Expert Grill vs Nexgrill
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Expert Grill
Control your compatible grill remotely via Bluetooth. Adjust target temperatures, set alarms, and manage function modes directly from your smartphone. Change temperature units displayed on the grill.
- Bluetooth grill connection
- Target temperature setting
- Temperature alarm control
- Grill function mode adjustment
- Temperature unit conversion
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Expert Grill is a companion app for using applicable grill devices. You can use our app to search and connect grill devices with your phone via Bluetooth. You can control the target temp setting and adjust the temp alarm. Furthermore, you can use the app to control the function mode of your grill, and change the temp units on the devices' display. If your phone not pairing with this APP, please comment with your phone model, we will update our support range. Thank you for your support.
Nexgrill
Control your grill remotely via your smartphone using smart technology. Discover new recipes, access grilling tips, and find answers to your grilling questions for an enhanced cooking experience.
- Remote grill control
- Recipe browsing
- Grilling tips
- Q&A section
- NEX-fi™ technology integration
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The Nexgrill app connects your grill to your phone through NEX-fi™ technology. Now you control your grill from anywhere while browsing new recipes, grilling tips, and Que & A’s on grilling. Your grilling experience just got easier, more fun and flavorful!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Expert Grill at 9.0 against Nexgrill's 14.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
Expert Grill holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 80 and 62 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 6% of Expert Grill's written reviews are positive against 13% of Nexgrill's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Expert Grill ships an update every 3 weeks, Nexgrill monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Expert Grill | Nexgrill |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (80 ratings) — better | 1.9 (62 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 6.4% of reviews | 12.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 80 — better | 62 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 153 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Taylor Technology Company | t2Fi |
Customer experience
Expert Grill
Nexgrill
User reviews
Expert Grill
From 80 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Accurate thermometer readings
- 👍 Grill itself is good
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant Bluetooth disconnects
- 🐛 App loses connection when switching apps
- 🐛 App loses connection when phone sleeps
- 🐛 Poor Bluetooth range
- 🐛 App requires frequent re-pairing
Nexgrill
From 62 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Seamless WiFi connection
- 👍 Easy initial pairing
- 👍 Helpful YouTube videos
- 👍 App can monitor temperature
- 👍 App can monitor food temp
Room to improve
- 🐛 App constantly disconnects
- 🐛 Requires frequent re-login
- 🐛 Connectivity is hit or miss
- 🐛 Bluetooth range is poor
- 🐛 App is buggy and crashes
Bugs and requests
Expert Grill
Reported bugs
51 issues- Bluetooth doesn't present on iPhone
- Back arrow and App Store overlap
- App couldn't connect to thermometer
- Bluetooth connection spotty/non-existent
- App disconnects after short period
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- Reconnection needed after visiting other pages
- App needs reprogramming
- App not well supported
- App doesn't find smoker
- App loads then crashes
- Can't find transceiver
- Requires uninstall/reinstall to work
- App doesn't connect after charging
- Drops connection frequently
- App won't connect at all
- App disconnects instantly when switching apps
- Laggy performance
- App disconnects if you go out of the app
- Requires deleting and redownloading app to connect
- App stopped working
- App can't find grill to connect
- Have to reconnect if screen goes to sleep
- Bluetooth prone to disconnect
- Needs Wi-Fi and better options
- Looses connection if navigating away
- Doesn't maintain connection in background
- App has to rediscover unit every time
- Constant notifications of lost connection
- Annoying alarm message on disconnect
- Bluetooth failed after 6 uses
- App loses connection as soon as you close it
- App needs a lot of work
- Horrible Bluetooth setup
- Has to walk up and pair every time
- Wish app would run in background
- Have to reconnect every time iPhone turns off or switches apps
- Disconnects repeatedly during use
- Constantly had to disconnect/reconnect/cycle Bluetooth power
- Disconnects almost randomly
- Set temp ranges or timers get erased
- App connected at first, then lost signal
- Will not connect to phone at all now
- App disconnecting every time phone goes into sleep mode
- Loses connection every time phone goes to sleep
- Looses connection every time you change screens
- Slow and clunky
- App loses connectivity when phone is closed
- Has to reconnect to the grill every time you open the app
- Can't set temperature or anything using the app
- App won't alarm on phone when it reaches temp
- Keypad in the way of 'ok' button for probe settings
Requested features
6 requests- Save past cooks and notes
- Option to name grill
- Real Wi-Fi instead of Bluetooth
- Improve preset temperatures
- Ability to 'forget' paired devices
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- Audible alarm on phone for temps and time
Nexgrill
Reported bugs
51 issues- App doesn't leave user logged in
- Latent delays in connecting
- WiFi connection issues
- Grill did not want to turn on
- Won't connect to WiFi
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- Cannot see temperature readings on iPhone 15
- Cannot set probe temperature
- Cannot get account verification code
- App constantly disconnects
- App provides wrong temperature information
- App occasionally tells user grill is off when running
- Firmware update never completes
- App keeps making user log in
- Grill would never connect
- Cannot connect to grill
- Cannot update firmware
- App takes too long to connect
- App wants to reconnect every time
- App won't connect to grill
- Smoker deleted off the app
- App shows no grill
- Adding grill back shows grill but doesn't display it
- App disconnects more than 20 feet away
- App refuses to show smoker
- App not connecting to phone
- Notifications show Celsius when it's Fahrenheit
- Bluetooth connection trouble
- App will not show grill in connected devices list
- Connection was very inconsistent
- Cannot read current probe temperature
- App doesn't have the grill like it was never added
- App gets frozen
- App doesn't pair with grill
- App loses connection and sets its own heat
- App randomly shuts smoker off
- App freezes during firmware update
- Shutoff function doesn't work
- App says it turns off grill, but it's still on
- App is horrible on iPhone
- App has to reconnect every time
- Won't connect via Wi-Fi
- Doesn't allow temperature changes on the fly
- App does not work
- App has a hard time staying connected to Wi-Fi
- Cannot change temperature via app
- App reverts to previous temperature
- App only connects half the time
- Will not connect to install firmware update
- App cycles for hours during update
- App won't pair with grill
- Bluetooth errors constantly
Requested features
3 requests- Add basic training videos to app
- Add graphing for temperature probes
- Add alarm for probe temperature reached
In-app purchases
Expert Grill
No in-app purchases
Nexgrill
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Expert Grill free?
Is Nexgrill free?
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