EcoChef vs SmokeLab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EcoChef
This app helps with grilling and cooking by providing multiple timers for simultaneous tracking of food items. It also predicts preheating times for grills and ovens, allowing for better meal planning and setting completion alarms.
- Multiple simultaneous cooking timers
- Track time per side cooked
- Predict grill/oven preheat times
- Set preheat completion alarms
- Simple cooking assistance
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EcoChef is a simple app designed to help with grilling & cooking: • Several timers that can be used to simultaneously keep track of items cooking, including how much time each side has been cooked. • Predict how long it will take to preheat your grill or oven, allowing you to plan ahead and set an alarm for estimated completion. To our knowledge, this is the only cooking timer available that can predict preheating times.
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
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EcoChef at none against SmokeLab's 3. EcoChef also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). SmokeLab's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and device support 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. EcoChef asks for nothing beyond the download.
EcoChef holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmokeLab has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
EcoChef ships an update fortnightly, SmokeLab every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EcoChef | SmokeLab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.6 | 13.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Birge & Fuller, LLC | Blakstvedt Pomonis Enterprises LLC |
Customer experience
EcoChef
SmokeLab
In-app purchases
EcoChef
No in-app purchases
SmokeLab
- SmokeLab$4.991 Month
- SmokeLab$49.991 Year
- SmokeLab$4.99
