Green Mountain Grills vs TempSpike
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.
TempSpike
Monitor your barbecue's temperature and time remotely using a wireless Bluetooth connection. Receive immediate alerts when your food reaches the set temperature or time.
- Wireless Bluetooth connectivity
- Remote temperature monitoring
- Remote time monitoring
- Instant alerts
- Set custom temperatures
- Set custom times
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TempSpike is a wireless bluetooth barbecue temperature and time monitoring program, connected to wireless bluetooth, you can remotely set the temperature or time, when the temperature reaches the specified time, it will remind you immediately
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TempSpike at 4.6 against Green Mountain Grills's 2.6. TempSpike also leads on review sentiment (42% vs 22%) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 494). 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.
TempSpike holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TempSpike has 2.8K ratings behind it against 494, 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 42% of TempSpike's.
Green Mountain Grills ships an update every 6 weeks, TempSpike every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Green Mountain Grills | TempSpike |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (494 ratings) | 4.6 (2.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.9% of reviews | 42.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 494 | 2.8K — 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, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Green Mountain Grills | iTronics Co., Limited |
Customer experience
Green Mountain Grills
TempSpike
User reviews
Green Mountain Grills
From 494 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
TempSpike
From 2.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Accurate temperature monitoring
- 🔧 Customizable cooking profiles
- ⏱️ Helpful time remaining estimates
- 💡 Ambient temperature tracking
- 👍 Easy to use app interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues and disconnects
- 🔋 Limited battery life
- 🔍 Confusing alarm on/off indicators
- 📱 Lack of Apple Watch support
- 🤔 Unintuitive user interface
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
TempSpike
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes after recent update
- Probe color identification reversed in app
- Cooking progress not saved when app is closed
- Estimated time remaining feature not working
- Issues with adding new cooking profiles
Requested features
5 requests- Add widget support for quick temperature checks
- Allow more flexibility in setting temperature alarms
- Improve data export functionality
- Enhance cooking graph to show real-time data
- Add support for more meat types and cooking profiles
In-app purchases
Green Mountain Grills
No in-app purchases
TempSpike
No in-app purchases
Questions
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