recteq vs Grill Control
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.
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 review sentiment: Grill Control at 57% against recteq's 32%. Grill Control also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). recteq's advantage is ratings volume (25K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 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
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 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: recteq has 25K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of recteq's written reviews are positive against 57% of Grill Control's.
recteq ships an update every 5 weeks, Grill Control monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | recteq | Grill Control |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (25K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.9% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Recteq, LLC | Lakeside Innovation GmbH |
Customer experience
recteq
Grill Control
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
Grill Control
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
recteq
No in-app purchases
Grill Control
No in-app purchases
