HiveDispatch vs Beekeeping Community, Forums
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HiveDispatch
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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/
Beekeeping Community, Forums
This app helps beekeepers manage their apiaries by tracking hives, identifying bees and pests with AI, and connecting with a global community. It offers tools for logging inspections, scheduling tasks, and learning about beekeeping practices.
- AI-powered bee, pest, and disease identification
- Detailed hive inspection logging
- Automated task reminders
- Global beekeeper forums with translation
- Interactive bee map and bloom calendar
- Flight forecast and QR hive tags
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Beekeeping Community is the complete app for beekeepers — track your hives, identify bees, pests, and diseases with AI, and get answers from 12,000+ beekeepers around the world. Whether you're catching your first swarm or running a hundred commercial colonies, this is your pocket apiary manager. Log inspections in seconds, catch varroa before it spreads, and never miss another treatment or honey harvest. WHAT YOU CAN DO BEE AI Photo-identify bees, pests, diseases, and forage plants. Diagnose brood problems, spot varroa mites early, and check whether a wildflower is bee-friendly — with vision AI trained on beekeeping, not generic biology. HIVE LOGBOOK Structured inspection notes: queen status, brood pattern, temperament, frames of honey, bees, brood, and pollen, mite counts, treatments, feeding, supers on. Attach photos to every inspection, and cover a whole apiary in one round. SMART TASKS Never forget a varroa treatment, sugar shake, honey harvest, or queen re-check. Set daily, weekly, or monthly reminders — or let inspections flagged \"check soon\" create follow-up tasks automatically. GLOBAL FORUM Ask anything and get answers from beekeepers in your region and climate. Automatic translation across 18 languages, plus direct messages with experienced mentors. BEE MAP Pin apiaries, forage spots, swarm reports, and local clubs. See real-time community activity near you, with reviews on every location. BLOOM CALENDAR Major nectar plants — dandelion, clover, linden, heather, black locust, canola, borage, sunflower, and more — mapped by bloom month. Know the flow before your bees do. FLIGHT FORECAST Daily weather-based scores that tell you when your bees will fly. QR HIVE TAGS Print a QR sticker for each hive. Scan it to open that hive's logbook in one tap. LEARN Video lessons from Langstroth basics to varroa cadence, queen rearing, and honey extraction. VARROA CALCULATOR Alcohol wash and sugar shake ratios with treatment thresholds, instantly. QUEEN TRACKER Marking color by year, birthdate, status (laying, virgin, missing), and last-seen date. IN YOUR LANGUAGE Available in 18 languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. FREE FOREVER The forum, map, hive logbook, bloom calendar, single-hive inspections, and Bee AI trials are free — with no banner ads, ever. Your inspection notes, messages, and GPS coordinates are never shared or sold. BEEKEEPING PLUS Go further with unlimited Bee AI, advanced map layers, mentor messaging, the full lesson library, printable QR sheets, multi-hive inspections, and priority translations. BUILT BY BEEKEEPERS Every field, reminder, and AI category was designed around real hive management. One hive or five hundred, urban rooftop or mountain apiary — this is your beekeeping journal and community, in your pocket. Join the hive. Premium Membership and Terms: Access exclusive features with our Premium Membership, available at $12.99 per month. - Premium membership includes a 3-day free trial, followed by a subscription at $12.99/month. - Payment will be charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - Manage subscriptions and disable auto-renewal via Account Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited upon subscription purchase. Please review our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: - Terms of Use: https://asteradigital.com/terms - Privacy Policy: https://asteradigital.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: HiveDispatch at none against Beekeeping Community, Forums's shown. HiveDispatch also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). Beekeeping Community, Forums's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. HiveDispatch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.90 per year and Beekeeping Community, Forums sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HiveDispatch ships an update every 2 weeks, Beekeeping Community, Forums daily. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HiveDispatch | Beekeeping Community, Forums |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ihor Kyi | Astera Dijital Hizmetler Anonim Sirketi |
In-app purchases
HiveDispatch
- HiveDispatch Pro Yearly$14.901 Year
- Extra AI Tokens$7.99
Beekeeping Community, Forums
- Beekeeping Plus Weekly7 Days trial$6.997 Days
- Beekeeping Plus Monthly7 Days trial$12.991 Month
- Beekeeping Plus Yearly7 Days trial$44.991 Year
Questions
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