SmartThermo vs Pit Boss Grills
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartThermo
Easily monitor your meat's temperature while grilling or smoking. Insert the probe, select your food and desired doneness, and receive alerts when it's perfectly cooked. Features include Bluetooth connectivity, a long-lasting battery, and multiple cooking modes.
- Wireless meat temperature monitoring
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Preset temperatures for 8 meats
- Custom doneness programming
- Alerts for perfect temperature
- Multiple cooking modes (Meat Profiles, Timer, Target Temp)
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It has been never easy to take your meat from grill. Now you can use this Smart Thermo® to make grill easier. Just simple insert the SmartThermo® probe into the meat you'd like to track, let the free app know what you're tracking and leave your SmartThermo® by the side of the grill (or smoker). This SmartThermo® alerts you when your meal has reached the perfect temperature. Program your choice of eight entrees and choose the desired doneness - and you're good to grill! - Bluetooth® v4.0 -100-hour battery life -Backlight LCD display -High-strength Magnetic on back for vertical mounting -Modern Touch Key Display -3 Modes: Meat Profiles / Countdown Timer / Target Temperature -Preset temperatures for and doneness for BEEF, LAMB, VEAL, HAMBURGER, PORK, TURKEY, CHICKEN & FISH. App requires a Bluetooth® Smart Ready device.
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 SmartThermo's 1.8. Pit Boss Grills also leads on review sentiment (52% vs 16%) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 41). SmartThermo's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 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 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pit Boss Grills has 2.4K ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of SmartThermo's written reviews are positive against 52% of Pit Boss Grills's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SmartThermo | Pit Boss Grills |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (41 ratings) | 4.0 (2.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.4% of reviews | 52.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 | 2.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fuzhou Emax Electronic Co.,Ltd | Outdoor Brands, LLC |
Customer experience
SmartThermo
Pit Boss Grills
User reviews
SmartThermo
From 41 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Accurate temperature readings
- 👍 Works well when connected
- 👍 Alarm notifies desired temp
- 👍 Can see temperature remotely
- 👍 Foolproof meals when working
Room to improve
- 🐛 Does not work at all
- 🐛 Connection issues
- 🐛 Unintuitive interface
- 🐛 Does not charge
- 🐛 App gives no info on errors
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
SmartThermo
Reported bugs
11 issues- App not connecting to phone
- Thermometer not charging
- App buttons hidden by notch
- App reverts to Celsius
- Bluetooth connection drops frequently
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- Timer function stopped working
- App crashes with iOS 9.0.1
- App not working with iOS 9.1
- App not pairing with new versions
- App not connecting to ET-737
- App not pairing with iOS 10
Requested features
9 requests- Update UI for newer iPhones
- Allow multiple device support
- Color coding for probes
- Add Apple Watch app
- Add graph of temperature
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- Estimate time to reach temp
- Alerts for cool down temperatures
- Ability to set alarms within app
- Timers continue when disconnected
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
SmartThermo
No in-app purchases
Pit Boss Grills
No in-app purchases
Questions
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