BeeKeepPal vs Bee Api
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BeeKeepPal
This app helps beekeepers manage their hives with AI-powered disease detection and voice-recorded inspections. It offers offline functionality, custom forms, and detailed insights into colony health and performance. Manage multiple apiaries and track all essential beekeeping activities in one place.
- AI disease scanner
- Voice-recorded inspections
- Offline functionality
- Customizable inspection forms
- Hive performance insights
- Task scheduling and reminders
- Multi-apiary management
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Spot trouble early, log inspections hands-free, and keep every hive record in one place. BeeKeepPal is the AI-powered beekeeping app for hobbyists, sideliners and commercial beekeepers. AI DISEASE SCANNER Snap a photo of a frame and BeeKeepPal flags possible signs of brood disease and pests, so you know which colonies to look at more closely. VOICE INSPECTIONS Gloves on, smoker in hand? Just talk. Record your hive inspection by voice and BeeKeepPal fills in the details for you. WORKS OFFLINE IN THE BEE YARD No signal at the out-yard? Keep inspecting and recording. Your data syncs when you're back online. AI INSPECTION INSIGHTS BeeKeepPal turns your inspection history into clear recommendations for each hive, from queen status to colony strength. CUSTOM INSPECTION FORMS Record exactly what matters to your operation. Build your own inspection checklist or use the built-in one. EVERYTHING ELSE YOU NEED • Manage multiple apiaries and bee yards with locations • Track every beehive: queen, brood, boxes and components • Log varroa mite counts, treatments, feeding and harvests • Schedule tasks and get reminders before they're due • Compare hive performance season over season WHO IT'S FOR New beekeepers learning what to look for, backyard hobbyists with a few hives, and commercial operations managing many yards. Your records also sync with the BeeKeepPal web app at beekeeppal.com. Questions or ideas? Contact our support team from inside the app. SUBSCRIPTIONS BeeKeepPal Pro and BeeKeepPal Pro Team are available as monthly or annual auto-renewable subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://beekeeppal.com/privacy-policy
Bee Api
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You are looking for a simple and visual application that would allow you to manage your apiary? A clear and intuitive bee management solution designed for beekeepers by a beekeeper. You may just have found it! And to put a smile on your face, we named it Bee Api. This application is built around the idea of a calendar referencing all the interventions and observations you make on your apiary. Notes, sounds, images, PDF, and a whole range of tools already built-in allow you to clearly and effortlessly reference the life of your hives throughout the year. Record weather, honey flows, brood observation, feeding, swarming, division, requeening, transhumance, disease and treatment. Generate a QR code to stick on your hives for quick access. Work offline, locally on your smartphone or sync your data to the cloud to share and secure it. Export and import your data (CSV and JSON). We offer two versions. The first one, free of charge, allows you to manage one single hive. The second one, for a fee, allows you to manage and synchronize hives and apiaries, without limitations and on several devices. We are committed to avoid any advertising spam and, rest assured, your data will neither be collected, nor sold to anyone. We chose a pricing that we believe is reasonable and appropriate for maintenance and further development of this application. Many features are in the works. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bee Api at weekly against BeeKeepPal's every 2 months. Bee Api also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. BeeKeepPal sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Bee Api sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BeeKeepPal ships an update every 2 months, Bee Api weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeeKeepPal | Bee Api |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akeem Murray | Thibault Chatillon |
In-app purchases
BeeKeepPal
- Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
- Pro Team Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pro Annual$58.001 Year
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- Pro Team Annual$96.001 Year
Bee Api
- 1 month$3.491 Month
- 1 year$27.991 Year








