SmartGrill YM vs TempPro BBQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartGrill YM
This app connects to a wireless Bluetooth thermometer to monitor food temperatures during cooking and barbecuing. It allows users to set target temperatures or cooking times and receive alerts when food is ready, preventing over or undercooking.
- Wireless Bluetooth temperature monitoring
- Real-time temperature display
- Customizable cooking presets
- Temperature and time alerts
- Pre-set food menus
- Add custom cooking menus
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The smart Bluetooth thermometer is a wireless Bluetooth transmission temperature measurement product for home cooking and barbecue. It is consisted with one thermometer, two 304 stainless steel temperature probes and a mobile APP which can be downloaded. The function of it is transmitting the tested food’s real-time temperature to the thermometer or the APP by a way of wireless transmission. Meanwhile, it can show and supervise the temperature. The thermometer will alarm to tell the users that the cooking is finished when the tested food reaches the setting temperature. The smart Bluetooth thermometer will facilitate your cooking and barbecue; avoid undercooked or overcooked as well. A small icon of Bluetooth thermometer will appear on your phone when you download and install the smart Bluetooth thermometer APP. After successful connection, the APP will show the tested food’s temperature. Now the users can choose their target cooking temperature via 8 menus. And the users can also change the temperature or add new menu if no existing temperature setting meets their demand. The users can set both the cooking temperature and the cooking time on the APP. And the Bluetooth thermometer will alarm to tell the users that the food is finished cooking when the setting time counts down to zero. How to turn off the Bluetooth thermometer? Pull out the temperature probes. Press the off switch of the Bluetooth thermometer for 3 seconds. Exit out of the APP.
TempPro BBQ
Remotely monitor the time and temperature of food cooking on your grill, smoker, or BBQ using a programmable Bluetooth food thermometer. This app allows you to keep track of your cooking progress directly from your mobile phone.
- Remote temperature monitoring
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Programmable thermometer
- Food cooking tracking
- Grill, smoker, and BBQ compatible
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TempPro BBQ is app for a programmable radio Bluetooth food thermometer. You will now be able to remotely monitor the time and temperature of food cooking on your grill with a mobile phone, smoker or BBQ.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TempPro BBQ at monthly against SmartGrill YM's every 20 months. TempPro BBQ also leads on ratings volume (26K vs 10) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). 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.
TempPro BBQ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TempPro BBQ has 26K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SmartGrill YM ships an update every 20 months, TempPro BBQ monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartGrill YM | TempPro BBQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (10 ratings) | 4.7 (26K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 54.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 26K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NINGBO YIMI ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES CO LTD | iTronics Co., Limited |
Customer experience
SmartGrill YM
TempPro BBQ
Bugs and requests
SmartGrill YM
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
TempPro BBQ
Reported bugs
3 issues- Probes showing inaccurate temperatures
- Alarms going off unexpectedly or at wrong times
- App crashing or losing connection randomly
Requested features
5 requests- Add WiFi connectivity for remote monitoring
- Improve temperature graph functionality
- Allow custom alarm settings and snooze
- Provide more meat/cut-specific presets
- Implement Live Activity support on iOS
In-app purchases
SmartGrill YM
No in-app purchases
TempPro BBQ
No in-app purchases
