Nexgrill vs TempSpike
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
TempSpike
Monitor your barbecue's temperature and time remotely using a wireless Bluetooth connection. Receive immediate alerts when your food reaches the set temperature or time.
- Wireless Bluetooth connectivity
- Remote temperature monitoring
- Remote time monitoring
- Instant alerts
- Set custom temperatures
- Set custom times
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TempSpike is a wireless bluetooth barbecue temperature and time monitoring program, connected to wireless bluetooth, you can remotely set the temperature or time, when the temperature reaches the specified time, it will remind you immediately
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TempSpike at 4.6 against Nexgrill's 1.9. TempSpike also leads on review sentiment (42% vs 13%) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 62). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
TempSpike holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TempSpike has 2.8K ratings behind it against 62, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Nexgrill's written reviews are positive against 42% of TempSpike's.
Nexgrill ships an update monthly, TempSpike every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Nexgrill | TempSpike |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (62 ratings) | 4.6 (2.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.8% of reviews | 42.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 | 2.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | t2Fi | iTronics Co., Limited |
Customer experience
Nexgrill
TempSpike
User reviews
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
TempSpike
From 2.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Accurate temperature monitoring
- 🔧 Customizable cooking profiles
- ⏱️ Helpful time remaining estimates
- 💡 Ambient temperature tracking
- 👍 Easy to use app interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues and disconnects
- 🔋 Limited battery life
- 🔍 Confusing alarm on/off indicators
- 📱 Lack of Apple Watch support
- 🤔 Unintuitive user interface
Bugs and requests
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
TempSpike
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes after recent update
- Probe color identification reversed in app
- Cooking progress not saved when app is closed
- Estimated time remaining feature not working
- Issues with adding new cooking profiles
Requested features
5 requests- Add widget support for quick temperature checks
- Allow more flexibility in setting temperature alarms
- Improve data export functionality
- Enhance cooking graph to show real-time data
- Add support for more meat types and cooking profiles
In-app purchases
Nexgrill
No in-app purchases
TempSpike
No in-app purchases
