Comparison

Anova Culinary vs Weber Connect

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

Head to head
About

Anova Culinary

Discover and create sous vide recipes with a vast collection from professional chefs and home cooks. Control your precision cooker remotely, monitor cooking progress, and share your culinary creations. Offers guided cooking, time and temperature guides, and personal recipe saving.

Highlights
  • Largest sous vide recipe collection
  • Remote cooker control
  • Guided cooking instructions
  • Recipe creation and sharing
  • Time and temperature guides
  • Personalized cooking profiles
Features
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The Anova family of precision cookers allows everyone to cook like a pro! Paired with the Anova Culinary app, now perfectly cooked restaurant quality meals are as easy as the touch of a button. Browse the largest collection of sous vide recipes by Michelin star chefs and home cooks just like you. Then simply connect your cooker to the app and start, stop, and monitor your cook right from your mobile phone. Feeling inspired? Create and share your own recipes and go viral on the ‘gram. Whatever your pleasure, the Anova Culinary app is the place for everything sous vide. FEATURES ======== • LARGEST COLLECTION OF SOUS VIDE RECIPES: Access sous vide recipes created by Michelin star chefs and home cooks just like you. • COOK FROM AFAR: Start, stop, change the temperature, set the timer, and monitor your cooking status from just about anywhere, as long as your device is within Wi-Fi range. • RECIPE DISCOVERY: Cook recipes by James Beard Award-winning chefs, food editors, celebrity chefs, and more. • GUIDED COOKING: Follow the step-by-step instructions and click start to start cooking. • COOK NOTIFICATIONS: Stay up-to-date on your cooking status without getting tied to the kitchen. • RECIPE SHARING: Share your recipe with friends directly through the app. • TIME AND TEMP GUIDES: Learn the basics with our simple sous vide guides. • MANUAL CONTROL: Customize your cook settings with manual time and temperature control. • RECIPE COLLECTIONS: A series of new and appetizing recipe collections that are sure to keep you cooking. • RECIPE CREATION: Easily create and save your own personal sous vide recipe. • FAVORITES: Have a recipe or two that you love? Mark it as a favorite for quick and easy access. • PERSONAL PROFILE: Create your personal profile and see a history of all the meals you’ve cooked. Try all the features free for 14 days. Options in-app for monthly or yearly subscription terms. Payment will be charged to the iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period, and the renewal cost will be identified. Subscriptions may be managed by the user, and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Weber Connect

This app acts as a dashboard and remote control for compatible smart grills. Monitor grill and food temperatures remotely, receive alerts, and even adjust cooking settings. Explore a vast library of recipes with step-by-step guidance for effortless grilling.

Highlights
  • Remote temperature monitoring
  • Temperature alerts
  • Remote cooking control
  • Smart recipes
  • Classic recipes
  • Live temperature graphs
  • Graph sharing and export
Features
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The Weber Connect app is your secret ingredient to Smart Grilling! Weber Connect is the companion app to Weber smart grills and devices. When paired to a Weber Connect grill or device, the app becomes your sensor dashboard, remote control, and recipe book all in one! Track temperatures from anywhere The temperature of your grill is important. Weber Connect grills and devices can track your grill's temperature and alert you when it drops below your target temp due to a flameout or spikes because of a flareup. With the Weber Connect app you can follow its temperature and get alerts for important events. Even more important is the temperature of your food! A few degrees are all that stand between perfect and overdone. Weber Connect grills and devices let you track your food's internal temperature precisely with connected food probes and transmit them to your app. Watch the temp rise on the graph so you know when it's almost time to head back outside to take the steaks off, or set a target temp and get alerted when it's done no matter where you are. Adjust the grill without getting up from the couch Some Weber grills, like the SmokeFire, can have their cook temperature and mode changed by the app. That means you can turn the heat up, go into SmokeBoost mode, or shut down your grill without taking your eyes off the game. Never wonder what to make for dinner again The Weber Connect app has over 800 recipes built-in, with more being published every month. Every recipe has been crafted and tested by Weber Grillmasters, and many are fan favorites, so you know you can't go wrong with any of them! And almost half of our recipes are Smart Recipes, which walk you through, step-by-step, with short looping videos and clear instructions so you know when you're doing it right. Grilling has never been easier or more fun! The new Weber Connect 2.0 app has the important features of the original app: • Remote temperature monitoring • Temperature limit alerts • Temperature range alerts • Timers • Remote cooking control for grills that support it • Smart Recipes • Classic Recipes • How-To videos for Weber Connect grills & devices • Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE connectivity Plus some new tricks: • Live graphs • Graph sharing • Graph data export • Grill naming • Recently-cooked recipes • Recipe bookmarks • iPad support • Improved accessibility • Dark mode

