HiveBloom vs Monoline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HiveBloom
This app simplifies beekeeping by providing a digital journal for managing your hives. It helps you track colonies, record inspections, and stay organized, with features like cloud syncing and weather-based reminders. The free version supports up to two hives.
- Free management for up to 2 hives
- Unlimited hive inspections
- Apiary mapping and organization
- Detailed hive health tracking
- Cloud backup and syncing
- Weather-based inspection reminders
- Offline functionality
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HiveBloom: Free beehive management for healthier, happier bees Keep your colonies thriving with HiveBloom, the beekeeping journal that makes hive management clear and effortless. Whether you're tending a few backyard hives or managing a large apiary, HiveBloom helps you stay organized and connected to your bees. Free forever for up to 2 hives. - Free forever. Manage up to 2 hives with unlimited inspections at no cost. No trial, no credit card, no expiration. - Upgrade when you're ready. Unlock unlimited hives and premium features for only $59.99/year or $5.99/month. - Oversee every apiary. Add as many apiaries as you like and see them pinned on the map. - Track your hives. HiveBloom keeps your colonies organized in one place. - Protect your bees' health. Record detailed inspections and check the status of any hive at a glance. - Work together. Share apiaries so friends or fellow beekeepers can help manage your hives. - Always in sync. Your records are securely backed up and automatically synced to the cloud. - Stay on schedule. Get notified when it's time to inspect, with smart reminders based on your local weather. - Works offline. Keep logging even without a connection. - Quick access. Use QR codes or NFC tags on your hives for instant identification. View our terms of service at https://hivebloom.com/terms-of-service/ Icons by Flat Icons, Smashicons, Freepik, and Nhor Phai via flaticon.com
Monoline
This app functions as a personal micro journal and message-to-self service. It allows users to quickly jot down thoughts, reminders, to-dos, and links, organizing them with hashtags and accessing them across multiple devices. It also supports file uploads and basic Markdown formatting.
- Quick message composition
- Hashtag organization
- Cross-device syncing
- Powerful search functionality
- File uploads
- Markdown support
- Edit, delete, and share messages
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YOUR PERSONAL MICRO JOURNAL Have you ever found yourself taking notes by sending yourself emails or messages on messenger apps? What about links, to-dos, journaling, or simple reminders? Have you ever found a moment you just want to write down your thought in your mind somewhere? Monoline is the app for you! Monoline is a simple message to self app for sending messages to yourself. It's a very simple, yet powerful life organizer and tracker. Like a personal micro journal. ►MONOLINE FEATURES - Express your mind freely and quickly: Forget about the complicated note-taking apps. Just write everything that’s on your mind as a message freely and quickly. - Hashtags to organize messages: With Monoline, it’s so easy to keep your messages organized. Just add hashtags to the personal messages so you can easily discover and organize them. - Access all your messages from mobile and computer devices: supports multiple platforms. All your personal messages can sync between devices effortlessly. - Search messages: Just type /search to use the powerful search and hashtagging system to find messages. This allows you to use Monoline as note to self app, simple to do list app, simple reminder, thoughts and ideas recorder, micro journal, activity journal, mood tracker, emotion tracker, link saver and organizer, self talk app, and more! - Upload files: use /upload to upload files relevant to your personal messages. You can upload multiple files at once. - Supports basic Markdown syntax: our message to self app supports text formatting such as bold, italicized letters and lists. Just follow the guidelines once you install the app. - Edit, delete, share: You can edit, delete, and share any message. You can also customize the app’s settings by typing /settings. ►SOME HANDY USES OF MONOLINE: From using it as a minimalist prompted journal and daily life organizer, to using it as a note taking app for notes and messages, Monoline is one of the most universal apps ever. Here are some uses cases.. ● Self talk: Release that anger or send a note to yourself about a mistake you made. Don’t keep everything in your head! You can quickly and easily save every thought as a message across devices. ● Ideas organizer: Whether it is a small idea about a personal life hack or a potentially big business idea, Monoline can easily keep and organize your ideas. Just add the #ideas hashtag next to your message. ● Mood tracker: Add #mood to your messages related to your mood and emotions and Monoline can be your minimalist emotion tracker. ● Micro journal: Monoline is also your simple journal app. Just add #journal or #journaling to keep a daily personal diary notebook of your life or a daily activity journal. ● To do, shopping lists and reminders: Monoline can also be your simple life organizer for to-dos and errands. Easily add to do tasks, create lists, and record reminders, by adding the appropriate hashtags. ● Link saver: Bookmarking is great, but Monoline makes it super simple to keep and organize important links for every aspect of your life. ● Memories keeper: A special moment happened in your life? Add the photo/video memory and send yourself a message with the hashtag #memories to keep it forever. … and many many more. How you use Monoline depends solely on you! ►Download and try it now for FREE! ---- CONTACT: We are constantly working hard to improve our unique message to self app. Use the /feedback command within Monoline to send us feedback or send an email to support@monoline.io. Enjoy using Monoline!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Monoline at none against HiveBloom's 4. Monoline also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 88%). HiveBloom's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (287 vs 2). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. HiveBloom sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Monoline asks for nothing beyond the download.
Monoline holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HiveBloom has 287 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of HiveBloom's written reviews are positive against 100% of Monoline's.
HiveBloom ships an update fortnightly, Monoline every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HiveBloom | Monoline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (287 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 287 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin Fuhry | Launch Platform LLC |
Customer experience
HiveBloom
Monoline
Bugs and requests
HiveBloom
Reported bugs
4 issues- Technical issue with no support response
- Lost all entries and data after free trial
- Issues with reloading records after phone death (resolved by support)
- Harvest feature issue (resolved by support)
Requested features
9 requests- Ability to share notes/inspections read-only
- Summary views for varroa counts, hive weights, gentleness over time
- Line graphs for data visualization
- Financial management features (recording sales, units)
- Ability to modify dates to be in the past
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- General notes per hive
- Ability to mark defensive bees
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
Monoline
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
HiveBloom
- HiveBloom Monthly$2.991 Month
- HiveBloom Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$5.991 Month
- HiveBloom Yearly$17.991 Year
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- HiveBloom Yearly Subscription1 Month trial$59.991 Year
Monoline
No in-app purchases









