Comparison

Bill Alerts vs BillHive

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

Head to head
About

Bill Alerts

This app helps you manage and remember upcoming bill payments. It provides customizable alerts for when bills are issued, due soon, or overdue, ensuring you never miss a payment deadline. A convenient widget offers quick access to payment status.

Highlights
  • Bill issue date alerts
  • Due soon alerts
  • Overdue alerts
  • Customizable reminders
  • Today widget
  • App badge notifications
  • Mark bills as paid
Features
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Never miss your bills. Bill Alerts reminds you since your bills are issued. - Simple to use - Highly customizable - Issue Date Alerts - Due Soon Alerts - Overdue Alerts - With a today widget and an app badge showing issued bills - Tappable today widget for quickly marking bills as paid with or without receipts

About

BillHive

This app helps you track upcoming bills and provides quick access to essential financial information. Never miss a payment deadline again with its intuitive interface.

Highlights
  • Bill due date tracking
  • Convenient information access
  • Payment reminders
  • Financial overview
Features
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Always see your next bill due, easy access to convenient information

Screenshots

Bill Alerts4 screens
BillHive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BillHive at 100% against Bill Alerts's 40%. BillHive also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Bill Alerts's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and ratings volume (44 vs 7). On 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

Bill Alerts is free to download; BillHive costs $2.99 up front. Bill Alerts sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BillHive asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BillHive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bill Alerts has 44 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Bill Alerts's written reviews are positive against 100% of BillHive's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bill Alerts ships an update every 6 weeks, BillHive fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Bill Alerts versus BillHive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBill AlertsBillHive
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.0 (44 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings44 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKam Wai YipJulian Burton

Customer experience

Bill Alerts

All ratings44 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative20.5%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative48.0%

BillHive

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bill Alerts

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Pro$1.99
None

BillHive

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bill Alerts free?
Bill Alerts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BillHive free?
BillHive costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bill Alerts or BillHive?
BillHive is rated higher. Bill Alerts averages 4.0 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while BillHive averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Bill Alerts or BillHive have ads?
Neither Bill Alerts nor BillHive shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bill Alerts or BillHive?
Bill Alerts ships an update every 6 weeks, and BillHive fortnightly. Most recently, Bill Alerts was updated on October 24, 2026 and BillHive on October 7, 2026.

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