The Snack Monkey vs Weber Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Snack Monkey
This app allows event venues with concessions and entry gates to streamline customer interactions and payments. Customers can browse menus, order, and pay for food or tickets directly from their phones, receiving notifications when their order is ready or their ticket is confirmed for entry.
- Venue menu posting
- Mobile ordering
- In-app payments
- Order status notifications
- Digital ticket entry
- Concession order management
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The Snack Monkey is unique software developed to help venues that have concessions and entry gates conveniently interact and take payments from their customers. These include, but are not limited to, little league, high school and college ball parks, soccer fields, football fields, stadiums, arenas etc. The Snack Monkey allows venues to post their menus and prices on a free app available for download by their customers. Once downloaded, the customer easily sets up an account and credit card payment information in the app. The customer can then access the menu items for that specific venue and event and place an order and pay for it, right from their mobile phone. Once prepared, the venue alerts the customer, via text, that their order is ready to be picked up at the concession stand. Mobile app orders show up on an order management tablet for concession workers to receive, fill and alert the customer with the click of a button! Once the customer shows up at the window, they simply show the concession worker the text that matches the order and pick-up their items. Payment transaction has already taken place! The concession worker then clears the order from the screen with another click of a button. No more customers standing in lines at windows waiting to order, fumbling with cash and credit cards and then standing around waiting for their order while missing the action on the field. Concession workers also benefit from reduced lines, impatient customer interactions and money handling, allowing them to focus on filling orders. It's a true win win! If your venue has a gate, The Snack Monkey has a solution for that as well. A customer can go to the app, select your venue and event and pay for their ticket right on their phone! Once they show up to the gate, they simply show the gate worker their confirmation code and receive entry.
Weber Connect
This app acts as a dashboard and remote control for compatible smart grills. Monitor grill and food temperatures remotely, receive alerts, and even adjust cooking settings. Explore a vast library of recipes with step-by-step guidance for effortless grilling.
- Remote temperature monitoring
- Temperature alerts
- Remote cooking control
- Smart recipes
- Classic recipes
- Live temperature graphs
- Graph sharing and export
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The Weber Connect app is your secret ingredient to Smart Grilling! Weber Connect is the companion app to Weber smart grills and devices. When paired to a Weber Connect grill or device, the app becomes your sensor dashboard, remote control, and recipe book all in one! Track temperatures from anywhere The temperature of your grill is important. Weber Connect grills and devices can track your grill's temperature and alert you when it drops below your target temp due to a flameout or spikes because of a flareup. With the Weber Connect app you can follow its temperature and get alerts for important events. Even more important is the temperature of your food! A few degrees are all that stand between perfect and overdone. Weber Connect grills and devices let you track your food's internal temperature precisely with connected food probes and transmit them to your app. Watch the temp rise on the graph so you know when it's almost time to head back outside to take the steaks off, or set a target temp and get alerted when it's done no matter where you are. Adjust the grill without getting up from the couch Some Weber grills, like the SmokeFire, can have their cook temperature and mode changed by the app. That means you can turn the heat up, go into SmokeBoost mode, or shut down your grill without taking your eyes off the game. Never wonder what to make for dinner again The Weber Connect app has over 800 recipes built-in, with more being published every month. Every recipe has been crafted and tested by Weber Grillmasters, and many are fan favorites, so you know you can't go wrong with any of them! And almost half of our recipes are Smart Recipes, which walk you through, step-by-step, with short looping videos and clear instructions so you know when you're doing it right. Grilling has never been easier or more fun! The new Weber Connect 2.0 app has the important features of the original app: • Remote temperature monitoring • Temperature limit alerts • Temperature range alerts • Timers • Remote cooking control for grills that support it • Smart Recipes • Classic Recipes • How-To videos for Weber Connect grills & devices • Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE connectivity Plus some new tricks: • Live graphs • Graph sharing • Graph data export • Grill naming • Recently-cooked recipes • Recipe bookmarks • iPad support • Improved accessibility • Dark mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Weber Connect at 3.4K against The Snack Monkey's 8. The Snack Monkey's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for The Snack Monkey against 4.6 for Weber Connect. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Weber Connect has 3.4K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Snack Monkey ships an update every 3 months, Weber Connect every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Snack Monkey | Weber Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) | 4.6 (3.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 31.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 3.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | 405 Technology Solutions LLC | Weber-Stephen Products Co. |
Customer experience
The Snack Monkey
Weber Connect
Bugs and requests
The Snack Monkey
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Weber Connect
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes during firmware updates
- Temperature probe readings inaccurate
- Inability to change temperature units
- Recipes and cooking programs not loading
- Notifications not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Temperature history graphs
- Customizable temperature alerts
- Apple Watch app support
- Remote grill control
- Ability to save custom cooking programs
In-app purchases
The Snack Monkey
No in-app purchases
Weber Connect
No in-app purchases
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