Weber Connect vs Sparkk Grill
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Sparkk Grill
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Your Spark Grill still works. The app that came with it doesn't. When Spark Grills shut down, the app went with it — and a grill full of perfectly good Bluetooth probes suddenly had nothing to talk to. Sparkk Grill is an independent replacement, built from the ground up to bring those probes back to life. Connect, and you get what you had before: both meat probes and the grill itself, live on your phone. LIVE TEMPERATURES Watch all three channels at once — two meat probes and the grill. Big, readable numbers you can check from across the yard, and a running graph of the whole cook so you can see exactly how the fire is behaving. The card changes colour as you go. Warm while it's climbing, gold when it settles on target, deep red when it runs past. You can read it at a glance without putting your drink down. ALARMS THAT ACTUALLY REACH YOU Set a target on any probe and get told the moment it's hit. Alerts are sent as time-sensitive notifications, so they cut through Focus and Do Not Disturb — the phone can stay in your pocket while you're at the grill. Sparkk Grill keeps listening in the background, so a long brisket doesn't need you staring at the screen for twelve hours. SET THE GRILL TEMPERATURE Tell the grill what to hold and it holds it. Sparkk Grill sends the setpoint straight to the controller and confirms the grill accepted it, rather than just hoping it landed. DONENESS GUIDE Built-in targets for beef, pork, poultry, lamb, seafood and low-and-slow barbecue. USDA safe minimum temperatures are marked clearly and kept separate from the pull temperatures cooks actually use — and anything below a safe minimum is flagged as such, so you always know which one you're looking at. Brisket at 203°F. Chicken thigh at 175°F. Steak however you like it. ONE PAYMENT, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION Try everything free for three days. After that, a single $9.99 purchase unlocks the app permanently. No subscription, nothing renews, nothing recurs. It's shared with your family group. NO GRILL HANDY? Turn on Demo mode in Settings to see the whole app running against a simulated cook. COMPATIBILITY Works with Spark Grill hardware over Bluetooth LE. Requires iOS 17 or later. Your grill must be powered on and within Bluetooth range, and connected to only one phone at a time. IMPORTANT — NOT AFFILIATED WITH SPARK GRILLS Sparkk Grill is an independent product. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or connected to Spark Grills, its former owners, or any successor company. "Spark Grill" is referenced only to describe the hardware this app works with. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. This app is not a substitute for safe food handling. Cooking temperatures are guidance only — always follow current USDA guidance for the food you are cooking, and never rely on a single reading when food safety is at stake.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Weber Connect at none against Sparkk Grill's 1. 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. Sparkk Grill sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Weber Connect asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Weber Connect | Sparkk Grill |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.4K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 31.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 87 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Weber-Stephen Products Co. | ALTHEON LLC |
Bugs and 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
Sparkk Grill
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Weber Connect
No in-app purchases
Sparkk Grill
- SparkkGrill$9.99









