Comparison

HiveDispatch vs Bee & Bloom

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

Head to head
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 — the app turns them into text so you can save observations quickly, even during work in the apiary. Features: • Voice notes converted to text • Notes, tasks, and work planning • Calendar for inspections and reminders • Hive history and activity tracking • Apiary overview and analysis • Reports and statistics • 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/

About

Bee & Bloom

Features
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Bee Bloom is a field-ready apiary management app for beekeepers who want clear hive records, organized work, reliable notes, and smarter hive health insights from every visit. Track your apiaries, hives, inspections, feeding, treatments, queens, harvests, tasks, reminders, weather context, photos, AI hive scans, and reports in one place. Bee Bloom is built for real field work, so you can capture important details quickly while the hive context is still fresh. Use AI Hive Scan to analyze hive photos and get a clear health overview with practical next steps. Scan brood, bees, comb, and colony activity to help review colony condition, bee activity, brood pattern, queen signs, food stores, comb condition, and potential hive risks. Key features: • Manage apiaries, hive locations, and hive details • Record inspections, brood status, queen status, stores, temperament, Varroa levels, and disease signs • Scan hive photos with AI to review colony health, brood, bees, comb, and activity • Log feeding, treatments, queen records, and harvests • Plan tasks and reminders for inspections, feeding, treatment checks, queen work, Varroa checks, and custom jobs • Use beekeeping calculators for syrup ratios, feeding quantity, Varroa percentage, queen timing, worker and drone life cycles, splits, treatment schedules, and frame cleaning estimates • View maps, weather context, hive activity, and workspace summaries • Add photos and notes to support field records • Keep records organized by workspace for personal use, teams, or small apiary operations Bee Bloom helps hobby beekeepers, small apiaries, and growing operations keep better records without turning field work into paperwork. Whether you are checking colony strength, scanning hive health with AI, planning the next feeding, reviewing treatment history, tracking queen status, recording harvests, or preparing reports, Bee Bloom keeps your apiary records close at hand.

Screenshots

HiveDispatch3 screens
Bee & Bloom4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bee & Bloom at none against HiveDispatch's 2. Bee & Bloom also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. HiveDispatch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.90 per year. Bee & Bloom asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HiveDispatch ships an update every 2 weeks, Bee & Bloom daily. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
HiveDispatch versus Bee & Bloom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiveDispatchBee & Bloom
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB52 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIhor KyiGezim Demiri

In-app purchases

2 purchases

HiveDispatch

Subscriptions1
  • HiveDispatch Pro Yearly$14.901 Year
One-time1
  • Extra AI Tokens$7.99
None

Bee & Bloom

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HiveDispatch free?
HiveDispatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bee & Bloom free?
Bee & Bloom is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HiveDispatch or Bee & Bloom have ads?
Neither HiveDispatch nor Bee & Bloom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HiveDispatch or Bee & Bloom?
HiveDispatch ships an update every 2 weeks, and Bee & Bloom daily. Most recently, HiveDispatch was updated on October 6, 2026 and Bee & Bloom on September 27, 2026.

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