Ardex Essentials vs Prism Plus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ardex Essentials
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Ardex Essentials empowers equine industry participants with a 360-degree snapshot of their business. Ensure a gold standard of care for your horses by recording and scheduling exercise, healthcare visits, movements and treatments. Invest in staff engagement by enabling them to contribute to the success of the team by keeping their charges happy. Increase client loyalty and satisfaction by sharing their horse’s journey via audio, photo, text and video communications. Seize sales opportunities with the ability to access and share horse information swiftly. Be an expert on the racing form of horses in your stable with up to date fields, form and results. Make important decisions quicker with the confidence of having your businesses’ financial information in the palm of your hand. Work smarter, dream bigger.
Prism Plus
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Prism PLUS Mobile is the latest innovation from Prism. Together with the Prism PLUS Tablet app, Prism PLUS Mobile provides another technological leap forward for the thoroughbred racing and breeding industries. Prism Plus Mobile provides an additional layer of mobile functionality to enable more efficient stable and horse management. It is fully integrated into the Prism platform ensuring that you only need to use one system for all of your Stable and Farm Management needs. Built with mobility in mind, Prism Plus Mobile adds many new features including: 1. Configurable shortcuts for frequent Horse Note, Procedure and Task entry 2. Bluetooth connection to microchip scanners for accurate horse identification 3. Scanning of Horse, Box and Barn QR Code cards for accurate horse identification 4. Simple one click Horse Note, Procedure and Task entries for staff 5. Bluetooth connection to weight scales and thermometers for quick weight and temperature recording 6. Horse Welfare flags for escalation of horse welfare concerns and rapid attention 7. Additional dashboards and charts for improved stable and horse management and analysis
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Verdict
Ardex Essentials and Prism Plus are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Ardex Essentials ships an update every 3 weeks, Prism Plus monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ardex Essentials | Prism Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 302 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ardex Technology Pty Limited | Prism Pay Pty Ltd |
In-app purchases
Ardex Essentials
No in-app purchases
Prism Plus
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Ardex Essentials free?
Is Prism Plus free?
Do Ardex Essentials or Prism Plus have ads?
Which is updated more often, Ardex Essentials or Prism Plus?
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