Big Blue Swim School vs BoxStat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Big Blue Swim School
Easily schedule swim lessons for your children and track their progress in real-time. This app simplifies managing swim education, allowing you to book makeup lessons, find instructor availability, and monitor your child's development towards becoming a confident swimmer.
- Schedule swim lessons for multiple children
- Update lesson day/time
- Book makeup lessons
- Notify of absence
- View instructor availability
- Track swimmer progress
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The Big Blue Swim School mobile app offers stress-free scheduling to help fit swim lessons into your family’s busy life, plus real-time access to view your swimmer’s progress. Help your child become a strong, confident swimmer at Big Blue! With the Big Blue Swim School app, you can access all of the benefits and scheduling features of Big Blue’s Parent Portal in one easy-to-use app: - Schedule swim lessons for all of your kids at the same time - Update perpetual weekly swim lesson day or time - Book a free makeup lesson or easily notify us of an absence - Find when your swimmer’s favorite instructor is available for a drop-in lesson - Plus, view your swimmer’s progress towards completion of their current level! Big Blue Swim School teaches kids ages six months to 12 years how to be safe, happy, and confident swimmers. Big Blue offers an unparalleled learn-to-swim experience made easier and more effective by our full-time swim associates, proprietary technology and curriculum, and our comfortable and convenient facilities. We create and celebrate Big Moments in the pool which lead to kids learning they can achieve anything in life. Find out why thousands of families love the fun, stress-free learn-to swim-experience of Big Blue Swim School. Download the app to find your nearest Big Blue Swim School and sign up today for a FREE trial lesson! “We love Big Blue! We love our instructor, the warm water, the thoughtful use of equipment, and the fact that the kids can rinse off where the air is still warm. The ease of scheduling and tracking our kids’ progress on the App is super helpful!” - Heather S.
BoxStat
This sports app allows players and coaches to track statistics, monitor attendance, and observe player development. It provides a centralized platform for managing team and individual progress.
- Player statistics monitoring
- Attendance tracking
- Development progress observation
- Centralized data management
- Coach and player tools
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BoxStat keeps players, parents, and coaches on the same court. Track stats, schedules, attendance, development, tournaments, gear, and team chat.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BoxStat at 100% against Big Blue Swim School's 10%. BoxStat also leads on rating (4.1 vs 2.5) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). Big Blue Swim School's advantage is ratings volume (83 vs 10). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
BoxStat holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Big Blue Swim School has 83 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Big Blue Swim School's written reviews are positive against 100% of BoxStat's.
Big Blue Swim School ships an update every 3 weeks, BoxStat every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Big Blue Swim School | BoxStat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (83 ratings) | 4.1 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 83 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Big Blue Swim School, LLC | Box Stat LLC |
Customer experience
Big Blue Swim School
BoxStat
Bugs and requests
Big Blue Swim School
Reported bugs
14 issues- App never loads, always spinning
- Account registration failure
- Unable to log in or sign in
- Buttons are unresponsive or don't work
- App freezes or stays stuck on a screen
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- Login button does nothing
- Cannot select location or school
- Add to calendar feature not working
- Progress tab shows a large grey block
- Cannot see child's progress or attendance
- Lesson data not loading or blank screens
- Incorrect lesson level displayed
- Forgot password functionality broken
- Instructor selection dropdown not working
Requested features
4 requests- Improve progress report visualization
- Restore mini-videos for skills
- Add check-in function for multiple children
- Fix instructor selection dropdown
BoxStat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Big Blue Swim School
No in-app purchases
BoxStat
No in-app purchases
Questions
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