What iBeekeeper costs

For up to five colonies, iBeekeeper costs you nothing, with no time limit and no credit card. Beyond that, you pay for one year, based on the number of your colonies.

A paid package runs for one year and then ends by itself. It does not renew, you do not have to cancel anything, and we do not charge you anything. In the web app you pay via Mollie. In the apps for iPhone and iPad you can also buy a package through the App Store; renewal and cancellation then follow Apple's terms.

What the free package includes

Not a stripped-down trial version, but the beekeeping management itself: hive cards, apiaries, treatments, feedings, harvests, queens, tasks, storage, accounting and the Knowledge Base, plus the app for your phone. The limits are listed above with the free package; the main one is five colonies. You can export your data at any time, even without a package.

Only with a paid package do you get:

• photos and voice notes on colonies, hive cards and apiaries
• the archive for colonies you no longer keep
• editing rights for other beekeepers you share colonies with; sharing for viewing works without a package too
• the bee weather for your apiaries
• the records as PDF: depending on the country, the medicine record book, the treatment journal or the inventory list of veterinary medicines
• the Kasse app for selling at your market stall
• any number of devices per app instead of one

Want to start without any cost first? See what you can do with the beekeeping app for free.

When your beekeeping grows

You start with ten colonies and by July you have thirty. Then you switch to the larger package in the web app. It starts right away with a new term of one year, and whatever is left unused of your previous package is credited to you to the day. Your records stay where they are.

If you give up colonies, you buy the smaller package. It starts when your current package ends.

Media package: more room for photos and voice notes

If the photos and voice notes included in your package are not enough, you add the media package in the web app. It costs €12.00 per year including VAT and raises the limits to 20 per colony, 10 per hive card and 20 per apiary, for photos and for voice notes alike. If you book it during the term of your package, you pay to the day until that term ends, at least €1.00. The media package is available for packages bought in the web app. It ends with your package and does not renew.

Supporter contribution

If you want to support iBeekeeper, you can pay a supporter contribution of €12, €24 or €60 for one year in the web app, with or without a package. It does not unlock any features and does not change any limits. In return, we show a supporter badge in your profile for one year, visible only to you. The supporter contribution is not a donation: you receive an invoice including VAT. It ends by itself after one year, and we remind you by email beforehand.