BarnManager vs Questri
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!
Questri
Streamline equestrian barn management with this app. Organize horses, schedule client rides and lessons, and assign tasks to staff. Access your operations from any device and manage competitions and client communications efficiently.
- Horse management
- Client ride and lesson scheduling
- Staff task distribution
- Digital barn board display
- Cross-device access (mobile & web)
- Competition scheduling
- Client management and communication
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Questri helps equestrian businesses replace messy whiteboards and group texts with one connected system for horses, schedules, tasks, communication, and daily barn operations. Built for barns, trainers, lesson programs, rehab centers, and equine teams, Questri keeps your operation organized from your phone, tablet, or computer while powering a live Digital Barn Board for your aisle display. Use Questri to: • Manage horses, clients, riders, and staff • Schedule rides, lessons, training, competitions, and appointments • Assign tasks and chores to your team • Track task progress and daily barn activity • Communicate with clients and staff • Manage competition schedules and logistics • Power a Digital Barn Board that displays your daily plan, tasks, and calendar updates on an aisle TV or monitor • Access your barn’s information from mobile and web The Digital Barn Board is designed to bring your daily plan into the aisle. As schedules change or tasks are completed in Questri, your board stays updated so staff can see what needs to happen next. Whether you run a boarding barn, training program, lesson business, rehab facility, or competition-focused operation, Questri helps your team stay aligned, reduce back-and-forth communication, and keep the barn moving.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Questri at 100% against BarnManager's 50%. Questri also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and ads (none vs shown). BarnManager's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Questri holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of BarnManager's written reviews are positive against 100% of Questri's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BarnManager | Questri |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Digital Crumbs LLC | BLAZON LLC |
Customer experience
BarnManager
Questri
In-app purchases
BarnManager
No in-app purchases
Questri
No in-app purchases








