Shared Calendar

Coordinating who's at the stable when, who rides on weekends, who handles the vet appointment, every riding partnership devours dozens of messages a week on it. The shared calendar replaces the WhatsApp back-and-forth with a single, always-current place.

Everyone sees the same, no one doubles up

Each horse in HorseCompanion has its own calendar. The owner and the invited riding partner see all scheduled activities in real time: riding, grooming, vet, farrier, training. Once someone enters an event, it's visible to the other side, no one accidentally books the same slot twice.

Activities can be assigned to a person, so it's clear at a glance who is taking which slot.

Recurring events without copy-paste

Grooming days, regular exercise, periodic vet check-ups, most appointments repeat. Enter them once as a series (daily, weekly or monthly, with any interval) and the calendar fills itself. You can move or cancel individual occurrences without breaking the series.

Who is away, and when?

The most common question at the stable is not about appointments but about availability. Record holidays, sick leave or fixed weekdays as an absence, and everyone you share a horse with sees it as a bar in the calendar – nobody has to ask.

If you are regularly unavailable on the same days, never on Tuesdays and Thursdays for instance, enter that once as a weekday rule instead of week after week. If you are involved with several horses, one entry is still enough: by default an absence applies to every horse you share, and it can be limited to individual ones when needed.

Nothing is blocked. Assign a task on a day someone cannot make it and a note appears – the decision stays yours. Reminders and overdue nudges stay silent during an absence, and in the calendar subscription absences show up as all-day events that do not block your availability.

Subscribe in your main calendar

HorseCompanion provides a personal iCal feed URL for every account. Add it once as a subscription in Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook, from then on, all HorseCompanion events appear automatically in your main calendar. Stable appointments show up next to your private commitments, no app-switching needed.

In the sync settings you control which horses and activity types end up in the feed, and whether completed activities are included.

Reminders you actually want

Push notifications and email reminders can be enabled in your profile settings. Whoever is assigned to an activity gets a heads-up in time, no need to check the app every day.

Frequently asked questions

Can I subscribe to the HorseCompanion calendar from Google or Apple Calendar?

Yes. Each account gets a personal iCal feed URL. Add it once as a subscription in Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook, your stable appointments then appear in your main calendar and update automatically. Sync is one-way (HorseCompanion → your calendar).

Do all riding partners see the same calendar?

Yes. The horse owner and the invited riding partner see the same calendar for the shared horse. Everyone has their own view and their own account.

Do I get reminders before upcoming events?

Yes. You can enable push notifications and email reminders. For each activity you set who is assigned and how much lead time the reminder should have.

Updated: September 2026