Screenshots

Anova Culinary4 screens
Weber Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Weber Connect at none against Anova Culinary's 2. Anova Culinary's advantage is chart position (#44 vs unranked) and ratings volume (26K vs 3.2K). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Anova Culinary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Weber Connect asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Weber Connect holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anova Culinary has 26K ratings behind it against 3.2K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 32% and 31% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anova Culinary ships an update monthly, Weber Connect every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Anova Culinary versus Weber Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnova CulinaryWeber Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (26K ratings)4.6 (3.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.7% of reviews — better30.8% of reviews
Number of ratings26K — better3.2K
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#44 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB86 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperAnova CulinaryWeber-Stephen Products Co.

Customer experience

Anova Culinary

All ratings25,593 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral3.2%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews1,222 reviews
Positive31.7%
Neutral9.4%
Negative58.9%

Weber Connect

All ratings3,180 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral2.6%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews367 reviews
Positive30.8%
Neutral18.5%
Negative50.7%

User reviews

Anova Culinary

From 26K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Consistent cooking results
  • 🚀 Versatile for various foods
  • 🚀 Game-changing cooking method
  • 🚀 Convenient remote control

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Connectivity issues with app
  • 🐛 Unreliable timer functionality
  • 🐛 Glitchy app interface
  • 🐛 Difficult WiFi setup
  • 🐛 Lack of manual controls

Weber Connect

From 3.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Flawless connectivity
  • 🚀 Reliable performance
  • 👍 Helpful recipes and guides
  • 🚀 Seamless remote monitoring

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent disconnections
  • 🐛 Unreliable temperature readings
  • 🐛 Buggy app updates
  • 🐛 Lack of customization options
  • 🐛 Confusing user interface

Bugs and requests

Anova Culinary

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App unable to maintain connection to device
  • Timer resets unexpectedly during cooking
  • Recipes not saving properly in the app
  • Compatibility issues with certain WiFi networks
  • Notifications not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved recipe management
  • Better app integration with smart home devices
  • More customization options for cooking
  • Clearer instructions and troubleshooting guides
  • Ability to save personal recipes

Weber Connect

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes during firmware updates
  • Temperature probe readings inaccurate
  • Inability to change temperature units
  • Recipes and cooking programs not loading
  • Notifications not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Temperature history graphs
  • Customizable temperature alerts
  • Apple Watch app support
  • Remote grill control
  • Ability to save custom cooking programs

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Anova Culinary

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Sous Vide Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$9.991 Year
None

Weber Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Anova Culinary free?
Anova Culinary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Weber Connect free?
Weber Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Anova Culinary or Weber Connect?
Weber Connect is rated higher. Anova Culinary averages 4.4 out of 5 from 26K ratings, while Weber Connect averages 4.6 from 3.2K ratings.
Do Anova Culinary or Weber Connect have ads?
Neither Anova Culinary nor Weber Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anova Culinary or Weber Connect?
Anova Culinary ships an update monthly, and Weber Connect every 2 months. Most recently, Anova Culinary was updated on October 17, 2026 and Weber Connect on October 17, 2026.

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