Comparison

ApiManager vs Monty

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

Monty

Manage your ball python collection, breeding, and husbandry with specialized tools. Track animals, predict clutch outcomes, and monitor feeding and environmental conditions. Includes financial tracking and exportable reports for breeders and keepers.

Highlights
  • Animal profile management
  • Morph genetics database with conflict detection
  • Genetics calculator for clutch outcomes
  • Automated breeding season lifecycle tracking
  • Customizable feeding schedules
  • Temperature and humidity logging
  • Full financial tracking and reporting
Features
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Monty is the all-in-one collection manager built specifically for ball python keepers and breeders. No spreadsheets. No generic pet apps. Just purpose-built tools that understand your hobby. Whether you keep 3 pets or breed 200+ animals across multiple seasons, Monty scales with you — from first feed to final sale. COLLECTION MANAGEMENT Add animal profiles with photo, morph, sex, maturity, status, and notes. Search by ID, name, or morph. Filter by status, sex, and maturity. Track animals still in your care with the In Collection toggle, even after they're sold. MORPH GENETICS DATABASE Every morph colour-coded by inheritance type. Allelic complexes fully mapped with real-time conflict detection — the morph picker won't let you create impossible combinations. Super and Het forms generated automatically. Search by alias — YB, DG, OD all resolve instantly. GENETICS CALCULATOR Predict clutch outcomes with Mendelian Punnett square calculations. Handles allelic complexes correctly. Pos het probabilities (50%, 66%, 100%) per recessive locus. Pick parents from your collection or enter morphs manually. HET INTELLIGENCE Monty tracks the genetics you can't see. Auto-suggested hets when recording hatchling morphs, guaranteed morph detection from homozygous parents, and het discovery alerts when visual recessives prove a parent het. Confirm with one tap and the parent's record updates automatically. BREEDING SEASON MANAGEMENT Organise pairings by season. Automated 6-status lifecycle (Planned → Paired → Locked → Gravid → Laid → Hatched) derived entirely from your data — no manual status picking. Track introduction/separation sessions, locks, clutches, and individual eggs. Add hatchlings directly to your collection from the egg form with ID, name, sex, and hold-back flag. FEEDING SCHEDULES & BATCH FEEDING Per-animal feeding frequency with customisable prey presets. Dashboard shows overdue and due animals at a glance. Batch feed your entire collection in seconds — check the animals, hit save, done. RACK & TEMPERATURE MONITORING Log temperature and humidity per rack level. Configurable safe range with out-of-range alerts on your dashboard. Celsius and Fahrenheit supported. Export temperature logs as A4 PDF for UK licensing inspections. FULL FINANCIAL TRACKING 10 categories including animal sales with deposit and partial payment tracking, HMRC mileage at 45p/mile, receipt photos, and courier tracking. Track every sale from initial deposit to final payment — Monty handles the balance automatically. Income, expense, and profit summaries. GBP, USD, and EUR. EXPORT & REPORTS CSV and PDF export for your collection, breeding records, temperature logs, and transactions. Date range filtering on every report. A4 PDF format ready for council inspections, HMRC, or your accountant. Export individual animal records directly from their profile. DASHBOARD 9 customisable cards: collection stats, temperature alerts, feeding status, incubator countdown, breeding status, het discoveries, financial summary, reminders, and recent activity. Toggle any card on or off. iPad gets a two-column layout. SUBSCRIPTION TIERS Start free with up to 5 animals and explore every feature. Monty+ (£4.99/month) supports up to 30 animals with expanded limits. Monty Pro (£9.99/month) removes all limits — unlimited animals, transactions, and reports. PRIVACY FIRST All data stored locally on your device with automatic iCloud sync to your private account. No sign-up required. No servers. No tracking. Your data is yours. Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Dark mode by default — built for the snake room. Privacy Policy: https://valiant-behavior-1ed.notion.site/Monty-Ball-Python-Manager-2dcbc8a8e20280e8b458eadd7ba3ba69#privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://valiant-behavior-1ed.notion.site/Monty-Ball-Python-Manager-2dcbc8a8e20280e8b458eadd7ba3ba69#terms-of-service

Screenshots

ApiManager4 screens
Monty4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ApiManager at 63% against Monty's 0%. ApiManager also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.2). 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 Monty sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ApiManager versus Monty: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApiManagerMonty
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size135 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDomagoj FilipanJordan Marshall

Customer experience

ApiManager

Written reviews16 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%

Monty

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ApiManager

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

Monty

Subscriptions4
  • Monty+$4.991 Month
  • Monty Pro$9.991 Month
  • Monty+ (Yearly)$49.991 Year
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  • Monty Pro (Yearly)$99.991 Year

Questions

Is ApiManager free?
ApiManager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Monty free?
Monty is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ApiManager or Monty have ads?
Neither ApiManager nor Monty shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ApiManager or Monty?
ApiManager ships an update every 2 weeks, and Monty every 2 weeks. Most recently, ApiManager was updated on October 3, 2026 and Monty on October 6, 2026.

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