Comparison

Steak Locker vs TempSpike

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Steak Locker

This app controls a smart dry-aging fridge, allowing users to monitor and manage temperature and humidity for aging steak and charcuterie. It provides visual inventory, detailed reporting, and profit monitoring, making professional dry-aging accessible at home.

Highlights
  • Smart fridge control
  • Temperature and humidity monitoring
  • Visual inventory
  • Product yield reporting
  • Remote performance monitoring
  • 5GHz WiFi connectivity
Features
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From one chef to another: great dry-aging isn't luck. It's control. Steak Locker is the companion app for your Steak Locker smart dry age fridge — trusted in home kitchens and professional ones alike. Whether you're chasing your first 30-day ribeye or running a full dry-aging program in a restaurant, it's the difference between hoping a cut turns out and knowing it will. Open the app and your whole operation is right there: temperature, humidity, and everything that's aging, at a glance. KNOW, DON'T GUESS Watch temperature and humidity in real time, around the clock. Set your targets and Steak Locker keeps watch, sending an alert the moment something drifts — so you can step in before a single cut is at risk, whether you're in the next room or across the country. SEE THE WHOLE STORY Review 24-hour, 7-day, and 30-day history for every reading. Spot trends, confirm stability, and prove consistency — the kind of record a serious program needs. TRACK EVERY CUT Log each piece with its cut, weight, and start date. Follow days elapsed and remaining, estimated yield, and progress toward target — from a single primal to a full locker. RUN ONE LOCKER OR MANY Manage multiple lockers from a single app, each with its own targets and program. Scale from one fridge at home to a row of them in a commercial kitchen without losing the thread. GUIDED FROM DAY ONE New to dry-aging? You're covered. Built-in lessons meet you exactly where you are — from your first cut to advanced charcuterie. Seasoned pros can skip straight to the controls. STEAKHOUSE QUALITY, FOR LESS Dry-age premium beef, charcuterie, cheese, and more — results that rival the best steakhouses, at a fraction of the cost of buying it finished. Built for home cooks and professional chefs, butchers, and restaurants. Steak Locker gives you the control the craft demands. Requires a Steak Locker smart dry age fridge (or Steak Locker Smart Aging Controller).

About

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.

Highlights
  • Wireless Bluetooth connectivity
  • Remote temperature monitoring
  • Remote time monitoring
  • Instant alerts
  • Set custom temperatures
  • Set custom times
Features
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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

Screenshots

Steak Locker2 screens
TempSpike4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TempSpike at 42% against Steak Locker's 15%. TempSpike also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Steak Locker ships an update every 2 months, TempSpike every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Steak Locker versus TempSpike: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSteak LockerTempSpike
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (2.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.0% of reviews42.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—2.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.110.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBRUNO INVESTMENTS LLCiTronics Co., Limited

Customer experience

Steak Locker

All ratings22 ratings
Positive18.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative81.8%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive15.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative85.0%

TempSpike

All ratings2,672 ratings
Positive89.7%
Neutral4.9%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews144 reviews
Positive42.4%
Neutral19.4%
Negative38.2%

Bugs and requests

Steak Locker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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

None

Steak Locker

No in-app purchases

None

TempSpike

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Steak Locker free?
Steak Locker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TempSpike free?
TempSpike is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Steak Locker or TempSpike have ads?
Neither Steak Locker nor TempSpike shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Steak Locker or TempSpike?
Steak Locker ships an update every 2 months, and TempSpike every 5 weeks. Most recently, Steak Locker was updated on September 24, 2026 and TempSpike on October 3, 2026.

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