Comparison

HorseGrid Designer vs Matchbase

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

Head to head
About

HorseGrid Designer

Design professional equestrian courses on your iPhone or iPad quickly and easily. This app replaces traditional pen-and-paper methods with an intuitive grid canvas for creating show jumping courses, gymnastic exercises, and dressage patterns. It offers advanced editing features and saves custom arenas across devices.

Highlights
  • Intuitive grid canvas for course design
  • Design show jumping, gymnastic, and dressage courses
  • Edit fence shapes, colors, and sizes
  • Duplicate text labels
  • Moveable dressage letters
  • Save and sync custom arenas
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Now free to play. Build pro-level equestrian courses on your iPhone or iPad in minutes, not hours. The course design app that replaces pen and paper. HorseGrid Designer is the patent pending course design tool built for trainers, eventing coaches, hunter/jumper professionals, dressage instructors, and serious riders. Whether you are setting up a show jumping course, planning gymnastic exercises, or designing dressage patterns, the intuitive grid canvas gives you everything you need to bring your vision to life. No internet connection required. WHAT'S NEW IN 1.2.1 - Text duplication: long-press any text label to duplicate it across your course - Moveable dressage letters - Fence-line editing: long-press to unlock, then edit shape, color, or size - Library button for faster access to your saved courses - Refined stride math accuracy - Custom arenas now save with the course and sync across iPhone and iPad PRICING Free to download. Premium unlocks at $7.99 per month or $5.83 per month billed annually. http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula

About

Matchbase

Features
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Matchbase makes it easy to discover and follow youth football tournaments. Find relevant tournaments near you, follow the teams and events you care about, and keep track of schedules, results, standings and knockout rounds in one place. FIND RELEVANT TOURNAMENTS • Discover youth football tournaments across Denmark • Browse by location, age group and tournament type • Set your preferred clubs, age groups and area for more relevant recommendations • Save tournaments you want to follow FOLLOW THE ACTION • View match schedules, results, standings and playoff brackets • Follow tournaments and teams in one simple overview • Keep up with changes as tournament information is updated • Receive the notifications you choose, including results, schedules and reminders FOLLOW TOGETHER • Share Matchbase with other parents, coaches and football friends • Follow the same tournaments and stay up to date together • Keep your preferences and notification settings in one place FOR TOURNAMENT ORGANISERS • Create and manage youth football tournaments • Share schedules, results and tournament information with participants and followers Matchbase is built for parents, coaches, players, clubs and tournament organisers who want a simpler way to follow youth football. Website: matchbase.dk Questions? Email support@matchbase.dk

Screenshots

HorseGrid Designer4 screens
Matchbase4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Matchbase at none against HorseGrid Designer's 2. Matchbase also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). HorseGrid Designer's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 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. HorseGrid Designer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Matchbase asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HorseGrid Designer ships an update every 5 days, Matchbase every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HorseGrid Designer versus Matchbase: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHorseGrid DesignerMatchbase
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB64 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPhyxius LLCKeven Nielsen

In-app purchases

2 purchases

HorseGrid Designer

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month Subscription$7.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$69.991 Year
None

Matchbase

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HorseGrid Designer free?
HorseGrid Designer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Matchbase free?
Matchbase is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do HorseGrid Designer or Matchbase have ads?
Neither HorseGrid Designer nor Matchbase shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HorseGrid Designer or Matchbase?
HorseGrid Designer ships an update every 5 days, and Matchbase every 2 months. Most recently, HorseGrid Designer was updated on October 13, 2026 and Matchbase on October 10, 2026.

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