Comparison

SereneRise vs Beemark

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

Head to head
About

SereneRise

Wake up during the auspicious Brahma Muhurta, calculated precisely for your location using advanced solar algorithms. View upcoming times with a convenient home screen widget that updates daily. Designed for global use with a dark theme optimized for early mornings.

Highlights
  • Precise Brahma Muhurta time calculation
  • Home screen widget for quick viewing
  • Daily midnight widget refresh
  • Global location support
  • Dark sky design
Features
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SereneRise helps you wake up at Brahma Muhurta — the most auspicious time of day in Vedic tradition, beginning 1 hour 36 minutes before sunrise and lasting 48 minutes. Simply open the app, allow location access, and SereneRise will calculate tomorrow's exact Brahma Muhurta times for your location using the precise NOAA solar algorithm — the same used by astronomers worldwide. FEATURES - Precise Brahma Muhurta times calculated for your exact location - Home screen widget showing tomorrow's times at a glance - Daily midnight widget refresh so times are always accurate - Works worldwide — any city, any country - Dark sky design optimised for night and early morning use WIDGET Add the SereneRise widget to your home screen and see tomorrow's Brahma Muhurta times without even opening the app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ SUBSCRIPTION SereneRise Premium with monthly and annual options with a 30 day free trial. No commitment — cancel anytime from your iPhone Settings. Begin your mornings with intention. Download SereneRise today.

About

Beemark

Features
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The beekeeping journal you buy once. No subscription, no account, no cloud lock-in. Your hive records belong to you. Beemark is a fast, beautiful inspection journal for hobbyist beekeepers: log a full hive check in under a minute, right at the hive, even with no signal. Built by a beekeeper-minded indie studio, designed like a well-worn field notebook. Warm kraft paper, not another gray dashboard. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Log inspections fast: queen seen, brood pattern, stores, temperament, varroa count, photos. Big controls that work in the bee yard. • Mark your queens: the international colour-of-year code (white, yellow, red, green, blue) as a first-class feature, with lineage tracking. • Stay ahead of varroa: mite counts with trend lines, plus treatment schedules tuned to real product labels (42-day strips, formic, oxalic) and reminders you won't miss. • Get a second pair of eyes (beta): snap a brood photo and the AI triage assistant highlights possible signs worth a closer look, with an honest confidence score. It's not a diagnosis: anything serious points you to your local apiary inspector. • Look it up on the spot: a bundled reference library covering AFB, EFB, chalkbrood, sacbrood, DWV, wax moth, small hive beetle and more. Works fully offline. • Track feeding and harvests: syrup, fondant, pollen patties; supers, batches and jars. • Prove your records: export clean, inspector-ready PDF reports for state inspectors and bee clubs. • Sync without servers: your data lives on your iPhone and in your own iCloud. We never see it. FREE VS PRO The free version is a real journal: five hives, full inspection logging, the complete disease library. One single Pro purchase unlocks unlimited hives, treatment scheduling, PDF reports and more. Pay once, keep it forever. AI photo checks use optional credit packs. No subscription, ever. WHO IT'S FOR • Backyard and sideline beekeepers who want their records to outlive any app company • Beginners who want one place for inspections, treatments and "what is this?" moments • Club members and mentors who need printable, shareable records Your bees deserve better than a soggy notebook. Download Beemark and make your next inspection the easiest one yet. Questions or ideas? We answer every email: nick@sunic.app

Screenshots

SereneRise4 screens
Beemark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Beemark at every 2 weeks against SereneRise's monthly. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SereneRise sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Beemark sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SereneRise ships an update monthly, Beemark every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
SereneRise versus Beemark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSereneRiseBeemark
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShail JindalNick van Rossenberg

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SereneRise

Subscriptions2
  • SereneRise Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • SereneRise Premium$9.991 Year
4 purchases

Beemark

One-time4
  • 10 Diagnosis Credits$1.99
  • 25 Diagnosis Credits$4.99
  • Beemark Pro$9.99
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  • 100 Diagnosis Credits$9.99

Questions

Is SereneRise free?
SereneRise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Beemark free?
Beemark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SereneRise or Beemark have ads?
Neither SereneRise nor Beemark shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SereneRise or Beemark?
SereneRise ships an update monthly, and Beemark every 2 weeks. Most recently, SereneRise was updated on October 8, 2026 and Beemark on October 24, 2026.

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