Comparison

Beehiveful vs Hive Log

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

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About

Beehiveful

Features
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Beehiveful is a daily beekeeping advisor built for real beekeepers in the US. Every morning, Beehiveful turns the weather forecast for your apiary into specific, actionable advice: when to inspect, when to feed, when to add supers, when to stay out of the boxes. No more guessing whether the wind will keep the bees grumpy or whether tomorrow's rain will shut down a nectar flow. WHAT YOU GET FREE โ€ข Daily advisory tailored to your ZIP code โ€ข Bloom calendar for your region โ€” what's flowering now, what's coming next โ€ข Plant identification โ€” snap a photo to find out what your bees are working โ€ข Hive and apiary tracking with inspection notes โ€ข Bloom sighting submissions โ€” log what you see in your area โ€ข Community forum to compare notes with other beekeepers โ€ข Frost, wind, and nectar-flow alerts PRO MEMBERSHIP ADDS โ€ข Per-apiary advisories โ€” a separate daily forecast for each yard, keyed to that exact site instead of a shared ZIP โ€ข Voice-recorded inspections โ€” speak your notes, get a clean transcription โ€ข BeeAI assistant โ€” ask anything about your hives, blooms, or local conditions โ€ข Higher daily limits for plant ID and sighting submissions WHY BEEHIVEFUL Most weather apps tell you whether it will rain. Beehiveful tells you what that weather means for your bees. The forecast layer is built around beekeeping decisions: foraging conditions, brood-rearing windows, swarm pressure, treatment windows, and seasonal transitions. Beehiveful is built and maintained by a beekeeper, for beekeepers. Feedback and feature requests are read every day. Privacy: we collect what we need to run the service (account email, ZIP code, the hive notes you choose to save) and nothing else. We don't sell your data. Account deletion is one tap from your Profile. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://beehiveful.com/privacy

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Hive Log

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Hive Log is the field journal beekeepers have always deserved โ€” built for those who respect the craft and want to understand what their hives are telling them before swarming, supersedure, or colony failure becomes a crisis. LOG EVERY INSPECTION IN UNDER 5 MINUTES Structured inspection forms cover what matters: weather, colony demeanor, population, brood pattern, queen status, food stores, and varroa mite counts. Voice dictation keeps your gloves clean. Every inspection is permanently recorded and searchable. AI BROOD FRAME ANALYSIS Photograph a brood frame and Hive Log's on-device AI assesses pattern quality (solid, spotty, or scattered), estimates worker and drone brood ratios, flags queen cells, and delivers an expert-level reading โ€” the kind of frame knowledge that takes years to develop. NEW: SHAREABLE BROOD REPORTS Export a beautifully annotated frame image with queen cells and brood zones marked, plus an AI-written frame report card โ€” perfect for asking a mentor or sharing with your bee club. NEW: ICLOUD SYNC ACROSS DEVICES Log on the iPhone in the bee yard, review on the iPad in the truck. Your hives, inspections, and harvests stay in sync across all your devices via your private iCloud. NEW: SMART REMINDERS & WIDGETS Get nudged when a hive hasn't been visited, tighter reminders through swarm season, and weather-aware "good day to inspect" alerts. A home- and lock-screen widget shows today's recommended inspections, color-coded by health. NEW: AI SEASON REPORT & EXPORT Produce a polished end-of-season apiary report โ€” per-hive health, mite history, yield, queen changes โ€” as a PDF, plus a CSV of all your records for club reporting, taxes, or selling nucs. VARROA MITE TRACKER Log alcohol wash and sugar shake counts. Hive Log tracks mite levels over time, alerts you when counts cross the 2% treatment threshold, and surfaces seasonal treatment recommendations by method. SWARM PREDICTION Hive Log analyzes population trends, queen cell observations, and crowding from recent inspections to flag swarm risk before you've lost a swarm to the neighborhood. APIARY CALENDAR A locally accurate nectar flow timeline based on your apiary's location โ€” bloom timing, inspection cadence, treatment windows, and harvest timing by month, with a 5-day inspection forecast. QUEEN TRACKER Record queen lineage, marking color, install date, and performance. Track the standard IBRA annual color coding. AI surfaces supersedure predictions when a queen is failing. YIELD RECORDS Log honey, wax, and propolis harvests per hive. Track multi-year yield trends and identify your most productive colonies. DESIGNED FOR BEEKEEPERS WHO KNOW THE VOCABULARY Hive Log doesn't dumb down the terminology. Supersedure, burr comb, queen excluder, varroa, sacbrood โ€” these are your words. The app speaks your language. FREE TIER: 1 hive, 5 inspections โ€” enough to try it on your first season. HOBBYIST ($4.99/month or $39/year): Up to 10 hives, AI brood analysis, apiary calendar, mite alerts, smart reminders, widgets, season reports, and iCloud sync. 7-day free trial. APIARY PRO ($14.99/month or $79.99 lifetime): Unlimited hives, multi-apiary management, and the commercial yard dashboard โ€” for small commercial beekeepers. Your data stays yours. Hive Log keeps records on your device and your private iCloud, and never sells or shares your beekeeping data. โ€”โ€”โ€” Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://brainrash.com/apps/hive-log/privacy

Screenshots

Beehiveful4 screens
Hive Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Beehiveful at 13.0 against Hive Log's 26.0. 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. Beehiveful sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Hive Log sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Beehiveful ships an update every 6 weeks, Hive Log every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
Beehiveful versus Hive Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeehivefulHive Log
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks โ€” betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size34 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCritFusion, LLCJustin Pruskowski

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Beehiveful

Subscriptions2
  • Beehiveful Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Beehiveful Pro Annual$69.991 Year
4 purchases

Hive Log

Subscriptions3
  • Hive Log Hobbyist (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • Hive Log Apiary Pro (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Hive Log Hobbyist (Annual)$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Hive Log Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Beehiveful free?
Beehiveful is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hive Log free?
Hive Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Beehiveful or Hive Log have ads?
Neither Beehiveful nor Hive Log shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Beehiveful or Hive Log?
Beehiveful ships an update every 6 weeks, and Hive Log every 2 months. Most recently, Beehiveful was updated on November 5, 2026 and Hive Log on October 24, 2026.

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