recteq vs TempSpike
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.
TempSpike
Monitor your barbecue's temperature and time remotely using a wireless Bluetooth connection. Receive immediate alerts when your food reaches the set temperature or time.
- Wireless Bluetooth connectivity
- Remote temperature monitoring
- Remote time monitoring
- Instant alerts
- Set custom temperatures
- Set custom times
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TempSpike is a wireless bluetooth barbecue temperature and time monitoring program, connected to wireless bluetooth, you can remotely set the temperature or time, when the temperature reaches the specified time, it will remind you immediately
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: recteq at 4.8 against TempSpike's 4.6. recteq also leads on ratings volume (25K vs 2.7K). TempSpike's advantage is review sentiment (42% vs 32%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). 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.
recteq holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: recteq has 25K ratings behind it against 2.7K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of recteq's written reviews are positive against 42% of TempSpike's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | recteq | TempSpike |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (25K ratings) — better | 4.6 (2.7K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 31.9% of reviews | 42.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25K — better | 2.7K |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 105 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Recteq, LLC | iTronics Co., Limited |
Customer experience
recteq
TempSpike
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
TempSpike
From 2.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Accurate temperature monitoring
- 🔧 Customizable cooking profiles
- ⏱️ Helpful time remaining estimates
- 💡 Ambient temperature tracking
- 👍 Easy to use app interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues and disconnects
- 🔋 Limited battery life
- 🔍 Confusing alarm on/off indicators
- 📱 Lack of Apple Watch support
- 🤔 Unintuitive user interface
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
TempSpike
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes after recent update
- Probe color identification reversed in app
- Cooking progress not saved when app is closed
- Estimated time remaining feature not working
- Issues with adding new cooking profiles
Requested features
5 requests- Add widget support for quick temperature checks
- Allow more flexibility in setting temperature alarms
- Improve data export functionality
- Enhance cooking graph to show real-time data
- Add support for more meat types and cooking profiles
In-app purchases
recteq
No in-app purchases
TempSpike
No in-app purchases
