Comparison

Apiarist vs Wabe

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

Head to head
About

Apiarist

This application helps beekeepers manage their apiaries and hives efficiently. It allows for tracking inspections, harvests, and financial data, with features like photo storage and task reminders. The app works offline and supports data import/export for comprehensive apiary management.

Highlights
  • Track unlimited apiaries, hives, inspections, and harvests
  • Store data locally and work offline
  • Take photos of apiaries and inspections
  • Reminders for scheduled tasks
  • Financial tracking for income and expenses
  • Data import and export for backup
Features
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Manage your apiary easily and professionally This app is designed specifically for beekeepers — from beginners to experienced professionals. It will help you efficiently manage your beekeeping business, track hive conditions, and plan your work for the entire season. Key Features: - Track unlimited apiaries, hives, inspections and honey harvests - Sync your data between your Apple devices if you use iCloud - Store all information locally — your data is always safe - Works without internet — use the app anywhere - Take photos of apiaries, hives and inspections - Reminders about scheduled tasks - Flexible settings tailored to your needs - Data import and export for backup - Financial tracking income and expenses - Dictionary and reference support - Growth charts for key indicators - Monitor essential metrics Supported Languages: English, 中文, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, 日本語, Português, Русский, Español, Türkçe, Magyar, Nederlands, Український, Eesti, Svenska, Polski, Norsk Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Wabe

Features
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Wabe is a small, pixel-art notebook for your beehives — the kind of tool that fits in your bag next to the smoker. No accounts. No cloud. No tracking. Every entry stays on your phone, where it belongs. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Log inspections with a clean, beekeeper-shaped flow — temperament, queen sightings, varroa count, notes. • Tap each frame on a pixel-art comb to mark: open brood, capped brood, eggs, honey, pollen, queen cell, drone frame, foundation, starter strip, or empty drawn comb. Multi-select where it matters. • Attach a photo and the current weather (one tap, fetched live from open-meteo). • Keep an honest hive history — first inspection to latest, with the inspections you actually wrote, not summaries. • Export a single hive — or an entire apiary — as a clean PDF (15 languages, with proper beekeeping terminology). • Get gentle, opt-in reminders: drone-frame timer (19 days), inspection overdue per season, and a "one year ago today" recap with the photo from that day. WHY PIXEL ART Beekeeping is slow, hands-on, and detailed. A pixel-art comb you can tap, frame by frame, mirrors what you actually do at the hive — without pretending to be photorealistic. It's tactile, it's quick to read, and the brood patterns look like brood patterns. LOCAL-FIRST, BY DESIGN Wabe runs entirely on your phone. There is no Wabe server. There is no Wabe account. There is no analytics SDK. The only network call is to fetch weather from open-meteo when you create an inspection — and only if you allow location access. Your data stays where you put it. You can export it (PDF + ZIP backup) any time. There is no lock-in. LANGUAGES English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Polski, Čeština, Español, Português, Türkçe, Română, Magyar, Slovenčina, Русский, العربية (with full RTL support). WHO IT'S FOR Beekeepers — beginners or seasoned — who like a calm tool that respects their attention and their data. If you've been keeping notes in a paper book, on the back of an envelope, or in a spreadsheet that's getting unwieldy, Wabe is meant to feel like the next step. It's not built to make beekeeping faster. It's built to make remembering what you saw easier, so next spring's decisions are sharper.

Screenshots

Apiarist4 screens
Wabe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wabe at none against Apiarist's 6. Wabe also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Apiarist sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Wabe asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Apiarist versus Wabe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApiaristWabe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (148 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings148 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleg SolovievLenny anzalichi

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Apiarist

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time4
  • 1 coffee$4.99
  • 2 coffees$9.99
  • 5 coffees$24.99
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  • 10 coffees$49.99
None

Wabe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Apiarist free?
Apiarist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wabe free?
Wabe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Apiarist or Wabe have ads?
Neither Apiarist nor Wabe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Apiarist or Wabe?
Apiarist ships an update every 10 days, and Wabe every 10 days. Most recently, Apiarist was updated on October 24, 2026 and Wabe on October 24, 2026.

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