Swim Checker vs SplitSwim
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!
SplitSwim
This app calculates personalized race splits for swimmers based on their individual racing style and personal bests. It offers tools for time conversion, time standards, and even pacing for any event. Designed for competitive swimmers of all levels.
- Personalized target splits
- Smart split calculation
- Split calculator for any event
- Time converter (SCY, SCM, LCM)
- Time standards search
- Racing style index
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SplitSwim is the split calculator built around how you actually race. Most split charts assume even pacing. Real swimmers don’t race that way. SplitSwim reads your personal bests, scores you on a sprinter-to-distance index, and builds target splits for the event and goal time you choose — so the 100 free plan for a sprinter is not the same plan as the one for a 500 free specialist. SMART SPLIT • See your racing style: sprint, mid, or distance • Get personalized target splits for SCY and LCM • Compare your pacing shape with similar top-level races • Recalculate instantly when the goal time changes EVERYDAY RACE TOOLS • Split Calculator — even splits for any event, from a 50 to a mile • Time Converter — SCY, SCM, and LCM with NCAA-style factors • Time Standards — search qualifying times and motivational cuts • Personal bests and indexes stored on your profile, including as a guest HOW IT WORKS Add the times you already have. SplitSwim turns them into a racing-style index, then uses that profile to pace the race in front of you. Pick the event, enter the goal, and take the splits to warm-up. Built for club, high school, college, and masters swimmers who want a plan that fits their race — not a generic average.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SplitSwim at every 2 days against Swim Checker's every 11 days. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 SplitSwim. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.
Swim Checker ships an update every 11 days, SplitSwim every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swim Checker | SplitSwim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ken Henry | JUAN WANG |
Customer experience
Swim Checker
SplitSwim
In-app purchases
Swim Checker
No in-app purchases
SplitSwim
No in-app purchases
