Comparison

Mill vs HiveDiary

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

Head to head
About

Mill

Manage your smart kitchen bin with this app. Set up Wi-Fi, customize settings, schedule food grounds pickups, and access helpful guides. Learn what to add to your bin and track your impact.

Highlights
  • Wi-Fi bin setup and pairing
  • Customize bin settings
  • Schedule food grounds pickups
  • Track food grounds returns
  • Access bin usage guides
  • Manage Kid & Pet lock
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Meet the Mill app. Set up, manage and control your kitchen bin — all in one place. Setup and pairing – Connect your bin to Wi-Fi – Easily access and control bin settings Customize your bin – Manage your Dry & Grind schedule – Turn the Kid & Pet lock on or off – Give your bin a name of its own Schedule pickups – Schedule a Food Grounds™ pickup or find drop-off locations – Order more prepaid boxes – Track the status of Food Grounds returns Get helpful guides – See what’s ok (and not ok) to add to the bin – Get tips to keep your bin running at its best – Learn more about the impact of your Mill Membership™ The Mill app is designed to use with the Mill kitchen bin, all part of your Mill Membership™

About

HiveDiary

Easily log hive inspections, analyze comb photos, and generate to-do lists for beekeeping. Track costs, income, and export data for inspectors. Model your real hives and manage your apiary efficiently.

Highlights
  • Log inspections with a few taps
  • Photograph frames for comb analysis
  • Generate to-do lists from records
  • Model real hives with drag-and-drop
  • Track costs and income per hive
  • Export data as PDF
Features
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HiveDiary is the easiest way to keep hive records. Log inspections with a few taps, photograph frames to have the comb analyzed, and see what each colony needs before your next visit. INSPECTIONS IN SECONDS Open a hive and tap what you see: queen spotted, eggs, larvae, swarm cells, mite counts, feeding, treatments. Each entry is saved to the exact frame or box it belongs to. When you close the hive, HiveDiary writes a summary of the visit for you, with every detail kept underneath. PHOTO COMB ANALYSIS Take a picture of a frame and HiveDiary estimates how much of the comb is brood, honey and pollen, and highlights anything worth checking. Readings are dated, so you can watch a frame fill in over the season. A TO-DO LIST FROM YOUR OWN RECORDS HiveDiary turns what you record into action items: a mite count over threshold, comb that needs replacing, equipment that needs repair, a hive you haven't checked in a while. Tap any item to go straight to the hive or frame it's about. MODEL YOUR REAL HIVES Set up each hive exactly as it stands, from bottom board to cover, and rearrange parts by dragging. Move a box between hives and its frames and history move with it. TRACK COSTS AND INCOME Record expenses and sales per hive, attach receipts, and export a summary by period. YOUR DATA, YOUR WAY Export any visit or your full records as a PDF for a bee inspector, mentor or insurer. Delete your account and data from within the app whenever you want. HiveDiary Premium is an auto-renewing subscription available weekly, monthly or yearly, with a free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hivediary.com/privacy

Screenshots

Mill4 screens
HiveDiary3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: HiveDiary at 5.0 against Mill's 4.2. HiveDiary also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Mill's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (95 vs 1). 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. HiveDiary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Mill asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HiveDiary holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mill has 95 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mill ships an update monthly, HiveDiary weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Mill versus HiveDiary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMillHiveDiary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (95 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings95 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMill Industries, LLCBrett Reisman

Customer experience

Mill

All ratings92 ratings
Positive78.3%
Neutral1.1%
Negative20.7%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative32.1%

HiveDiary

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mill

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

HiveDiary

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Yearly14 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Mill free?
Mill is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HiveDiary free?
HiveDiary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mill or HiveDiary?
HiveDiary is rated higher. Mill averages 4.2 out of 5 from 95 ratings, while HiveDiary averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mill or HiveDiary have ads?
Neither Mill nor HiveDiary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mill or HiveDiary?
Mill ships an update monthly, and HiveDiary weekly. Most recently, Mill was updated on October 22, 2026 and HiveDiary on October 25, 2026.

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