Nexgrill vs Blackstone Connect
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!
Blackstone Connect
Monitor and control your wood pellet grill remotely via Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Keep track of your meat's temperature from anywhere, ensuring perfect cooking results on your smartphone or tablet.
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth grill control
- Remote meat temperature monitoring
- Smartphone and tablet compatibility
- Always-on grill management
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With this app you can control your wood pellet grill with wifi and bluetooth. Always controlling your meat wherever you are. Works on smartphones and tablets.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Blackstone Connect at 3.7 against Nexgrill's 1.9. Blackstone Connect also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Nexgrill's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
Blackstone Connect holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 62 and 122 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Nexgrill's written reviews are positive against 17% of Blackstone Connect's.
Nexgrill ships an update monthly, Blackstone Connect weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nexgrill | Blackstone Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (62 ratings) | 3.7 (122 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.8% of reviews | 16.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 62 | 122 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | t2Fi | Blackstone Products |
Customer experience
Nexgrill
Blackstone Connect
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
Blackstone Connect
From 122 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 🎯 Accurate temperature control on grill/smoker
- 📱 Convenient remote monitoring capability
- ⚡ Quick setup process
- 🔥 Excellent cooking performance of hardware
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent connectivity issues and disconnections
- 📡 WiFi connection unreliable and drops frequently
- 🔌 Requires constant app restarting to function
- ⚠️ Temperature readings sometimes inaccurate (20+ degree variance)
- 🚫 Login and authentication failures
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
Blackstone Connect
Reported bugs
12 issues- Network anomalies error preventing login
- App fails to connect to grill after restart
- WiFi setup crashes during configuration
- App endlessly searches for grill
- Cannot type network name - manual entry fails
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- App loses account/session data
- Temperature readings jump 2-4 degrees inconsistently
- Notifications not alerting when temperature targets reached
- App crashes when attempting unavailable actions
- Recent update broke core functionality
- Bluetooth connection not recognized after update
- App won't populate temperatures on startup
Requested features
11 requests- Apple Watch compatibility
- Temperature threshold alerts (below minimum)
- Custom probe naming functionality
- Temperature history and graph tracking throughout cook
- Meat type selection with recommended doneness temperatures
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- More prominent alarm notifications (like alarm clock)
- Grill internal temperature alerts for flame-out detection
- Remote control of grill on/off and temperature adjustment
- Persistent timers that continue when app is closed
- Account creation and login system
- Better range for WiFi connectivity
In-app purchases
Nexgrill
No in-app purchases
Blackstone Connect
No in-app purchases
Questions
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