Lap Swim User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience59.3% of reviews
Neutral11.1% of reviews
Negative experience29.6% of reviews

~ Based on 27 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Lap Swim Safe?

Lap Swim has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Lap Swim is 66/100.

This assessment is based on 31 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.2/5.

Safety Analysis

51.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
9.7% of ratings suggest some concerns
38.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 31 App Store ratings for Lap Swim.

Is Lap Swim Legit?

Lap Swim appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Lap Swim is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Accurate

It is one of the most accurate accountability for lapse on any watch that I ever used. It is fantastic and I would recommend it to anyone.

Lap swim

Just doing laps and a good way to track without paying an arm or a leg for..

Has potential but too fiddly starting and stopping workout!

This was nearly what I was looking for but having to turn the crown to select tiny buttons on screen to stop or pause the workout is ridiculous. Also you can only do this once you’ve unlocked the screen. Did a terrible job of counting laps to, missed several.

Has potential but too fiddly starting and stopping workout!

This was nearly what I was looking for but having to turn the crown to select tiny buttons on screen to stop or pause the workout is ridiculous. Also you can only do this once you’ve unlocked the screen. Why can’t it just be paused and stopped the same way the Apple app works using the 2 side buttons. Such a shame.
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Best swim lap app ever!

It even counts down. Swimming the 500? Set it to 20 and it will count your laps down. Or 64 for the mile.

Doesn’t work

Tried to use this app today. Did not record anything. Swam 2200 yards. Disappointed!

Kickboard laps counted

This app can count kickboard laps! How does it do that?

Lap Swim

Lap Swim is perfect, gives you everything you need without any of the unnecessary stuff, all in a very easy to use format!

Not for Apple Watch 3

Not accurate at all with my Apple Watch 3. I’ve tried it three times. Read all the directions and it just doesn’t work.

Response from developer

Incorrect. Please use the "Contact Us" button so we can figure out what you are doing wrong.

It works!!!!

My ONLY need is counting laps and it did so perfectly!

Kickboard laps counted

This app can count kickboard laps! How does it do that?

Lap Swim

Lap Swim is perfect, gives you everything you need without any of the unnecessary stuff, all in a very easy to use format!

Awful

Was doing my workout, moving along fine. I check the watch for a 2nd time, towards end of workout and entire thing is gone. It just shut off mid swim and all the data was lost.

Great App but needs refinement

It’s easy to loose count of laps swam during workouts. Lap Swim records and provides the count on the watch face during the swim, then sends a the related data from the watch to the phone when done. That’s where it needs work. The STOP and SAVE buttons are nearly impossible to find by rotating the crown.
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I Really Can’t Get This App to Work

I like the idea of this app but the Apple watch interface is completely confusing. It’s also really unattractive. I need instructions please

Best swim lap tracking app

I’m a recreational swimmer who tried a number of swim lap tracking apps and by far found Lap Swim to be the easiest to use and most accurate. I start it, dive in and it just works. Highly recommend.

Works as advertised, unlike Apple Fitness app

This app accurately counts the laps and correctly calculates the distance. The Apple Fitness app counts less than half my laps and it equates lap distance with pool length instead of twice the pool length.

The UI takes a bit to get used to. It deviates from other watch apps because the touchscreen doesn’t work when wet.

One suggestion is to keep the app in the foreground when the watch face is dimmed instead of being replace with a clock.
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Best Lap Counter I’ve Found

I have a short pool, typical for Florida. This counter has exactly what I need, laps and time, shown in large and easy to read fonts. It is accurate where other counters have failed or didn’t even allow for length below 10 yards. The developer is extremely responsive.

Inconsistent stopwatch function

The lap count works great. Accurate 100% of the time. So if you only want to count laps, it works great. Stop watch is inconsistent and most often inaccurate. After a set of 9 laps, I will compare the app to the poolside digitally displayed stopwatch and the app almost always adds anywhere from 5 to 20 seconds to my time. Today it added a full 45 seconds to what I actually swam according to the poolside stopwatch. Infrequently, it will be somewhat accurate, adding 2-3 seconds to my actual time, which I consider reasonable. Today, after 3 sets of 9 laps, the app was 53 seconds more than what I actually had swam according to the poolside stopwatch. So after adding 45 seconds to the first set, it added 4 seconds to each of the next two sets. When reviewing several days, it’s difficult to determine if I am improving because the app time is so inaccurate.
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Response from developer

I suspect something else is happening because the watch has an accurate timer. The question is when to start and stop that timer. In Manual mode you start and stop it using the crown. I guarantee it is not adding additional time in Manual mode. In Automatic mode it starts on the first stroke (adding 2 seconds) and it stops 10 seconds after the 'last' stroke (and subtracts 8 seconds. It is possible that when you are 'stopped' in between your sets you move your arm and the watch thinks you have started again. Then 10 seconds later it decides you have stopped - but that will add 2+8 seconds because it incorrectly sensed a 'stroke' while you were resting. If this is an issue, revert to Manual mode. (Note - individual lap times are measured from first stroke to first stroke in opposite direction and could be off by a few seconds.) Please use the Contact Us button if you wish to discuss further and consider revising your rating if Manual mode works.

Used to work great

Now it crashes every time I want to review my lap times

Response from developer

Please use the Contact Us button to resolve your problems.