Comparison

ApiManager vs Beentry

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

Beentry

A modern notebook for beekeepers to manage colonies, treatments, and yields. Record hive details, add photos, and plan tasks with an intuitive interface. Access your data online or offline with synchronization to a web version.

Highlights
  • Apiary and hive management
  • Detailed colony status tracking
  • Treatment and care recording
  • Yield tracking (honey, wax, etc.)
  • Task planning with notifications
  • Photo documentation
  • Offline and online synchronization
Features
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Beentry helps thousands of beekeepers across Europe manage their apiaries faster and with a better overview. From hive inspections to financial tracking — everything in one place, on your phone and on the web. ▸ INSPECTION RECORDS • Customizable tags — build a record in seconds with a tap • Bulk entries for multiple hives at once • Add photos and notes to your inspections • Current weather is added to inspections automatically • Voice dictation — speak and the app fills in the tags for you ▸ HIVES & APIARIES • Unlimited number of hives and apiaries • Hive type, frame size, colors, archive inactive hives • Clear dashboard with a quick status of all colonies ▸ QUEEN MANAGEMENT • Track lineage, origin, and age • Color marking by year • History of introductions and replacements ▸ PRODUCTION • Record your honey harvests (including moisture measurement), wax, propolis, pollen, royal jelly • Yield overviews per apiary and overall ▸ INTERACTIVE MAP • Bee flight radius around your apiary ▸ PLANNING & TASKS • Plan your next steps directly at the apiary or hive • Reminders via notifications so nothing slips through ▸ AI ADVISOR • Ask anything about beekeeping — get an answer in moments • Knows all your records — gives advice tailored to your colonies ▸ WORKS EVERYWHERE • Offline mode with automatic sync ▸ WEB VERSION • Full web version at www.beentry.com • Export records to PDF • Financial overview with income and expense charts • Sting statistics — how many stings have you collected this year? :) • 6 languages: Czech, English, German, Slovak, Polish, French Try Beentry free for 30 days — all features, no limits. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ApiManager4 screens
Beentry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Beentry at 85% against ApiManager's 67%. ApiManager's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). 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 Beentry sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ApiManager ships an update every 2 weeks, Beentry every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ApiManager versus Beentry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApiManagerBeentry
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews84.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDomagoj FilipanPunkHive s.r.o.

Customer experience

ApiManager

Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative25.0%

Beentry

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative7.7%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ApiManager

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

Beentry

Subscriptions2
  • MONTHLY$3.991 Month
  • YEARLY$39.991 Year

Questions

Is ApiManager free?
ApiManager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beentry free?
Beentry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ApiManager or Beentry have ads?
Neither ApiManager nor Beentry shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ApiManager or Beentry?
ApiManager ships an update every 2 weeks, and Beentry every 9 days. Most recently, ApiManager was updated on September 14, 2026 and Beentry on September 1, 2026.

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