RoastTrack vs Alertplates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RoastTrack
Monitor your cooking remotely with a Bluetooth-enabled meat thermometer. Get real-time temperature readings and alerts on your device, ensuring perfectly cooked meals for grilling and smoking. It offers extended battery life and a durable, waterproof design.
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Remote temperature monitoring
- Grilling and smoking focus
- IP67 waterproof rating
- Long battery life (25 hours)
- App alerts
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RoastTrack Wireless Meat Thermometer FNT11, Bluetooth Meat Thermometer for Grilling and Smoking, App Remote Control, IP67 Waterproof, 25 hours of Continuous Cooking, Stylish Gift for Men Women
Alertplates
This app allows vehicle owners to receive anonymous alerts about potential issues with their parked cars, such as suspicious individuals or damage. Users can also share brief, time-limited alerts for specific areas to enhance community safety.
- Anonymous license plate alerts
- Suspicious person notifications
- Damage or tampering alerts
- Opt-in plate registration
- Area-based alert notifications
- 12-hour area alert map
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Alertplates is a private, anonymous tool that helps protect vehicle owners through community awareness. If someone sees possible vandalism or concern around a parked car, they can send a preset alert to the owner using only the visible license plate. Alert options: • Suspicious Person(s) • Damage or Tampering Alerts are anonymous, predefined, and only sent to users who’ve opted in with their own plate. Users can also pin their regular parking areas to receive any descriptive alerts within those zones. The Awareness Map lets users share short by lived 12 hour area alerts when a plate isn’t visible — like a car that looks tampered with. Anyone who’s pinned that area will get notified. All map alerts are brief, factual, and based on what’s observed — keeping the focus on safety, not opinions. Each account includes one plate for free, with an optional upgrade for more. No messaging, no personal data — just simple, discreet alerts that could help prevent harm. Because safety is shared. Today it’s someone else’s car. Tomorrow, it could be yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Alertplates at 100% against RoastTrack's 15%. Alertplates also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.8) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). RoastTrack's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (13 vs 2). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Alertplates sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. RoastTrack asks for nothing beyond the download.
Alertplates holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RoastTrack has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of RoastTrack's written reviews are positive against 100% of Alertplates's.
RoastTrack ships an update every 2 months, Alertplates monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RoastTrack | Alertplates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 254 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Fitflavor | Alertplates LLC |
Customer experience
RoastTrack
Alertplates
In-app purchases
RoastTrack
No in-app purchases
Alertplates
- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$14.991 Year
