BeekeeperTech vs Keeper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
BeekeeperTech
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Simplify your hive management with Beekeeper Tech, the revolutionary application designed to optimize your beekeeping operations. Connected to IoT sensors, it monitors your hives' temperature, humidity, weight, and GPS location in real-time with SmartBee Pro, while sending you alerts in case of anomalies. Record your inspections, plan your tasks, track your production, and collaborate easily with your team. Beekeeper Tech is your guarantee of modern, productive, and connected beekeeping. The application is functional with or without the SmartBee Pro device.
Keeper
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Your bees can't remind you what they need. Keeper can. Keeper is the offline hive tracker that works where your bees are โ gloved hands, no signal, mid-inspection. Log what you see and Keeper flags what's due next. One saved colony pays for this app many times over. A missed mite treatment doesn't announce itself. You find out weeks later when the colony is already crashing. A queen you meant to check goes queenless for a month. A follow-up you were sure you'd remember never happens. The problem isn't knowledge โ it's that no notebook can track every hive, every treatment window, every follow-up across a full operation. Log an inspection in a few taps. Keeper reads what you entered and queues the follow-up โ the mite recount in 10 days, the requeen check, the second treatment in the series. When you complete the work, it auto-completes. No extra tapping with gloved hands. Less screen time, more bee time. Stick a cheap NFC tag on any hive and scan it to jump straight to that hive's records. No scrolling through lists, no guessing which box you're in. Or skip it and use the app standalone, your choice. Your insights dashboard turns months of inspections into a clear picture โ mite counts graphed across the season, colony health by yard, winter loss patterns. The kind of overview that used to require a spreadsheet and a free afternoon. Start a yard visit when you arrive. Keeper tracks which hives you've worked so you don't drive home wondering if you missed one. Review your time later. See where the season is heading. Your data stays on your device and it's yours โ works without an account, without internet, without giving anything up. Free to try, no credit card required. Keeper Pro unlocks unlimited apiaries and hives, plus cloud sync across devices. Download it before your next yard visit. You'll wonder how you worked without it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hivekeeper.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BeekeeperTech at none against Keeper's 2. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Keeper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. BeekeeperTech asks for nothing beyond the download.
BeekeeperTech ships an update fortnightly, Keeper every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BeekeeperTech | Keeper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 8 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IRIS Technologies | JOSHUA ALLAN ATHERTON |
In-app purchases
BeekeeperTech
No in-app purchases
Keeper
- Keeper Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Keeper Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
Questions
Is BeekeeperTech free?
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Do BeekeeperTech or Keeper have ads?
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