Comparison

Queenright Beekeeping Logbook vs HiveHelper

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

Head to head
About

Queenright Beekeeping Logbook

Manage your beekeeping apiary with unlimited hive tracking, weekly analysis, and task reminders. Log hive inspections with real-time weather, monitor queen health, and track honey harvests. Features include QR codes for quick lookup and visual charts for treatments and food.

Highlights
  • Unlimited hive management
  • Weekly apiary analysis
  • Task tracking and reminders
  • Detailed hive inspections
  • Queen tracking and health monitoring
  • Honey harvest logging
  • QR code hive lookup
Features
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Unlimited Hives + Premium Apiary Analysis for FREE! The Queenright beekeeping logbook has everything a modern beekeeper needs to manage their apiary. - UNLIMITED HIVES - no artificial limits or forced subscriptions! - WEEKLY APIARY ANALYSIS - delivered automatically each week - TASKS - Keep track of upcoming apiary tasks and get reminder notifications - HIVE INSPECTIONS - Robust but efficient hive inspection logging with real time weather data - QUEEN TRACKING and hive health monitoring - HONEY HARVEST tracking for each hive - QR codes for fast and accurate hive lookup - Charts and trends to manage treatments, food, and more - Realtime and forecast weather data at apiary location - Beekeeping tools - Multiple theme colors, plus dark mode - Multiple languages With Queenright Pro, you get EVEN MORE: - APIARY SHARING to collaborate with other mentors, friends, family - AI-powered Inspection Analysis and Recommendations - Unlimited Hive and Inspection Photos - Multiple Apiaries Built by beekeepers, for beekeepers! Terms of Service: https://queenright.app/terms-of-service.html

About

HiveHelper

This app provides a structured way to log beekeeping inspections, track hive health, and receive expert advice based on your data. It helps manage multiple hives, visualize trends, and offers offline capabilities for detailed record-keeping.

Highlights
  • Structured inspection logging
  • Hive health dashboard
  • Mite trend charting
  • Season summary and analysis
  • Manage multiple hives
  • Expert action items
  • Offline first functionality
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HEALTHIER HIVES, BUILT ONE INSPECTION AT A TIME Strong colonies come from catching small signals early — the brood pattern that's slipped from solid to spotty, the mite count nosing past 2%, the stores running thin before fall, the queen you didn't see this visit. HiveHelper captures these signals and converts them into coaching drawn from your hive's data. AI COACHING FROM YOUR HIVE'S DATA After every inspection, HiveHelper Insights reviews your data and the trend across recent visits, then returns 3 to 5 prioritized action items: what's urgent, what to monitor, what trend is worth noting. Guidance is calibrated to Honey Bee Health Coalition Varroa thresholds and Randy Oliver's Scientific Beekeeping protocols, then tuned by your hive's history: mite trajectory, brood pattern changes, treatment effectiveness, queen age, and stores trend. Spotty brood after a solid pattern? HiveHelper names the likely causes and what to confirm next visit. Mites drifting up despite a recent treatment? It flags possible resistance and suggests switching active ingredient class. Stores running thin as fall approaches? It calls out winter starvation risk before the cluster forms. WHAT EVERY INSPECTION CAPTURES The inspection form takes under 60 seconds and covers what experienced beekeepers track: - Queen status: queen seen, eggs seen, brood pattern, queen cell type (swarm, supersedure, emergency) - Mite checks: alcohol wash, sugar roll, or sticky board, with auto-calculated mite % - Colony strength: population, stores, frames of brood and honey, temperament - Actions: treatments (Apivar, Apiguard, Formic Pro, Oxalic Acid, more), feeding, box changes - Context: weather, date, ZIP-aware seasonal cues - Notes and photos for everything else LOG AT THE HIVE — EVEN WITHOUT YOUR PHONE Field Notes lets you work on paper at the hive and sync later. Print a QR-encoded field sheet, fill it in during your inspection, then scan it back into the app. HiveHelper reads your data and pre-fills the inspection form — no re-keying, no lost notes. WHAT YOU GET - HiveHelper Insights: AI coaching after every inspection - Hive health dashboard: queen, brood, mites, and stores at a glance - Mite trend chart: Varroa history with 2% and 3% threshold lines - Season summary: per-hive stats and an AI narrative of your year - Unlimited hives - Full inspection history and CSV export - Field Notes: paper log → QR scan → pre-filled inspection form - Seasonal task calendar: what your bees need this month - Offline-first: works in the apiary with no signal - Frame analysis (coming soon): varroa and queen detection from photos BUILT BY A BEEKEEPER HiveHelper was built by a beekeeper who got tired of losing track between inspections. Guidance comes from the Honey Bee Health Coalition's Varroa management guidelines and Randy Oliver's research at Scientific Beekeeping. If you run 1 hive or 10 and inspect weekly or biweekly, HiveHelper is built for you. TRY FREE FOR 7 DAYS Start a 7-day free trial. No charge until the trial ends; cancel anytime in your Apple ID subscription settings. The free tier includes 1 hive and 3 full HiveHelper Insights reviews. Pro includes unlimited hives and unlimited full guidance after every inspection. Terms of Use: https://matrixnj.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://matrixnj.com/privacy

Screenshots

Queenright Beekeeping Logbook4 screens
HiveHelper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Queenright Beekeeping Logbook at every 3 days against HiveHelper's every 3 weeks. Queenright Beekeeping Logbook also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). HiveHelper's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (15 vs 1). 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. Queenright Beekeeping Logbook sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and HiveHelper sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 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 — 5.0 for Queenright Beekeeping Logbook against 5.0 for HiveHelper. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: HiveHelper has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Queenright Beekeeping Logbook ships an update every 3 days, HiveHelper every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Queenright Beekeeping Logbook versus HiveHelper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQueenright Beekeeping LogbookHiveHelper
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings115 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoni PepinMatrix Digital Media LLC

Customer experience

Queenright Beekeeping Logbook

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

HiveHelper

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Queenright Beekeeping Logbook

Subscriptions2
  • Queenright Pro1 Month trial$1.991 Month
  • Queenright Pro1 Month trial$19.991 Year
4 purchases

HiveHelper

Subscriptions4
  • HiveHelper Pro — Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • HiveHelper Pro — Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • HiveHelper Pro — Semiannual7 Days trial$29.996 Months
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  • HiveHelper Pro — Annual1 Month trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Queenright Beekeeping Logbook free?
Queenright Beekeeping Logbook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HiveHelper free?
HiveHelper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Queenright Beekeeping Logbook or HiveHelper?
Queenright Beekeeping Logbook and HiveHelper are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 15 ratings respectively.
Do Queenright Beekeeping Logbook or HiveHelper have ads?
Neither Queenright Beekeeping Logbook nor HiveHelper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Queenright Beekeeping Logbook or HiveHelper?
Queenright Beekeeping Logbook ships an update every 3 days, and HiveHelper every 3 weeks. Most recently, Queenright Beekeeping Logbook was updated on October 8, 2026 and HiveHelper on October 24, 2026.

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