Comparison

BarnDoor vs Neighhbor

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

Head to head
About

BarnDoor

Manage all aspects of horse and barn care, from health records and appointments to feeding schedules and custom data fields. This app centralizes horse information, making it easy to track activities and access historical data.

Highlights
  • Horse and barn organization
  • Health activity tracking (shoeing, worming, vaccination, dental)
  • Feeding schedule management
  • Customizable data fields
  • Notes and attachments storage
  • Reporting and filtering
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We're adding User Preferences to BarnDoor! You can now manage your settings right from your phone. Choose which emails you'd like to receive, including weekly summaries of upcoming and overdue tasks and activities, as well as fecal test reminders. You can also customize how your horses' heights are displayed, choosing between hands, centimeters, or inches to match your preferred unit of measurement.

About

Neighhbor

This platform connects equestrians, trainers, and barns for seamless lesson booking, scheduling, and communication. Riders can find and book lessons, while trainers manage their schedules and payments. Barn managers can oversee operations, track activities, and keep teams aligned.

Highlights
  • Real-time lesson booking
  • Daily, weekly, monthly schedule views
  • Team event calendar
  • Direct rider-trainer messaging
  • Secure payments
  • Barn discovery by discipline
  • Account switching
Features
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Neighhbor is the all-in-one platform for equestrians. Whether you ride, teach, or manage a barn, Neighhbor brings booking, scheduling, communication, and payments into one app. FOR RIDERS Find barns near you and explore what they offer. Book private lessons directly with your trainer, track upcoming and completed lessons, and request changes or cancel when plans shift. Your schedule, your credits, and your barn's contact info are always at your fingertips. FOR TRAINERS Set your availability and let riders book around it. Manage your lesson schedule by day, week, or month, accept or decline requests, and message riders directly. Get paid through secure payouts and keep 97% of every lesson. FOR BARNS Run your whole operation from one dashboard. Manage trainers, horses, and clients with role-based permissions. Keep everyone aligned with a shared team calendar for lessons, horse shows, clinics, and team activities. View reports on rides, lessons, and horse activity. FEATURES - Lesson booking with real-time availability - Daily, weekly, and monthly schedule views - Team calendar for shows, clinics, and events - Direct messaging between riders and trainers - Secure payments and trainer payouts - Rider credit system for cancellations and rebooking - Barn discovery with listings by discipline - Support for Dressage, Hunter/Jumper, and Eventing - Switch between trainer and rider accounts Built by an equestrian, for equestrians. Neighhbor replaces the group texts, spreadsheets, and payment apps with one place for your whole barn.

Screenshots

BarnDoor4 screens
Neighhbor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Neighhbor at 5.0 against BarnDoor's 4.4. Neighhbor also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). BarnDoor's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Neighhbor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BarnDoor ships an update every 2 months, Neighhbor every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BarnDoor versus Neighhbor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarnDoorNeighhbor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB49 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSporthorse Online LLCNeighhbor LLC

Customer experience

BarnDoor

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Neighhbor

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

BarnDoor

No in-app purchases

None

Neighhbor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BarnDoor free?
BarnDoor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Neighhbor free?
Neighhbor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, BarnDoor or Neighhbor?
Neighhbor is rated higher. BarnDoor averages 4.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Neighhbor averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do BarnDoor or Neighhbor have ads?
Neither BarnDoor nor Neighhbor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BarnDoor or Neighhbor?
BarnDoor ships an update every 2 months, and Neighhbor every 2 weeks. Most recently, BarnDoor was updated on November 4, 2026 and Neighhbor on October 31, 2026.

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