LiveEQ vs Trotley: marketplace or care record?

What LiveEQ is built to do

LiveEQ's listing calls it a mobile equestrian app for finding horses, stables, equine jobs, trainers, events and service providers. You can filter horses by breed, age, discipline and price, locate stables or instructors by location and services, and plan a show calendar. Messages go through the app, so you do not share personal contact details until you choose to.

It also works from the other side. Sellers, stable owners, instructors, event managers and service providers such as farriers can list themselves for free. As listed on October 1, 2026, the app is free, rated 4.5 from 751 ratings, and was last updated on March 4, 2026.

The listing describes it as a tool to grow an equestrian business and find opportunities in the horse world, so its center is discovery and contact between people.

What Trotley is built to do

Trotley starts after you have the horse. It records every care event, from vaccination, veterinary and dental visits to farrier, medication, injury, feed and exercise, and shows what each horse needs next on a timeline and a stable-wide calendar. Reminders are rebuilt from your records.

It keeps weight history with charts, and passports, papers and photos stored with each horse. It works offline, with optional private iCloud sync, and fits one horse as well as a small stable with roles and assignments.

The care events can be filtered by horse, event or status, so a quick look shows what is overdue across the whole barn. PDF reports and CSV export are there when a vet or a new owner asks.

Why these are not rivals

Finding a horse and caring for a horse are separate jobs that happen at different times. LiveEQ serves the search: who is selling, who teaches, where the next show is. Trotley serves the daily and yearly routine: when the farrier last came, when the next vaccination is due and what the horse weighed in spring.

If you landed here asking whether LiveEQ can track vaccinations, its listing does not state that. If you asked whether Trotley can list a horse for sale, its description covers care records and does not mention listings.

Both apps can help the same person at different moments, which is why a head-to-head table mostly shows two separate lists of features.

What each one gives you when you change hands

A horse sale shows the difference clearly. LiveEQ lets a seller build a listing and answer inquiries in the app. After the sale, the buyer needs the history: vaccinations, farrier and dental dates, medication and documents.

Trotley makes a PDF report and a CSV export for the vet or a new owner, so the record can travel with the horse. It does not help you find the buyer, and LiveEQ does not state that it keeps the record.

Who needs which app

A rider shopping for a lease, a trainer looking for clients or a farrier building a client list gets the most from LiveEQ. A barn owner, a person with two horses at home or someone managing a small stable gets the most from a care record.

Plenty of horse people do both at different times of the year. There is no conflict in using a directory to find the horse and a record to look after it.

A farrier or instructor may use LiveEQ to be found and Trotley's calendar to keep track of horses in their own care, if they own any.

How to choose

Ask what you are trying to do this week. If it is to find something or someone, open LiveEQ. If it is to remember something or prove it, open Trotley.

If you have horses and tend to lose track of dates, set up the record first.

If you are not sure, write down what you did with your horse last month. Rides and shows point to the directory, and vet visits and hoof care point to the record.