Comparison

Keeper vs BeeApp

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β€” 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 β€” 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 β€” 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 β€” 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 β€” 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 β€” 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

BeeApp

Features
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The complete app for meliponiculture β€” keeping stingless bees. BeeApp brings everything a stingless beekeeper needs to manage meliponaries, hives and swarm traps in one place β€” from hobbyist to professional. Record, track and grow your native bee operation with ease. MELIPONARIES & HIVES β€’ Register meliponaries with map location β€’ Manage hives and colonies by species (Melipona, Tetragonisca, Scaptotrigona and many more) β€’ Queen tracking with color marking (international year standard) SWARM TRAPS & CAPTURES β€’ Set up bait hives (swarm traps) to catch wild swarms β€’ Record the capture and the transfer of a trap into a permanent box β€’ See which traps worked MANAGEMENT & TIMELINE β€’ Log feeding, wax changes, honey harvests, splits/multiplications and inspections β€’ Vertical timeline with each colony's full history β€’ AI insights on hive health and productivity FINANCES β€’ Track income and expenses (honey, propolis, beeswax, swarms) β€’ Monthly/yearly summary and production charts MARKETPLACE β€’ List and find honey, propolis, beeswax, equipment, traps and swarms β€’ Chat with sellers in-app β€’ Seller profile with privacy controls TRACEABILITY β€’ Provenance and lineage of colonies (which trap or split they came from) β€’ Ownership transfer between users with full history preserved Available in English, Portuguese, Spanish and French. Perfect for stingless beekeepers, native bee keepers, hobbyists and prodalize, boost honey production and keep their bees' provenance. Download BeeApp and take your stingless beekeeping to the next level. Termos de Uso: https://bee.app.br/en/terms PolΓ­tica de Privacidade: https://bee.app.br/en/privacy

Screenshots

Keeper4 screens
BeeApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BeeApp at none against Keeper's 2. Keeper's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Keeper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. BeeApp asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Keeper versus BeeApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeeperBeeApp
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better16.4
Further details β€” not scored
Size51 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJOSHUA ALLAN ATHERTONImobiliza

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Keeper

Subscriptions2
  • Keeper Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Keeper Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
None

BeeApp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keeper free?
Keeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BeeApp free?
BeeApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Keeper or BeeApp have ads?
Neither Keeper nor BeeApp shows ads.

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