Proper Strides vs LocalPony
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Proper Strides
This app helps horse owners, riders, and professionals manage their equine companions. It offers features for tracking rides, maintaining detailed horse records, and organizing barn information. AI-assisted insights help users understand their horse's data and progress.
- Detailed horse profiles with health records
- Ride tracking and riding journal
- Equine health and care logs
- Heat cycle tracking for mares
- Barn and client management
- AI-assisted horse insights
- Photo and progress tracking
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Proper Strides - Horse Management, Ride Tracker, Equine Records Proper Strides is an all-in-one horse management app for horse owners, riders, trainers, and barns. Track rides, manage horse records, and organize your equine data in one place. Whether you need a riding tracker, horse log, equine record keeper, or barn management tool, Proper Strides helps you stay organized and in control. Horse Management and Profiles Create detailed horse profiles with health records, notes, photos, and history. Manage one horse or many with a simple, organized system. Ride Tracker and Riding Log Track rides, log distance and duration, and maintain a complete riding journal. Monitor progress and activity over time with structured ride tracking. Equine Records and Health Tracking Store vet records, farrier visits, training notes, feeding details, and care logs. Use Proper Strides as your digital horse record book and equine health tracker. Heat Cycles Tracking & Breeding Tracking for Mares Have a mare? Keep track of her cycle and predict the next one. Note and log observations for better insights. You can also track breeding progress and foals. Barn Management and Organization Manage horses across barns, trainers, and clients. Designed for both individual owners and equine professionals who need reliable horse and barn management. Competitions View a complete list of all categories of competitions across all US states. Farm Sitting Add other animals: cats, dogs, goats, flocks, donkeys -- whatever you want, and include care-directions for your farm sitter or other caretaker. For Equine Professionals Built for vets, trainers, farriers, bodyworkers, and other equine professionals. Keep records for each client and horse, track services and notes, and manage appointments and schedules in one place. Proper Strides helps streamline your workflow and keep your business organized. AI-Assisted Horse Insights Review horse data, riding activity, and records with AI-assisted tools that help identify patterns and provide useful insights based on your data. Photo and Progress Tracking Upload photos to document condition, training progress, and important milestones for each horse. Why Proper Strides Proper Strides combines horse management, ride tracking, equine record keeping, and barn organization into one easy-to-use app built for real horse owners, riders, and professionals. Subscriptions Proper Strides offers optional auto-renewing subscriptions for advanced features, additional horses, and professional tools. Pricing may vary by region and is shown in-app before purchase. Terms and Privacy Terms of Use: https://www.properstrides.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.properstrides.com/privacy Horse management, ride tracking, and equine records all in one app.
LocalPony
Manage your horses and connect with the equestrian community. Get daily blanket recommendations, track care updates, send invoices, and discover local providers and events. It's a comprehensive tool for horse owners and professionals.
- Daily weather-based blanket recommendations
- Barn-to-boarder communication and updates
- In-app invoicing with payment shortcuts
- Directory of 6,000+ local equestrian providers
- Classifieds for horses, tack, and trailers
- Local event listings and RSVP
- Detailed horse profiles with document storage
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It's 9 at night. The temp dropped. Your phone is buzzing with 20 "are we blanketing?" texts. LocalPony fixes that. The horse app Texas has been waiting for. Daily blanket calls per horse, barn dashboards your staff can actually use, in-app invoicing, 6,000+ local providers, classifieds, forums, events, and the riders you actually want to follow. Care, community, and connections, in one app. DAILY BLANKET CALLS Weather-based blanket recommendations tailored to each horse. Custom thresholds per horse so Chief (who runs cold) and Dusty (who runs hot) get their own call. Includes tonight's low, rain chance, wind, and a 7-day blanket forecast. BARN-TO-BOARDER COMMUNICATION If your barn is on LocalPony, you'll get live care updates from the staff: blanket board, feed updates, daily check-ins, announcements, and emergency contacts, all tied to your horse. Barns get a dashboard to manage boarders, post daily blanket calls, send invoices, and share updates. INVOICING Boarding barns and providers can send invoices to boarders and clients right from the app. Line items, due dates, "paid" tracking, and one-tap payment shortcuts to Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, or Zelle. LocalPony tracks who's paid. The money goes directly between you and your barn; we never touch funds. 6,000+ TEXAS PROVIDERS Find farriers, vets, trainers, boarding barns, tack shops, chiropractors, haulers, and more. Search by name, city, or zip. Providers can claim their listing, add photos, and collect reviews. TRADING POST Buy, sell, and swap horses, tack, and trailers. Filter horses by hands, age, gender, and price. Every listing includes buyer safety tips. Report suspicious listings with one tap. LOCAL EVENTS Discover rodeos, shows, clinics, trail rides, barrel racing, roping, dressage, and more. RSVP and see what your friends are going to. Real events from TQHA, CPRA, RHAA, and more. HORSE PROFILES Build a profile for each horse: photos, breed, personality tags, medications, emergency vet contacts, farrier/worming history, exercise logs, and document storage for Coggins, vaccine records, and health certs, with automatic expiration reminders. BARN TALK FORUMS Six community channels for questions, advice, local recommendations, buying/selling, event announcements, and more. Searchable, moderated, built for horse folks. STAY CONNECTED Follow riders, build your feed, and message anyone directly. Share blanket calls, horse profiles, and listings as branded cards to your feed or out to text. BUILT-IN SAFETY In-app messaging only for classifieds (no phone numbers or Venmo handles in listings). Image moderation on every photo upload. Community reporting system that auto-hides suspicious listings after 3 reports. SUBSCRIPTION AND PRICING 3-day free trial on every plan. LocalPony Pro is $10.99/month for horse owners. Provider Pro is $19.99/month for farriers, vets, and trainers. Barn Pro is $29.99/month for boarding barns (up to 15 boarded horses), and includes invoicing, blanket calls, and boarder management. Barn Pro Plus is $49.99/month for unlimited boarders. Subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Cancel anytime in your Apple ID settings. Payment charged to your Apple ID. — Subscription: LocalPony offers auto-renewable subscriptions (LocalPony Pro $10.99/month, with tiered Provider Pro and Barn Pro options for service providers and boarding barns). All subscriptions auto-renew monthly unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in iPhone Settings. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. Terms of Use: https://localpony.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://localpony.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LocalPony at 5.0 against Proper Strides's 3.7. Proper Strides's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Proper Strides sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and LocalPony sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LocalPony holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
| Parameter | Proper Strides | LocalPony |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Proper Miles LLC | Eastop LLC |
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In-app purchases
Proper Strides
- Extra Horses (5)$6.991 Month
- Proper Strides Core$9.991 Month
- Extra Horses (10)$12.991 Month
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- Proper Strides Plus$19.991 Month
- Professional Add-On$49.991 Month
LocalPony
- LocalPony Pro3 Days trial$7.991 Month
- LocalPony Provider Pro3 Days trial$19.991 Month
- LocalPony Barn Pro3 Days trial$29.991 Month
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- LocalPony Barn Pro Plus3 Days trial$49.991 Month









