Comparison

ApiManager vs ApiTracer Lite

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

Head to head
About

ApiManager

This app helps beekeepers track and record hive development, inspections, honey production, and feedings. It offers user-friendly data management with graphs, reports, and statistics to monitor apiary progress and finances.

Highlights
  • Hive inspection tracking
  • Honey production recording
  • Feeding and task management
  • Graphs and reports
  • Advanced statistics
  • Expense and earnings tracking
Features
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Tracking and recording the development of your bees is an integral part of beekeeping. A pen and paper is good to record the progress of the hive. However, a beekeeping mobile app with a user-friendly interface is cooler than the traditional ones. Made for beekeepers, ApiManager is a feature rich application designed to help you manage your beehive records. It allows you to record important beekeeping data on your bees. Tracking hive inspections, honey production, feedings, tasks are just a few of the awesome features this app provides. Use various Graphs, Reports and Advanced statistics for monitoring your business and never lose track of your expenses and earnings. Beekeeping can be simple, manage your apiary well.

About

ApiTracer Lite

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This application is dedicated to beekeepers wishing to manage closely their hives. Turn your phone into a geolocalised barcode reader, specialised for beekeepers. Our application will quickly replace your notebook! You will be able to enter in the apiaries, all the necessary informations to track your hives: -Strain association scan: associate each hive to the queen it contains and easily follow your queen lineage. - Harvest scan: link the supers to their hive. - Transhumance scan: place hives in their apiary. - Wintering scan: locate your overwintered hives. - Hive list: indicate the hives that need a quick intervention and find them easily in your application. -List of tasks : Also use ApiTracer to organize your task by apiary, keep track of your visits and plan future work. -Apiaries map : quickly access a map of all your apiaries and let it guide you. -Access a simple barcode generator in the application. You can then export all the data by e-mail in the form of an Excel table. It is then up to you to interpret the collected information. This Lite version is completely free of charge, with a limit of 100 hives. A Pro version is available for an unlimited number of hives and a personal website for easier use of the data. This application is independent of any server, all data is stored locally on your phone, and no one but you can access it.

Screenshots

ApiManager4 screens
ApiTracer Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ApiManager at 12.0 against ApiTracer Lite's 14.0. 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. ApiManager sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and ApiTracer Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ApiManager ships an update every 2 weeks, ApiTracer Lite monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ApiManager versus ApiTracer Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApiManagerApiTracer Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDomagoj FilipanLes Ruchers du Bassigny

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ApiManager

One-time3
  • Basic Subscription$14.99
  • Standard Subscription$30.99
  • Premium Subscription$64.99
1 purchases

ApiTracer Lite

One-time1
  • ApiTracer Lite$8.99

Questions

Is ApiManager free?
ApiManager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ApiTracer Lite free?
ApiTracer Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ApiManager or ApiTracer Lite have ads?
Neither ApiManager nor ApiTracer Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ApiManager or ApiTracer Lite?
ApiManager ships an update every 2 weeks, and ApiTracer Lite monthly. Most recently, ApiManager was updated on October 24, 2026 and ApiTracer Lite on October 25, 2026.

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