B vs ApiManager
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
B
This application facilitates the setup and monitoring of bee hive equipment. It provides an easy-to-use interface for managing your apiary. Ensure your bee hives are effectively monitored with this tool.
- Easy setup of bee hive equipment
- Effective monitoring of bee hives
- User-friendly interface
- Compatible with Solutionbee equipment
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The B-ware phone app allows a user to effectively and easily setup B-ware equipment produced by Solutionbee for the monitoring of bee hives.
ApiManager
This app helps beekeepers track and record hive development, inspections, honey production, and feedings. It offers user-friendly data management with graphs, reports, and statistics to monitor apiary progress and finances.
- Hive inspection tracking
- Honey production recording
- Feeding and task management
- Graphs and reports
- Advanced statistics
- Expense and earnings tracking
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Tracking and recording the development of your bees is an integral part of beekeeping. A pen and paper is good to record the progress of the hive. However, a beekeeping mobile app with a user-friendly interface is cooler than the traditional ones. Made for beekeepers, ApiManager is a feature rich application designed to help you manage your beehive records. It allows you to record important beekeeping data on your bees. Tracking hive inspections, honey production, feedings, tasks are just a few of the awesome features this app provides. Use various Graphs, Reports and Advanced statistics for monitoring your business and never lose track of your expenses and earnings. Beekeeping can be simple, manage your apiary well.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: B at none against ApiManager's 3. B also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). ApiManager's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. ApiManager sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. B asks for nothing beyond the download.
B ships an update every 3 months, ApiManager every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 6, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | B | ApiManager |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Solutionbee LLC | Domagoj Filipan |
Customer experience
B
ApiManager
In-app purchases
B
No in-app purchases
ApiManager
- Basic Subscription$14.99
- Standard Subscription$30.99
- Premium Subscription$64.99
