Purines Direct vs recteq
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Purines Direct
This app helps individuals manage gout by providing information on the purine content of various foods. Access data anytime to check values while shopping or dining out, aiding in dietary control to prevent painful inflammation.
- Purine content data for foods
- Dietary management for gout
- Real-time value checking
- Webservice data integration
- Information for shopping and dining
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In this day and age, many people are afflicted with gout. In order to prevent the painful inflammation, it is important to have the nutrition under control or to know exactly the purine content of food. This app query data form a webservice based on the portal http://www.purine-direkt.de" So you have the data at any time and can check the values directly when shopping or eating in the restaurant.
recteq
Remotely manage your smart grill. Monitor meat and grill temperatures with multiple probes, receive alerts, and access advanced calibration features. Discover recipes and shop for accessories all from your mobile device.
- Remote grill control
- Dual meat probe monitoring
- Grill temperature monitoring
- Advanced temperature calibration
- Real-time alarms
- Recipe browsing
- In-app shopping
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Control, monitor, and receive alarms for your recteq from anywhere. Monitor and chart the temperature of two meat probes. Monitor your grill‘s internal temperature. Use this app for advanced calibration of your grill’s temperature sensors. Receive alarms, browse recipes, shop and more. All from the palm of your hand.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: recteq at 4.8 against Purines Direct's 3.4. recteq also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (25K vs 5). Purines Direct's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
recteq holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: recteq has 25K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 36% of Purines Direct's written reviews are positive against 31% of recteq's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Purines Direct ships an update every 7 months, recteq every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Purines Direct | recteq |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (5 ratings) | 4.8 (25K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews — better | 31.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 25K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Guido Bernuetz | Recteq, LLC |
Customer experience
Purines Direct
recteq
Bugs and requests
Purines Direct
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
recteq
Reported bugs
3 issues- Probe temperature inaccuracies
- App crashes when accessing temperature history
- Unreliable app notifications
Requested features
4 requests- Customizable alarm tones
- Ability to set timers within the app
- Improved temperature history and data visualization
- Seamless integration between app and website recipes
In-app purchases
Purines Direct
No in-app purchases
recteq
No in-app purchases
