HiveBloom vs Mind Your Now
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
Mind Your Now
This app helps you manage daily tasks and activities by focusing on when to start them, not just when they are due. It offers intelligent scheduling for future plans, reducing mental clutter and increasing accomplishment. Plan your day and future with ease, and re-prioritize tasks as needed.
- Focus on task start times
- Intelligent future scheduling
- Reduce mental clutter
- Review and re-prioritize tasks
- Daily and long-term planning
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Mind Your Now is a simple app for managing your day-to-day tasks and activities. It allows you to focus on the right thing, at the right time. A simple system to reduce the clutter in your mind. Mind Your Now focuses you on when you will start tasks, not when they are due. Let Mind Your Now help you plan for you far into the future, with intelligent task scheduling. Planning your day has never been easier! Easily review and re-prioritize your tasks and plans. Sleep easier at night knowing that you have a plan for all your plans. Worry less and accomplish more! EULA - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HiveBloom at 4.8 against Mind Your Now's 3.7. HiveBloom also leads on ratings volume (287 vs 3) and review sentiment (88% vs 67%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Mind Your Now sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HiveBloom holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HiveBloom has 287 ratings behind it against 3, 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 67% of Mind Your Now's.
HiveBloom ships an update fortnightly, Mind Your Now every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HiveBloom | Mind Your Now |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (287 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.2% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 287 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin Fuhry | Mind Your Now LLC |
Customer experience
HiveBloom
Mind Your Now
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
Mind Your Now
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
Mind Your Now
- Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$49.991 Year
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