ColonyTrack
Beekeeping & Hive tracker
Free · In‑App Purchases
Run multiple apiaries from one account, track all-yards trends, and get free apiary stats. The app tells you what to check next in the field.
ColonyTrack is a beekeeping app I built because the tools I tried didn't fit how I actually work my hives.
I'm MayDay. 22 years across cloud engineering, eCommerce, and gaming. After enough seasons of cobbling notes together in spreadsheets, I decided to build what I wanted: a field tool that thinks like a beekeeper. There are other beekeeping apps out there. This one is just built the way I think a field tool should work.
WHAT I WANTED THIS TO BE
A tool you can use with gloves on, in the sun, with bees around. Guided inspections instead of blank forms. My mentors taught me: never open a hive for a fishing expedition. Have a reason, then open the lid. Voice dictation when your hands are full. QR or NFC on every hive so the right record is one tap away. Charts that show what actually matters, alerts that only fire when they should.
THE QUEEN LIFECYCLE ENGINE
The part I'm proudest of. When a hive starts raising a new queen, because it's superseding her, getting ready to swarm, or you made a split, the app runs the real queen-development clock for you. It counts the days and tells you exactly when to look back in and what you should see: when the new queen should have emerged, when eggs should appear. One timeline handles supersedure, swarm cells, splits, emergency queens, even a mated queen you caged and installed. No flipping through a calendar doing the math in your head. It's free, it's on by default, and if you'd rather keep things simple you can switch it off in one tap.
YOUR DATA IS YOURS
Inspection records, photos, hive history. Yours, end of story. Export to CSV any time, free tier or paid. If you leave, you take everything with you. No paywall on your own work.
PRIVACY AS A DELIBERATE CHOICE
No advertising trackers. No data sold to brokers. No third-party behavioural profiling. The marketing site asks consent before counting visits, and the app collects only what's needed to make it work. The full policy lives at colonytrack.app/privacy.
A SMALL TEAM, GROWING WITH YOU
No board, no investors, no founders meeting. ColonyTrack is built by a beekeeper, with help, and I'm still learning this craft alongside everyone using it. The app grows with me, shaped by the people using it.
Pro subscriptions fund what's next: offline logging for yards with no signal, queen line tracking across seasons. If there's a feature you think it must have, free or paid, email me. I read every message.
WHAT IT DOES
Twelve guided inspection flows that tell you what to check. QR and NFC scanning (NFC on Pro). Voice dictation. Color-coded inspection history. Varroa, colony strength, and brood trend charts. Queen change tracking on your hive timeline. Alerts that only fire when they should. Field guides built in: varroa, pests (hive beetle, wax moths, ants, wasps, mice), installing a package or nuc, swarm prevention. Apiary dashboard with Best All-Around ranking. Split tracking with parent-hive links. Mentor sharing via read-only link.
FREE PLAN
Up to 2 hives, no time limit. QR scanning, voice dictation, color-coded
history, the Queen Lifecycle Engine, mite check reminders, apiary stats,
CSV export.rt.
PRO PLAN ($4.99/month)
Up to 100 hives across up to 5 yards. Adds multiple yards (run more
than one apiary from one account, with all-yards trends and comparison),
NFC tag binding (tap a sticker to open the hive), treatment window
alerts, the apiary dashboard, cross-hive comparison, split tracking,
mentor sharing, PDF reports, and trend charts.
SUBSCRIPTION INFO
Pro is an auto-renewing monthly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically each month at the same price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings, Apple ID, Subscriptions.
Privacy policy: https://colonytrack.app/privacy
Terms of service: https://colonytrack.app/terms
Made in Santa Barbara by a beekeeper with too many hives and not enough memory.
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Multiple yards is here. Pro beekeepers can now run more than one
apiary from a single account, with an all-yards view that rolls up
totals and season trends across every location and ranks them side
by side.
Also in this update:
• Stats for everyone: a free snapshot of your apiary's key numbers,
with full multi-yard trends and comparison on Pro.
• Add inspection photos on iPhone, straight from the camera or your
photo library.
• Pro now covers up to 100 hives.
• A clearer upgrade screen that lays Free and Pro out side by side.
• Fixes and polish, including correct stats for accounts created
before multiple yards.
The developer, ColonyTrack LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- ColonyTrack LLC
- Size
- 36.1 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Pro $4.99
- Copyright
- © ColonyTrack LLC
