The Bee Keeper vs Bee Facts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Bee Keeper
This app helps beekeepers manage their hives more efficiently by tracking weather patterns and providing insights for optimal hive checks. It aims to optimize honey production and promote healthy bee activity, simplifying beekeeping tasks.
- Real-time weather tracking
- Hive management tools
- Honey production optimization
- Healthy bee activity insights
- Optimized hive check timing
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The Bee Keeper is a groundbreaking app created by two brothers, Luke and Harrison, to empower beekeepers in managing their hives more efficiently. Designed to optimize honey production and promote healthy bee activity, The Bee Keeper tracks weather patterns and provides insights into the best times to check on your hives. Bees are highly sensitive to weather, and timing is everything when it comes to maintaining a productive hive. The Bee Keeper simplifies your beekeeping tasks by offering real-time weather tracking and hive management tools. With The Bee Keeper, you can ensure your hives thrive while saving time and maximizing your honey harvest. Winner of the 2024 Congressional App Challenge, The Bee Keeper is recognized for its creativity, functionality, and user-friendly design. Join the community of beekeepers who trust The Bee Keeper to care for their hives!
Bee Facts
Explore the fascinating world of bees with daily facts, a comprehensive encyclopedia, and practical guides for bee-friendly gardening and building bee houses. Learn, grow, and contribute to pollinator health.
- Daily bee fact widget
- Bee species encyclopedia
- Bee-friendly gardening tips
- DIY bee house guides
- Save favorite facts and entries
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Discover the Buzz: Learn, Grow, and Help the Bees. Whether you’re a bee enthusiast, gardener, or simply curious, Bee Facts brings the world of bees right to your device. With daily bee facts, a full encyclopedia of species and behaviors, gardening guides, and hands-on bee house plans, this beautifully designed app makes learning about bees both fun and practical. ------------- Features: - Daily Bee Fact Widget Start your day with a fascinating fact about bees, delivered right to your home screen. - Bee Encyclopedia Explore detailed entries on bee species, hive behavior, anatomy, pollination, and more. - Bee-Friendly Gardening Tips Learn what to plant, when to plant it, and how to create a garden that supports pollinators in your region. - DIY Bee House Guides Step-by-step instructions and tips for building your own bee hotels to support solitary bees. - Save Favorites Bookmark your favorite facts and entries for quick access anytime.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: The Bee Keeper at Free against Bee Facts's $0.99. The Bee Keeper also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). Bee Facts's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
The Bee Keeper is free to download; Bee Facts costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bee Facts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of The Bee Keeper's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bee Facts's.
| Parameter | The Bee Keeper | Bee Facts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | casey spitnale | Daniel Gauthier |
Customer experience
The Bee Keeper
Bee Facts
In-app purchases
The Bee Keeper
No in-app purchases
Bee Facts
No in-app purchases
