Pagliacci Pizza vs BBQAdvisor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pagliacci Pizza
Easily order your favorite pizzas, calzones, salads, and more for delivery or pickup. Earn loyalty points with every purchase to redeem for money-saving rewards. Customize your orders and manage your preferences for a convenient dining experience.
- Order for delivery or pickup
- Customize pizzas and menu items
- Earn loyalty points (Pags)
- Redeem Pags for rewards
- Save preferences and payment methods
- Reorder favorite items easily
- Pay with credit/debit card or gift card
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The Pagliacci Pizza app makes ordering more convenient than ever—from wherever you are—and rewards loyalty. Choose from Pagliacci favorites and seasonal pies or customize your pizza. Everything on our menu is available on the app, including salads, calzone, breadsticks, pasta, beer and wine, and gelato. Best of all, loyalty pays. Order through the app and earn reward Pags. The bigger your order, the more Pags you earn. Pags may be redeemed anytime or you can continue to collect Pags and watch your balance grow. Features: • Loyalty pays—earn Pags (money-saving rewards) with every order. • Do everything through the app. • Set your order for delivery or in-store pick up. • Create a profile to conveniently store your preferences, payment methods, addresses and recent orders. • Keep a list of favorite items for easy reordering. • Pay with credit card, debit card or Pagliacci gift card. • Qualify for bonus Pags days. • The app and Pags rewards work at all locations except the UW campus stores. • Scan at a store to earn and redeem Pags rewards on orders placed at locations.
BBQAdvisor
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It's hour six. The brisket has been stuck at 160°F. Is something wrong? No — that's the stall, and BBQAdvisor is the app that tells you so. BBQAdvisor is a smoking coach for low-and-slow cooks: plan the cook before you light the smoker, check in when the probe has you second-guessing, and find out afterward why it came out the way it did. PLAN YOUR COOK — FREE, INSTANT, UNLIMITED Pick your cut, enter the size, tell us when you want to eat. You get the full plan on one screen, instantly: • A backwards-planned timeline — when to season, when the meat goes on, when to expect the stall, with a built-in hold buffer so dinner is never waiting on the smoker • Two temperatures, clearly separated: the USDA-safe minimum and the done temp where the cut actually gets tender — because 145°F brisket is safe, but it isn't dinner • Wrap guidance: whether this cut benefits, and when • A rub recipe scaled exactly to your cook — pick a style, get amounts in tablespoons for your actual weight or rack count • Wood pairings, resting and holding notes, and how many people it feeds CHECK MID-COOK — THE PANIC KILLER (PRO) Enter your probe temp and how long it's been on — add a photo if you want a bark read. You get a straight verdict: on track, in the stall, wrap now, almost done, or done. When you're in the stall, it says so — hold steady, here's your wrap point — instead of letting you chase the temperature. LOG THE RESULT (PRO) Photograph the sliced cross-section. BBQAdvisor reads the bark, smoke ring, moisture, and tenderness, scores the cook, tells you what went well and what to change next time — and builds a share card worth sending. THE ROSTER Free: brisket, pork butt, chuck roast, baby back ribs, whole chicken — unlimited plans, no account required. Pro adds: beef ribs, spare ribs, tri-tip, prime rib, pork loin, pork tenderloin, pork belly, chicken wings, chicken thighs, spatchcock chicken, whole turkey, turkey breast, spatchcock turkey, salmon and trout — plus smoked sausage (snack sticks and summer sausage from your kit: we predict the time to 165°F and coach the smoke). RUBS AND BRINES Regional and classic profiles built from the canon — Texas, Kansas City, Memphis, Carolina, Santa Maria, Coffee-chili, Herb crust, Alabama white — each scaled to your cook. Build and save your own rubs. Poultry and fish brine guides included. SAFETY YOU CAN TRUST USDA-safe temperatures are always displayed and never improvised. Doneness is your call on steak-style cuts like tri-tip and prime rib — the guideline is always shown alongside. FREE — START HERE • Unlimited cook plans on the five most popular cuts • Full plan every time: timeline, temps, rub, wood — nothing held back • No ads, anywhere PRO — $39.99/YEAR OR $4.99/MONTH Less than a bag of pellets a month: • The full roster — 19 cuts plus smoked sausage • Mid-cook Check, unlimited • Finished-cook Log with share card • Your cook library — every smoke saved, with what you'd change SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION BBQAdvisor Pro is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID account settings. Terms of Use: https://bbqadvisor.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://bbqadvisor.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pagliacci Pizza at none against BBQAdvisor's 2. BBQAdvisor's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months) and chart position (#200 vs unranked). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. BBQAdvisor sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Pagliacci Pizza asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pagliacci Pizza ships an update every 3 months, BBQAdvisor every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pagliacci Pizza | BBQAdvisor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (16K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 74.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | — | #200 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pagliacci | Christopher Hilmoe |
Bugs and requests
Pagliacci Pizza
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not loading or freezing
- Order history not displaying correctly
- Issues with time zone awareness
Requested features
3 requests- Add Apple Pay integration
- Improve half-and-half pizza customization
- Allow more flexibility with rewards redemption
BBQAdvisor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pagliacci Pizza
No in-app purchases
BBQAdvisor
- BBQAdvisor Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
- BBQAdvisor Pro (Annual)$39.991 Year
Questions
Is Pagliacci Pizza free?
Is BBQAdvisor free?
Do Pagliacci Pizza or BBQAdvisor have ads?
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