Flame Boss vs Grill Control
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.
Grill Control
This app connects to a smart adapter for gas grills, allowing you to remotely control burner temperature via your phone. A companion device can link multiple burners for even heat distribution.
- Remote burner control
- Temperature monitoring
- Smart adapter integration
- Companion device linking
- Even heat distribution
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Grill Control is a smart, battery-powered adapter for gas grills that simply attaches to the control knob. With the help of a temperature sensor installed in the grill, the corresponding burner is controlled via an app. With the separately available Companion Device, multiple burners on the grill can be linked together for even more evenly distributed heat.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Grill Control at 5.0 against Flame Boss's 4.6. Grill Control also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 36%). Flame Boss's advantage is ratings volume (2.3K vs 1) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). 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.
Grill Control holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flame Boss has 2.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Flame Boss's written reviews are positive against 57% of Grill Control's.
Flame Boss ships an update every 9 days, Grill Control monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flame Boss | Grill Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.3K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.3% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Collins Research Inc. | Lakeside Innovation GmbH |
Customer experience
Flame Boss
Grill Control
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
Grill Control
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Flame Boss
No in-app purchases
Grill Control
No in-app purchases
