Comparison

ProSwimWorkouts vs Workouts X

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

ProSwimWorkouts

Access professional swim workouts created by expert coaches. Share your training routines and discover how others train. Offers free resources alongside premium content and team subscription options.

Highlights
  • Professional swim workouts
  • Workout sharing capabilities
  • Content from expert coaches
  • Free workouts and resources
  • Premium content access
  • Team subscription options
Features
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Welcome to the ProSwimWorkouts App. The one place for you to get your daily swim workout! Get professional swim workouts by professional swim coaches. Are you passionate about swimming? Are you a swim coach or an athlete wondering how your competition spends their time in the pool? Have you ever wanted to share what you do every day but didn’t know how? Now you can do all of it on the go in one place! ------------------------------------------------------------- PSW provides swim workouts by professional swim coaches. All contributing coaches to PSW believe in the power of sharing their knowledge and experiences with other coaches and athletes from around the world. PSW does offer many free workouts and resources. However, access to the majority of our content is a paid feature. We also offer subscription options for teams allowing Club Boards, Club Owners or Head Coaches to get premium access for their staff at volume pricing. You can find out more on our website about all our individual and team subscriptions. The goal of PSW is to give back to the swimming community and we hope that you will be pleased to know that with your help, we will support coaches, athletes and organizations around the world.

About

Workouts X

This application helps swim coaches create, modify, and run custom workouts. It features a built-in pace clock that can be projected onto a screen, displaying the set list for swimmers. Advanced set options allow for interval adjustments after each repeat.

Highlights
  • Create and modify swim workouts
  • Customizable terminology
  • Built-in pace clock
  • Projectable pace clock display
  • Advanced interval adjusting sets
  • Designed for age group to college teams
Features
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This app is designed for swim coaches to enter and run workouts. It is designed specifically for the iPad and iPhone to make it easy to create and modify workouts and is highly customizable so a coach can use their own terminology and descriptions to setup a workout. One of the really cool features of the app is the built in pace clock that can run the workout that you designed. Hook it up to a projector or large TV at the pool and you have a pre-programmed pace clock that is setup for your workout. It even shows the set list so the swimmers know what they are doing. Another advanced feature in this app is the ability to define sets that adjust the interval after each repeat. With this feature, it is easy to design a set of 10x100 on 1:20 minus 0:02 each repeat (1:20, 1:18, 1:16, …). This type of set would be difficult to keep track of with a normal pace clock, but with the built-in pace clock it is easy to know the current send off. This application has been designed and tested by a number of coaches from age group to college teams. I hope you find this app useful for setting up and running practices for your own team. Complete privacy policy and terms of use can be found here: https://sites.google.com/site/bigfishsoftware/privacypolicy

Screenshots

ProSwimWorkouts4 screens
Workouts X4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ProSwimWorkouts at none against Workouts X's 3. ProSwimWorkouts also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Workouts X's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Workouts X sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. ProSwimWorkouts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ProSwimWorkouts holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Workouts X has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ProSwimWorkouts ships an update every 13 months, Workouts X every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ProSwimWorkouts versus Workouts X: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProSwimWorkoutsWorkouts X
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews—80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicolas MesserBig Fish Software

Customer experience

ProSwimWorkouts

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Workouts X

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

ProSwimWorkouts

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Workouts X

Subscriptions3
  • WorkoutsX Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$1.491 Month
  • Loyalty User6 Months trial$1.491 Month
  • WorkoutsX Yearly Subscription1 Month trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is ProSwimWorkouts free?
ProSwimWorkouts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Workouts X free?
Workouts X is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ProSwimWorkouts or Workouts X?
ProSwimWorkouts is rated higher. ProSwimWorkouts averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Workouts X averages 4.8 from 8 ratings.
Do ProSwimWorkouts or Workouts X have ads?
Neither ProSwimWorkouts nor Workouts X shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ProSwimWorkouts or Workouts X?
ProSwimWorkouts ships an update every 13 months, and Workouts X every 5 weeks. Most recently, ProSwimWorkouts was updated on October 1, 2026 and Workouts X on September 30, 2026.

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