Comparison

Sense Home vs BeeSpace

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

Head to head
About

Sense Home

Gain real-time insights into your home's energy consumption to reduce electricity bills and minimize environmental impact. Identify energy-wasting devices and receive custom notifications for enhanced home safety and efficiency.

Highlights
  • Real-time energy consumption monitoring
  • Identify energy-wasting devices
  • Personalized energy-saving tips
  • Customizable real-time notifications
  • Remote home monitoring
  • Carbon footprint reduction
Features
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→ Take control of your home energy use, in real time. Sense turns your home's electrical activity into real-time insight, so you can use energy more efficiently, spend less, and stay ahead of your electric bill. → Save energy. Save money. Most people only find out what they used once the bill arrives, when it’s too late to change anything. Sense shows you how much energy your home is using right now and how this month compares with the last, straight from your phone. You’ll see what’s driving your bill, get tips that fit your home, and start reacting less and planning more. → Find your home’s energy hogs. Minimize what you waste. A lot of devices in your home draw power even when they're off: some by design, some because they've grown less efficient over time. Sense helps you find what's quietly running in the background, so you can decide what's worth unplugging, fixing, or replacing. → Get real-time notifications. Keep your home running the way it should. Peace of mind starts with knowing. Worried about heavy rain? Get notified if your sump pump stops running. Forgot the oven was on? Sense will tell you. Customize your alerts so the people and things you care about stay looked after. → Check in from anywhere. Know what's happening at home. Whether you're at the office, running errands, or spending time with family, the Sense app keeps you connected: what's on, what it's costing, and whether anything needs your attention. → Small changes. Real impact. Understanding your home's energy use is one of the clearest ways to cut waste and lower your footprint. Sense gives you the visibility to make smarter choices, so saving energy and doing right by the planet can be the same thing. → Customer support Website: https://help.sense.com Submit a Ticket: sense.com/contact

About

BeeSpace

Manage your apiary with this comprehensive beekeeping assistant. Track hive details, log inspections, manage queens, and record treatments. Features AI-powered insights and pest/disease scanning to help keep your bees healthy.

Highlights
  • Hive, apiary, and season organization
  • Detailed inspection logging
  • Queen management and history
  • Treatment and feeding records
  • AI advisor for hive history
  • Pest and disease photo scanning
  • Weather-aware alerts
Features
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BeeSpace is a hive management app built by beekeepers, for beekeepers. Keep every hive, apiary, and season in one place, organized the way you actually think about your bees. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Track Langstroth, Top Bar, Flow Hive, and Nuc setups • Log inspections with frame-by-frame notes, mite counts, and brood pattern • Manage every queen: race, source, marking, age, and a full history, including tracking her replacement from queen cell to laying • Record treatments, feeding, and honey harvests, with reminders for what's due • Ask HiveMind, your built-in AI advisor, about your own hive history • Scan photos for early signs of pests and disease • Weather-aware alerts to help time nectar flows and feeding HiveMind and photo scans are powered by Anthropic's Claude AI. You'll see exactly what's sent before either feature is used, and your data is never sold or used to train AI models. From one backyard hive to a growing apiary, BeeSpace keeps your records organized and your bees healthier. Terms of Use (EULA): https://hivementalityhoney.com/beespace-legal/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://hivementalityhoney.com/beespace-legal/privacy/

Screenshots

Sense Home4 screens
BeeSpace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BeeSpace at 100% against Sense Home's 39%. BeeSpace also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 6 days vs fortnightly). Sense Home's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (2.3K vs 2). On price, ads and device support 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. BeeSpace sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Sense Home asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BeeSpace holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sense Home has 2.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Sense Home's written reviews are positive against 100% of BeeSpace's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sense Home ships an update fortnightly, BeeSpace every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sense Home versus BeeSpace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSense HomeBeeSpace
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2.3K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews39.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.3K — better2
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size155 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSense Labs, Inc.Hive Mentality Honey LLC

Customer experience

Sense Home

All ratings2,305 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews183 reviews
Positive39.3%
Neutral12.0%
Negative48.6%

BeeSpace

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Sense Home

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Notifications not working as expected
  • Inaccurate device identification
  • Sync issues between app and hardware
  • Frequent disconnections from network

Requested features

6 requests
  • Allow manual device labeling
  • Improve billing cycle tracking
  • Add voltage and current monitoring
  • Provide more detailed energy usage data
  • Integrate with more smart home platforms
Show 1 more
  • Offer Ethernet connectivity option

BeeSpace

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sense Home

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

BeeSpace

Subscriptions2
  • BeeSpace Master$1.991 Month
  • BeeSpace Master$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Sense Home free?
Sense Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BeeSpace free?
BeeSpace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sense Home or BeeSpace?
BeeSpace is rated higher. Sense Home averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2.3K ratings, while BeeSpace averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Sense Home or BeeSpace have ads?
Neither Sense Home nor BeeSpace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sense Home or BeeSpace?
Sense Home ships an update fortnightly, and BeeSpace every 6 days. Most recently, Sense Home was updated on October 26, 2026 and BeeSpace on October 24, 2026.

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