TempPro BBQ vs SmokeLab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
SmokeLab
Record your BBQ and meat smoking sessions with detailed logs. Track ingredients, temperatures, and even weather conditions. Save photos of your creations and rate their quality.
- BBQ cooking and smoking log database
- Ingredient QR scanning
- Meat temperature data logging
- Automatic weather temperature upload
- Rate final product appearance, taste, and tenderness
- Store pictures of cooked items
- Securely save entire cooking process
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The SmokeLab app allows you to generate a database of your BBQ cooking and smoking meat experiences in an easy-to-use format. Designed to capture all the important steps and information throughout the process from food preparation, QR scanning of your ingredients, and meat temperature data. Even the weather temperature is automatically uploaded. Then rate your final product’s appearance, taste, and tenderness. Finally, store pictures of your backyard masterpieces before securely saving the entire process. This app is a must-have for every backyard BBQ enthusiast and pit master! Privacy Policy - https://www.smokelabapp.com/privacy Terms And Conditions - https://www.smokelabapp.com/terms
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Verdict
TempPro BBQ and SmokeLab both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of SmokeLab's written reviews are positive against 54% of TempPro BBQ's. TempPro BBQ's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (25K vs 10). 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. SmokeLab sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. TempPro BBQ asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for TempPro BBQ against 4.6 for SmokeLab. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TempPro BBQ has 25K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of TempPro BBQ's written reviews are positive against 100% of SmokeLab's.
TempPro BBQ ships an update monthly, SmokeLab every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TempPro BBQ | SmokeLab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (25K ratings) — better | 4.6 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25K — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iTronics Co., Limited | Blakstvedt Pomonis Enterprises LLC |
Customer experience
TempPro BBQ
SmokeLab
Bugs and 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
SmokeLab
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TempPro BBQ
No in-app purchases
SmokeLab
- SmokeLab$4.991 Month
- SmokeLab$49.991 Year
- SmokeLab$4.99
