Comparison

ASTC vs Bee Vision

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

Head to head
About

ASTC

Enhance your conference experience by accessing schedules, speaker details, and exhibitor information. Take notes directly on presentation slides in real-time and share insights with attendees via in-app messaging, tweeting, or email.

Highlights
  • View conference schedule
  • Access speaker and exhibitor details
  • Take real-time notes on slides
  • Draw directly on presentation slides
  • In-app messaging with attendees
  • Share information via tweet/email
Features
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The ASTC Events mobile application allows you to view the schedule, presentations, exhibitors, and speaker details from the conference. Users can take notes adjacent to the presentation slides real time during presentations and draw and highly directly on the slides inside the app. Note-taking is also available in the posters and exhibitors pages as well. Additionally, users can share information with attendees and colleagues with the in app messaging feature, tweeting, and emailing.

About

Bee Vision

Features
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SEE WHAT BEES SEE Bees have a superpower. They can see something in the sky that humans cannot: an invisible compass made of polarized light. When sunlight passes through the atmosphere, it creates a hidden pattern across the entire sky. This pattern always points to the sun, even on cloudy days. For 400 million years, bees, ants, and butterflies have used it to find their way home. Bee Vision reveals this hidden world on your iPhone. BEE VIEW See the world through compound eyes. Your camera transforms into hexagonal facets, just like a bee's vision. The colors reveal the polarization pattern: orange near the sun, blue at 90° away, where the signal is strongest. Capture stunning photos and share what you see through insect eyes. POLARIZATION COMPASS A real navigation tool. Point your phone at the sky and see the polarization pattern overlaid on the real world. The compass shows your heading, the sun's position, and how polarized the light is in any direction. Open the Sky Map to see the full pattern across the entire sky at once. FEATURES - Real-time polarization visualization - Hexagonal compound eye camera filter - Capture and share photos with polarization overlay - Full sky polarization map - Works through clouds, that's the whole point - Accurate sun position based on your location - Demo mode for indoor use or at night - No ads. No subscriptions. Just science. THE SCIENCE IS REAL This isn't a simulation. Bee Vision calculates the actual polarization pattern using your GPS location and precise astronomical formulas. What you see is what's really in the sky, you just couldn't see it before. Point at the sky. See what bees see.

Screenshots

ASTC4 screens
Bee Vision4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ASTC at Free against Bee Vision's $2.99. ASTC also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.1). Bee Vision's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 12 months). On ads and in-app purchases 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

ASTC is free to download; Bee Vision costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ASTC ships an update every 12 months, Bee Vision daily. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
ASTC versus Bee Vision: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterASTCBee Vision
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.7 (30 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.5 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperASSOCIATION OF SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY CENTERS, INC.Adventuring B.V.

In-app purchases

None

ASTC

No in-app purchases

None

Bee Vision

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ASTC free?
ASTC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bee Vision free?
Bee Vision costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ASTC or Bee Vision have ads?
Neither ASTC nor Bee Vision shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ASTC or Bee Vision?
ASTC ships an update every 12 months, and Bee Vision daily. Most recently, ASTC was updated on September 30, 2026 and Bee Vision on September 19, 2026.

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