SmartGrill YM vs Monument grills
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.
Monument grills
Enhance your outdoor cooking with this app that connects to smart grills. Monitor grill temperature and food doneness, access recipes, and find all necessary manuals and guides in one place.
- Smart grill connectivity
- Firebox temperature monitoring
- Food doneness tracking
- Built-in doneness recipes
- Instruction manual access
- Assembly guides
- Maintenance documentation
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MonumentGrills APP is developed for improving your outdoor barbecue experience. This App allows you to connect all Monument smart grills to moinitor the firebox temperature as well as food doneness. Moreover, we provide you variety function of smart control on your grill: Auto-paring Open the App, it will scan all Monument smart grills around the phone automatically, and complete pairing after one click . Recipe Rare, Medium, or Medium well? No need to take out your grandma's recipe book, all the doneness information was built in our APP. Information Center Instruction manual, assembly guide, videos, maintenance documentation, all these information in one APP. Universality No need to download more APPs, all Monument smart grills are Controlled by MonGrills APP.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartGrill YM at 4.4 against Monument grills's 3.8. SmartGrill YM also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
SmartGrill YM holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 4 respectively.
SmartGrill YM ships an update every 20 months, Monument grills every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartGrill YM | Monument grills |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (10 ratings) — better | 3.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 20 months | Every 15 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 195 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | NINGBO YIMI ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES CO LTD | Monument Grill LLC |
Customer experience
SmartGrill YM
Monument grills
In-app purchases
SmartGrill YM
No in-app purchases
Monument grills
No in-app purchases
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