Organise your horse-sharing partnership: calendar, care & emergency

Free Swiss app for horse-sharing partnerships and horse owners: shared calendar, health records, expense splitting, emergency QR profile. Four languages, no ads.

Reitbeteiligung (horse-sharing partnership)

A Reitbeteiligung — partage de cheval in French, condivisione del cavallo in Italian, sometimes called a 'horse share' in English — is a common arrangement in German-speaking countries. The owner allows another rider to use the horse on agreed days; in return, the riding partner pays a share of the running costs and often helps with grooming, mucking out, and feeding. HorseCompanion is built specifically for this multi-party coordination: a shared calendar, clear task assignment, and transparent expense splitting.

Everything You Need

Horse care, health records, expenses, feeding, training, and more - HorseCompanion provides all the tools for successful horse management.

  • Shared Calendar – Plan activities and see at a glance who's at the stable when. Automatic reminders included.
  • Riding Partnerships – Invite riders and manage partnerships easily. Everyone only sees their relevant horses.
  • Smart Notifications – Get reminders via push, email, or in-app. You decide how and when.
  • Always With You – Install the app on your smartphone and have everything at hand - even offline.
  • Multilingual – Available in German, English, French, and Italian. Everyone uses their language.
  • Secure & Private – Your data belongs to you. Hosted in Switzerland with the highest privacy standards.
  • Health Records – Manage vet visits, vaccinations, deworming, and dental appointments. With health score, weight tracking, and reminders for due dates.
  • Expense Tracking – Track all expenses by category and automatically share costs with your riding partner. With receipt upload and monthly overview.
  • Feeding Management – Create detailed feeding plans with times, amounts, and feed types. Log every feeding and keep full oversight.
  • Training Journal – Document training sessions with gait analysis, difficulty level, mood tracking, and performance ratings. Track your progress over time.
  • Horse Management – Create detailed profiles for your horses with photos, master data, and gallery. Everything important at a glance.
  • Activities & Scheduling – Track riding, grooming, vet visits, farrier, and more. With recurring events and completion status.
  • Statistics & Analytics – Track your progress with heatmaps, streaks, and detailed breakdowns by activity type.
  • Your Cockpit – Week overview, upcoming activities, care status and situational insights – the home screen you open every morning.
  • GPS Ride Tracking – Record rides via GPS with live statistics for distance, speed, elevation, and duration. Every ride is automatically logged in journal and stats.

Ready in 4 Steps

  1. Register – Enter your email and receive a login code. No password needed.
  2. Add Horse – Create a profile for your horse with all important information.
  3. Invite – Invite your riding partner via email. They get instant access.
  4. Coordinate – Plan activities together and keep track of everything.

Frequently asked questions

What is HorseCompanion?
HorseCompanion is a free app for horse owners and riding partnerships in Switzerland. It enables easy coordination of horse care, appointments and activities between owners and riders.
Is HorseCompanion free?
Yes, HorseCompanion is completely free to use. No credit card is required and all features are available without restrictions.
What languages is HorseCompanion available in?
HorseCompanion is available in 4 languages: German, English, French and Italian – perfect for multilingual Switzerland.
Can I use HorseCompanion on my smartphone?
Yes, HorseCompanion is available as a Progressive Web App (PWA) and can be installed directly on your smartphone. The app works on iOS, Android and in the browser.
How do I invite my riding partner?
After registration, you can invite your riding partner via email. They receive an invitation link and can immediately access the shared horse.
What features does HorseCompanion offer?
HorseCompanion offers a shared calendar, activity tracking, health and veterinary records, feeding plans, expense tracking, emergency profiles with QR codes, statistics and much more.
Does HorseCompanion work offline?
Yes, as a Progressive Web App (PWA), HorseCompanion can be installed on your smartphone. Basic features are also available offline.
Is HorseCompanion secure?
Yes, HorseCompanion uses encrypted connections (HTTPS), secure authentication and stores data on servers in Switzerland. Your data is never shared with third parties.
Can I manage multiple horses?
Yes, you can add as many horses as you like and manage separate riding partnerships, activities and health data for each horse.
What is a Reitbeteiligung (horse-sharing partnership)?
A Reitbeteiligung is an arrangement where a non-owner pays a monthly contribution to ride and help care for someone else's horse on agreed days. It typically involves fixed riding days, shared care tasks and a clear cost split. HorseCompanion is built specifically for this multi-party coordination.
How do I share expenses with my riding partner?
In the expenses module you can record categories such as stable rent, veterinary care, farrier, feed and equipment, and split them automatically between owner and riding partner. Monthly and yearly summaries make settlement easy.
Can I sync the calendar with Apple, Google or Outlook?
Yes. HorseCompanion provides an iCal feed that you can subscribe to from Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook. Appointments automatically appear in your personal calendar.
Can multiple riding partners share one horse?
Yes, you can invite any number of riding partners per horse and assign separate permissions (read-only, edit, manage) to each one.
What does the emergency QR code do?
Each horse can generate a QR code that, in an emergency, opens a public emergency page without login: contact details for owner, vet, farrier, allergies, medication and stable location. You can print the QR code and attach it at the stable.
How do I install HorseCompanion on iPhone?
Open www.horsecompanion.ch in Safari, tap the share icon and choose 'Add to Home Screen'. HorseCompanion then behaves like a native app — including offline mode and push notifications from iOS 16.4.
Can I track rides with GPS?
Yes, the built-in ride tracking records route, distance, speed and time via GPS and visualises them in map, statistics and heatmap views.
How do notifications work?
HorseCompanion sends web push messages on iOS, Android and desktop and, optionally, email reminders. For each event type (e.g. new activity, vet appointment, invitation) you can choose channel and frequency.
Can I export my data?
Yes, activities and expenses can be exported as CSV. On request we also provide a full data export pursuant to the Swiss FADP / EU GDPR.
Who is behind HorseCompanion?
HorseCompanion is a private, non-commercial passion project by Chris Margadant from Winterthur (Switzerland). Contact: [email protected].
Can I delete my account and all data?
Yes, you can delete your account at any time under 'Profile → Delete account'. All personal data is removed in accordance with Swiss data-protection law.
Does HorseCompanion track my behaviour?
No. HorseCompanion uses no advertising cookies, no third-party trackers and no user profiling. Anonymous aggregates (e.g. usage counts) are collected solely to improve the app.
What happens if the project is shut down?
The operator commits to announcing any shutdown at least 90 days in advance and to providing a data export during that period.