Comparison

Agility Builder vs HorseGrid Designer

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

Head to head
About

Agility Builder

Design, detail, and view agility and hoopers courses in 3D on your iPad. Share your creations with friends and access them on your iPhone. Offers flexible design tools and course management.

Highlights
  • Design agility and hoopers courses
  • Drag, rotate, and scale obstacles
  • Add course details (Judge, Venue, Date)
  • View courses in 3D
  • Share courses with friends
  • Access courses on iPhone
Features
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Build and share your Agility and Hoopers Courses on your iPad! On your iPad, full flexibility in designing and detailing all aspects of your courses. Enjoy the simplicity of dragging, rotating and scaling your obstacles with the touch of your fingers. On your iPhone view your Courses. On your iPhone you cannot design courses, but you can look at them. Add details about your courses - Judge, Venue, Date, your own personal notes, and much more. View your courses in 3D! Share your courses with your friends! SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Monthly: $0.99 Yearly: $9.99 Lifelong: $39.99 Agility Builder is available as a one-time purchase or on a subscription basis either monthly or yearly. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel your subscription once activated and refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. You can turn off auto-renew any time from your iTunes account settings. Prices are for US customers and are subject to change without notice. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. Get in touch: Shoot us an email: support@agilitybuilder.ch Visit our website: agilitybuilder.com Terms and Conditions: http://www.agilitybuilder.ch/legal/termsEN.html Privacy policy: http://www.agilitybuilder.ch/legal/privacyEN.html

About

HorseGrid Designer

Design professional equestrian courses on your iPhone or iPad quickly and easily. This app replaces traditional pen-and-paper methods with an intuitive grid canvas for creating show jumping courses, gymnastic exercises, and dressage patterns. It offers advanced editing features and saves custom arenas across devices.

Highlights
  • Intuitive grid canvas for course design
  • Design show jumping, gymnastic, and dressage courses
  • Edit fence shapes, colors, and sizes
  • Duplicate text labels
  • Moveable dressage letters
  • Save and sync custom arenas
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Now free to play. Build pro-level equestrian courses on your iPhone or iPad in minutes, not hours. The course design app that replaces pen and paper. HorseGrid Designer is the patent pending course design tool built for trainers, eventing coaches, hunter/jumper professionals, dressage instructors, and serious riders. Whether you are setting up a show jumping course, planning gymnastic exercises, or designing dressage patterns, the intuitive grid canvas gives you everything you need to bring your vision to life. No internet connection required. WHAT'S NEW IN 1.2.1 - Text duplication: long-press any text label to duplicate it across your course - Moveable dressage letters - Fence-line editing: long-press to unlock, then edit shape, color, or size - Library button for faster access to your saved courses - Refined stride math accuracy - Custom arenas now save with the course and sync across iPhone and iPad PRICING Free to download. Premium unlocks at $7.99 per month or $5.83 per month billed annually. http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Agility Builder1 screens
HorseGrid Designer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: HorseGrid Designer at 5.0 against Agility Builder's 3.0. HorseGrid Designer also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). Agility Builder's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Agility Builder sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and HorseGrid Designer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HorseGrid Designer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Agility Builder ships an update monthly, HorseGrid Designer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Agility Builder versus HorseGrid Designer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAgility BuilderHorseGrid Designer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter GrutterPhyxius LLC

Customer experience

Agility Builder

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

HorseGrid Designer

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Agility Builder

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock Forever!$59.99
2 purchases

HorseGrid Designer

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month Subscription$7.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Agility Builder free?
Agility Builder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HorseGrid Designer free?
HorseGrid Designer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Agility Builder or HorseGrid Designer?
HorseGrid Designer is rated higher. Agility Builder averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while HorseGrid Designer averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Agility Builder or HorseGrid Designer have ads?
Neither Agility Builder nor HorseGrid Designer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Agility Builder or HorseGrid Designer?
Agility Builder ships an update monthly, and HorseGrid Designer every 5 days. Most recently, Agility Builder was updated on October 12, 2026 and HorseGrid Designer on October 24, 2026.

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