SwimRight Academy vs Backstage Pilates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwimRight Academy
This app facilitates a learn-to-swim program for children, allowing parents to manage classes, track progress, and handle billing. It provides exclusive notifications and news updates from the academy's founder.
- Book classes and makeups
- Track makeup and free classes
- Record future absences
- Submit waitlist requests
- Manage billing and payments
- View skills and level history
- Receive app-exclusive notifications
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SwimRight Academy offers a learn to swim program for children of all ages. Started in 2005 by 4-time Olympic Gold Medalist Lenny Krayzelburg, "our core purpose is to teach and inspire children to be water safe". With the SwimRight iClass app, everything is at your fingertips Here are some of the features: - Book classes - Book makeups - Keep record of your makeups and free classes - Record future absences - Submit waitlist requests - Manage your billing - Pay your balances - Drop ongoing monthly classes - Update contact information - View skills and level history - Receive notifications exclusively on the app - News updates from Lenny and SwimRight Academy
Backstage Pilates
Plan and schedule your fitness classes directly from your device. View class schedules, sign up for sessions, and find studio locations with ease. Optimize your time and convenience for a seamless fitness experience.
- Class scheduling
- Class sign-up
- View class schedules
- Studio location information
- Mobile class management
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Download the Backstage Pilates App today to plan and schedule your classes! From this mobile App, you can view class schedules and sign up for classes as well as view the studio’s location. Optimize your time and maximize the convenience of signing up for classes from your device! Download this App today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Backstage Pilates at 5.0 against SwimRight Academy's 2.5. SwimRight Academy's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (19 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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.
Backstage Pilates holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SwimRight Academy has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SwimRight Academy ships an update every 3 weeks, Backstage Pilates every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwimRight Academy | Backstage Pilates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 151 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LK Swim School Inc. | Backstage Physical FL LLC |
In-app purchases
SwimRight Academy
No in-app purchases
Backstage Pilates
No in-app purchases
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