Comparison

FEI HorseApp vs Polework Patterns

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

FEI HorseApp

This app allows equestrian professionals to manage horse information, scan passports and microchips, upload documents, and perform veterinary examinations. It streamlines horse registration and event management for veterinarians and organizers.

Highlights
  • Scan FEI Passports and Recognition Cards
  • Read horse microchips with compatible scanners
  • Upload required horse documents
  • Perform Examination at Arrival
  • Horse self-check-in/check-out
  • Event organizer horse check-out
Features
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The FEI HorseApp is a must-have tool for the FEI equestrian community. - Instantly find a horse by scanning the bar code on a FEI Passport or FEI Recognition Card - FEI Veterinarians and Event Organisers can user their external microchip scanners to read the horse's microchip and easily find horses on the app. The FEI HorseApp is compatible with the following scanners: • Allflex AFX-110 • Allflex LPR • GPR+ Global Pocket Reader Plus • Realtrace RT100 • Realtrace RT250 - Upload the required documents for horses through a quick and easy process - Take pictures of the required pages - Use the advanced picture editing tool to crop and rotate your picture with a few easy clicks - Upload your documents directly to the FEI Database - FEI Veterinarians can perform the Examination at Arrival directly in the App - Horse self-check-in and check-out is now available for all users that wish to record the movement of their horse - Event Organisers can easily check-out horses from their Event

About

Polework Patterns

Discover new polework exercises for your horse with this app. It offers 40 diverse layouts and 120 exercises focusing on balance, core strength, and responsiveness. Easily find patterns based on pole count or training focus, with suggested paces and difficulty ratings.

Highlights
  • 40 polework layouts
  • Search by pole count
  • Search by training focus
  • Random layout generator
  • Color-coded pace suggestions
  • Difficulty ratings
  • Favorites folder
Features
Currently charting
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Do you love polework but have run out of ideas how to use your poles? Are you looking to engage your horse’s brain as well as their body in a fun and beneficial way? Do you get bored in the arena and need to help finding new ways to keep both you and your horse entertained? If the answer is yes to any of the above then you need the Polework Patterns App by Fancy Footwork Equestrian in your life! This app includes 40 different layouts (20 main and 20 random) which are designed to be multi directional and use between one and twenty poles. There are several unique features including: - the option to search for layouts based on the amount of poles you want to use: • 1–5 poles • 6–10 poles • 11–15 poles • 16–20 poles - the option to search for exercises based on what area of a horse’s development you want to focus on – here you will find 15 categories including • Balance • Core • Engagement • Response to rider • ... and more! - a random button which can be used if you can’t decide which layout to go for, or if you like to live a little dangerously! Either way press that random button, watch the poles spin, the confetti fall and then marvel as your layout is revealed! - all of the layouts have different suggested exercises to use (four options for the main layouts and two options for the random layouts), each of which are colour-coded to show which pace to use, and a proposed difficulty rating attached to help you decide if that exercise is suitable to your horse’s stage of training. - 120 potential exercises with four suggestions given per exercise as to what areas it could help your horse improve on. (Flexibility, straightness etc) - a “Favourites” folder where you can add any of the 80 exercises used in the main layouts for quick and easy access. - all for a one off price! No monthly subscription. No annual membership. Buy it once and that's it; its yours to keep! Polework patterns was developed by the creator of Fancy Footwork Equestrian, Nina Gill. Nina is a qualified coach who runs Polework clinics full-time and is passionate about her work and the many benefits of polework. This passion has led to Fancy Footwork Equestrian collaborating with some of the U.K.’s biggest equestrian YouTubers and influencers, as well as having Polework training articles printed in three of the biggest equine magazines to date. With this app you will never run out of Polework ideas, even the biggest layouts have been designed to be broken down into smaller sections so that those sections can be used as a standalone layout if you don’t have enough poles to build the whole thing.

Screenshots

FEI HorseApp4 screens
Polework Patterns4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Polework Patterns at 93% against FEI HorseApp's 0%. Polework Patterns also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.1) and chart position (#76 vs unranked). FEI HorseApp's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

FEI HorseApp is free to download; Polework Patterns costs $3.99 up front. Polework Patterns sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FEI HorseApp asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Polework Patterns holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of FEI HorseApp's written reviews are positive against 93% of Polework Patterns's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FEI HorseApp ships an update every 2 weeks, Polework Patterns every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
FEI HorseApp versus Polework Patterns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFEI HorseAppPolework Patterns
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating2.1 (14 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews93.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#76 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFédération Equestre Internationale (FEI)Nina Gill

Customer experience

FEI HorseApp

All ratings14 ratings
Positive21.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative71.4%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative93.3%

Polework Patterns

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive93.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.9%

In-app purchases

None

FEI HorseApp

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Polework Patterns

One-time1
  • Patterns Add-On #1$2.99

Questions

Is FEI HorseApp free?
FEI HorseApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Polework Patterns free?
Polework Patterns costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FEI HorseApp or Polework Patterns?
Polework Patterns is rated higher. FEI HorseApp averages 2.1 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Polework Patterns averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do FEI HorseApp or Polework Patterns have ads?
Neither FEI HorseApp nor Polework Patterns shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FEI HorseApp or Polework Patterns?
FEI HorseApp ships an update every 2 weeks, and Polework Patterns every 6 months. Most recently, FEI HorseApp was updated on October 21, 2026 and Polework Patterns on October 21, 2026.

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