iSmokeHog vs TempPro BBQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iSmokeHog
This app assists in creating homemade cured meats like bacon and ham. It calculates precise ingredient ratios for salt, sugar, and sodium nitrite based on user input, offering default settings and guidance for bacon preparation.
- Cured meat recipe calculation
- Ingredient ratio guidance
- Salt, sugar, and sodium nitrite calculations
- Default settings for bacon
- Step-by-step instructions
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Use this app to help you make your own bacon, ham, or other cured meats! This app calculates the correct amounts of salt, sugar, and sodium nitrite (the essential ingredient for cured meats) to mix and apply to your meat based upon your inputs. Comes with default settings and instructions for home made bacon!
TempPro BBQ
Remotely monitor the time and temperature of food cooking on your grill, smoker, or BBQ using a programmable Bluetooth food thermometer. This app allows you to keep track of your cooking progress directly from your mobile phone.
- Remote temperature monitoring
- Bluetooth connectivity
- Programmable thermometer
- Food cooking tracking
- Grill, smoker, and BBQ compatible
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TempPro BBQ is app for a programmable radio Bluetooth food thermometer. You will now be able to remotely monitor the time and temperature of food cooking on your grill with a mobile phone, smoker or BBQ.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: iSmokeHog at 100% against TempPro BBQ's 54%. iSmokeHog also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 10.0). TempPro BBQ's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 39 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
TempPro BBQ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TempPro BBQ has 26K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of iSmokeHog's written reviews are positive against 54% of TempPro BBQ's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iSmokeHog ships an update every 39 months, TempPro BBQ monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iSmokeHog | TempPro BBQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (26K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 53.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 26K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Josef Schmidt | iTronics Co., Limited |
Customer experience
iSmokeHog
TempPro BBQ
Bugs and requests
iSmokeHog
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
TempPro BBQ
Reported bugs
3 issues- Probes showing inaccurate temperatures
- Alarms going off unexpectedly or at wrong times
- App crashing or losing connection randomly
Requested features
5 requests- Add WiFi connectivity for remote monitoring
- Improve temperature graph functionality
- Allow custom alarm settings and snooze
- Provide more meat/cut-specific presets
- Implement Live Activity support on iOS
In-app purchases
iSmokeHog
No in-app purchases
TempPro BBQ
No in-app purchases
