SynScan Pro vs BroodMinder Bees
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SynScan Pro
Control motorized telescope mounts for celestial observation and astrophotography. Features include precise slewing, alignment, GOTO, and tracking of stars, planets, and deep-sky objects. Supports advanced functions like polar alignment and camera triggering.
- Control telescope mount (slew, align, GOTO, track)
- Point and Track celestial objects
- Gamepad navigation support
- Catalog of celestial objects
- Third-party app integration (ASCOM, SkySafari)
- Polar alignment (with or without polar scope)
- Camera shutter release control
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Use the SynScan app to control Sky-Watcher telescope mounts via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth LE. Mounts without built-in Wi-Fi can be supported via a SynScan Wi-Fi adapter. This is the Pro version of the SynScan app and contains features suited for expert users using equatorial mounts. Features - Control telescope mount to slew, align, GOTO and track. - Point And Track: track celestial objects (including the Sun and planets) without aligning. - Support gamepad navigation. - Browse a catalog of stars, comets, and deep sky objects. Or, save your own objects. - Provide access to mount for use by third-party apps, including ASCOM clients, SkySafari, Luminos, Stellarium Mobile Plus, Stellarium Desktop or customer-developed apps. Also set up mount alignment for Luminos, Skysafari. - Support access to the mount and the SynScan app from any platform that supports TCP/UDP connections. - Provide emulator mount for testing and practicing. - Track fast-moving earth satellites by working with the PreviSat app on Windows PC or the Lumios app on iOS devices. - Perform polar alignment with or without a polar scope. - Control shutter release (SNAP) port to trigger an attached camera. (Requires mount with SNAP port and adapter cable that matches camera.) - Use ASCOM to perform autoguiding on mounts that do not have autoguider (ST-4) port. - Other mount controls: auto home, PPEC, park.
BroodMinder Bees
This app collects data from specialized monitoring devices for beekeepers. It allows users to view and configure hive information, supporting both online and offline data collection. It serves as a replacement for previous versions of the application.
- Collects data from BroodMinder devices
- Uploads data to MyBroodMinder account
- Online and offline data collection
- View hive temperature, humidity, and weight
- Configure device settings
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BeesApp collects data from BroodMinder devices and uploads it to your account in MyBroodMinder. It allows for both online and offline data collection, viewing, and configuration. This app replaces both BroodMinder Lite and BroodMinder Apiary. The BroodMinder is a professional-grade monitor expressly designed for the apiarist. Drawing on our many years of consumer and scientific product design, we have created a devices that accurately log hive temperature, humidity, and weight once every hour.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BroodMinder Bees at 67% against SynScan Pro's 22%. BroodMinder Bees also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.6) and monetization model (free vs paid). SynScan Pro's advantage is ratings volume (51 vs 9). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BroodMinder Bees holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SynScan Pro has 51 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of SynScan Pro's written reviews are positive against 67% of BroodMinder Bees's.
SynScan Pro ships an update every 2 months, BroodMinder Bees every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 4, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SynScan Pro | BroodMinder Bees |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (51 ratings) | 4.4 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.5% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 295 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Astropower Technology Co. Ltd. | IF, LLC |
Customer experience
SynScan Pro
BroodMinder Bees
In-app purchases
SynScan Pro
No in-app purchases
BroodMinder Bees
No in-app purchases
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