ApiManager vs Beekeeper Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Hive inspection tracking
- Honey production recording
- Feeding and task management
- Graphs and reports
- Advanced statistics
- Expense and earnings tracking
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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.
Beekeeper Journal
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Record apiaries, hives and six-step inspections. Keep original observations and linked revisions, attach up to two photos per inspection, and export CSV, PDF or versioned ZIP archives. Restore compatible archives without overwriting conflicting records. A manual journal, not treatment advice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beekeeper Journal at none against ApiManager's 3. Beekeeper Journal also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). ApiManager's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price and ads 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. ApiManager sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Beekeeper Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.
ApiManager ships an update every 2 weeks, Beekeeper Journal every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 19, 2026.
| Parameter | ApiManager | Beekeeper Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Domagoj Filipan | Danila Pryadko |
In-app purchases
ApiManager
- Basic Subscription$14.99
- Standard Subscription$30.99
- Premium Subscription$64.99
Beekeeper Journal
No in-app purchases
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