Masterbuilt Classic vs Flame Boss
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Masterbuilt Classic
Easily control your Masterbuilt digital electric smoker from your phone. Access a collection of recipes and create integrated shopping lists for your culinary creations.
- Control multiple smokers
- Share smoker control
- Recipe collection
- Integrated shopping list
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Whether you're a beginner or pro, you will achieve a perfect cook every time. Simply connect your smoker to the app and let us do the work. FEATURES • Control multiple Masterbuilt digital electric smokers with a single mobile device • Control the same Masterbuilt digital electric smoker from multiple devices • Craft a masterpiece with our collection of delicious recipes • Capture all the ingredients for your masterpiece with the integrated shopping list
Flame Boss
Remotely monitor and control your cooking with a Wi-Fi smoker controller or thermometer. View temperature graphs, adjust settings, and receive text alerts for your pit and meat. Share your progress and save cook details for future reference.
- Remote temperature monitoring
- Adjust set temperature
- Text alerts for pit/meat
- View temperature graphs
- Share cooks on social media
- Automatic warming temperature
- Save cook notes and titles
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The Flame Boss® app allows you to remotely monitor and control your cooks with any Flame Boss Wi-Fi smoker controller or thermometer. You can: -View temperature graphs of current and past cooks -Change the set temperature for your pit -Text alert configuration -Enable or disable pit and meat alerts -Share your cooks on Facebook and Twitter -Enable an automatic warming temp when the finished meat temp is reached -Add, edit and update personal cook titles and notes for future reference -Change device pin and remove shared access with other users -Make cooks private The Flame Boss app also works with the web-based application available at MyFlameBoss.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Flame Boss at 4.6 against Masterbuilt Classic's 2.0. Flame Boss also leads on review sentiment (36% vs 16%) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). Masterbuilt Classic's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, 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.
Flame Boss holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flame Boss has 2.3K ratings behind it against 218, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of Masterbuilt Classic's written reviews are positive against 36% of Flame Boss's.
Masterbuilt Classic ships an update monthly, Flame Boss every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on August 25, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Masterbuilt Classic | Flame Boss |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (218 ratings) | 4.6 (2.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.0% of reviews | 36.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 218 | 2.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 232 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PREMIER SPECIALTY BRANDS, LLC | Collins Research Inc. |
Customer experience
Masterbuilt Classic
Flame Boss
User reviews
Masterbuilt Classic
From 218 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to navigate
- 🚀 Clean app
- 🚀 Great addition to the smoker
Room to improve
- 🐛 Constant connectivity issues
- 🐛 Unreliable temperature readings
- 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently
- 🐛 Safe mode issues
- 🐛 Difficult to use
Flame Boss
From 2.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent temperature control
- 🚀 Seamless remote monitoring
- 👍 Great customer service
- 🚀 Reliable performance
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues after updates
- 🐛 Unstable app performance
- 🐛 Unreliable notifications
- 🐛 Difficulty setting up and connecting
Bugs and requests
Masterbuilt Classic
Reported bugs
5 issues- Bluetooth connection constantly drops
- App fails to recognize smoker model
- Temperature and timer settings not working
- Recipe menu crashes app
- Login issues between app and website
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to set meat probe temperature alarms
- Ability to save/favorite recipes
- Ability to name probes
- Startup mode to burn off before cooking
- Ability to view cooking process history/stats
Flame Boss
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes and loses connection
- Inability to update temperatures and settings
- Incorrect temperature readings
- Failure to save cook history
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to pause/resume cooks
- Improved app UI/UX
- Faster load times
- More customization options
In-app purchases
Masterbuilt Classic
No in-app purchases
Flame Boss
No in-app purchases
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