Flame Boss vs GrillSentry
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.
GrillSentry
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The GrillSentry iOS APP displays both the cooking grill's 'dome' temperature and the optionally attached food probe temperature.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Flame Boss at every 2 weeks against GrillSentry's every 6 months. Flame Boss also leads on device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
Flame Boss ships an update every 2 weeks, GrillSentry every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flame Boss | GrillSentry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.4K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 36.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Collins Research Inc. | Circuit Design Inc |
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
GrillSentry
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flame Boss
No in-app purchases
GrillSentry
No in-app purchases
