Comparison

EquiCare 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

EquiCare

This app helps horse owners and riders manage their horses' health, training, and finances. It offers features like personalized calendars, detailed horse profiles, and shared access for teams. Streamline your horse care and stay organized.

Highlights
  • Personalized Calendar
  • Detailed Horse Profiles
  • Feed Management
  • Finance Tracker
  • Training Logs & Scheduling
  • Shared Access
  • Document Storage
  • Custom Reminders
Features
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EquiCare – Built to give you time back in your life. Take the stress out of horse care! EquiCare is the all-in-one horse management app for horse owners and riders, designed to help you stay organised and prioritise your horse’s health, training, and goals. Why Choose EquiCare? • Plan and track appointments, training sessions, and competitions effortlessly. • Create detailed profiles for every horse in your care. • Set reminders for treatments, competitions and all your events. • Log riding sessions, track goals, and reflect on competition results. • Share access with your team or agistment and even transfer a horse profile if they get sold. Key Features: • Personalised Calendar: View and manage all horse-related events in one place. • Horse Profiles: Organise health records, training logs, and competition reflections for each horse. • Feed Section: See every horse’s feed in one place, make changes quickly, and add notes for easy feed-up. • Finance Tracker: Record expenses and income for each horse to stay on top of budgets. • Training Logs & Competition Scheduling: Plan routines, set goals, and track results after events. • Shared Access: Give horse profile access to grooms, staff members or even agistment owners to collaborate seamlessly. • Profile Transfer: Selling a horse? Easily transfer their profile to the new owner. • Document Storage: Upload vet reports, registrations, and notes directly to your app. • Reminders: Never miss an appointment with custom alerts. Subscription Plans: • 1 Month: $5.95 AUD • 6 Months: $32 AUD • 12 Months: $60 AUD All subscriptions include full access to EquiCare. Prices vary by region. Make managing your horses stress-free. Download EquiCare today and start your 14-day free trial! Please read our Terms and Conditions before subscribing. These prices apply to Australian residents. Prices may vary in other countries respecting your local currency exchange rate. Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account. At the end of the term, unless auto-renewable subscriptions are disabled, your subscription will automatically renew in your iTunes account. You will be charged for the regular price of your subscription within 24 hours prior to the end of the current term. You can turn off automatic renewal in your iTunes account settings at any time, but you must do so at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription term. Refunds will not be provided for the unused portion of any subscription term. Please read our Terms and Conditions before subscribing: https://www.equicare.com.au/terms-of-use/ Please read our Privacy and Policy before subscribing: https://www.equicare.com.au/privacy

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

EquiCare4 screens
Polework Patterns4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: EquiCare at Free against Polework Patterns's $3.99. EquiCare also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (9 vs 3). Polework Patterns's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 1.8) and review sentiment (93% vs 74%). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

EquiCare is free to download; Polework Patterns costs $3.99 up front. EquiCare sells 16 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Polework Patterns sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Polework Patterns holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of EquiCare's written reviews are positive against 93% of Polework Patterns's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EquiCare ships an update every 5 weeks, Polework Patterns every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
EquiCare versus Polework Patterns: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEquiCarePolework Patterns
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating1.8 (9 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.2% of reviews93.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionPaid — better
Best chart rank—#39 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEquiCare App Pty LtdNina Gill

Customer experience

EquiCare

All ratings9 ratings
Positive22.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative77.8%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral3.2%
Negative22.6%

Polework Patterns

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

In-app purchases

16 purchases

EquiCare

Subscriptions9
  • Equi Subscription 1 Month50%$1.991 Month
  • Equi Subscription 1 Month20%$2.991 Month
  • Monthly Plan14 Days trial$3.951 Month
Show 6 more
  • Equi Subscription 6 Month50%$10.006 Months
  • Equi Subscription 6 Month20%$14.996 Months
  • 6-Month Plan14 Days trial$19.006 Months
  • Equi Subscription 1 Year50%$20.001 Year
  • Equi Subscription 1 Year20%$29.001 Year
  • Annual Plan14 Days trial$40.001 Year
One-time7
  • Equi Subscription 1 Month50%$2.00
  • Equi Subscription 1 Month20%$3.19
  • EquiCare Subscription 1 Month$4.00
Show 4 more
  • Equi Subscription 6 Month50%$11.00
  • Equi Subscription 6 Month20%$17.49
  • Equi Subscription 1 Year50%$20.00
  • Equi Subscription 1 Year20%$32.00
1 purchases

Polework Patterns

One-time1
  • Patterns Add-On #1$2.99

Questions

Is EquiCare free?
EquiCare is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Polework Patterns free?
Polework Patterns costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EquiCare or Polework Patterns?
Polework Patterns is rated higher. EquiCare averages 1.8 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Polework Patterns averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do EquiCare or Polework Patterns have ads?
Neither EquiCare nor Polework Patterns shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EquiCare or Polework Patterns?
EquiCare ships an update every 5 weeks, and Polework Patterns every 6 months. Most recently, EquiCare was updated on October 18, 2026 and Polework Patterns on October 17, 2026.

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