Bed and Bale vs USRider
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bed and Bale
This app helps horse owners find essential services for travel, including boarding, vets, and supplies. Businesses can list their equestrian services to connect with horse owners. It simplifies planning and managing trips with your horse.
- Find nightly boarding
- Locate veterinarians
- Discover farriers
- Search tack stores
- Find hay & feed suppliers
- List business services
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Simplify Your Horse Travel with Bed and Bale Whether you're planning a journey or dealing with unexpected situations on the road, Bed and Bale is your ultimate companion for equine travel. Find everything you need to ensure the safety and comfort of you and your horse at every stage of your trip. For Travelers: Search for nearby services, including nightly boarding, veterinarians, farriers, tack stores, and hay & feed suppliers. Plan your route with confidence and find trusted options wherever you go. For Businesses: List your services for customers to discover and connect with horse owners who need your expertise. Subscription Options: - Customer Account - Monthly: $4.99/month (after a free 3-day trial) - Customer Account - Yearly: $39.99/year (after a free 3-day trial) - Business Account - Yearly: $49.99/year (after a free 14-day trial) Download Bed and Bale now to explore trusted services for equine travel and advertise your business to the growing equestrian community! Terms of Use: https://bedandbaleapp.com/terms-and-conditions/
USRider
Plan your trips, store important documents, and find emergency services like vets and farriers. Members can also request roadside assistance and access exclusive discounts for a safer journey.
- Travel planning tools
- Document storage
- Emergency vet/farrier referrals
- Travel checklists
- Membership account management
- Roadside assistance requests
- Member discounts
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Whether you’re headed across the country or just down the road, the USRider app helps you be prepared. From free travel planning, checklists, travel document storage, emergency vet/farrier referrals and more, you’ll find everything you need to stay organized and have a safe trip at your fingertips. Plus, USRider members can request service and access other member benefits — like member discounts — quickly and easily within the app! APP FEATURES ● Travel planning and travel document storage tools ● Emergency vet, farrier and boarding referrals ● Travel checklists ● Manage membership account BENEFITS INCLUDE*: ● Request roadside assistance from your mobile ● Receive notifications with service updates ● Renew memberships ● Access member discounts on car rental, hotels, trailer accessories and more ● Request towing for any vehicle, including horse trailers ● Request tire, battery, or lockout service ● Request concierge assistance for locating stabling, vets and farriers *member only services Not a USRider member? Join today to take advantage of all USRider member benefits.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: USRider at 3.5 against Bed and Bale's 2.6. USRider also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 40%) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). Bed and Bale's advantage is ratings volume (80 vs 8). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Bed and Bale sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. USRider asks for nothing beyond the download.
USRider holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bed and Bale has 80 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Bed and Bale's written reviews are positive against 80% of USRider's.
Bed and Bale ships an update every 2 months, USRider every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bed and Bale | USRider |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (80 ratings) | 3.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.6% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 80 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Virginia Smith | Equine Network, LLC |
Customer experience
Bed and Bale
USRider
Bugs and requests
Bed and Bale
Reported bugs
18 issues- App requires subscription after initial payment
- Cannot open app without subscribing again
- Cannot get on the site after resetting password
- Cannot edit account information
- App won't let me use it after paying
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- App keeps telling me to pay for a subscription
- App says I've paid but then shows an error
- Cannot get ahold of anyone to cancel subscription
- New app rebuild won't let me view my profile
- Red message saying it can't access data
- Map does not have the route option
- Hard to use as a business owner to update listing
- App is buggy
- App is stuck on the first page
- Clicking 'next' does nothing
- Will not take a location to search
- Location not effective for searching (distance setting ignored)
- Hard to find places on the map at times
Requested features
14 requests- Better vetting system for places
- Ability to report shady behavior
- Option to save searches to favorites
- Show available services on route via map
- Allow business owners to update/edit listings
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- Route option on map
- Search function for closest to a particular town
- Ability to rate hosts
- Specify route and show available B&Bs
- Narrow search by state
- More fine-tuning needed
- Add locations/addresses to listings
- Figure out closest to current location to furthest
- More service providers to sign up
USRider
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bed and Bale
- Customer Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Grandfathered Customers$19.491 Year
- Returning Users$23.491 Year
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- Service Providers - Yearly$37.991 Year
- Regular Customer - Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year
USRider
No in-app purchases
