Workouts X vs Whale Tail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Whale Tail
This app helps parents manage their children's enrollment and progress at a swimming academy. It provides updates on schedules, attendance, performance reports, and academy announcements, keeping everything in one convenient place.
- Kid registration
- Attendance tracking
- Progress monitoring
- Schedule updates
- Performance reports
- Academy announcements
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Whale Tail is a management app for a swimming academy in Egypt, designed for young learners and children. Parents can register their kids, track attendance, and monitor progress through the app. Stay updated with schedules, performance reports, and academy announcements—all in one place!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Whale Tail at none against Workouts X's 3. Whale Tail also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Workouts X's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Workouts X sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whale Tail asks for nothing beyond the download.
Whale Tail 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 point the same way: 80% of Workouts X's written reviews are positive against 100% of Whale Tail's.
Workouts X ships an update every 5 weeks, Whale Tail fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Workouts X | Whale Tail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bruce Garland | Mohamed Hurab |
Customer experience
Workouts X
Whale Tail
In-app purchases
Workouts X
- WorkoutsX Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$1.491 Month
- Loyalty User6 Months trial$1.491 Month
- WorkoutsX Yearly Subscription1 Month trial$14.991 Year
Whale Tail
No in-app purchases









