Swim Checker vs SwimCalc++
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swim Checker
This app helps swimmers, parents, and coaches track USA Swimming time standards. It provides updated motivational and national meet time standards for recent Olympic Trials. Future updates plan to include more state and LSC times.
- USA Swimming time standards tracking
- Motivational times included
- National meet time standards
- 2019 and 2020 Olympic Trials standards
- Supports Georgia state times
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Swim Checker is an app made for swimmers, parents or coaches tracking USA Swimming standards times. USA Swimming Motivational Times as well as National meet time standards updated for 2026 and 2024 Olympic Trials, and 2028 Motivational time standards. Note: Please notify of any errors that are found, thank you!
SwimCalc++
Instantly analyze swim race performance against various national and international standards. Calculate time improvements needed for goals and generate a Swimcloud® Power Index for recruiting. Works offline with no account required.
- Instant race time analysis
- Comparison against multiple standards
- Swimcloud® Power Index calculation
- Time improvement goal planning
- Offline functionality
- No account or internet required
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SwimCalc++ is a performance tracker and reference tool designed primarily for high school competitive swimmers, their parents, and coaches. Unlike other performance trackers, SwimCalc++ focuses on analyzing a swimmer's performance in a single race rather than tracking progress over time. Follow the Instagram here! - https://www.instagram.com/swimcalc After manually inputting just one race time, the app instantly compares your performance against a wide range of swimming standards ("cuts"), including: - USA Swimming Motivational Time Standards - Futures - Winter Juniors - Junior Nationals - TYR Pro Championships - U.S. Open - Olympic Trials - Texas LSC standards (currently supported), including TAGS and TSC Sectionals - and much more The app also calculates your Swimcloud® Power Index for each event, a widely recognized performance metric used by many NCAA college swimming programs during recruiting. In addition, SwimCalc++ helps you: - Calculate the time improvement needed to reach your target goal. - Compare your performance with multiple qualifying standards in seconds. - Plan realistic performance goals for upcoming meets. SwimCalc++ works entirely offline. No account, login, or internet connection is required. The app was developed by a high school swimmer for the competitive swimming community and all features are free to use.
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Verdict
Swim Checker and SwimCalc++ both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of SwimCalc++'s written reviews are positive against 60% of Swim Checker's. SwimCalc++ also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 2). Swim Checker's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Swim Checker against 5.0 for SwimCalc++. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SwimCalc++ has 15 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Swim Checker's written reviews are positive against 100% of SwimCalc++'s.
Swim Checker ships an update every 11 days, SwimCalc++ every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swim Checker | SwimCalc++ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ken Henry | Deqiang Wang |
Customer experience
Swim Checker
SwimCalc++
In-app purchases
Swim Checker
No in-app purchases
SwimCalc++
No in-app purchases
