Barbecue Timer vs GrillMaster
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Barbecue Timer
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Barbecue Timer let's you dial in cook times for all of your favorite foods to ensure you are a grilling master every time. It saves your cook times so any adjustments you make will be ready for the next time you grill or cook. Barbecue Timer lets you know when it is time to flip foods that need to be flipped and notifies you when food items are done cooking. Just enter in your favorite items and ideal cook times, load 'em on the grill and get cooking! The app even speaks to you to tell you when it's time to flip foods and when they are ready so you can keep your eyes on the grill. All your custom cook times are saved in your icloud account so you never loose your perfect grill timing!
GrillMaster
This app creates a perfectly synchronized cooking schedule for all your grilled foods, ensuring everything is ready at the same time. It provides clear cues for when to add, flip, and remove items, making your cookouts stress-free and delicious.
- Synchronized timers for all foods
- On-screen cooking cues
- Haptic and Apple Watch alerts
- Doneness pickers
- Weather-smart timing adjustments
- Custom preheat temperature
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Nothing kills a cookout like cold burgers waiting on chicken that isn't done. GrillMaster times every food on your grill so it all comes off hot, safe, and ready at the same moment. Tell it what you're grilling. It builds the schedule. You just follow the cues. FREE FOREVER • Every food: burgers, hot dogs, chicken, steak, and steak tips • Perfectly staggered timers so it all finishes at the same moment • Clear on-screen cues: when to put each food on, when to flip, when to pull • Haptic taps so you feel the alerts even with the phone in your pocket • Alerts land on your Apple Watch too, so you can leave the phone by the grill • No ads. No account. No subscription. GRILLMASTER PRO: ONE PURCHASE, YOURS FOREVER • Voice cues that call out every step, so your hands never leave the tongs • Doneness pickers: rare to well done, timed to the minute • Thickness sliders for precision on thick cuts and smash burgers alike • Weather-smart timing: enter your ZIP and GrillMaster adjusts for cold, wind, and heat • Custom preheat temperature to match your actual grill, not a textbook one HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick your foods and how many of each 2. GrillMaster builds one master timeline, staggering every start time 3. Follow the cues (put on, flip, pull) and everything lands together Built by a griller, for grillers. No fluff, no feeds, no login. Just a cookout that runs on time. Fire it up.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GrillMaster at Free against Barbecue Timer's $0.99. GrillMaster also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 months). Barbecue Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.5). On ads 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
GrillMaster is free to download; Barbecue Timer costs $0.99 up front. GrillMaster sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Barbecue Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Barbecue Timer ships an update every 3 months, GrillMaster every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Barbecue Timer | GrillMaster |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Judelson | STEPHEN MARK SCHLESINGER |
In-app purchases
Barbecue Timer
No in-app purchases
GrillMaster
- GrillMaster Pro$3.99





