Comparison

Stable Manager vs Polework Patterns

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Stable Manager

Manage your horses and stables with this comprehensive app. Track health records, appointments, feeding schedules, and user permissions for family and staff. Syncs across all your devices.

Highlights
  • User permissions and access control
  • Synchronized data across devices
  • Horse health and visit records
  • Feeding schedules and management
  • Appointment and diary tracking
  • Livery and transfer management
Features
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Stable Manager allows you to add ‘users’ who can be members of your family, grooms or riders, governed by individual 'permissions', to control what they can edit and see. When a record is updated, that information is synchronised with the apps on ALL your devices and those of your users. The app is organised into a number of separate areas: HOME SCREEN Once you have entered information about your horses, the home screen comes to life. It displays a consolidated view of your Stables with 'badges' over the icons, to remind you of imminent actions you need to take. Larger stables can also access shared Ride Lists, Turnout Plans and Feed Lists from here. THE HORSE LIST This is the entry point to the home screen for each individual horse. You can re-order the list for a convenient view of which horses have the most imminent vaccines, farrier visits etc.. HORSE HOME Each horse has its own Home Screen. Within that screen you can view, add and edit information about that horse. At the top of each home screen there is a panel summarising key dates and membership information. ORGANISE YOUR VET AND PHYSIO RECORDS Keep vet and physio records for each horse. Attach photos, pdfs and videos to notes. The visibility of those records can be controlled depending on the user. THE STABLES SCREEN The Stables screen is where administrators and managers can control access and manage information about the Stables. They can invite users and set user permissions and notifications. This is also where you can set the number of days warning Stable Manger gives you when certain events are imminent or are indeed overdue. VISITS You can add and manage appointments here for professionals visiting your yard. Dates entered here will be tracked in the diary and you can set up reminders when visits are imminent. There are features to automatically update horse records following each visit to keep a history of the horse's treatment. THE DIARY The diary screen on the app, displays a month view containing icons showing events such as visits or shows you have entered in the app. You can enter notes for a particular day such as people's holidays, and there is also a feature to set up regular weekly or monthly job reminders. THE FEEDS SCREEN This is where you can generate feed charts or lists for your Stables. You can manage items in your feedroom and enter the meals and portions for each horse. LIVERIES AND TRANSFERS Stable Manager also supports features for placing a horse on livery, or permanently transferring it to other stables with its records using Stable Manager.

About

Polework Patterns

Discover new polework exercises for your horse with this app. It offers 40 diverse layouts and 120 exercises focusing on balance, core strength, and responsiveness. Easily find patterns based on pole count or training focus, with suggested paces and difficulty ratings.

Highlights
  • 40 polework layouts
  • Search by pole count
  • Search by training focus
  • Random layout generator
  • Color-coded pace suggestions
  • Difficulty ratings
  • Favorites folder
Features
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Do you love polework but have run out of ideas how to use your poles? Are you looking to engage your horse’s brain as well as their body in a fun and beneficial way? Do you get bored in the arena and need to help finding new ways to keep both you and your horse entertained? If the answer is yes to any of the above then you need the Polework Patterns App by Fancy Footwork Equestrian in your life! This app includes 40 different layouts (20 main and 20 random) which are designed to be multi directional and use between one and twenty poles. There are several unique features including: - the option to search for layouts based on the amount of poles you want to use: • 1–5 poles • 6–10 poles • 11–15 poles • 16–20 poles - the option to search for exercises based on what area of a horse’s development you want to focus on – here you will find 15 categories including • Balance • Core • Engagement • Response to rider • ... and more! - a random button which can be used if you can’t decide which layout to go for, or if you like to live a little dangerously! Either way press that random button, watch the poles spin, the confetti fall and then marvel as your layout is revealed! - all of the layouts have different suggested exercises to use (four options for the main layouts and two options for the random layouts), each of which are colour-coded to show which pace to use, and a proposed difficulty rating attached to help you decide if that exercise is suitable to your horse’s stage of training. - 120 potential exercises with four suggestions given per exercise as to what areas it could help your horse improve on. (Flexibility, straightness etc) - a “Favourites” folder where you can add any of the 80 exercises used in the main layouts for quick and easy access. - all for a one off price! No monthly subscription. No annual membership. Buy it once and that's it; its yours to keep! Polework patterns was developed by the creator of Fancy Footwork Equestrian, Nina Gill. Nina is a qualified coach who runs Polework clinics full-time and is passionate about her work and the many benefits of polework. This passion has led to Fancy Footwork Equestrian collaborating with some of the U.K.’s biggest equestrian YouTubers and influencers, as well as having Polework training articles printed in three of the biggest equine magazines to date. With this app you will never run out of Polework ideas, even the biggest layouts have been designed to be broken down into smaller sections so that those sections can be used as a standalone layout if you don’t have enough poles to build the whole thing.

Screenshots

Stable Manager4 screens
Polework Patterns4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Polework Patterns at 93% against Stable Manager's 17%. Polework Patterns also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and chart position (#34 vs unranked). Stable Manager's advantage is price (Free vs $3.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Stable Manager is free to download; Polework Patterns costs $3.99 up front. Polework Patterns sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Stable Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Polework Patterns holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Stable Manager's written reviews are positive against 93% of Polework Patterns's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stable Manager ships an update monthly, Polework Patterns every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Stable Manager versus Polework Patterns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStable ManagerPolework Patterns
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews93.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#34 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEquinited LtdNina Gill

Customer experience

Stable Manager

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative66.7%

Polework Patterns

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive93.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.9%

In-app purchases

None

Stable Manager

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Polework Patterns

One-time1
  • Patterns Add-On #1$2.99

Questions

Is Stable Manager free?
Stable Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Polework Patterns free?
Polework Patterns costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stable Manager or Polework Patterns?
Polework Patterns is rated higher. Stable Manager averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Polework Patterns averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Stable Manager or Polework Patterns have ads?
Neither Stable Manager nor Polework Patterns shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stable Manager or Polework Patterns?
Stable Manager ships an update monthly, and Polework Patterns every 6 months. Most recently, Stable Manager was updated on September 9, 2026 and Polework Patterns on September 24, 2026.

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