recteq vs Grilla Grills
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Grilla Grills
Remotely manage your WiFi-enabled grill's temperature, set timers, and receive alerts for optimal cooking. Troubleshoot issues with built-in tips and utilize a unique pause function to maintain smoker performance.
- Remote temperature control
- Grill lid pause function
- Troubleshooting tips
- Temperature alarms
- Integrated timers
- Abnormal performance alerts
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Grilla Grills application gives you the ability to control your grill without ever having to stop what you’re doing. Do everything you can at your grill, from the comfort of your couch or while entertaining friends and family. With this app your WiFi enabled Grilla Grill can do more than ever before. Features: Temperature Control: Set the temperature of your grill from a distance. Pause: A special Grilla Grills exclusive feature that allows your smoker to function better when opening the lid to maintain your meal. Troubleshooting Tips: See error codes and tips on how to solve them directly on the app to take care of issues as they arise. Alarms: Set high and low alarms for the temperature of your grill, and the meat inside of it, so you never have to worry about overcooking that rack of ribs ever again. Timers: Set timers for yourself directly on the app so you don’t need to play with third party apps that may or may not work. Safety Features: Know when your grill is performing abnormally, before it becomes a problem.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: recteq at 4.8 against Grilla Grills's 2.1. recteq also leads on ratings volume (25K vs 19) and review sentiment (31% vs 17%). Grilla Grills's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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.
recteq holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: recteq has 25K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of recteq's written reviews are positive against 17% of Grilla Grills's.
recteq ships an update every 5 weeks, Grilla Grills every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | recteq | Grilla Grills |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (25K ratings) — better | 2.1 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.5% of reviews — better | 17.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25K — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 106 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Recteq, LLC | Fahrenheit Technologies, INC |
Customer experience
recteq
Grilla Grills
User reviews
recteq
From 25K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent temperature control
- 🚀 Consistent performance
- 👍 Great customer service
- 👍 Durable and well-built
- 👍 Helpful app features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent notifications
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🔍 Limited app functionality
- 🔍 Cumbersome app interface
- 🔍 Removed remote start feature
Grilla Grills
From 19 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Allows remote temperature control
- 🚀 Simple navigation
- 👍 Notifications work well for startup and shutdown
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues, frequent disconnects
- 🐛 Unreliable notifications
- 🐛 Buggy app after updates
- 🐛 Logging in required frequently
- 🐛 Inconsistent temperature readings
Bugs and 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
Grilla Grills
Reported bugs
5 issues- App login frequently fails
- Buttons and features not working as expected
- Inability to connect to WiFi
- Blank/black screen issues after login
- Inconsistent temperature probe readings
Requested features
6 requests- Add stopwatch functionality to timer
- Implement temperature trending/graphing
- Provide more preset temperature profiles
- Add ability to turn grill on/off remotely
- Improve notification sounds and customization
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- Integrate with dynamic island and lock screen on iOS
In-app purchases
recteq
No in-app purchases
Grilla Grills
No in-app purchases
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