iSmokeHog vs SmokeLab
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!
SmokeLab
Record your BBQ and meat smoking sessions with detailed logs. Track ingredients, temperatures, and even weather conditions. Save photos of your creations and rate their quality.
- BBQ cooking and smoking log database
- Ingredient QR scanning
- Meat temperature data logging
- Automatic weather temperature upload
- Rate final product appearance, taste, and tenderness
- Store pictures of cooked items
- Securely save entire cooking process
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The SmokeLab app allows you to generate a database of your BBQ cooking and smoking meat experiences in an easy-to-use format. Designed to capture all the important steps and information throughout the process from food preparation, QR scanning of your ingredients, and meat temperature data. Even the weather temperature is automatically uploaded. Then rate your final product’s appearance, taste, and tenderness. Finally, store pictures of your backyard masterpieces before securely saving the entire process. This app is a must-have for every backyard BBQ enthusiast and pit master! Privacy Policy - https://www.smokelabapp.com/privacy Terms And Conditions - https://www.smokelabapp.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iSmokeHog at none against SmokeLab's 3. iSmokeHog also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.4). SmokeLab's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 39 months) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. SmokeLab sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. iSmokeHog asks for nothing beyond the download.
SmokeLab holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 10 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
iSmokeHog ships an update every 39 months, SmokeLab every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iSmokeHog | SmokeLab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) | 4.6 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 39 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Josef Schmidt | Blakstvedt Pomonis Enterprises LLC |
Customer experience
iSmokeHog
SmokeLab
In-app purchases
iSmokeHog
No in-app purchases
SmokeLab
- SmokeLab$4.991 Month
- SmokeLab$49.991 Year
- SmokeLab$4.99
