Comparison

RIDEit vs Cavaletti

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

Head to head
About

RIDEit

Features
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RIDEit brings equestrian course design into the digital age. Sketch, animate, share and export arena exercises straight from your phone, so you can plan every session before you get in the saddle. Whether you ride dressage, work over fences, school on the lunge or train from the ground, RIDEit turns the whiteboard and paper diagrams into an interactive arena you can build in minutes. DESIGN YOUR ARENA - Drag and drop horses, riders and markers onto a customisable arena - Build movements: start points, lines, smooth curves, circles and rotations - Adjust gaits and pace for realistic, true-to-life exercises - Set arena dimensions, letters, helper lines and colours to match your yard BRING IT TO LIFE - Play your course back with live animation at adjustable speeds - Check distances automatically between assets - Add instructions and notes to any segment - Classify each course by discipline, difficulty and level SHARE AND EXPORT - Share courses with a single link - Publish exercises to your followers and browse a growing library - Like and save your favourite courses - Export your work as an image or video to send to riders and students FOR RIDERS, COACHES AND TRAINERS - Plan lessons and clinics in advance - Give students a clear picture of every exercise - Keep your best exercises organised and ready to reuse RIDEit is free to start. An optional subscription unlocks more course slots, unbranded exports, publishing and extra assets. Design smarter. Ride better. Start the ride with RIDEit. Questions or feedback? Contact us at https://rideit.app/contact-us/ Privacy Policy: https://rideit.app/privacy-policy-rideit-app/ Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Cavaletti

Features
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Cavaletti is a course planner for show-jumping trainers and riders. Plan training courses with confidence. Fine-tune distances and turns, and get a feel for how the course will ride. Then share your courses with your riders so they arrive at the lesson fully prepared. FREE: • Open any course shared with you with one tap on the link • View the plan with distances and strides • Walk the course step by step, as you would in the arena • Test yourself: learn the order of the fences • Print the plan and the sheet, or share them on COURSE AUTHORING (one-time purchase) • Build as many courses as you like, with any number of fences • Shape the arena, set the rules and the speed, bend every line All courses & data stay on your device: No account, no server connection, no tracking, no subscription.

Screenshots

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Cavaletti4 screens

Verdict

The call

RIDEit and Cavaletti 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. RIDEit sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Cavaletti sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
RIDEit versus Cavaletti: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRIDEitCavaletti
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuca MatysikChristian Knoflach

In-app purchases

8 purchases

RIDEit

Subscriptions8
  • Starter Subscription (monthly)$0.991 Month
  • Pro Subscription (monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Creator Subscription (monthly)$2.991 Month
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  • Coach Subscription (monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Starter Subscription (annual)$8.991 Year
  • Pro Subscription (annual)$17.991 Year
  • Creator Subscription (annual)$24.991 Year
  • Coach Subscription (annual)$34.991 Year
1 purchases

Cavaletti

One-time1
  • Course authoring$44.99

Questions

Is RIDEit free?
RIDEit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cavaletti free?
Cavaletti is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do RIDEit or Cavaletti have ads?
Neither RIDEit nor Cavaletti shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RIDEit or Cavaletti?
RIDEit ships an update every 4 days, and Cavaletti every 4 days. Most recently, RIDEit was updated on October 4, 2026 and Cavaletti on October 12, 2026.

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