Comparison

iQBBQ vs U

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

Head to head
About

iQBBQ

This wireless app helps achieve accurate cooking temperatures for barbecued meats. It offers settings for 8 different meat types and 5 doneness levels, promising to significantly improve your grilling results.

Highlights
  • Wireless thermometer integration
  • 8 meat type settings
  • 5 doneness level settings
  • Accurate temperature monitoring
  • Improved grilling results
Features
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Solve cooking temperature accuracy while you barbecue with this handy wireless app! With settings for 8 kinds of meats including: beef, veal, lamb, turkey, chicken, pork, fish & burgers and 5 settings for doneness - rare, medium-rare, medium, medium-well & well-done, there’s no telling how much your cooking will improve with the iQBBQ Wireless Digital Thermometer app!

About

U

Features
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U-Manager is an independent third-party app to monitor and manage your Unraid server from your iPhone or iPad. Check your array, parity, CPU and RAM, browse and transfer files, and control Docker containers and virtual machines without opening the web UI. INCLUDED Dashboard - Server status in real time - CPU, RAM and disk usage - Array and cache status - Disk activity card: parity checks, rebuilds and resyncs as they run File manager - Browse, upload, download and manage server files in the app - Copy, move, delete, rename and change permissions - Search with wildcards and regular expressions - Background uploads with progress notifications Docker containers - Start, stop and restart containers - Filter and search containers - Open a container's WebUI from its card Community Applications - Browse and search the Community Applications store Shares, parity and disks - See your shares and how much space they use - Start a parity check and follow its progress Virtual machines - Start, stop, pause, resume, reboot and force stop your VMs UPS with NUT - Connect your UPS through NUT and check its status from your phone Tautulli - Plex activity, history and statistics Torrents - Works with qBittorrent and Transmission - Speeds, progress, ratio, ETA, seeds and peers in real time - Filter by state: all, active, downloading, finished, paused or error Multiple servers - Add several Unraid servers and switch between them with one tap Security - Face ID or Touch ID lock - Credentials stored encrypted on the device - No personal data collection Notifications - Read and manage your server notifications - Mark as read, archive or delete several at once OPTIONAL ADD-ONS Each add-on is a one-time purchase. The All Access subscription, monthly or yearly, includes all of them. Power Pack (requires the U-Manager Companion plugin on your server) - Live Docker stats (CPU, memory, network) - Live network card on the dashboard - Update all Docker containers at once - Install plugins and Docker apps from the CA Store - Edit and uninstall Docker containers, uninstall plugins - Create and edit user shares - SMART settings per disk and per pool File browser - Image previews and full-screen viewer - Folder and video thumbnails - Video playback in the app - Widget with the operations in progress Tautulli - End active streams with one tap - Filter history by any date range - Export history to CSV or JSON - Monthly, yearly and all-time graphs - Tautulli card on the dashboard Torrent - Open magnet links and .torrent files in U-Manager to send them to your server - Send one or several .torrent files at once - Pause, resume or remove several torrents at once - Set download and upload speed limits - Live speed chart on the dashboard REQUIREMENTS - Unraid server 6.10 or higher - API key created in Unraid Settings → Management Access - Network connection to the server (local or remote) - U-Manager Files plugin on the server for the file manager - U-Manager Companion plugin on the server for the Power Pack U-Manager is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Lime Technology or Unraid. The name "U-Manager for Unraid" follows the naming format explicitly permitted by Lime Technology's trademark policy (unraid.net/policies). Unraid® is a trademark of Lime Technology, Inc. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jandrop.github.io/privacy_policy/PRIVACY_POLICY.html

Screenshots

iQBBQ4 screens
U4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iQBBQ at none against U's 7. iQBBQ also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). U's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. U sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. iQBBQ asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iQBBQ ships an update monthly, U weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
iQBBQ versus U: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriQBBQU
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB74 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer小金 肖Alejandro Platas Mallo

In-app purchases

None

iQBBQ

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

U

Subscriptions2
  • U-Manager All Access (Monthly)1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • U-Manager All Access (Annual)1 Month trial$12.991 Year
One-time5
  • Tautulli$1.99
  • Torrent$2.49
  • SSH$3.49
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  • File browser$4.49
  • Power Pack$6.99

Questions

Is iQBBQ free?
iQBBQ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is U free?
U is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do iQBBQ or U have ads?
Neither iQBBQ nor U shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iQBBQ or U?
iQBBQ ships an update monthly, and U weekly. Most recently, iQBBQ was updated on November 4, 2026 and U on October 31, 2026.

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