Comparison

SwimPulse vs Workouts X

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

Head to head
About

SwimPulse

Track your swimming progress with a workout calendar and detailed analysis. Visualize your frequency, analyze pace, and export data for further insights. Includes an Apple Watch app for stroke tempo training and HealthKit integration.

Highlights
  • Workout calendar with SWOLF metric tracking
  • Detailed swim session analysis
  • Data export to CSV
  • Apple Watch stroke tempo trainer
  • HealthKit integration
  • Insights for optimized training
Features
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Improve Your Swimming Performance with this powerful app. Key Features: 1. WORKOUT CALENDAR: Visualize your swimming frequency with a glance at this week or month. Track your progress using the SWOLF metric, a popular swimming efficiency indicator, directly in the calendar. 2. DETAILED WORKOUT ANALYSIS: Tap a calendar date for an in-depth view of your swim session, including pace per 100m, stroke distance, sweet spot analysis and loop-by-loop stroke per minute metric. 3. DATA EXPORT: Easily export workout data to CSV format for advanced analysis in Numbers on your laptop. 4. Apple Watch App that can be used as a Stroke Tempo Trainer - it vibrates every given period of time (0.5-3 sec, or 20-120 SPM) so you can use it to make strokes for each hand or only for the left hand with watch to keep the required strokes tempo. Insights for Optimized Training: - Discover patterns in your swimming habits. For example, realizing a lack of activity on Mondays could lead to scheduling morning swims, boosting efficiency and combating procrastination. - Correct your stroke rate to be in the sweet spot (white zone in the chart of pace to stroke rate dependency). - Download CSV file with your workout and ask AI assistant to provide you a feedback or a piece of advice regarding the data in that file - the data is enough for it to evaluate your workout and provide a meaningful feedback. Cost: Free. Regular updates promised. Coming Soon: Better charts. HealthKit Integration: SwimPulse safely syncs with HealthKit for activity and workout data, crucial for accurate SWOLF and other metrics. SWOLF Explained: A key metric combining 100m swim time and stroke count per 100m. Lower SWOLF indicates higher efficiency. Requirements: - Apple Watch (3rd edition) for full metric tracking. - iOS 13.

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

SwimPulse4 screens
Workouts X4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SwimPulse at none against Workouts X's 3. SwimPulse also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Workouts X's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1) and review sentiment (80% vs 71%). On price, ads 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. SwimPulse asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SwimPulse 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. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of SwimPulse's written reviews are positive against 80% of Workouts X's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SwimPulse ships an update every 2 weeks, Workouts X every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
SwimPulse versus Workouts X: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwimPulseWorkouts X
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArtem GoncharovBig Fish Software

Customer experience

SwimPulse

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

Workouts X

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

In-app purchases

None

SwimPulse

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 SwimPulse free?
SwimPulse 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, SwimPulse or Workouts X?
SwimPulse is rated higher. SwimPulse averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Workouts X averages 4.8 from 8 ratings.
Do SwimPulse or Workouts X have ads?
Neither SwimPulse nor Workouts X shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SwimPulse or Workouts X?
SwimPulse ships an update every 2 weeks, and Workouts X every 5 weeks. Most recently, SwimPulse was updated on October 6, 2026 and Workouts X on September 30, 2026.

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