BeeBuddyAI vs Keeper

Your AI-powered beekeeping companion — from first hive to full apiary. BeeBuddy puts everything a beekeeper needs in one beautifully designed app. Whether you're setting up your first Langstroth or managing dozens of colonies across multiple apiaries, BeeBuddy helps you stay organized, make better decisions, and keep your bees thriving. APIARY & HIVE MANAGEMENT Set up apiaries with GPS coordinates, assign custom colors, and organize your hives by location. Track each hive's type (Langstroth, Top Bar, Warré, Flow), source (package, nuc, swarm, split), and status. A guided wizard makes adding new hives quick and easy. DETAILED INSPECTIONS Record inspections with flexible templates for beginners through advanced beekeepers. Log queen status, brood patterns, population estimates, honey stores, temperament, pest counts, and more. Attach photos directly from your camera. Every inspection captures a weather snapshot so you can spot patterns over time. QUEEN TRACKING Follow the international queen marking color convention. Track origin, race, quality, fertilization, clipping status, and more. Know exactly how old each queen is and when she was last seen. WEATHER-DRIVEN INSIGHTS A 7-day forecast for each apiary helps you plan ahead. BeeBuddy highlights ideal inspection windows based on temperature and conditions, warns about extreme heat or cold, and suggests when to reschedule. No more guessing — let the weather guide your schedule. SMART TASK MANAGEMENT Stay on top of seasonal beekeeping with automated task cadences. BeeBuddy generates timely reminders for inspections, feeding, pest management, and winter prep based on the season and your hemisphere. Set priorities, due dates, and mark tasks complete with a single tap. TREATMENT & HARVEST LOGS Record varroa treatments with product, method, dosage, and effectiveness notes. Log honey harvests by type, weight, moisture content, and color on the Pfund scale. Switch between metric and imperial units to match your preference. HIVE EVENT TIMELINE Track significant moments — swarms, splits, combines, requeening, feeding, and winter prep — with dates and notes. Build a complete history of each colony's lifecycle. WORKS OFFLINE BeeBuddy is built offline-first. All your data is stored locally on your device and syncs automatically when you're back online. Perfect for apiaries in areas with no cell service. BEAUTIFUL, ACCESSIBLE DESIGN A distinctive hexagonal design language inspired by the honeycomb. Full dark mode support across every screen. WCAG AA contrast ratios for readability in bright sunlight or dim conditions. Designed to be fast, intuitive, and pleasant to use — even with gloves on. PRIVACY & SECURITY Your data is yours. Sign in with email or your Apple, Google, or Microsoft account. Credentials are stored securely on-device. Open source under the Apache 2.0 license — you can inspect every line of code. BeeBuddy is free, open source, and actively developed.

Your bees can't remind you what they need. Keeper can. Keeper is the offline hive tracker that works where your bees are — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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