BarnManager vs ShowSafe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BarnManager
Manage all aspects of equestrian life, from horse health records and scheduling to barn operations and communication. Digitize your notes, track appointments, and create custom lists to streamline your workflow and spend more time with your horses.
- Horse profiles and health records
- Digital calendar for scheduling
- Customizable checklists and lists
- Digital whiteboard feature
- Permission-based access controls
- Syncs with web app
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Horses are more than a pet and more than a hobby. Horses are a lifestyle. BarnManager supports trainers, students, parents, barn owners, horse owners, riders, grooms, vets, farriers and more to manage all of the moving pieces and people that are a critical part of keeping your horses happy and healthy and running your business efficiently and professionally. BarnManager is a tool that supports traditional horsemanship and enables you to spend more time doing what you love, working with horses. Convert your binders quickly and easily. Use your mobile device to snap pictures of your handwritten or printed notes, whiteboards, etc. Then upload these images, attach Horses, People and Keywords and easily search for these records using site wide search. Horse profiles provide a place to store all of the important information, documents, health and farrier records, and communications about your horses. Our Calendar can be viewed daily, weekly, monthly, or annually to enable short term planning, such as lesson scheduling, and long term schedules such as competition planning. Create table lists and check lists for everything and anything. Make feed lists, packing lists, temperature charts and anything else that you can imagine. Permission levels allow you to limit access to specific horses for owner or employee users. Use the digital whiteboard to take the barn aisle with you. How often are you actually standing in the barn aisle to read the information on the white board? The White Board feature enables you to check the board from the ring, the road or wherever else you may be. The Barn Manager Mobile App syncs to our web app, so that you can work from your computer as well. You can cancel your account at any time in the Account Menu. There are no refunds or credits for partial months. For more information, please visit https://www.barnmanager.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/BarnManagerTermsofService.pdf Stay tuned for Invoicing and Accounting coming soon!
ShowSafe
This app provides tools for managing horses, including data analysis, record keeping, and contact management. It allows users to upload files, videos, and images to keep all horse-related information in one place.
- Horse data analysis
- Record keeping
- Barn management
- Contact management
- File, video, and image uploads
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The best tools to keep your horses "Showsafe". For riders, barn managers, owners, vets, farriers. Data analysis and record keeping to give you the advantage. Manage your barns, horses, contacts. Upload files, videos, images. Privacy Policy: https://showsafe.show/privacy Terms & Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ShowSafe at 4.4 against BarnManager's 3.6. ShowSafe also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 50%) and ads (none vs shown). BarnManager's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. ShowSafe sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. BarnManager asks for nothing beyond the download.
ShowSafe holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of BarnManager's written reviews are positive against 89% of ShowSafe's.
BarnManager ships an update monthly, ShowSafe every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BarnManager | ShowSafe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (24 ratings) | 4.4 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.7 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Digital Crumbs LLC | SHOWSAFE LLC |
Customer experience
BarnManager
ShowSafe
In-app purchases
BarnManager
No in-app purchases
ShowSafe
- Monthly Subscription - 1 Horse$6.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription - 5 Horse$14.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription 30 Horses$14.991 Month
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- Monthly Subscription 15 Horses$39.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription Unlimited$39.991 Month
- Annual Subscription - 1 Horse$70.991 Year
- Annual Subscription 30 Horses$151.991 Year
- Annual Subscription 15 Horses$399.991 Year
- Annual Subscription - 5 Horses$404.991 Year
- Annual Subscription 50 Horses$709.991 Year
