Green Mountain Grills vs recteq
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Green Mountain Grills
Control and monitor your smart grill remotely using WiFi. Adjust grill temperatures, set timers, and monitor meat temps from anywhere. Features include grill profiles, calibration tools, and server mode for cellular network access.
- Remote grill temperature adjustment
- Meat temperature monitoring
- Timer and alarm settings
- Grill profile creation
- WiFi and server mode connectivity
- Temperature calibration tools
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Bring your Green Mountain Grill into the 21st century with our grill management app. This app utilizes WiFi technology and has a range of up to 40 meters in point to point mode. You also have the ability to connect your grill to your home network in WiFi Mode and to our cloud based system in server mode. You can create grill profiles, monitor meat temps, set timers and alarms, and adjust grill temps from inside your home or anywhere. We have recently added calibration tools to calibrate both air temperature and probe temperatures. Stay tuned for updates and additional features on future releases. For best results use Firmware 6.7 or later. To check your firmware, use our support page: http://greenmountaingrills.com/support/ --------------------- The first ever internet connected BBQ is here! We have officially launched Server Mode for the WiFi enabled line of Green Mountain Grills. Connect your Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone and/or Jim Bowie pellet grill to our servers to control/monitor your grill from a cellular network. Your firmware must be at least 6.0+ in order to use server mode. Need Help connecting to Server mode? http://greenmountaingrills.com/server-mode/ --------------------- *Note: Requires updated WIFI controller for use with grills built before 8/1/14 Frequently Asked Questions: http://greenmountaingrills.com/support/ Please contact app support if you have any connection or configuration issues with your local WiFi.
recteq
Remotely manage your smart grill. Monitor meat and grill temperatures with multiple probes, receive alerts, and access advanced calibration features. Discover recipes and shop for accessories all from your mobile device.
- Remote grill control
- Dual meat probe monitoring
- Grill temperature monitoring
- Advanced temperature calibration
- Real-time alarms
- Recipe browsing
- In-app shopping
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Control, monitor, and receive alarms for your recteq from anywhere. Monitor and chart the temperature of two meat probes. Monitor your grill‘s internal temperature. Use this app for advanced calibration of your grill’s temperature sensors. Receive alarms, browse recipes, shop and more. All from the palm of your hand.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: recteq at 4.8 against Green Mountain Grills's 2.6. recteq also leads on ratings volume (25K vs 489) and review sentiment (31% vs 22%). Green Mountain Grills's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
recteq holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: recteq has 25K ratings behind it against 489, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of Green Mountain Grills's written reviews are positive against 31% of recteq's.
Green Mountain Grills ships an update every 6 weeks, recteq every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Green Mountain Grills | recteq |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (489 ratings) | 4.8 (25K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.7% of reviews | 31.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 489 | 25K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Green Mountain Grills | Recteq, LLC |
Customer experience
Green Mountain Grills
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User reviews
Green Mountain Grills
From 489 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Awesome grill
- 🚀 Grill works great
- 🚀 Grill is amazing
- 🚀 Grill is fantastic
- 🚀 Grill is awesome
Room to improve
- 🐛 App is glitchy
- 🐛 App is buggy
- 🐛 App is terrible
- 🐛 App is horrible
- 🐛 App is garbage
recteq
From 25K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent temperature control
- 🚀 Consistent performance
- 👍 Great customer service
- 👍 Durable and well-built
- 👍 Helpful app features
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inconsistent notifications
- 🐛 Connectivity issues
- 🔍 Limited app functionality
- 🔍 Cumbersome app interface
- 🔍 Removed remote start feature
Bugs and requests
Green Mountain Grills
Reported bugs
7 issues- App crashes on startup
- App disconnects from grill
- Profiles not working properly
- Temperatures not accurate
- Notifications not working
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- Connectivity issues with WiFi
- Server mode not functioning
Requested features
9 requests- Improve app notifications
- Add temperature history/graph
- Improve app stability
- Improve app user interface
- Add ability to pause/resume profiles
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- Add ability to edit profile steps
- Add ability to set low pellet alerts
- Add Apple Watch integration
- Improve app connectivity
recteq
Reported bugs
3 issues- Probe temperature inaccuracies
- App crashes when accessing temperature history
- Unreliable app notifications
Requested features
4 requests- Customizable alarm tones
- Ability to set timers within the app
- Improved temperature history and data visualization
- Seamless integration between app and website recipes
In-app purchases
Green Mountain Grills
No in-app purchases
recteq
No in-app purchases
Questions
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