Comparison

Black+Decker Home vs BeeSpace

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

Head to head
About

Black+Decker Home

Effortlessly manage your smart home devices, including lights, thermostats, and robot vacuums, from anywhere. Organize your home, automate tasks based on conditions, and personalize controls for convenience and energy savings.

Highlights
  • Home and room organization
  • Automated task execution
  • Voice command control
  • Energy saving features
  • Robot vacuum scheduling
  • Device notifications
  • Easy device setup
Features
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Power through your day with our new BLACK+DECKER® HOME App. We redesigned the way you can effortlessly manage your lights, thermostat, robot vacuums, and other aspects of your daily life from anywhere with your mobile device. HOME MANAGEMENT Organize your app by creating your Home and adding devices to specific rooms in your Home. Add multiple Homes with different devices at other locations. AUTOMATE Execute commands automatically according to conditions such as the weather, device status, and time. PERSONALIZE Control devices with one tap or by using an AI-Enabled Speaker through voice commands. Create conditions for situations, such as: Bedtime, Vacation, etc. SAVE ENERGY Control your lights and thermostat from your mobile device. CLEAN Start cleaning with the tap of a button or set automatic cleaning schedules. NOTIFY Receive notifications and monitor alarms in the Message Center. SIMPLIFY Easily add your devices with our Scan option or add manually. SHARE Share your BLACK+DECKER Home with others, and even add them to your Home.

About

BeeSpace

Manage your apiary with this comprehensive beekeeping assistant. Track hive details, log inspections, manage queens, and record treatments. Features AI-powered insights and pest/disease scanning to help keep your bees healthy.

Highlights
  • Hive, apiary, and season organization
  • Detailed inspection logging
  • Queen management and history
  • Treatment and feeding records
  • AI advisor for hive history
  • Pest and disease photo scanning
  • Weather-aware alerts
Features
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BeeSpace is a hive management app built by beekeepers, for beekeepers. Keep every hive, apiary, and season in one place, organized the way you actually think about your bees. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Track Langstroth, Top Bar, Flow Hive, and Nuc setups • Log inspections with frame-by-frame notes, mite counts, and brood pattern • Manage every queen: race, source, marking, age, and a full history, including tracking her replacement from queen cell to laying • Record treatments, feeding, and honey harvests, with reminders for what's due • Ask HiveMind, your built-in AI advisor, about your own hive history • Scan photos for early signs of pests and disease • Weather-aware alerts to help time nectar flows and feeding HiveMind and photo scans are powered by Anthropic's Claude AI. You'll see exactly what's sent before either feature is used, and your data is never sold or used to train AI models. From one backyard hive to a growing apiary, BeeSpace keeps your records organized and your bees healthier. Terms of Use (EULA): https://hivementalityhoney.com/beespace-legal/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://hivementalityhoney.com/beespace-legal/privacy/

Screenshots

Black+Decker Home4 screens
BeeSpace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BeeSpace at 100% against Black+Decker Home's 15%. BeeSpace also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 13 months). Black+Decker Home's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (54 vs 2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BeeSpace sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Black+Decker Home asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BeeSpace holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Black+Decker Home has 54 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of Black+Decker Home's written reviews are positive against 100% of BeeSpace's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Black+Decker Home ships an update every 13 months, BeeSpace every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Black+Decker Home versus BeeSpace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlack+Decker HomeBeeSpace
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (54 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings54 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size162 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStanley Black & Decker, Inc.Hive Mentality Honey LLC

Customer experience

Black+Decker Home

All ratings52 ratings
Positive59.6%
Neutral1.9%
Negative38.5%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive14.8%
Neutral14.8%
Negative70.4%

BeeSpace

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Black+Decker Home

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

BeeSpace

Subscriptions2
  • BeeSpace Master$1.991 Month
  • BeeSpace Master$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Black+Decker Home free?
Black+Decker Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BeeSpace free?
BeeSpace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Black+Decker Home or BeeSpace?
BeeSpace is rated higher. Black+Decker Home averages 3.4 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while BeeSpace averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Black+Decker Home or BeeSpace have ads?
Neither Black+Decker Home nor BeeSpace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Black+Decker Home or BeeSpace?
Black+Decker Home ships an update every 13 months, and BeeSpace every 6 days. Most recently, Black+Decker Home was updated on October 23, 2026 and BeeSpace on October 24, 2026.

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