Masterbuilt Classic vs Pit Boss Grills
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
Pit Boss Grills
Discover a wide range of grilling recipes and explore essential accessories to elevate your outdoor cooking. This app enhances both your specific grill experience and your general grilling endeavors.
- Grilling recipes
- Grill accessories
- Enhanced grilling experience
- Everyday grilling improvement
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Grilling Recipes, Accessories, and more. Download the Pit Boss Grilling App Today, so that you can not only enhance your Pit Boss Grilling experience but your everyday grilling experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pit Boss Grills at 4.0 against Masterbuilt Classic's 1.9. Pit Boss Grills also leads on review sentiment (52% vs 16%) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 220). Masterbuilt Classic's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). 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.
Pit Boss Grills holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pit Boss Grills has 2.4K ratings behind it against 220, 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 52% of Pit Boss Grills's.
Masterbuilt Classic ships an update monthly, Pit Boss Grills every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Masterbuilt Classic | Pit Boss Grills |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (220 ratings) | 4.0 (2.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.8% of reviews | 52.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 220 | 2.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 232 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PREMIER SPECIALTY BRANDS, LLC | Outdoor Brands, LLC |
Customer experience
Masterbuilt Classic
Pit Boss Grills
User reviews
Masterbuilt Classic
From 220 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
Pit Boss Grills
From 2.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and improved app
- 👍 Cleaner and more user-friendly interface
- 👍 Allows control of multiple grills
- 👍 Grill firmware update process
Room to improve
- 🐛 Connectivity issues with WiFi and Bluetooth
- 🐛 Frequent disconnections and loss of connection
- 🐛 App crashes and freezes
- 🐛 Delayed temperature updates and sync issues
- 🐛 Notifications not working as expected
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
Pit Boss Grills
Reported bugs
3 issues- Probe temperature settings not clearing properly
- Grill temperature dropping unexpectedly during cooks
- App unable to connect to grill after firmware update
Requested features
6 requests- Add temperature graphs and cooking analytics
- Allow more granular temperature control (5-degree increments)
- Implement probe temperature alerts and notifications
- Restore features from previous SmokeIT app
- Add Apple Watch integration
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- Improve Alexa integration
In-app purchases
Masterbuilt Classic
No in-app purchases
Pit Boss Grills
No in-app purchases
Questions
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