Horsepower vs Equimanage
Switching from Equimanage? Bring your horses, riders and yard team across to a modern, mobile-first app with in-app messaging that keeps the team talking inside the system, recurring yard jobs with green / orange / red status pills that run themselves, and illustrated How To guides for the things every new helper asks. Free for yards with up to three horses; invited members are free no matter how big the yard.
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Feature comparison
| Feature | Horsepower | Equimanage |
|---|---|---|
| Horse records (passport, microchip, breeding) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-animal types (Horse / Dog / Cat / your own) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Vet / farrier / dentist / physio history with file attachments | ✓ | ✓ |
| Treatment frequency & due-date reminders | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shared calendar (month & day views) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-horse Calendar tab with colour-coded visit chips | ✓ | ✗ |
| Rider tracking with arena bookings | ✓ | ~ |
| Saved arenas & hacking routes per yard | ✓ | ✗ |
| Feed room inventory & per-horse plans | ✓ | – |
| One-tap "Fed" log + recent feeding history | ✓ | ✗ |
| Paddock map & turnout plan | ✓ | – |
| Per-paddock resting timer & history | ✓ | ✗ |
| Recurring yard jobs with status pills & completion log | ✓ | ✗ |
| Illustrated How To guides with searchable steps & images | ✓ | ✗ |
| Important horse notes pinned to the profile | ✓ | ✗ |
| Weight tracking over time | ✓ | – |
| Per-horse rug size | ✓ | ✗ |
| Per-horse photo galleries | ✓ | – |
| Document & photo uploads (PDF, .docx, .pages) | ✓ | – |
| Vehicles with MOT & service reminders | ✓ | – |
| In-app messaging with smart name disambiguation | ✓ | ✗ |
| Versioned member forms (declarations, disclosures) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Multi-type vets / farriers / dentists with their own login | ✓ | – |
| Family groups: switch into a child / partner's account | ✓ | ✗ |
| No-login profiles for children, managed by a family adult | ✓ | ✗ |
| Shareable invite links — no email needed | ✓ | ✗ |
| Loan / livery / transfer between businesses | ✓ | ✗ |
| Multiple yards per business | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple businesses on one login | ✓ | ✗ |
| Xero accounting connector | ✓ | ✗ |
| Connect to Claude / any MCP-compatible AI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Import your existing data from other yard apps | ✓ | ✗ |
| Native iOS app | ✓ | – |
| Native Android app | ✓ | – |
| Browser web app | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free for small yards (up to 3 horses) | ✓ | – |
| Free for invited members no matter the yard size | ✓ | – |
| Your records stay readable forever | ✓ | – |
| Modern cloud stack (Microsoft Azure, 2025-grade) | ✓ | – |
| GPS ride tracking with route, speed & stats | ✓ | ✗ |
| Automatic fall detection notifying yard + family | ✓ | ✗ |
| Horsepower Plus — family-shared add-on | ✓ | ✗ |
| Free public business page (booking + gallery) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Bookable services with owner approval | ✓ | ✗ |
| AI-generated marketing copy for public pages | ✓ | ✗ |
| Shared media library across the family group | ✓ | ✗ |
| Real-world Mapbox paddock map with live rider trails | ✓ | ✗ |
| Office filing cabinet grouping every file by horse / member | ✓ | ✗ |
Legend: ✓ included · ~ partial · – not listed (check the vendor's site to confirm).
Why people switch to Horsepower
- Reliability — hosted in Microsoft Azure UK on a 2025-grade cloud stack.
- 30 years of app experience — built by Worldweaver, a UK studio that's been shipping web and mobile software since the dawn of the web.
- Independent & organic — funded by paying customers, not private equity. No investor pressure to raise prices, sell to a roll-up, or shut features behind a Pro Plus Plus tier.
- Free for small yards & members — yards with up to 3 horses pay nothing; invited members are free no matter the yard size.
- Native iOS & Android apps plus a browser web app. Same data, same login.
- Your data stays yours — records stay readable if you cancel.
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Equimanage details based on publicly available information at time of writing; verify the current product on the vendor's site.