Comparison

Pit Stop BBQ vs Grillkeeper

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

Head to head
About

Pit Stop BBQ

Discover authentic, independent BBQ restaurants, food trucks, and supply shops. Connect with pitmasters, competition teams, and fellow enthusiasts to share reviews and build your BBQ journey.

Highlights
  • Discover independent BBQ restaurants
  • Find BBQ food trucks and joints
  • Locate BBQ supply shops
  • Connect with competition teams
  • Check in and leave reviews
  • Share BBQ discoveries
Features
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Pit Stop BBQ is the first discovery and community app built specifically for BBQ culture. Whether you’re chasing smoke in a new city, looking for the best local pitmaster, or trying to find a supply shop that actually knows the craft — Pit Stop BBQ puts it all in one place. FIND THE REAL STUFF Discover independent BBQ restaurants, roadside joints, and food trucks near you or anywhere in the country. No chains. No franchises. Just authentic, community-driven BBQ. THE FULL ECOSYSTEM Pit Stop BBQ goes beyond restaurants. Find competition teams carrying on passed-down traditions and pushing the craft forward. Locate supply shops that have been supporting the culture for years. Connect with pitmasters who live and breathe this. YOUR COMMUNITY Check in at your favorite spots. Leave reviews. Share discoveries. Build your BBQ journey and help others find the places that deserve to be found. BUILT BY THE CULTURE, FOR THE CULTURE Pit Stop BBQ was built by someone who has spent 25 years in the backyard, on the competition circuit, and on the road chasing great BBQ. This isn’t a food app. It’s a culture map.

About

Grillkeeper

This app simplifies grilling by precisely timing each food item, ensuring everything is ready simultaneously. It eliminates guesswork, preventing burnt food and ensuring perfectly cooked meals.

Highlights
  • Precise timing for multiple foods
  • Flip and done alerts
  • Built-in food library
  • Custom food creation
  • Serve everything hot together
  • No accounts or clutter
Currently charting
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Stop guessing at the grill. Grillkeeper times every food you cook and tells you exactly when to flip and when it's done, so nothing burns and everything lands on the plate hot, together. Grilling a few things at once is a timing puzzle. The steak wants one time, the chicken another, the veggies another. Miss a flip and dinner goes dry. Grillkeeper does the timing for you. HOW IT WORKS - Add the foods you're cooking from the built-in library, or create your own. - Grillkeeper sets each food's cook time and flip points. - Start the cook and get a clear alert the moment any item needs to flip. - Everything finishes together. Serve it hot. COOKS WHAT YOU COOK Steak, burgers, chicken, ribs, salmon, shrimp, corn, peppers, mushrooms and more. Set a target temperature, choose your flip points, and save your own foods so they're one tap away next time. BUILT TO BE SIMPLE No accounts. No clutter. No guesswork. Just the timers you need and the alerts that matter, built for one job: getting everything off the grill at the same time. ONE PRICE, YOURS FOREVER $5.99 once. No subscription. No ads. No upsells. Buy it, own it. A note on safety: cook times are starting points. Always verify doneness with a meat thermometer. Fire up the grill. Let Grillkeeper handle the timing.

Screenshots

Pit Stop BBQ4 screens
Grillkeeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pit Stop BBQ at Free against Grillkeeper's $1.99. Grillkeeper's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks) and chart position (#53 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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

Pit Stop BBQ is free to download; Grillkeeper costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pit Stop BBQ ships an update every 2 weeks, Grillkeeper daily. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Pit Stop BBQ versus Grillkeeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPit Stop BBQGrillkeeper
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#53 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKeaton Benning, LLCIt Matters Group LTD

Customer experience

Pit Stop BBQ

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Grillkeeper

Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pit Stop BBQ

No in-app purchases

None

Grillkeeper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pit Stop BBQ free?
Pit Stop BBQ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Grillkeeper free?
Grillkeeper costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pit Stop BBQ or Grillkeeper have ads?
Neither Pit Stop BBQ nor Grillkeeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pit Stop BBQ or Grillkeeper?
Pit Stop BBQ ships an update every 2 weeks, and Grillkeeper daily. Most recently, Pit Stop BBQ was updated on October 6, 2026 and Grillkeeper on October 8, 2026.

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