Comparison

Monument grills vs Touchstone Fireplace

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Monument grills

Enhance your outdoor cooking with this app that connects to smart grills. Monitor grill temperature and food doneness, access recipes, and find all necessary manuals and guides in one place.

Highlights
  • Smart grill connectivity
  • Firebox temperature monitoring
  • Food doneness tracking
  • Built-in doneness recipes
  • Instruction manual access
  • Assembly guides
  • Maintenance documentation
Features
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MonumentGrills APP is developed for improving your outdoor barbecue experience. This App allows you to connect all Monument smart grills to moinitor the firebox temperature as well as food doneness. Moreover, we provide you variety function of smart control on your grill: Auto-paring Open the App, it will scan all Monument smart grills around the phone automatically, and complete pairing after one click . Recipe Rare, Medium, or Medium well? No need to take out your grandma's recipe book, all the doneness information was built in our APP. Information Center Instruction manual, assembly guide, videos, maintenance documentation, all these information in one APP. Universality No need to download more APPs, all Monument smart grills are Controlled by MonGrills APP.

About

Touchstone Fireplace

Control your smart fireplace remotely with this app. Adjust flame colors, heat settings, and set timers. It offers easy Bluetooth setup and supports multiple fireplaces.

Highlights
  • Bluetooth setup
  • Remote control
  • Programmable flame colors
  • Adjustable ember bed colors
  • Heater on/off and output control
  • Thermostat adjustment
  • Programmable timer
Features
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Connect and control your Touchstone Fireplace with your mobile or smart home voice control device. This app can support multiple smart Touchstone Fireplaces. 1. Easy Setup – Pair fireplace via Bluetooth connection to your home network 2. Remote Control – Control your fireplace directly from the app. 3. Programmable Flame and Ember Bed Colors – Select different flame colors and select different ember bed colors. 4. Turn On/Off Heater – Turn On/Off the heater right from the app and change the heat output setting. 5. Thermostat – Change the temperate of the thermostat directly from the app. 6. Programmable Timer – Set a start and/or shutoff time for the fireplace.

Screenshots

Monument grills4 screens
Touchstone Fireplace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Monument grills at 50% against Touchstone Fireplace's 0%. Monument grills also leads on rating (3.8 vs 2.7). Touchstone Fireplace's advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Monument grills holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Monument grills's written reviews are positive against 0% of Touchstone Fireplace's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monument grills ships an update every 15 months, Touchstone Fireplace every 12 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Monument grills versus Touchstone Fireplace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonument grillsTouchstone Fireplace
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings) — better2.7 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings413 — better
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 12 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size195 MB213 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperMonument Grill LLCTouchstone Home Products, Inc.

Customer experience

Monument grills

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Touchstone Fireplace

All ratings10 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Monument grills

No in-app purchases

None

Touchstone Fireplace

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monument grills free?
Monument grills is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Touchstone Fireplace free?
Touchstone Fireplace is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Monument grills or Touchstone Fireplace?
Monument grills is rated higher. Monument grills averages 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Touchstone Fireplace averages 2.7 from 13 ratings.
Do Monument grills or Touchstone Fireplace have ads?
Neither Monument grills nor Touchstone Fireplace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Monument grills or Touchstone Fireplace?
Monument grills ships an update every 15 months, and Touchstone Fireplace every 12 months. Most recently, Monument grills was updated on November 3, 2026 and Touchstone Fireplace on November 3, 2026.

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