Ridesum vs EQ Coach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ridesum
Enhance your equestrian training with AI-powered seat analytics and virtual sessions. Track progress, log activities, and access expert resources to achieve your riding goals.
- AI Seat Analytics for technique improvement
- Live streaming for virtual training sessions
- Comprehensive diary for logging activities
- Access to educational resources and articles
- Progress tracking and goal setting
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Introducing RIDESUM - Your All-in-One Equestrian Companion! Take your equestrian journey to the next level with RIDESUM, the ultimate app designed for riders and trainers. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced rider, RIDESUM offers a range of innovative features to enhance your training, track your progress, and achieve your equestrian goals. AI Seat Analytics: Improve your riding technique and enhance your performance with our state-of-the-art AI Seat Analytics. Get real-time feedback on your position, balance, and alignment, helping you perfect your seat and become a more effective rider. Live Streaming Platform: Experience the convenience of virtual training sessions with our cutting-edge streaming platform for digital training. Connect with top trainers from around the world and participate in live or pre-recorded training sessions tailored to your skill level and discipline. Access a wealth of knowledge and expertise right at your fingertips. Comprehensive Diary: Keep all your equestrian activities organized in one place with our comprehensive diary feature. Log your training sessions, track your horse's progress, record competitions, and set goals to stay motivated and focused. With RIDESUM, you'll have a complete overview of your equestrian journey, making it easier than ever to monitor your growth and achievements. Looking for inspiration? Discover a wealth of inspiration and knowledge within our community of riders and trainers who share your passion for horses. Access a vast library of educational resources, articles, and videos created by industry experts. Stay updated with the latest trends, training techniques, and insights from the equestrian world. Whether you're seeking motivation, seeking new training strategies, or simply expanding your equestrian knowledge, RIDESUM provides a platform to fuel your passion and continuously grow as a rider. Immerse yourself in a world of inspiration and gain valuable insights to take your equestrian journey to new heights. Download RIDESUM now and unlock a world of equestrian excellence. Elevate your riding skills, connect with renowned trainers, and manage your equestrian journey seamlessly, all within one powerful app. The ride of a lifetime starts with RIDESUM! Terms of Use: https://www.ridesum.com/terms-and-conditions-for-ridesum-users/
EQ Coach
This AI-powered equestrian training platform helps riders and coaches improve horse training across various disciplines. It captures lessons, provides actionable insights, and tracks progress using objective data, ultimately enhancing horse welfare.
- AI-powered equestrian training
- Actionable training insights
- Progress tracking with objective data
- Lesson summaries for riders
- Lesson recording for coaches
- Horse welfare improvement
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Equestic Coach-Copilot is the equestrian digital assistant app that creates a training diary for equestrian coaches and riders, making teaching more productive, and learning more effective, ultimately for better horse welfare. It is an AI-powered mobile app which helps riders retain important information about their training and works for all equestrian disciplines including: Dressage, Show Jumping, Eventing, Working Equitation, Western and many others. EQ Coach-Copilot for coaches records the audio of a lesson in real time, converts it into a clear text summary with key points which can be edited by the coach and shared with the rider for better guidance ahead of solo rides. EQ Coach-Copilot for riders gives a simple way to audio record thoughts, valuable insights from solo rides, and questions for their coach – Rider Reflections. The transcribed notes can be shared with the coach ahead of their next lesson giving full context of what has happened between lesson sessions. By combining the coach’s expertise with objective EQ Saddle-Clip data, EQ Coach-Copilot accelerates a rider’s ability for deep learning, making progress, and developing feel. This results in training that becomes more intentional and is always anchored in the horse’s welfare. Key Features for Riders: • Full diary of lesson summaries and coach's personal guidance that rider can refer to • Record questions, reflections and insights after training • Measure progress with objective data from EQ Saddle-Clip (rhythm, symmetry, impulsion, transitions and more) • All data stored remotely. Keeps phone space free. • Provide on-demand coaching reminders during solo rides (* coming soon) Key Features for Coaches: • Records and transcribes the lesson in your words and the way you teach • Stores it safely while keeping your phone space free • Summarizes your lesson for the rider without extra admin • Keeps track of your lessons over weeks and months for easy reference • Measure progress of your student with EQ Saddle-Clip motion data • Review and edit the lesson summary before sharing with the rider • Inform you on a rider’s challenges and training issues before the next lesson The EQ Coach-Copilot platform brings together three dimensions of intelligence: the coach’s expertise, the rider’s reflections, and the horse’s motion data via the EQ Saddle-Clip – making it a complete training companion that helps riders learn continuously, build consistency and make every ride count. For Dressage training Dressage training relies on rhythm, impulsion, straightness and precision. Correct aids for transitions or particular movements must happen quickly and correctly. EQ Coach-Copilot reminds the rider how to replicate those cues properly and with correct timing. In Show Jumping In Show Jumping, rhythm, adjustability, and straightness determine the quality of every jump. A crooked approach or unbalanced horse can cause a costly rail to fall. EQ Coach-Copilot will keep rider’s focus on desired pace and correct approach while practice jumps alone. For Eventing Eventing riders must manage precision, balance, and endurance across multiple phases, with the cross-county phase the most challenging. Riders must remember many things simultaneously and EQ Coach-Copilot helps riders retain key crucial instructions, especially before jumping solid obstacles at speed. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: EQ Coach at 80% against Ridesum's 25%. EQ Coach also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Ridesum's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). 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. Ridesum sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month and EQ Coach sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
EQ Coach holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ridesum has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Ridesum's written reviews are positive against 80% of EQ Coach's.
Ridesum ships an update every 10 days, EQ Coach every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Ridesum | EQ Coach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 155 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ridesum AB | Smart Horse Technologies B.V. |
Customer experience
Ridesum
EQ Coach
In-app purchases
Ridesum
- Add horse14 Days trial$4.491 Month
- Ridesum Plus14 Days trial$4.991 Month
- PLUS14 Days trial$13.991 Month
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- Rider Goes PRO 1 Month14 Days trial$13.991 Month
- BASIC14 Days trial$14.991 Month
- AI Analytics Premium 1 mon1 Month trial$14.991 Month
- Rider Goes PRO 3 Months14 Days trial$32.993 Months
- Unlimited 1 mon1 Month trial$39.991 Month
- AI Analytics Premium 1 year$149.991 Year
- Unlimited 6 mon6 Months trial$199.996 Months
- 2 Analyses$3.99
- 2 Analyses$5.99
- 1 Analysis$11.99
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- 2 Analyses$11.99
- Gait Bundle, 6 Analyses2 variants$24.99
EQ Coach
- Base membership for 1 horse1 Month trial$24.991 Month
- Base membership for 2 horses1 Month trial$39.991 Month
- Base membership for 5 horses1 Month trial$69.991 Month
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- Base membership for 10 horses1 Month trial$109.001 Month
- Base membership for 20 horses1 Month trial$199.001 Month
- Base membership for 1 horse1 Year trial$259.001 Year
- Base membership for 2 horses$399.991 Year
- Base membership for 5 horses1 Year trial$679.001 Year
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