Comparison

Hive vs Soar

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

Head to head
About

Hive

This app helps designers, creators, and innovators organize and manage all their creative assets in one place. It offers smart photo organization, an integrated video player, and multiple ways to save inspirations, streamlining your creative process. Effortlessly sort, categorize, and find your ideas with advanced filtering and search capabilities.

Highlights
  • Organize creative assets
  • Smart photo organizer
  • Integrated video player
  • Multiple save methods
  • Web capture
  • Multi-level folder system
  • Advanced search and filter
Features
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Hive is a private visual reference library for designers, illustrators, photographers, and creative teams. Save references the moment you find them—Share Sheet, clipboard, Safari, and links—then keep images, video, and files in one library you actually control. No feed. No tracking theater. Just a calm place to store and reopen what you need. Organize for real work • Folders, tags, filters, and search built for reference retrieval • Smart Folders to surface the set you need for a project • Mixed media in one place: images, video, links, and files Built for mobile creative workflows • Fast capture on iPhone and iPad • Browse and reuse references on the go • Works with an Eagle-compatible library workflow on mobile Privacy by default • Your library stays yours Hive is for people who already collect inspiration in Pinterest, moodboards, or Eagle on the desktop—and need a private, organized library on iOS. Download Hive and turn scattered references into a library you can find again. Privacy Policy: https://hive.ink/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Soar

Organize images, videos, and local content efficiently with folders, tags, and filters. Preview, rename, and manage assets in a unified view. Connect to existing libraries for seamless management on your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Import images and videos
  • Organize with folders and tags
  • Preview asset details
  • Manage source links
  • Connect to Eagle/Billfish libraries
  • Unified asset management view
Features
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Soar is a lightweight and intuitive asset management tool that helps you organize images, videos, and local library content more efficiently. You can quickly import assets from Files or Photos, organize them by folders, tags, and filters, and browse, preview, rename, annotate, and manage source links in one unified view. As the first mobile asset management tool to support both Eagle and Billfish, Soar lets you connect local Eagle / Billfish libraries and continue viewing, organizing, and managing your existing asset libraries on iPhone. Whether for inspiration collection, design references, photo organization, or everyday asset archiving, Soar makes content management clearer and smoother. Main Features: Import images, videos, and local library content Organize with folders, tags, and multiple filter options Quickly preview asset details and navigate thumbnails Edit names, notes, source links, and other information Manage library content in one place for more efficient search Soar focuses on making asset organization lighter, more reliable, and more effortless. Subscription Information Soar Pro Monthly Membership -- Subscription period: 1 month -- Subscription price: CNY 18 per month -- Member benefits: Unlock all Soar Pro features, including multiple library imports, unlimited asset imports, library editing, asset export, continuous sync, and more. Soar Pro Annual Membership -- Trial: 7-day free trial -- Subscription period: 1 year -- Subscription price: CNY 48 per year -- Member benefits: Unlock all Soar Pro features, including multiple library imports, unlimited asset imports, library editing, asset export, continuous sync, and more. Soar Pro Lifetime Membership -- Purchase type: One-time purchase, non-renewing -- Purchase price: CNY 68 -- Member benefits: Permanently unlock all Soar Pro features, including multiple library imports, unlimited asset imports, library editing, asset export, continuous sync, and more. Additional Terms -- Payment: Payment will be charged to the user’s Apple ID account after the purchase is confirmed. -- Renewal: Monthly and annual memberships are auto-renewing subscriptions. Within 24 hours before the subscription expires, Apple will charge the user’s Apple ID account. After successful payment, the subscription period will be extended accordingly. -- Trial: If the annual membership includes a free trial, it will automatically convert to an annual subscription unless canceled before the trial ends. -- Cancel renewal: To cancel a subscription, please do so at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. To cancel: open iPhone “Settings” -> tap your Apple ID name -> tap “Subscriptions” -> select Soar -> tap “Cancel Subscription.” -- Restore purchases: If you have already purchased a membership, you can tap “Restore” on the membership page in Soar to recover your purchased benefits. -- Pricing note: Actual prices may vary by country or region. The final price is subject to the App Store purchase confirmation page. Terms of Service (EULA): https://support.onepiece.life/soar/terms Privacy Policy: https://support.onepiece.life/soar/privacy

Screenshots

Hive4 screens
Soar4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hive and Soar both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Soar's written reviews are positive against 79% of Hive's. Hive's advantage is ratings volume (39 vs 3) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 10 days). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. Hive sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Soar sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Hive against 5.0 for Soar. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hive has 39 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Hive's written reviews are positive against 100% of Soar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hive ships an update every 4 days, Soar every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hive versus Soar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiveSoar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (39 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews78.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017 — better
Further details — not scored
Size186 MB37 MB
Age rating+174+
Developer易泓 刘草帽公社

Customer experience

Hive

All ratings39 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral2.6%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews104 reviews
Positive78.8%
Neutral9.6%
Negative11.5%

Soar

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hive

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Annually7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$39.99
7 purchases

Soar

Subscriptions2
  • Soar Pro 月度会员$9.991 Month
  • Soar Pro 年度会员7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time5
  • Soar Pro 永久会员$59.99
  • Soar Pro 永久会员$69.99
  • Soar Pro 永久会员$79.99
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  • Soar Pro 永久会员$89.99
  • Soar Pro 永久会员$99.99

Questions

Is Hive free?
Hive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Soar free?
Soar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hive or Soar?
Soar is rated higher. Hive averages 4.9 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Soar averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Hive or Soar have ads?
Neither Hive nor Soar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hive or Soar?
Hive ships an update every 4 days, and Soar every 10 days. Most recently, Hive was updated on November 6, 2026 and Soar on November 5, 2026.

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