# WhisperBee — WhisperBee

> Hands-free AI assistant for beekeepers to record and manage hive inspections. (iPhone/iPad app by WhisperBee LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whisperbee/id6769104916 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [WhisperBee LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1896630566)
- Category: Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 2 App Store ratings · 1 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 54 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-07-03
- Data updated: 2026-08-03
- Monetization: freemium
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whisperbee/id6769104916/reviews.md

## What is WhisperBee?

WhisperBee is a hands-free assistant built for working beekeepers. Open a hive, speak the inspection out loud, and the structured data fills itself in — queen seen, brood pattern, varroa count, temperament, and more — into a clean record you can edit on your phone or in the web portal at whisperbee.app.

WORKS OFFLINE
Every write — voice recording, photo, edit, note — saves to a local database on your phone first. Audio queues for transcription. Photos queue for upload. Sync runs in the background the moment the network returns. No spinner, no lost work, no dead zones at the bee yard.

SCAN-AND-SPEAK
Stick a QR code sticker on each hive lid. Scan it from the Home tab to jump straight into that hive — last inspection's voice note ready to play back. Tap the mic to start today's recording, gloves on, no menus.

BEEKEEPING-TUNED SPEECH-TO-TEXT
Transcription is primed with a beekeeping vocabulary list and post-corrected by a deterministic rules layer. Supersedure, varroa, nuc, propolis, requeening — all come through correctly without you having to over-enunciate.

YOU STAY IN CONTROL
AI is for typing, not for diagnosing. Every extracted field is editable on the inspection screen. The call on what to do for your bees is yours. Disease and queen-status suggestions are clearly framed as suggestions, with the rules that produced them visible inline.

ACTION ITEMS THAT DON'T SLIP THROUGH
Concerns flagged in your voice notes — "low stores," "no eggs seen," "needs treatment" — become action items on the dashboard with due dates and priorities. Nothing lives only in last week's audio.

YOUR APIARY, ORGANIZED
Apiaries, hives, inspections, treatments, harvests, queens — all in one model, all in one record.

PRIVACY-FIRST
GPS coordinates are visible only to you and members of your organization — never aggregated, never shared outside it. Voice recordings stay encrypted in transit. We use OpenAI Whisper for transcription and Anthropic Claude for extraction — and neither retains your audio for training. You can export everything as JSON (GDPR Art. 20) or delete your account end-to-end from the app.

NOT YET, BUT COMING
Cross-hive reports, dashboards, equipment tracking, multi-user shared apiaries, and PDF exports for USDA ELAP are on the active roadmap. Photo analysis, conversational chat with the assistant, and Bluetooth-headset hands-free flow are tracked but deferred until pricing economics make sense.

BUILT BY A BEEKEEPER
WhisperBee is built by an active beekeeper who is also a software engineer, frustrated with taking notes in propolis-coated gloves. Every feature earns its place against one job: the part of beekeeping where your hands are full and the bees are loud.

PRICING
Free tier supports up to 2 hives. Paid plans: Backyard $8/mo (up to 10 hives), Sideliner $19/mo (up to 50 hives), Commercial $49/mo (up to 500 hives). Subscribe in the app or at whisperbee.app. Cancel anytime.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://whisperbee.app/terms
Privacy Policy: https://whisperbee.app/privacy

## Key features

- Hands-free voice recording for hive inspections
- AI-powered transcription with beekeeping vocabulary
- Structured data extraction (queen, brood, varroa)
- Offline data saving and background syncing
- QR code scanning for quick hive access
- Action item generation from inspection notes
- Privacy-focused data handling

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Backyard | $8.99 | per month |
| Sideliner | $19.99 | per month |
| Commercial | $49.99 | per month |


## Recent user reviews (1 of 1)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/whisperbee/id6769104916/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Hands Free!

*2026-07-04*

This app is user friendly, AI intuitive and the hands free voice memo features are an absolute life saver. Makes tracking the hives and keeping track of care tasks manageable and saves so much time. Love the QR/NFC features.

**Developer response:** Thank you. Great to see you are finding our app helpful !

## Frequently asked questions about WhisperBee

### What is WhisperBee?

WhisperBee is a hands-free AI assistant designed for beekeepers. It allows you to record hive inspections using your voice, and the AI automatically extracts structured data like queen sightings, brood patterns, and varroa counts into editable records.

### Does WhisperBee work offline?

Yes, WhisperBee is built to work offline. All your recordings, photos, and edits are saved locally on your phone first. The app syncs data in the background once a network connection is available, ensuring no work is lost even in remote bee yards.

### How does WhisperBee handle privacy?

WhisperBee is privacy-first. GPS coordinates are owner-only, and voice recordings are encrypted in transit. The AI transcription services used do not retain your audio for training. You can export all your data or delete your account end-to-end from the app.

### What are the pricing tiers for WhisperBee?

WhisperBee offers a free tier for up to 2 hives. Paid plans include Backyard at $8/month for up to 10 hives, Sideliner at $19/month for up to 50 hives, and Commercial at $49/month for up to 500 hives. Subscriptions can be cancelled anytime.

### How accurate is the beekeeping speech-to-text?

The transcription is specifically tuned with a beekeeping vocabulary list and uses a deterministic rules layer for post-correction. This ensures terms like 'supersedure,' 'varroa,' and 'requeening' are transcribed correctly without requiring over-enunciation.

### Can I edit the AI-extracted data in WhisperBee?

Absolutely. The AI is used for data entry, not diagnosis. Every extracted field is fully editable on the inspection screen, giving you complete control over your hive records. AI suggestions are clearly marked as suggestions.

### What devices does WhisperBee support?

WhisperBee is currently supported on iPhone and iPod devices. The app is designed to be accessible on the go, allowing beekeepers to manage their apiaries from their mobile devices.

### When was WhisperBee last updated?

WhisperBee was last updated on July 3, 2026, with version 1.0.0. The app was also released on this date, indicating it is a new application with ongoing development planned.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.4 — 2026-08-01

- Start a voice inspection, lock your phone, and keep working the hive - the recording continues hands-free until the 60-second limit and saves the instant it ends, with a spoken confirmation through your headset.
- Replay a saved inspection recording with your phone locked or in your pocket. The hive name and playback controls appear right on the lock screen.
- Spoken confirmations now come through clearly on Bluetooth headsets, and a recording cut off at the time limit tells you so.
- Reliability fixes for recordings made with the screen locked.

### 1.0.3 — 2026-07-21

Reliability improvements to background sync, plus clearer labels throughout the app.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-07-15

Minor bug fixes and enhancements

### 1.0.1 — 2026-07-10

Minor bug fixes and improvements

### 1.0.0 — 2026-07-03

No release notes.

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