Farriery · for farriers and hoof care professionals
HoofBook is an offline logbook for farriers who keep track of which horse was done when and which barn is due next. Each horse gets one card with its photo, the barn it lives at, front and hind sizes, and the cycle it is kept on, and a hoofprint on the card shows the number of days until the next visit. Logging a full set, a reset, or a trim takes three taps and resets the due date from today. There is no account, no server, and no signal needed, and the whole book exports to CSV or JSON whenever you want it.
The Cards tab is a deck, one horse per card. Each card shows the horse, its barn, the next due date, the cycle, and shoe sizes for front and hind. Swipe to the next card and a hoofprint lands on it with the days remaining printed inside. A single button at the bottom logs today's job.
The log sheet asks what you did with three large buttons: Full set, Reset, or Trim. The date defaults to today and can be stepped back if you are writing up in the evening. Add a note, attach photos of the feet, and save. The next due date starts counting from that date.
The Round tab sorts every horse into Overdue, This week, and Coming up, grouped by barn. Each row shows the horse's cycle and how far past or before its date it is, with a message button to reach the owner and a check button to mark the job done.
It is Tuesday, you are at the second barn of the day, and the owner asks when the grey was last done. That used to mean a notebook with a bent cover. In HoofBook you pull the grey's card and the answer is on it. Every horse has a card with a photo, the barn it lives at, front and hind sizes, and the cycle you keep it on. Flip through the deck and a hoofprint lands on each card with the number of days until the next visit inside the print. Overdue, close, or comfortable can be read from across the aisle.
When you finish a horse, you log it the way you would say it out loud: full set, reset, or trim. Add a note if there is one and a photo or two of the feet. Save, and the next due date starts counting from today rather than from whatever the old date was. The stamp lands again with the new number.
Running behind is part of the trade. Owners move dates, weather cancels a morning, a horse throws a shoe. A late horse keeps its original due date and simply shows how far past it you are. Nothing turns red, nothing pulses, and nothing scolds. The week view sorts your horses into overdue, this week, and coming up, grouped by barn, because that is how a round is planned in real life.
The photos you take at each visit collect under the horse, oldest first. Pull any two side by side when you want to show an owner what regular work over six months looks like. HoofBook keeps the pictures and the dates. What they mean is your call, not the app's. It does not diagnose, treat, or analyze a foot.
Reaching an owner is one tap to call or text. The text is drafted for you in the language you choose for that owner, separate from the language you run the app in, and you press send yourself. It never includes sizes or notes. The one reminder you get each morning is a count of horses due and overdue this week, with no names, no barns, and no owners, because other people can see your lock screen too.
Everything lives on the phone. Barns rarely have a signal and HoofBook does not need one. There is no account to make and no server to reach. Text stays readable in direct sun, the buttons are sized for gloves, and the system Larger Text and Reduce Motion settings are honored.
Your book is yours. Export the roster and the full visit history as CSV, take a complete JSON backup, or bring in the spreadsheet you keep today. Delete everything, photos included, whenever you like. If you ever stop using HoofBook, the file you exported still opens.
No. Everything is stored on the phone and there is no server to reach, so the cards, the log, and the due list all work with no connection.
The next due date starts counting from the date you log, not from the old due date. The hoofprint on the card updates with the new number of days.
A photo, the barn it lives at, front and hind sizes, the cycle, the next due date, and a hoofprint with the days remaining. Notes and every past job are listed under the horse.
Yes. Export the roster and visit history as CSV, take a full JSON backup, or import the spreadsheet you use today. Everything can also be deleted, photos included.
No. It is a count of horses due and overdue this week with no names, barns, or owners.
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