Masterbuilt Classic vs Nexgrill
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
Nexgrill
Control your grill remotely via your smartphone using smart technology. Discover new recipes, access grilling tips, and find answers to your grilling questions for an enhanced cooking experience.
- Remote grill control
- Recipe browsing
- Grilling tips
- Q&A section
- NEX-fi™ technology integration
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The Nexgrill app connects your grill to your phone through NEX-fi™ technology. Now you control your grill from anywhere while browsing new recipes, grilling tips, and Que & A’s on grilling. Your grilling experience just got easier, more fun and flavorful!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Nexgrill at free against Masterbuilt Classic's ad-supported. Masterbuilt Classic's advantage is ratings volume (218 vs 53) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.0 for Masterbuilt Classic against 1.9 for Nexgrill. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 218 and 53 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 16% of Masterbuilt Classic's written reviews are positive against 13% of Nexgrill's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Masterbuilt Classic | Nexgrill |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (218 ratings) — better | 1.9 (53 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 16.0% of reviews — better | 12.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 218 — better | 53 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 232 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PREMIER SPECIALTY BRANDS, LLC | t2Fi |
Customer experience
Masterbuilt Classic
Nexgrill
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
Nexgrill
From 53 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Seamless WiFi connection
- 👍 Easy initial pairing
- 👍 Helpful YouTube videos
- 👍 App can monitor temperature
- 👍 App can monitor food temp
Room to improve
- 🐛 App constantly disconnects
- 🐛 Requires frequent re-login
- 🐛 Connectivity is hit or miss
- 🐛 Bluetooth range is poor
- 🐛 App is buggy and crashes
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
Nexgrill
Reported bugs
51 issues- App doesn't leave user logged in
- Latent delays in connecting
- WiFi connection issues
- Grill did not want to turn on
- Won't connect to WiFi
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- Cannot see temperature readings on iPhone 15
- Cannot set probe temperature
- Cannot get account verification code
- App constantly disconnects
- App provides wrong temperature information
- App occasionally tells user grill is off when running
- Firmware update never completes
- App keeps making user log in
- Grill would never connect
- Cannot connect to grill
- Cannot update firmware
- App takes too long to connect
- App wants to reconnect every time
- App won't connect to grill
- Smoker deleted off the app
- App shows no grill
- Adding grill back shows grill but doesn't display it
- App disconnects more than 20 feet away
- App refuses to show smoker
- App not connecting to phone
- Notifications show Celsius when it's Fahrenheit
- Bluetooth connection trouble
- App will not show grill in connected devices list
- Connection was very inconsistent
- Cannot read current probe temperature
- App doesn't have the grill like it was never added
- App gets frozen
- App doesn't pair with grill
- App loses connection and sets its own heat
- App randomly shuts smoker off
- App freezes during firmware update
- Shutoff function doesn't work
- App says it turns off grill, but it's still on
- App is horrible on iPhone
- App has to reconnect every time
- Won't connect via Wi-Fi
- Doesn't allow temperature changes on the fly
- App does not work
- App has a hard time staying connected to Wi-Fi
- Cannot change temperature via app
- App reverts to previous temperature
- App only connects half the time
- Will not connect to install firmware update
- App cycles for hours during update
- App won't pair with grill
- Bluetooth errors constantly
Requested features
3 requests- Add basic training videos to app
- Add graphing for temperature probes
- Add alarm for probe temperature reached
In-app purchases
Masterbuilt Classic
No in-app purchases
Nexgrill
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Masterbuilt Classic free?
Is Nexgrill free?
Which has better reviews, Masterbuilt Classic or Nexgrill?
Do Masterbuilt Classic or Nexgrill have ads?
Which is updated more often, Masterbuilt Classic or Nexgrill?
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