Comparison

17hats vs Hive BIB

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

Head to head
About

17hats

This business platform helps organize, systemize, and grow your small business. Manage clients, projects, documents, and workflows on the go. Stay connected to your business activities from anywhere.

Highlights
  • Client activity dashboard
  • Email templates for leads
  • Contact and project management
  • Calendar viewing and editing
  • Document sending and signing
  • Workflow automation
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17hats is the #1 business platform to guide you through organizing, systemizing and growing your small business. To utilize the platform and app, you will need to sign-up for a 17hats account on 17hats.com. The 17hats app was created for you to keep you in touch with your business while you are on the go. What can you do on the App: - Dashboard - Check out our recent client activity, pending documents and upcoming todos. - Emails - Use your email templates to quickly respond to a lead. - Contacts and Projects: Create new contacts and projects as well as view and edit existing ones. Also, quickly access details like email addresses, phone numbers and locations to name a few. - View your Calendars: Easily check or adjust your calendar on the go. Goodbye double bookings. - Documents - Quickly send a document, counter-sign a contract or view a completed questionnaire. - Workflows - Assign workflows to leads and clients and let 17hats do the work for you. Your client relationship is top priority for us, and now, with the 17hats app, you will be able to provide that stellar experience wherever you go. Need help? Just hit the green support chat bubble in the bottom right.

About

Hive BIB

Features
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Hive BIB is an all-in-one Business Operating System designed to help businesses manage, market, automate, and grow from a single platform. As your Business Intelligence Brain, Hive BIB brings together the essential tools you need to run your daily operations, connect with customers, generate leads, manage sales, and automate repetitive tasks—all in one place. Whether you're a freelancer, entrepreneur, small business owner, growing company, or managing a larger team, Hive BIB provides the tools to support every stage of your business. Manage your CRM, leads, customers, contacts, sales pipeline, online booking, appointment scheduling, calendars, websites, landing pages, sales funnels, forms, applications, questionnaires, email marketing, SMS marketing, social media scheduling and publishing, Meta ad lead conversations, Instagram and Facebook messaging, live chat, unified inbox, workflows, automations, phone system, call center, missed-call text back, estimates, invoices, contracts, payments, payment plans, online directories, reputation management, review requests, review responses, analytics, reporting, team management, and mobile business management—all from one powerful platform. Hive BIB helps connect your customer journey from the first inquiry to conversion, payment, follow-up, reviews, referrals, and repeat business. Automate communication, organize daily operations, manage opportunities, track performance, improve customer experience, and streamline the systems that keep your business moving. Higher-tier plans include additional growth services such as professional advertising management, lead generation, marketing strategy, creative production, business consulting, and other advanced tools and services designed to help businesses scale faster and operate more efficiently. Whether your goal is to generate more leads, convert more customers, improve your systems, automate your operations, grow your team, or scale your company, Hive BIB brings together the technology, marketing, automation, and support you need to build a smarter and more efficient business. Hive BIB — Business Intelligence Brain. One platform to manage, automate, market, and grow your business.

Screenshots

17hats1 screens
Hive BIB4 screens

Verdict

The call

17hats and Hive BIB are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
17hats versus Hive BIB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter17hatsHive BIB
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (34 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews30.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings34 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB336 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIsomnio, Inc.Believe in Boudoir, LLC

Bugs and requests

17hats

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • App crashes when creating estimates or quotes
  • App freezes when sending emails
  • Blank white screen on notification clicks
  • Blank screen on app launch
  • App crashes when accessing calendar section
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  • App crashes when viewing project documents
  • Login failures with correct credentials
  • Password not recognized despite being correct on desktop
  • Automatic logout after viewing projects
  • Duplicate invoices and correspondence sent to clients
  • Projects displaying with incorrect dates
  • Calendar not updating in app despite desktop changes
  • App incompatible with recent iOS updates
  • Notifications not functioning properly
  • Activity page not updating (stuck on old data)
  • Unable to apply payments from bookkeeping section
  • Questionnaire form auto-fills instead of sending
  • Notification links leading to blank pages
  • App won't launch or continuously crashes
  • Scheduling information not syncing between devices

Requested features

25 requests
  • Ability to book clients directly from dashboard without external page
  • Auto-populate client information in booking system
  • Override booking times internally for phone orders
  • Create and send invoices from mobile app
  • Create and send quotes from mobile app
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  • Create and send contracts from mobile app
  • Biometric login (Touch ID/Face ID)
  • Save login credentials for faster access
  • Monthly calendar view instead of limited day view
  • Create new projects from mobile app
  • Edit existing projects from mobile app
  • View and edit project notes from mobile app
  • View email history within client/project pages
  • Create and manage workflows from mobile app
  • View and manage to-do lists with checkoff capability
  • Mileage tracker integration
  • Receipt upload functionality
  • Timer functionality with pause capability
  • Organize projects by date order
  • View event details within projects
  • Access all templates from mobile app
  • Reconcile bank ledger from mobile
  • Tax rate auto-calculation for invoices
  • Integration with additional auto-responders
  • Improved mobile browser experience

Hive BIB

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

17hats

No in-app purchases

None

Hive BIB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 17hats free?
17hats is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hive BIB free?
Hive BIB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 17hats or Hive BIB have ads?
Neither 17hats nor Hive BIB shows ads.

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