Comparison

Keeper vs HiveDispatch

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

Head to head
About

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

About

HiveDispatch

Features
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A practical beekeeping journal for daily records, planning, and apiary analysis. Keep all your beekeeping work in one place. Create notes, add tasks, and record voice memos โ€” the app turns them into text so you can save observations quickly, even during work in the apiary. Features: โ€ข Voice notes converted to text โ€ข Notes, tasks, and work planning โ€ข Calendar for inspections and reminders โ€ข Hive history and activity tracking โ€ข Apiary overview and analysis โ€ข Reports and statistics โ€ข 30-day weather forecast for better planning Designed to help beekeepers stay organized, track every hive, and plan work more efficiently. Privacy Policy: https://hivedispatch.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Keeper4 screens
HiveDispatch3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Keeper at 13.0 against HiveDispatch's 15.1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Keeper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and HiveDispatch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.90 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keeper ships an update every 8 days, HiveDispatch every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Keeper versus HiveDispatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeeperHiveDispatch
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 days โ€” betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better15.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size51 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJOSHUA ALLAN ATHERTONIhor Kyi

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Keeper

Subscriptions2
  • Keeper Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Keeper Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
2 purchases

HiveDispatch

Subscriptions1
  • HiveDispatch Pro Yearly$14.901 Year
One-time1
  • Extra AI Tokens$7.99

Questions

Is Keeper free?
Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HiveDispatch free?
HiveDispatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Keeper or HiveDispatch have ads?
Neither Keeper nor HiveDispatch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Keeper or HiveDispatch?
Keeper ships an update every 8 days, and HiveDispatch every 2 weeks. Most recently, Keeper was updated on September 8, 2026 and HiveDispatch on September 18, 2026.

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