Can multiple staff use Equestrian App?

Equestrian App is designed for a single user managing personal horses. Longrein has four roles — owner, trainer, client, horse owner — each with their own dashboard and permissions.

How does pricing compare?

Equestrian App charges per individual user with a small monthly fee. Longrein is completely free during early access — every feature, unlimited clients and horse owners, no card required. We will introduce pricing later as the product matures; founding stables that join now keep a permanent advantage when we do.

Longrein vs Equestrian App — Picking the right horse software in 2026

Q: Is Equestrian App the same as Longrein?

No. Equestrian App is a personal horse logbook for individual owners and riders. Longrein is multi-user stable management software for businesses — lessons, payments, welfare, client accounts.

Longrein vs Equestrian App — logbook or operating system?

Equestrian App is a popular personal logbook for individual horse owners and riders. Longrein is multi-user stable management software for the people running a business with employees, clients, and horse owners involved. If you are deciding between them in 2026, here is what each one actually does — and where each one is the right answer.

Completely free during early access. No card at signup. No trial clock. Nothing to cancel.

Two different categories of product

Equestrian App is a long-standing personal logbook. You add your horses, you log rides, you log feeding, you log farrier visits — and you have a tidy private record. It is genuinely useful as a personal product, particularly for amateur owners managing one or two horses on their own. The interface is straightforward, the price is friendly, and the data stays with you.

Longrein sits one category up. Longrein is operational software for an equestrian business — a riding school, a livery yard, a training stable, a club. The unit is not "my horses" but "our stable", and the people involved are not just you but trainers, clients, and horse owners. The job to be done is not "track my own horse" but "run the operation".

Feature-by-feature

Capability

Equestrian App

Longrein

Personal horse logbook

Yes — core feature

Yes, plus full bio fields, photo gallery, weight log, documents

Multi-user team (owner, trainer, client, horse owner)

Four roles with separate dashboards and RLS-enforced permissions

Lesson scheduling and recurring bookings

Full calendar, drag-and-drop, capacity rules, public booking page

Payments and invoicing

Stripe Checkout, package punches, monthly boarding, balance ledger

Live GPS session tracking with elevation

Yes — splits, calories, share card, GPX export

Multi-party care journal (groom + trainer + owner + vet)

Guest contributor tokens — anyone with a link can log a vet or farrier event

Weather alerts (blanket, freeze, heat)

Configurable thresholds with email notifications

Public stable page for new clients

Yes — longrein.eu/s/your-stable, branded, with horse roster and service list

Monthly cost

Per-user subscription

Free during early access. No card, no trial clock.

When Equestrian App is the right choice

If you own your own horses and ride them for yourself, with no business attached, Equestrian App is a clean choice. The feature set matches the use case. Most amateur owners do not need lesson scheduling or payment processing because there is nothing to schedule and no one to invoice.

You should not reach for stable management software when there is no stable to manage. Use Equestrian App, or Longrein Personal — free during early access — if you want an EU-hosted alternative built for the European market.

When Longrein is the right choice

The moment other people are involved — riders booking lessons, parents paying invoices, horse owners boarding with you, a trainer teaching alongside you — a personal logbook breaks. You start managing the operation in your head, in spreadsheets, in WhatsApp threads, and in handwritten lesson books. That is the gap Longrein fills.

Specifically, you need Longrein over Equestrian App if you do any of the following:

Schedule lessons or training sessions for paying clients on a regular basis.

Invoice clients for lessons, packages, boarding, or care services.

Have horse owners boarding with you who need their own login to track their horse.

Employ trainers or grooms who need a working calendar and a clear list of horses.

Want a public page where prospective riders can see your services and request to join.

Need to track horse welfare across multiple staff — not just for yourself.

Migrating from Equestrian App

If you are already using Equestrian App and want to move your stable onto Longrein, you can keep your existing personal data and add stable-level features around it. Two practical paths:

Export horses and basic data from Equestrian App as CSV, then import via Longrein Settings → Import. Your horse profiles come over with names, breeds, and basic identity fields.

Run both for a month. Keep logging personal rides in Equestrian App while the stable operation moves into Longrein. Most owners stop opening the old app within a few weeks because Longrein covers personal logging too.

If you want help migrating, email hello@longrein.eu — for founding members we do this for you.

Frequently asked

What if I just want a personal horse tracker?

Pick whichever feels right — Equestrian App, our Personal account (free during early access), or one of the other personal trackers. Full stable management is overkill for a solo owner with no clients.

Does Longrein replace Equestrian App entirely?

For a business, yes — Longrein covers personal logbook features plus all the operational layers above. For a pure solo owner, it depends on whether you want the EU-hosted, GDPR-ready guarantees Longrein provides.

Can my clients use Longrein for free?

Yes. Longrein is free for everyone during early access, and your clients and horse owners get full client and horse-owner dashboards at no extra cost.