Keeper — Beekeeping Tracker
JOSHUA ALLAN ATHERTON Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Keeper — Beekeeping Tracker is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by JOSHUA ALLAN ATHERTON. Requires iOS 13.0. Updated May 3, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 51 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- May 3
- 2026 · v13 (1.0.4)
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About Keeper — Beekeeping Tracker
Your bees can't remind you what they need. Keeper can. Keeper is the offline hive tracker that works where your bees are — gloved hands, no signal, mid-inspection. Log what you see and Keeper flags what's due next. One saved colony pays for this app many times over. A missed mite treatment doesn't announce itself. You find out weeks later when the colony is already crashing. A queen you meant to check goes queenless for a month. A follow-up you were sure you'd remember never happens. The problem isn't knowledge — it's that no notebook can track every hive, every treatment window, every follow-up across a full operation. Log an inspection in a few taps. Keeper reads what you entered and queues the follow-up — the mite recount in 10 days, the requeen check, the second treatment in the series. When you complete the work, it auto-completes. No extra tapping with gloved hands. Less screen time, more bee time. Stick a cheap NFC tag on any hive and scan it to jump straight to that hive's records. No scrolling through lists, no guessing which box you're in. Or skip it and use the app standalone, your choice. Your insights dashboard turns months of inspections into a clear picture — mite counts graphed across the season, colony health by yard, winter loss patterns. The kind of overview that used to require a spreadsheet and a free afternoon. Start a yard visit when you arrive. Keeper tracks which hives you've worked so you don't drive home wondering if you missed one. Review your time later. See where the season is heading. Your data stays on your device and it's yours — works without an account, without internet, without giving anything up. Free to try, no credit card required. Keeper Pro unlocks unlimited apiaries and hives, plus cloud sync across devices. Download it before your next yard visit. You'll wonder how you worked without it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hivekeeper.app/privacy
What’s new
Version 13 (1.0.4) · Updated May 3, 2026
Rewritten welcome screens that lead with the why — what Keeper does for you at the hive, not just what it tracks. Tap "Start my first yard" at the end and you go straight to creating your first apiary. Plus a smoother Season Start picker in Preferences, and a clearer warning when removing a hive that still has bees. & UI enhancements.
App privacy
The developer, JOSHUA ALLAN ATHERTON, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID, User ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Location: Precise Location
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- Diagnostics: Crash Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Diagnostics: Performance Data
Used for: App Functionality
Alternatives to Keeper — Beekeeping Tracker
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Hivee - Smart Beekeeping
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Bees Knees: Hive & Beekeeping
| App | Rating | Price | Last updated | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keeper — Beekeeping Tracker | – | Free | May 3, 2026 | |
| Apiary Log | 5.0 / 5 (1) | Free | Apr 27, 2026 | Compare |
| BeeHub App | – | Free | Jan 21, 2026 | Compare |
| BeeBuddyAI | – | Free | Apr 21, 2026 | Compare |
| Hivee - Smart Beekeeping | 5.0 / 5 (1) | Free | Aug 14, 2026 | Compare |
| BeeApp: Stingless Beekeeping | – | Free | Jul 24, 2026 | Compare |
| Bees Knees: Hive & Beekeeping | – | Free | Oct 5, 2026 | Compare |