GrillPilot vs Smokecraft

GrillPilot is your AI cook coach for the grill, the smoker, and the flat top. Plan a cook, track your pit as you cook, and get expert guidance from start to plate — whether you'''re chasing a perfect brisket or cranking out smashburgers. Built by a backyard pitmaster who got tired of guessing, GrillPilot pairs live cook tracking with a Claude-powered AI Chef that knows the difference between the stall, the slide, and the bend test. Every cook is saved, searchable, and ready to repeat. KEY FEATURES • Live cook tracking — Plot pit and meat temperatures as you log them. Targets, alerts, and stage progress all in one view. • AI Chef coach — Ask anything, anytime. Get answers grounded in what'''s actually happening in your cook. Pro users can send photos for visual feedback ("how'''s this bark?", "is this done?"). • Smart cook plans — Plug in a cut and weight, get a stage-by-stage plan with prep checklist, ingredient list, and time estimates. The AI Chef can adapt the plan to your specific grill. • Recipe library — Save every cook as a reusable recipe. Generate new recipes from a prompt. Scale up or down with one tap. • History that remembers — Every cook is archived with photos, notes, temps, and the full AI Chef conversation. Pull up last summer'''s brisket on your phone in seconds. GRILL-AGNOSTIC Big Green Egg. Kamado Joe. Traeger. Pit Boss. Weber Kettle. Offset stick burner. Blackstone griddle. GrillPilot works with any grill or smoker — set up your profile once and the AI Chef tunes its guidance to your equipment. PRO The Free tier gives you 20 AI Chef prompts a month, full live-cook tracking, manual temp logging, and the recipe library. Pro unlocks: • 500 AI Chef prompts a month • Photo analysis (send pictures to the AI Chef) • A smarter underlying model for tougher questions Pro is offered as an auto-renewing monthly or annual subscription. Subscriptions auto-renew until canceled. You can manage or cancel any time from Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions on your device. PRIVACY GrillPilot stores your cooks, recipes, and AI Chef conversations on our servers so you can access them across devices. Your photos and content are never used to train AI models. Read the full privacy policy at https://grillpilot.ai/privacy. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/. CONTACT Questions or feedback? Email scott@grillpilot.ai. GrillPilot is a solo project — every email gets a real reply.

Smokecraft is the real-time cook coach your BBQ deserves. Tell it what you're cooking and when you want to eat — it builds the schedule, sends the alerts, and stays with you on your wrist so you never miss the stall, the wrap, or the rest. No accounts. No cloud. No ads. Smokecraft runs on your phone. Your cook data stays yours. YOUR COOK. ORCHESTRATED. Tell Smokecraft what you're cooking, how heavy it is, and when you want to eat. It builds a precise phase-by-phase schedule, sends coaching notifications at every critical moment, and stays with you on your Apple Watch so you never have to leave the grill to check your phone. iCloud sync keeps your cook history across iPhone and iPad automatically. BUILT FOR EVERY GRILL Whether you're running an offset smoker low and slow at 225°F, a gas grill on direct high heat, or a charcoal setup doing a combo sear - Smokecraft knows the difference and adjusts every timing and coaching tip accordingly. PHASE ENGINE WITH REAL COACHING Every phase of your cook gets a countdown, a coaching tip, and a perfectly-worded notification. When your brisket hits the stall at 165°F, Smokecraft tells you exactly what's happening and what to do next. When it's time to rest, it won't let you rush it. Supported cooks: - Brisket (low & slow, stall management, rest) - Pork Butt (stall, bark lock-in, pull temp) - Spare Ribs — 3-2-1 method - Baby Back Ribs — 2-2-1 method - Beef Ribs (8–10 hour smoke) - Pork Belly - Whole Chicken - Salmon - Steaks, Burgers, Pork Chops, Lamb Chops (doneness-aware: Rare → Well Done) - Lamb Leg, Chuck Roast (low & slow with pull temp) - Grill-type coaching tuned for smoker, charcoal, and gas — every phase and tip adjusts to your heat source DONENESS SELECTOR For grilled cuts, choose your target: Rare through Well Done. Smokecraft back-calculates your pull temperature and rest time, and alerts you with precision as your internal temp approaches the target. SMART TIMERS Run multiple timers simultaneously — quick timers, flip timers for two-sided cooks, rest timers, and phase timers linked to your active cook. Preset timers for the moments you hit every cook: Burger Flip, Chicken Check, Rib Glaze, Preheat. APPLE WATCH COMPANION The most important screen in Smokecraft fits on your wrist. Current phase, live countdown, and a quick temp logger you can operate with one hand — crown scroll to temperature, single tap to log. Haptic alerts when phases transition. A "Pull Now" alert pattern you'll feel even with gloves on. Complications for every watch face. WEATHER-AWARE (SMOKECRAFT PRO) Wind, humidity, and cold temperatures all affect your cook. Smokecraft surfaces real-time weather conditions and flags when you should adjust your estimated cook time. COOK LOG Every cook is logged — meat, weight, duration, temperature history, notes, and a 5-star rating. Swipe to cook again with the same parameters. Filter by protein. Export to PDF. HANDS FULL? Use your voice to control, Siri ("Start the spritz timer in Smokecraft", "Start the steak flip timer", etc.) CLEAN. FOCUSED. YOURS. Dark design built for outdoor visibility. No ads. Ever. Ad-free for every user, free or Pro. SMOKECRAFT PRO — $29.99/year or $4.99/MONTH - Live Activities on lock screen and Dynamic Island - Apple Watch companion app - Weather-aware cook coaching - MEATER probe support — auto-log temperatures over Bluetooth - Multi-meat mode (run up to 8 cooks simultaneously) - Unlimited timers - Advanced temperature analytics - iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad - PDF cook report export - 3-day free trial Privacy Policy: https://www.sapphirefive.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.sapphirefive.com/terms Smokecraft is proudly independent