Comparison

Flame Boss vs Unhyped

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Unhyped

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Unhyped is a wine sommelier in your pocket. Ask in plain language and get specific, evidence-backed bottle recommendations grounded in terroir, the vineyard, geology and producer behind each wine, not marketing hype. • SCAN: point your camera at a wine list or a label; Unhyped reads it and tells you which bottles are genuinely worth it for the price. • BUY: pick a colour, a region, a price and the years you want, then ask. Real wine cards with the terroir story behind each pick, from bottles sold in Singapore. • CAVE: your own cellar. Terroir scores, drinking windows, Open tonight, and Ask my Cave, by voice if you like. A free account is where it starts: your scans, your questions and your Cave follow you on every phone.

Screenshots

Flame Boss4 screens
Unhyped4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Flame Boss at 4 against Unhyped's 1. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flame Boss ships an update every 2 weeks, Unhyped fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Flame Boss versus Unhyped: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlame BossUnhyped
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.4K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews36.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.4K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size106 MB43 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperCollins Research Inc.Joseph McGuire

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

Unhyped

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Flame Boss

No in-app purchases

None

Unhyped

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flame Boss free?
Flame Boss is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Unhyped free?
Unhyped is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Flame Boss or Unhyped have ads?
Neither Flame Boss nor Unhyped shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Flame Boss or Unhyped?
Flame Boss ships an update every 2 weeks, and Unhyped fortnightly. Most recently, Flame Boss was updated on October 20, 2026 and Unhyped on October 13, 2026.

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