Comparison

CueTime vs BBQ Geek

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Multi-stage timers
  • Designed for BBQ workflows
  • Track long cooks
  • Manage multiple dishes
  • Precision timing
Features
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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

About

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.

Highlights
  • Custom cook timelines
  • Brisket, rib, and pork calculators
  • Adjustable cook time estimates
  • Cook and hold functionality
  • Offline operation
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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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.

Screenshots

CueTime4 screens
BBQ Geek4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CueTime versus BBQ Geek: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCueTimeBBQ Geek
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrigoriy LyukshinWilliam Stokes

Customer experience

CueTime

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

BBQ Geek

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CueTime

Subscriptions1
  • CueTime7 Days trial$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • CueTime BBQ TImer$2.99
1 purchases

BBQ Geek

One-time1
  • BBQ Geek Pro$4.99

Questions

Is CueTime free?
CueTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BBQ Geek free?
BBQ Geek is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CueTime or BBQ Geek?
CueTime and BBQ Geek are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do CueTime or BBQ Geek have ads?
Neither CueTime nor BBQ Geek shows ads.

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