Equestrian App vs HorseGrid Designer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Equestrian App
Manage all aspects of horse care, from daily activities and health records to finances and community connections. This comprehensive tool simplifies horse ownership and equine business operations, offering detailed tracking and communication features.
- Stall and boarding management
- Health and farrier tracking
- Invoicing and expense tracking
- Ride tracking and journaling
- Equine business tools
- Community and barn chat
- Horse show progress tracking
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The Equestrian App manages day-to-day horse activities like stall management, boarding, leasing rules, training plans, veterinarian exams, farrier visits, invoicing, ride tracking, a marketplace, and so much more. We all want the best for our horses, so we built The Equestrian App to be that exclusive, one-of-a-kind tool you can rely upon everyday for your horses healthcare and well-being. Just think of it as Microsoft Office, but for your Horses. It's about connecting people, horses and the community that cares for them. People • Our goal is to connect everyone in the care and enjoyment of your horse within one easy to use app Horses • The app logs your horse's activities and care, all while connecting them to your equine service providers Community • The app connects the entire equine industry and lifestyle in one place Features: - Journals: A news feed of your horse's activities and health; connected to others that help in their care. - My Horses: Manage everything about your horse's health, activities, and records. Think of this as your electronic, on-demand file cabinet that you wish you had with you at all times. - Contacts: From riders and farriers, to vets and more, your horse can stay connected with them all. - Get Connected: Follow friends or become an equine influencer. Ten's of thousands of equestrians around the world will help you get noticed. - Expenses: Track all your expenses! Basically anything that you do for the horse and barn you can now track it. - Photos: Capture and share important moments with your horse. It could be a great trail ride you discovered early that morning. - Activities: Journal a list of activities for you and your horse. We have an extensive list of horse care topics that can be journaled. - Ride Tracker: Track all your rides and capture the where you rode, the distance, time and speed for each horse. - File Upload: Want to upload a health certificate or an important documents for your horse. Now you can scan and upload those important documents to each horse. - Discounts: We have partnered with many Premium Equine Brands in providing unique discounts for Equestrian App members. - Printing: You bet, now we have some great reports that you can print out of the system. - Barn Chat: Message your equestrian friends important information right within the app. - Equine Businesses: We now support many features to run your equine business and connect to your customers in-app for free (Trainers, Lessons, Farriers, Bodywork and Boarding). - Horse Shows and Awards: Track your progress and results at all your horse shows. Now that wall or drawer of ribbons is easily searchable and available within the app. - Business Profiles: Are you an equine business? You can build out your business profile and promote it in our search. It's a great way to get new business and be in front of the largest community of equestrians in the world. - Weight Tracking: Simply capture and view a horses weight over time - HorseTag: Use your phone to scan and quickly lookup horse information - Vaccinations: One screen to enter and track your horses vaccinations - TODOs: Track tasks and assign them to others in the barn. - Horse Transfer: If you're selling or transferring a horse, you can do that in one tap to another member of the app. - 4-H Horse Program: If you're in 4-H, we have your record books and horse certificates in the app. Not an Equestrian App member yet? Registering is free and easy! Join the tens of thousands of members already enjoying The Equestrian App every day for the management and enjoyment of their equestrian lifestyle! Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy terms: https://equestrianapp.com/privacy.html
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HorseGrid Designer at 5.0 against Equestrian App's 4.7. HorseGrid Designer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 81%). Equestrian App's advantage is ratings volume (73 vs 6). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Equestrian App sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 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.
HorseGrid Designer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Equestrian App has 73 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Equestrian App's written reviews are positive against 100% of HorseGrid Designer's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Equestrian App | HorseGrid Designer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (73 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 73 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patrick Husting | Phyxius LLC |
Customer experience
Equestrian App
HorseGrid Designer
Bugs and requests
Equestrian App
Reported bugs
12 issues- Feed is permanently broken
- Cannot access horse profiles
- App layout not compatible with newer iPhones
- Search bar unresponsive
- Add friend button unresponsive
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- Calendar events not saving
- Buttons not clearly indicating engagement
- Ride tracking not always correct
- App takes a while to load
- App is buggy
- Calendar events not repeating automatically
- Cannot open the app after initial setup
Requested features
15 requests- Bring back free ride tracking
- Make ride tracking free
- Allow adding custom feed brands
- Improve invoicing to not require recipient app
- Include Apple Pay for invoicing
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- Add ability to add other animals
- Improve responsiveness of buttons
- Make the app simpler with fewer options
- Allow adding pictures to horse profiles
- Improve the input process for feed
- Make the app compatible with newer iPhones
- Fix unresponsive search bar and add friend button
- Allow calendar events to repeat automatically
- Add dark mode option
- Allow sharing in the free version
HorseGrid Designer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Equestrian App
- Gold Monthly$5.991 Month
- Monthly Platinum$9.991 Month
- Gold Yearly$49.991 Year
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- Platinum Yearly$99.991 Year
HorseGrid Designer
- 1 Month Subscription$7.991 Month
- Annual Subscription$69.991 Year
Questions
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