BroodMinder Bees vs Maple Syrup Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BroodMinder Bees
This app collects data from specialized monitoring devices for beekeepers. It allows users to view and configure hive information, supporting both online and offline data collection. It serves as a replacement for previous versions of the application.
- Collects data from BroodMinder devices
- Uploads data to MyBroodMinder account
- Online and offline data collection
- View hive temperature, humidity, and weight
- Configure device settings
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BeesApp collects data from BroodMinder devices and uploads it to your account in MyBroodMinder. It allows for both online and offline data collection, viewing, and configuration. This app replaces both BroodMinder Lite and BroodMinder Apiary. The BroodMinder is a professional-grade monitor expressly designed for the apiarist. Drawing on our many years of consumer and scientific product design, we have created a devices that accurately log hive temperature, humidity, and weight once every hour.
Maple Syrup Time
This app helps maple syrup producers forecast sap flow for efficient collection planning. It also allows users to log sap and syrup production data, and track year-over-year statistics.
- Sap flow forecasting
- Sap collection planning
- Log sap flow rates
- Log syrup production
- Year-over-year statistics
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Maple Syrup Time's proprietary sap flow algorithm, SapCast™, helps you plan for sap collection days based on forecasted sap flow. Maple syrup producers can also log their observed sap flow rates, collected sap, and syrup production amounts. Keep track of year-over-year statistics in a quick and convenient manner. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BroodMinder Bees at none against Maple Syrup Time's 1. BroodMinder Bees also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 33%). Maple Syrup Time's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (203 vs 9). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. Maple Syrup Time sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $24.99 per year. BroodMinder Bees asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for BroodMinder Bees against 4.5 for Maple Syrup Time. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Maple Syrup Time has 203 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of BroodMinder Bees's written reviews are positive against 33% of Maple Syrup Time's.
BroodMinder Bees ships an update every 6 weeks, Maple Syrup Time weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | BroodMinder Bees | Maple Syrup Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (9 ratings) | 4.5 (203 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 203 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 296 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IF, LLC | First Whirl, LLC |
Customer experience
BroodMinder Bees
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In-app purchases
BroodMinder Bees
No in-app purchases
Maple Syrup Time
- Maple Syrup Time PRO$24.991 Year
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