CueTime vs BBQ Geek
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CueTime
This app helps BBQ enthusiasts and pitmasters manage complex cooking processes with multi-stage timers. It's designed to keep track of long cooks and multiple dishes simultaneously for perfect results.
- Multi-stage timers
- Designed for BBQ workflows
- Track long cooks
- Manage multiple dishes
- Precision timing
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Master Your BBQ with Precision Multi-Stage Timing CueTime is the essential timer app built specifically for BBQ enthusiasts, competition pitmasters, and home cooks who demand perfect results every time. Whether you're smoking brisket for 12 hours or managing multiple dishes simultaneously, CueTime keeps you on track with intelligent multi-stage timers designed for real BBQ workflows. Legal Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/thecuetime/home Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
BBQ Geek
This app provides precise cooking timelines for various BBQ meats like brisket, ribs, and pork. Input your meat's weight, smoker temperature, and desired mealtime, and receive a detailed schedule for lighting the smoker, adding meat, wrapping, and slicing. It eliminates guesswork with accurate, customizable estimates.
- Custom cook timelines
- Brisket, rib, and pork calculators
- Adjustable cook time estimates
- Cook and hold functionality
- Offline operation
- No ads or tracking
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Recipes tell you how. BBQ Geek tells you when. Enter the weight, your smoker temperature and when you want to eat. The app works backwards and gives you a complete cook timeline: when to light the smoker, when the meat goes on, when to wrap, when it should be probe tender, and when to slice. No more guessing at 4 AM. FOUR CALCULATORS • Brisket Cook Time. Packer or flat, any smoker temp, with or without a wrap. • Brisket Cook & Hold. Finish early and hold it sous vide until an exact serving time. • Rib Cook Time. Baby backs, St. Louis or spares. 3-2-1, short wrap or no wrap, plus when to spritz and sauce. • Pulled Pork Cook Time. Bone-in or boneless, one butt or six. The math is not a straight "hours per pound" guess. Cook time scales with thickness, not weight, so a 16 lb packer does not take twice as long as an 8 lb flat. Every estimate comes with an honest range, and a buffer you control. BBQ GEEK PRO (one-time purchase) • Cook alerts. A lock-screen notification at every step of your timeline, with a 15-minute heads-up before each one. • Works overnight. Time-sensitive alerts break through Sleep Focus for the 3 AM wrap. • The app remembers the cook you are planning between launches. All four calculators are free. Everything runs on your phone: no account, no sign-in, no ads, no tracking, and it works with no signal at the smoker. From The BBQ Geek, thebbqgeek.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: CueTime at 3 against BBQ Geek's 1. On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. CueTime sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year and BBQ Geek sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CueTime against 5.0 for BBQ Geek. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | CueTime | BBQ Geek |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Grigoriy Lyukshin | William Stokes |
Customer experience
CueTime
BBQ Geek
In-app purchases
CueTime
- CueTime7 Days trial$3.991 Year
- CueTime BBQ TImer$2.99
BBQ Geek
- BBQ Geek Pro$4.99









