Comparison

BeeSaver Beekeeping Assistant vs Keeper

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

BeeSaver Beekeeping Assistant

Features
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Manage your beehives anytime, anywhere The BeeSaver app helps you manage your hives digitally and keeps all essential hive information at your fingertips. Record beekeeping activities, analyze sensor data and detect issues early. Digital Hive Records Document inspections, feeding, treatments and harvests directly in the app. All records are securely archived and always accessible. Smart Hive Monitoring Connect your BeeSaver Queen or compatible hive scales to monitor hive weight and other sensor parameters. Track the development of your colonies remotely and in real time. Alerts for unusual hive activity such as sudden weight loss or drastic increase allow you to react quickly and support your bees more effectively. Built for modern beekeeping BeeSaver combines smart sensor technology with digital hive management to help beekeepers maintain healthier and stronger colonies.

About

Keeper

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Your bees can't remind you what they need. Keeper can. Keeper is the offline hive tracker that works where your bees are — gloved hands, no signal, mid-inspection. Log what you see and Keeper flags what's due next. One saved colony pays for this app many times over. A missed mite treatment doesn't announce itself. You find out weeks later when the colony is already crashing. A queen you meant to check goes queenless for a month. A follow-up you were sure you'd remember never happens. The problem isn't knowledge — it's that no notebook can track every hive, every treatment window, every follow-up across a full operation. Log an inspection in a few taps. Keeper reads what you entered and queues the follow-up — the mite recount in 10 days, the requeen check, the second treatment in the series. When you complete the work, it auto-completes. No extra tapping with gloved hands. Less screen time, more bee time. Stick a cheap NFC tag on any hive and scan it to jump straight to that hive's records. No scrolling through lists, no guessing which box you're in. Or skip it and use the app standalone, your choice. Your insights dashboard turns months of inspections into a clear picture — mite counts graphed across the season, colony health by yard, winter loss patterns. The kind of overview that used to require a spreadsheet and a free afternoon. Start a yard visit when you arrive. Keeper tracks which hives you've worked so you don't drive home wondering if you missed one. Review your time later. See where the season is heading. Your data stays on your device and it's yours — works without an account, without internet, without giving anything up. Free to try, no credit card required. Keeper Pro unlocks unlimited apiaries and hives, plus cloud sync across devices. Download it before your next yard visit. You'll wonder how you worked without it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hivekeeper.app/privacy

Screenshots

BeeSaver Beekeeping Assistant4 screens
Keeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Keeper at 13.0 against BeeSaver Beekeeping Assistant's 15.0. 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. BeeSaver Beekeeping Assistant sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $22.99 per year and Keeper 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

BeeSaver Beekeeping Assistant ships an update every 2 weeks, Keeper every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
BeeSaver Beekeeping Assistant versus Keeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeeSaver Beekeeping AssistantKeeper
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeeSaver GmbHJOSHUA ALLAN ATHERTON

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BeeSaver Beekeeping Assistant

Subscriptions3
  • Worker Bee Abo$22.991 Year
  • Drone Bee Abo$44.991 Year
  • Queen Bee Abo$79.991 Year
2 purchases

Keeper

Subscriptions2
  • Keeper Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Keeper Pro Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is BeeSaver Beekeeping Assistant free?
BeeSaver Beekeeping Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Keeper free?
Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BeeSaver Beekeeping Assistant or Keeper have ads?
Neither BeeSaver Beekeeping Assistant nor Keeper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeeSaver Beekeeping Assistant or Keeper?
BeeSaver Beekeeping Assistant ships an update every 2 weeks, and Keeper every 8 days. Most recently, BeeSaver Beekeeping Assistant was updated on September 17, 2026 and Keeper on September 8, 2026.

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