Comparison

Pocket Bees vs BeeKeeper

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Bees

Build and manage your own bee colony. Forage for resources, breed different bee types, and capture creatures to strengthen your army. Engage in real-time battles with other players for resources and complete missions for rewards.

Highlights
  • Resource foraging and management
  • Nest chamber upgrades
  • Breeding worker and guard bees
  • Creature capture and army building
  • Real-time player vs. player combat
  • Story and daily missions
Features
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* Forage resources and bring them back to your nest. * Improve your nest chambers for extra bonuses. * Breed worker and guard bees. * Capture other creatures and make them join your army. * Collect all the creatures and make them stronger. * Fight other players real time for resources and bonus items. * Complete the story and daily missions for extra prizes. ----- follow @ArielGames15 on Twitter for updates Discord: https://discord.gg/BJk6Dgx

About

BeeKeeper

Grow a new bee colony from scratch by building hives, evolving bees with unique traits, and managing resources. Plant flowers and release bees into the wild to restore the ecosystem in this calm, thoughtful game.

Highlights
  • Grow a new bee colony
  • Build hives and incubators
  • Evolve bees with unique traits
  • Manage honey and pollen resources
  • Plant flowers
  • Release bees into the wild
Features
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Bees have disappeared — it’s time to bring them back. In BeeKeeper, you’ll grow a new colony from scratch. Build hives, evolve your bees with unique traits, manage resources like honey and pollen, and gradually build your beautiful garden! > Research and unlock genetic traits > Build hives and incubators > Plant flowers > Release bees into the wild as your colony grows BeeKeeper is a calm, thoughtful game about building something from nothing — one bee at a time.

Screenshots

Pocket Bees4 screens
BeeKeeper3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pocket Bees at 3.8 against BeeKeeper's 3.0. Pocket Bees also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 20%) and ratings volume (330 vs 8). BeeKeeper's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pocket Bees sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. BeeKeeper asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pocket Bees holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Bees has 330 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Pocket Bees's written reviews are positive against 20% of BeeKeeper's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pocket Bees versus BeeKeeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket BeesBeeKeeper
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (330 ratings) — better3.0 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews56.6% of reviews — better20.0% of reviews
Number of ratings330 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size287 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAriel VillafaneChaniel Abou-Ezzi

Customer experience

Pocket Bees

All ratings329 ratings
Positive68.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative22.5%
Written reviews226 reviews
Positive56.6%
Neutral15.5%
Negative27.9%

BeeKeeper

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative60.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Pocket Bees

One-time6
  • 100 Gems$0.99
  • 500 Gems.$3.99
  • 1200 Gems.$8.99
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  • 2500 Gems.$17.99
  • 5500 Gems.$35.99
  • 15000 Gems.$89.99
None

BeeKeeper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Bees free?
Pocket Bees is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BeeKeeper free?
BeeKeeper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Bees or BeeKeeper?
Pocket Bees is rated higher. Pocket Bees averages 3.8 out of 5 from 330 ratings, while BeeKeeper averages 3.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Pocket Bees or BeeKeeper have ads?
Neither Pocket Bees nor BeeKeeper shows ads.

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