Ride · Comparison
Ride vs the Equilab horse riding app
Equilab is a well-known riding tracker: about 5,200 ratings on the US App Store, and over a million riders by its own count.[1][2] Ride is a newer iPhone app for trail riders: it records a trail ride with no signal and shows you trails other riders have ridden. This page is written by the team that makes Ride. Here is where each app is stronger.
The short answer
Pick Ride if you trail ride, want a recording that keeps going with no signal and a locked phone, want to see trails other riders have ridden, or want a ride log and care reminders for each horse.
Pick Equilab if you want gait analysis, a large riding community, an Android app, or live location sharing with someone at home while you ride.
Side by side
Trail rides with no signal
Tap Start Trail Ride, lock your phone and ride. GPS keeps recording out of cell range, and the ride syncs when you have signal again. Share a ride as an image or a link.
Records GPS rides with speed, distance and elevation.[3] Its listing doesn't say how recording behaves with no signal, so check before a remote ride.
Finding trails
The Trails tab maps public trail rides from other riders, with rider answers on difficulty, whether it is horse-legal, and trailer parking. Planning a trip? Start with horse trails in California and horse camping in California.
Has trail maps, and lists searching, filtering and sharing trails as a Premium feature.[4]
Your horses
A profile for every horse, with farrier, supplements, vaccines and injections on due dates and reminders. Free keeps 1 horse; Ride Pro adds unlimited horses.
Price
Free to record and log rides, with your full ride history. Ride Pro is $5.99 a month or $29.99 a year in the US, with a 1-month free trial for eligible new subscribers.
Meeting people to ride with
Follow riders you know, with kudos and comments. Find meetups on the map and join free, with group chat. Ride Pro riders can host one.
Chat with other riders, join groups and share calendars.[1]
Ads and privacy
No ads, and we never sell your data. The start and end of every route are trimmed, and Hide map keeps a route on your phone only.
Premium live location sharing lets contacts you choose see where you are while you ride.[1]
Forgot to press start
In Ride, log a ride after the fact, backdate it, and edit it later.
Arena riders
Ride keeps arena tools: save routines and run them as a live timed session, with a time for every maneuver. Equilab's App Store listing doesn't list riding disciplines.[1]
What Equilab does better
- Gait analysis. Equilab records walk, trot and canter, with speed, turns and elevation.[1] Ride doesn't measure gaits.
- Community size. Over a million riders.[2] Ride is new, with a small one.
- Safety tracking. Equilab Premium lets people you choose follow your location while you ride, and alerts them if you stop moving for 5 minutes or more.[1] Ride doesn't do that today.
- Android and Apple Watch. Equilab is on Google Play[2] and Apple Watch.[1] Ride is iPhone only.
What's free in Ride
Recording and logging rides (even with no signal), your full ride history, stats, the feed, following riders, viewing the Trails map near you, joining meetups and 3 months of ride-time charts are free. Free keeps 1 horse and 1 saved routine. Ride Pro, an optional subscription, opens any trail and searches any area, lets you save and follow trails, host meetups, and adds unlimited horses and routines and charts over a year and all time.
More questions are answered in the Ride FAQ.
Free · iPhone · iOS 16.4+
Sources
Equilab details were checked on October 24, 2026. Prices and ratings change, so check the listings.
- Apple App Store, Equilab: Horse Riding Tracker (Equestrian Insights AB): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1133163586, checked October 24, 2026
- Equilab website: https://equilab.horse, checked October 24, 2026
- Equilab website, tracking features: https://equilab.horse, checked October 24, 2026
- Equilab Premium page: https://equilab.horse/premium, checked October 24, 2026
- Side Saddle, review of Equilab (Aside World Magazine, Spring 2022): https://www.sidesaddle.com/review-of-equilab, checked October 24, 2026