Swimmetry vs Sandy Golf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swimmetry
Analyze swimmer performances with advanced visualizations and analytics. Track personal bests against various standards, compare swimmers head-to-head, and monitor team progress. Stay updated on athlete achievements and trends.
- Performance visualizations and analytics
- Goal and time standard tracking
- Head-to-head swimmer comparisons
- Athlete progress monitoring
- Team analytics
- USA Swimming time standards
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Maximize your competitive swimming experience with powerful analytics, goal tracking, AI-powered insights, head-to-head comparisons, and professional PDF sharing — all at your fingertips. TRACK GOALS & STANDARDS Visualize each swimmer's journey towards their next milestone. See personal bests against National Age Group (NAG) motivational standards, state/LSC standards, and qualifying standards like Speedo Sectionals and Junior Nationals. Includes all USA Swimming state/LSC time standards. Year-over-year improvement indicators show exactly how much faster your swimmer is getting. COMPARE SWIMMERS See how you stack up against friends, rivals, or swimming legends. Compare lifetime bests, season bests, or best times at the same age — displayed with color-coded heat maps that reveal strengths at a glance. Overlay progression graphs for multiple swimmers side by side. SWIMIQ — AI-POWERED INSIGHTS Get personalized AI analysis for any swimmer: meet recaps, race day planning, qualifying time tracking, and performance highlights — all tailored to your athlete's data. NEW: College Fit — your swimmer's college projection in one tap Wonder where your swimmer might fit in college? College Fit projects their times forward to age 18 across three scenarios — conservative, expected, and aggressive — then ranks NCAA programs by how well they actually match. Every school gets a two-part read: • Conference fit — would they project to score at the conference championship? • Roster fit — would their times earn a spot on this specific team's depth chart? Browse the full ranked best-fits list, or search a specific school. Drill in for event-by-event detail: where they'd place at conference, where they'd rank on the roster, NCAA cuts they'd hit, and how their projection compares to the team's current top swimmers. An AI-generated narrative ties it all together — switch between swimmer-tone and coach-tone for the read that fits you. Filter by school tier (NCAA D1 Power, D1 Mid-Major, D2 — D3 and NAIA coming), conference, target age, and course. Built to grow with the dataset as more programs come online. SWIMMER SNAPSHOT — SHARE YOUR STORY Generate professional PDF reports with one tap. Stroke balance radar, standards achieved, progression charts, and year-over-year trends — beautifully formatted and ready to share with coaches, college recruiters, or family. Export PDFs from Compare, Progression, Rankings, Meet Results, and SwimIQ screens. PROGRESSION & ANALYTICS Review a swimmer's progress over the past three years or set a custom date range. Analyze seasonal trends, identify strengths by stroke, and set realistic expectations for race day. Team analytics let you monitor achievements and average progressions across different groups. DISCOVER & FOLLOW Search for any USA Swimming athlete and add them to your favorites. Get updates whenever they compete in a meet or achieve a new standard.
Sandy Golf
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Sandy is a golf companion for weekend golfers. Keep the card for your whole group, get GPS yardages to the pin, and preview each hole in 3D over the realcourse before you tee off. SEE THE HOLE BEFORE YOU PLAY IT Sandy flies you from the tee to the green over photorealistic 3D imagery of the actual course. You see the dogleg, the bunkers and the water the way they really sit — not a diagram. PLAN THE SHOT Tap anywhere on the hole to drop an aim point. Sandy shows how far the shot plays and what's left to the pin, so you can pick the club before you pull it. GPS YARDAGES Live distance to the pin while you play, plus 100/150/200 yard rings around the green and carry rings from the tee. ONE CARD FOR THE GROUP Score up to four players on one phone, each from their own tee. Circles and squares mark birdies and bogeys the way a scorecard always has. STATS AND AN UNOFFICIAL HANDICAP Season summary, best round, birdie and par counts, and a handicap index calculated with the World Handicap System formula. It is unofficial — Sandy is not affiliated with the USGA and the index cannot be used in competition. THE CLUBHOUSE Follow other golfers and see their rounds. While you're out on the course, friends can follow your score hole by hole from home. COURSES WORLDWIDE Course maps come from OpenStreetMap, so thousands of courses work out of the box — search by name or find the one you're standing on. A NOTE ON COURSE DATA Sandy reads course maps from OpenStreetMap, a free community map of the world. Most courses are mapped in detail, but some have only a boundary and no hole lines; Sandy marks those clearly and can't score or fly them. Anyone can add a missing course to OpenStreetMap, and Sandy picks it up automatically. PRIVACY Location is used only while you're using the app, to find courses near you and measure yardages — never in the background. Scorecards stay on your device unless you sign in and choose to publish a round.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sandy Golf at none against Swimmetry's 2. Swimmetry's advantage is chart position (#185 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence 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. Swimmetry sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Sandy Golf asks for nothing beyond the download.
Swimmetry ships an update fortnightly, Sandy Golf monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swimmetry | Sandy Golf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (241 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 24.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 241 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #185 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 10KLakes, LLC | Kingsbridge Consultancy LLC |
Bugs and requests
Swimmetry
Reported bugs
7 issues- Crashes when loading upcoming meets
- Crashes when selecting fastest time
- Issues with consolidating duplicate athlete entries
- Reported times not showing on athlete profiles
- Swimmer data not loading or disappearing
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- Incorrect gender listed for swimmers
- Inconsistent rankings for female swimmers
Requested features
7 requests- Faster updates for meet results
- Improved stability and reliability
- Better account management and login experience
- Accurate and up-to-date time standards
- Real-time meet result integration
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- Support for high school and summer swimming
- Dynamic font scaling for better readability
Sandy Golf
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Swimmetry
- Swimmetry Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Swimmetry Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$12.991 Year
Sandy Golf
No in-app purchases
Questions
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