Smart home life vs CHEFBBQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart home life
Manage your smart home devices from a single application. Control your home environment, set timers, and easily share device access with family members for a convenient and comfortable living space.
- Unified device control
- Environmental control
- Customizable timers
- Device sharing
- Quick device connection
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Smart home life, Your smart life starts here 1. Control your home environment in time, bring you a fresh and comfortable home 2. 1 APP control: control multiple devices with one App 3. User Friendly: Set a timer for 1- 12 hours whenever you like. 4. Device sharing: One tap to share devices among family members 5. Easy connection: easily and quickly connect App to devices
CHEFBBQ
This app connects to a smart barbecue thermometer via Bluetooth to monitor cooking temperatures in real time. It sends notifications when preset temperature alarms are reached, helping users achieve perfect results.
- Real-time temperature monitoring
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Customizable temperature alarms
- Push notifications
- Ringtone alerts
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This product is a device that monitors the temperature of a user's barbecue in real time: The mobile phone APP (CHIFBIBIQ) connects to the device through Bluetooth. After the device successfully connects to the APP, the device will transmit the detected temperature data to the APP through Bluetooth broadcast mode, According to the alarm value set by the user, when the temperature reaches the set value, the APP terminal will notify the user through a ringing tone and push.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smart home life at 4.3 against CHEFBBQ's 2.2. Smart home life also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). CHEFBBQ's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (28% vs 8%). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Smart home life holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 72 and 33 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 8% of Smart home life's written reviews are positive against 28% of CHEFBBQ's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Smart home life ships an update every 3 months, CHEFBBQ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart home life | CHEFBBQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (72 ratings) — better | 2.2 (33 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 8.3% of reviews | 27.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 72 — better | 33 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 194 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 再炜 李 | 小金 吴 |
Customer experience
Smart home life
CHEFBBQ
In-app purchases
Smart home life
No in-app purchases
CHEFBBQ
No in-app purchases
