Comparison

BarnManager vs BeeKeepPal

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

Head to head
About

BarnManager

Manage all aspects of equestrian life, from horse health records and scheduling to barn operations and communication. Digitize your notes, track appointments, and create custom lists to streamline your workflow and spend more time with your horses.

Highlights
  • Horse profiles and health records
  • Digital calendar for scheduling
  • Customizable checklists and lists
  • Digital whiteboard feature
  • Permission-based access controls
  • Syncs with web app
Features
Read full description

Horses are more than a pet and more than a hobby. Horses are a lifestyle. BarnManager supports trainers, students, parents, barn owners, horse owners, riders, grooms, vets, farriers and more to manage all of the moving pieces and people that are a critical part of keeping your horses happy and healthy and running your business efficiently and professionally. BarnManager is a tool that supports traditional horsemanship and enables you to spend more time doing what you love, working with horses. Convert your binders quickly and easily. Use your mobile device to snap pictures of your handwritten or printed notes, whiteboards, etc. Then upload these images, attach Horses, People and Keywords and easily search for these records using site wide search. Horse profiles provide a place to store all of the important information, documents, health and farrier records, and communications about your horses. Our Calendar can be viewed daily, weekly, monthly, or annually to enable short term planning, such as lesson scheduling, and long term schedules such as competition planning. Create table lists and check lists for everything and anything. Make feed lists, packing lists, temperature charts and anything else that you can imagine. Permission levels allow you to limit access to specific horses for owner or employee users. Use the digital whiteboard to take the barn aisle with you. How often are you actually standing in the barn aisle to read the information on the white board? The White Board feature enables you to check the board from the ring, the road or wherever else you may be. The Barn Manager Mobile App syncs to our web app, so that you can work from your computer as well. You can cancel your account at any time in the Account Menu. There are no refunds or credits for partial months. For more information, please visit https://www.barnmanager.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/BarnManagerTermsofService.pdf Stay tuned for Invoicing and Accounting coming soon!

About

BeeKeepPal

This app helps beekeepers manage their apiaries and beehives digitally. It allows for detailed record-keeping of hive inspections and scheduling of apiary tasks with reminders. Get informed recommendations based on your inspection data.

Highlights
  • Apiary management
  • Beehive management
  • Inspection record-keeping
  • Task scheduling and reminders
  • Data-driven recommendations
Features
Read full description

Being responsible for an entire colony of living things in itself can be hard work. There's some heavy lifting and physically difficult tasks involved. On top of that, record keeping and paper works can be time consuming and tiring, but unfortunately, it is something that we cannot avoid. What if we tell you, there is a solution. Introducing BeeKeepPal, a complete operations management app for novice as well as commercial beekeepers that lets you digitally record all your beekeeping information. The BeeKeepPal mobile app allows you to: 1. Manage Your Apiary Give your apiary a name and start managing its details, including its location. 2. Manage Your Beehives Add your beehives to an apiary, and manage aspects such as the queen, beehive components and inspections. 3. Record Your Beehive Inspections Record your beehive inspection, filling out as much information as you think is necessary. BeeKeepPal uses your inspection data to provide informed recommendations for your beehives. 4. Schedule Tasks There's always something to do around your apiary. Schedule your tasks and get reminders when they are near due.

Screenshots

BarnManager4 screens
BeeKeepPal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BarnManager at 50% against BeeKeepPal's 0%. BeeKeepPal's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BarnManager ships an update monthly, BeeKeepPal every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BarnManager versus BeeKeepPal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarnManagerBeeKeepPal
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (24 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDigital Crumbs LLCAkeem Murray

Customer experience

BarnManager

All ratings24 ratings
Positive62.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral5.6%
Negative44.4%

BeeKeepPal

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

BarnManager

No in-app purchases

None

BeeKeepPal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BarnManager free?
BarnManager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BeeKeepPal free?
BeeKeepPal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BarnManager or BeeKeepPal have ads?
Both BarnManager and BeeKeepPal show ads.
Which is updated more often, BarnManager or BeeKeepPal?
BarnManager ships an update monthly, and BeeKeepPal every 2 months. Most recently, BarnManager was updated on September 18, 2026 and BeeKeepPal on July 7, 2026.

Other comparisons