Comparison

HiveLog vs Beekeeping Hive Log

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

Head to head
About

HiveLog

Features
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HiveLog is the digital hive logbook for hobbyist and sideline beekeepers — fast to log, hard to lose, and smart enough to suggest what's next. Built for the bee suit pocket: large tap targets, glove-friendly controls, fully offline. KEEP EVERY HIVE STRAIGHT • Organize hives under one or more apiaries with map pins. • Configurable box stacks (deep / medium / shallow), frame counts, color tags. • Hive type (Langstroth, Top-Bar, Warre, Flow, other), source (package, nuc, swarm, split, cutout), and status (active, dead, sold, merged, absconded). LOG INSPECTIONS IN 60 SECONDS • Single sectioned wizard — no swiping through pages. • Behavior, brood, queen sighting, varroa pressure, weather (auto-fetched). • Photos and voice notes attached to every inspection. • Designed for gloved hands: tabular numerals, segmented controls, chip pickers. TRACK WHAT MATTERS • Treatments with optional auto-scheduled follow-up tasks. • Feedings — syrup ratios, fondant, pollen patty, dry sugar. • Harvests — honey, wax, propolis, pollen, in metric or imperial. • Mite counts — alcohol wash, sugar roll, sticky board, cappings — with auto-computed rate against your threshold. • Queens with marking colors (auto-suggested by birth year), lineage tree, replacement history. • Splits and swarm helper with daughter-hive setup. STAY ON TOP OF WORK • Tasks and calendar with recurring schedules (weekly, biweekly, monthly, seasonal). • Local reminders that reschedule automatically when you edit. • Searchable journal across every hive. • Per-hive timeline of every event in chronological order. UNDERSTAND YOUR DATA • Insights — mite trend chart with threshold overlay, harvest yield bars. • Year-in-review recap, computed on-device. • Per-hive PDF export straight to the share sheet. • Bloom calendar by USDA zone. • Pest and disease reference guide with photos and treatments. WORK SMARTER WITH AI (Pro) • Photo pest and disease identification. • Voice-to-text inspection notes that auto-fill the wizard. • Beekeeping coach chat with full context of your hives. • Treatment efficacy analyzer (before/after mite comparison). • Smart next-action suggestions. • AI-narrated PDF summaries. WORKS WHERE YOU DO • Fully offline-first — log a wet inspection, sync when you're back on wifi. • Light and dark themes. • Metric or imperial throughout. • Sign in with Apple, Google, Email, or as a guest (link to a permanent account later without losing data). • Share an apiary read-only with a partner or mentor using a one-tap code. FREE vs PRO Free: 2 hives, basic logging, calendar, 3 photos per inspection. Pro: unlimited hives, AI features, insights, voice notes, weather, PDF export, year-in-review, queen lineage, splits, bloom calendar, apiary sharing, 20 photos per inspection. Try Pro free for 7 days on the yearly plan. PRIVACY Your data lives in your Firebase account, isolated per user. Photos and voice notes are stored in your private bucket. We don't sell or share your data. Honey doesn't keep itself. Let HiveLog hold the logbook. This app uses Apple's standard Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Beekeeping Hive Log

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Beekeeping Hive Log is an offline hive journal for backyard and sideline beekeepers. Keep every yard and colony in one place. Run an inspection with gloves on — queen, brood pattern, stores, temper, swarm signs, pests — in a few taps. Log alcohol-wash and sugar-roll mite counts and see at once whether a colony is over the treatment line for the time of year. Record treatments with the honey-super rule and pull date built in. Track feeding, harvests by hive and by year, requeening, and notes. Add a task and get a reminder on the morning it's due. The season clock follows your climate: winter bees in late summer up north, a different swarm month in the southern hemisphere, small hive beetle where it matters. Queen mark colors match the year on the bee. Weather loads when you have a signal, and an inspection never waits for it.

Screenshots

HiveLog4 screens
Beekeeping Hive Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Beekeeping Hive Log at none against HiveLog's 3. HiveLog's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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. HiveLog sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Beekeeping Hive Log asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
HiveLog versus Beekeeping Hive Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiveLogBeekeeping Hive Log
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDF Tech Consulting ABSergii Nesterenko

In-app purchases

3 purchases

HiveLog

Subscriptions3
  • PRO Weekly$3.997 Days
  • PRO Monthly$7.991 Month
  • PRO Yearly$59.991 Year
None

Beekeeping Hive Log

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HiveLog free?
HiveLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beekeeping Hive Log free?
Beekeeping Hive Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HiveLog or Beekeeping Hive Log have ads?
Neither HiveLog nor Beekeeping Hive Log shows ads.

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