Beeirol vs HiveSight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Beeirol
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The Beeirol app offers you the digitization of your hive map, through the app you always have all relevant data about your hives with you. When inspecting the hive, the “beekeeper mode” also offers simplified entry during the inspection.
HiveSight
This app uses AI to scan for mites, log hive inspections via voice, and manage apiary finances. It provides automatic health scoring and generates PDF reports for beekeepers. The app works offline and includes GPS tracking for apiaries.
- AI mite scanning and treatment recommendations
- Hands-free voice inspections with speech-to-text
- Comprehensive hive logging (queen, harvest, finance, health)
- Automatic hive health scoring
- Generate PDF reports
- Offline functionality with GPS
- Local weather integration
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Beekeeping is an ancient art, but your tools shouldn't be. HiveSight combines the aesthetic charm of a vintage beekeeper’s logbook with cutting-edge artificial intelligence to give you the ultimate apiary management experience. Whether you are a backyard hobbyist with two hives or a sideline beekeeper managing pollination contracts, HiveSight replaces clunky spreadsheets and messy notebooks with an elegant, powerful, and easy-to-use dashboard. AI Mite Scanning Stop guessing your mite loads. Simply snap a photo, and our advanced AI vision model will instantly analyze the image, count the mites, calculate the percentage load, and provide actionable treatment recommendations based on economic thresholds. Hands-Free Voice Inspections Keep your gloves on. HiveSight features an integrated speech-to-text engine. Tap the microphone and simply speak your observations out loud while inspecting the frames. Your voice is instantly transcribed into detailed, saved notes. The 9-Grid Dashboard Manage every aspect of your hive with a beautifully designed, intuitive interface: Queen Tracking: Log breed (Saskatraz, Carniolan, Italian), emergence dates, and international color codes. Harvest Logs: Track your honey yields in lbs, log floral sources, and record moisture levels. Apiary Finance: Treat your apiary like a business. Track income from honey sales and pollination, against expenses like woodenware and feed. Health & Treatments: Log application and removal dates for medications like Formic Pro, Apivar, and Oxalic Acid. Feeding Schedules: Keep track of syrup ratios and pollen patties to ensure winter survival. Smart Tasks: Set reminders to add supers, split hives, or remove mite treatments. Automatic Scoring & PDF Reports HiveSight automatically grades your hive’s health (Healthy, Monitor Closely, Unhealthy) based on your inspection data. Need records for the state inspector or your bee club? Generate professional, beautifully formatted PDF reports for any hive with a single tap. Offline-Ready & GPS Enabled Drop a pin on your new hives. HiveSight automatically captures GPS coordinates for your apiaries and works seamlessly out in the field. Local weather integration ensures you always know if it’s a good day to crack open the boxes. Upgrade your beekeeping. Protect your bees with AI, save time with voice notes, and manage your apiary with HiveSight. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beeirol at none against HiveSight's 1. HiveSight's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. HiveSight sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Beeirol asks for nothing beyond the download.
Beeirol ships an update every 6 months, HiveSight every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 10, 2026.
| Parameter | Beeirol | HiveSight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Philipp Mair | Serdar Percin |
In-app purchases
Beeirol
No in-app purchases
HiveSight
- Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$1.991 Month









