Best horse care apps for iPhone
Four iPhone apps for horse owners compared on health and care records, reminders, riding, documents, privacy and price, with the facts from each App Store page.
Trotley is made by Lucernel.
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Short answer
Trotley is our pick for keeping each horse’s care in order: vaccinations, vet, dental, farrier, medication and feed on one stable calendar, weight on a chart, and reports for the vet, private on your iPhone. Equilab is the best choice if riding is what you want to track, and HorseBook if you want AI to read your paperwork and a web version.
Choose this if
Choose Trotley for a complete, private care record for one horse or a small stable.
Choose the other option if
Choose Equilab to track rides with GPS and gait analysis, HorseBook for document scanning and breeding records on the web too, HorseCare for a daily care board.
The picks
Trotley
Best for a complete, private care record for every horseSee the official app page for current pricing.Made by Lucernel
Records vaccination, veterinary, dental, farrier, medication, injury, feed and exercise events, shows every horse on one stable calendar with reminders, charts weight over time and stores passports, papers and photos.
- Good
- Every kind of care event on one stable calendar
- Weight history charts
- Roles and assignments for a small stable
- PDF reports and CSV export
- Offline first; no Lucernel account, optional private iCloud sync
- Watch out for
- iPhone only
- No ride tracking
- Check Trotley’s official page for current store details
HorseCare
Best for a daily care board with feeding plansFree download; Premium listed at $24.99, Stable Premium $49.99, up to $129.99
A horse app for owners, riders and barns with a daily care board, feed check-offs, health notes, feeding plans, a diary and training records, plus photo-based scan modes that are explicitly not a diagnosis.
- Good
- Today board with feed check-offs
- Feeding plans and diary
- Privacy label: no data collected
- Watch out for
- Rated 4.1 from 73 ratings
- Premium tiers to compare
HorseBook
Best for scanning paperwork and breeding records, on phone and webFree download; plans listed from $4.99 a month to $399.99 a year for breeders
Scans registration papers, Coggins tests, vet invoices and receipts with AI, tracks medical and breeding records, rides, training, recurring care and expenses, on the phone and on the web.
- Good
- AI reads horse documents into records
- Medical, breeding and expense records
- Phone and web
- Watch out for
- New, with few ratings (9)
- Its privacy label lists data linked to you
- Requires iOS 18
Equilab
Best for tracking ridesFree download; Premium listed at $12.99 a month, $59.99 for 6 months or $99.99 a year
The best-known riding tracker: distance, speed, gaits and turns from your iPhone or Apple Watch, progress over time, live location sharing while you ride alone, and shared calendars and groups to coordinate trainers, vets and farriers.
- Good
- Gait analysis and ride statistics
- Apple Watch support
- Live location for safety
- Rated 4.8 from about 5,200 ratings
- Watch out for
- Built around riding; care is limited to shared calendars and groups
- Premium is a subscription
How we chose: We looked for iPhone apps that horse owners use to look after their horses and ranked them for an owner or small barn keeping health and care records, on five criteria: the range of care records, reminders, weight and documents, how data is handled according to the App Store privacy label, and price, as listed on the App Store on September 26, 2026. Facts about other apps come from their App Store pages. Trotley is made by Lucernel, the publisher of this page.
Care records or riding
Horse apps split into two families. Riding trackers such as Equilab measure sessions: distance, speed, gaits. Care records such as Trotley, HorseCare and HorseBook keep vaccinations, farrier visits, feed and documents. Many owners use one of each.
What a care record should hold
- Core and risk-based vaccinations with dates and boosters.
- Farrier, dental and deworming visits on a schedule.
- Weight over time, measured the same way.
- Medications, injuries and vet notes.
- Papers: registration, Coggins, passports and invoices.
Check the privacy label
Some horse apps store records in the developer’s cloud with an account; others keep them on your phone. The App Store privacy label shows what each collects. HorseCare lists no data collected; Trotley has no Lucernel account and keeps records on your iPhone, with optional private iCloud sync.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best app for horse care records?
For a complete, private record for one horse or a small stable, Trotley. For scanning papers and a web version, HorseBook.
Is there an app to track horse vaccinations?
Yes. Trotley, HorseBook and HorseCare record health events; Trotley reminds you before each booster is due.
What is the best app to track horse rides?
Equilab, which measures distance, speed and gaits from your iPhone or Apple Watch.
Can a horse app estimate weight?
Trotley charts the weight you enter; our free horse weight calculator estimates it from heart girth and body length.
Is Trotley available?
See the official app page for current availability and pricing.
Our pick
Trotley, the stable ledger for your horses
Trotley keeps each horse’s care on one calendar, reminds you before anything is due and turns the record into a report for your vet, without an account and without anyone else’s cloud.
- Vaccination, dental, farrier and medication records
- Weight history charts per horse
- PDF reports for the vet or a new owner
