against HowToBBQRightApp's every 3 months. HowToBBQRightApp's advantage is review sentiment (57% vs 36%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
HowToBBQRightApp holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.4K and 2.2K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Flame Boss's written reviews are positive against 57% of HowToBBQRightApp's.
Flame Boss ships an update every 2 weeks, HowToBBQRightApp every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flame Boss | HowToBBQRightApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.4K ratings) | 4.9 (2.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.3% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | 2.2K |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Collins Research Inc. | HowToBBQRight |
Customer experience
Flame Boss
HowToBBQRightApp
User reviews
Flame Boss
From 2.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent temperature control
- 🚀 Seamless remote monitoring
- 👍 Great customer service
- 🚀 Reliable performance
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues after updates
- 🐛 Unstable app performance
- 🐛 Unreliable notifications
- 🐛 Difficulty setting up and connecting
HowToBBQRightApp
From 2.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Awesome recipes
- 🚀 Easy to use and navigate
- 💡 Ability to purchase rubs and products
- 🤩 Malcom is the best in the business
- 🎥 Great videos and instructions
Room to improve
- 🐛 Search function not working
- 🔍 Difficulty finding recipes
- 📁 Lost favorites and categories
- 🔨 App has become unusable after updates
- 🤯 Broken app, no longer helpful
Bugs and requests
Flame Boss
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes and loses connection
- Inability to update temperatures and settings
- Incorrect temperature readings
- Failure to save cook history
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to pause/resume cooks
- Improved app UI/UX
- Faster load times
- More customization options
HowToBBQRightApp
Reported bugs
4 issues- Search bar not working
- Recipes not loading properly
- App crashing or freezing
- Incompatibility with iOS 13
Requested features
4 requests- Restore search and recipe browsing functionality
- Bring back favorites and category-based navigation
- Improve app stability and responsiveness
- Add user login and profile to save preferences
In-app purchases
Flame Boss
No in-app purchases
HowToBBQRightApp
No in-app purchases
Questions
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