Comparison

VLAIO vs Steedshire

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

Head to head
About

VLAIO

Features
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Informatie & inspiratie voor ondernemers in ÊÊn handige app. Ontvang nieuws op maat. Volg je kmo-portefeuille op de voet. Maak gebruik van onze GPT-chatbot voor je vragen over ondernemen of innoveren of maak een afspraak met een VLAIO bedrijfsadviseur.

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Steedshire

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Steedshire keeps your livery yard on your phone. Which horses are stabled, who looks after them, what care is due and what the owners owe. PLEASE READ FIRST: THE APP IS IN DUTCH Every screen in the app is Dutch, and there is no English version yet. The invoicing follows Dutch rules and asks for a Chamber of Commerce number and a Dutch VAT number. This page is in English so you can see what the app does before you buy it, not because the app speaks English. THE MORNING ROUND One screen showing what needs doing today, per horse and per stall. Tick things off as you walk. Even with no signal in the yard. CARE BEFORE IT IS LATE Worming, vaccinations, farrier and vet. You hear about it in time, at seven in the morning when the yard starts. Including the milestones of a pregnancy, right through to the window in which a mare may foal. INVOICES WITHOUT THE ARITHMETIC What an owner uses ends up on the invoice. VAT and totals are worked out, ready to send as a PDF, carrying your company and VAT numbers and your customer's address as an invoice should. If something is missing, the app names the field. Anything overdue shows on your home screen. YOUR HORSES IN ONE GO Is your yard in Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets? Save it as CSV and pick the file. You see what is coming in and what is being skipped before anything is added. TOGETHER ON SEVERAL DEVICES Invite your groom with a code. What one person enters, the other sees. Two people working at once loses nothing. YOUR RECORDS STAY YOURS Most yard software puts your records on the supplier's server. Steedshire does not. They stay on your yard's devices. Syncing travels encrypted over our relay, and the relay cannot read it: names of horses, owners and appointments are not legible there. You can take everything with you at any time. One button writes your whole yard to a file you can read back in elsewhere. No export request, no waiting. WHAT IT COSTS Three months free, with no payment details. That is deliberately generous: worming and the farrier come round every six to eight weeks, and only once the app has warned you in time do you know what you are paying for. You choose after that. Every plan does everything; the only difference is how many horses fit. Small up to ten horses, Yard up to thirty, Unlimited with no ceiling. Paying yearly costs less than paying by the month, and the app shows you exactly how much you save on your own plan. Questions? hallo@steedshire.nl. There is a person behind that address. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

VLAIO4 screens
Steedshire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VLAIO at none against Steedshire's 6. VLAIO also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Steedshire's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 4 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Steedshire sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $19.00 per month. VLAIO asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VLAIO ships an update every 4 months, Steedshire daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ¡ 3 level
VLAIO versus Steedshire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVLAIOSteedshire
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVlaamse overheidRob Giesbers

In-app purchases

None

VLAIO

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Steedshire

Subscriptions6
  • Small$19.001 Month
  • Yard$25.001 Month
  • Unlimited$39.001 Month
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  • Small$199.991 Year
  • Yard$250.001 Year
  • Unlimited$399.991 Year

Questions

Is VLAIO free?
VLAIO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Steedshire free?
Steedshire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do VLAIO or Steedshire have ads?
Neither VLAIO nor Steedshire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VLAIO or Steedshire?
VLAIO ships an update every 4 months, and Steedshire daily. Most recently, VLAIO was updated on October 25, 2026 and Steedshire on October 29, 2026.

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