BarnManager vs impulsion.io
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!
impulsion.io
This software streamlines riding school operations by automating scheduling, client communication, and online course management. It integrates AI and ChatGPT to enhance efficiency, saving users time and money by consolidating multiple services into one platform.
- Automated scheduling
- Client communication management
- Online learning portal
- AI and ChatGPT integration
- Consolidated service platform
- Automated reminders
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Empower your Riding School with nothing short of a miracle software. Save hundreds of hours of time. Save thousands of dollars. Unlock an income with no ceiling. Invest more time, energy, and money to being a Mom or Dad, husband or wife, or a friend outside of work. Put your barn's scheduler, email,phone number, social media, website, online course- and more- all automated to the maximum degree possible- and all in one place for a low price. Put all client communications in one place, OFF your personal cell phone number Automate Lesson bookings and email and text reminders for lesson Revamp Your Website Create an Online Learning Portal Cancel and stop paying for all email, scheduling, website, text, and online course software- and add up that number. Leverage A.I. This software comes with conversational A.I. and ChatGPT integrations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BarnManager at 50% against impulsion.io's 0%. BarnManager also leads on rating (3.6 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (24 vs 2). impulsion.io's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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.
BarnManager holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BarnManager has 24 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of BarnManager's written reviews are positive against 0% of impulsion.io's.
BarnManager ships an update monthly, impulsion.io every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BarnManager | impulsion.io |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (24 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 341 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Digital Crumbs LLC | Impulsion.Io |
Customer experience
BarnManager
impulsion.io
In-app purchases
BarnManager
No in-app purchases
impulsion.io
No in-app purchases








