HiveDiary vs Beekeeping Hive Log
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HiveDiary
Easily log hive inspections, analyze comb photos, and generate to-do lists for beekeeping. Track costs, income, and export data for inspectors. Model your real hives and manage your apiary efficiently.
- Log inspections with a few taps
- Photograph frames for comb analysis
- Generate to-do lists from records
- Model real hives with drag-and-drop
- Track costs and income per hive
- Export data as PDF
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HiveDiary is the easiest way to keep hive records. Log inspections with a few taps, photograph frames to have the comb analyzed, and see what each colony needs before your next visit. INSPECTIONS IN SECONDS Open a hive and tap what you see: queen spotted, eggs, larvae, swarm cells, mite counts, feeding, treatments. Each entry is saved to the exact frame or box it belongs to. When you close the hive, HiveDiary writes a summary of the visit for you, with every detail kept underneath. PHOTO COMB ANALYSIS Take a picture of a frame and HiveDiary estimates how much of the comb is brood, honey and pollen, and highlights anything worth checking. Readings are dated, so you can watch a frame fill in over the season. A TO-DO LIST FROM YOUR OWN RECORDS HiveDiary turns what you record into action items: a mite count over threshold, comb that needs replacing, equipment that needs repair, a hive you haven't checked in a while. Tap any item to go straight to the hive or frame it's about. MODEL YOUR REAL HIVES Set up each hive exactly as it stands, from bottom board to cover, and rearrange parts by dragging. Move a box between hives and its frames and history move with it. TRACK COSTS AND INCOME Record expenses and sales per hive, attach receipts, and export a summary by period. YOUR DATA, YOUR WAY Export any visit or your full records as a PDF for a bee inspector, mentor or insurer. Delete your account and data from within the app whenever you want. HiveDiary Premium is an auto-renewing subscription available weekly, monthly or yearly, with a free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hivediary.com/privacy
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.
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Verdict
HiveDiary and Beekeeping Hive Log are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | HiveDiary | Beekeeping Hive Log |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brett Reisman | Sergii Nesterenko |
In-app purchases
HiveDiary
No in-app purchases
Beekeeping Hive Log
No in-app purchases








