Active World vs Starlight Super Swim
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Active World
Manage your leisure center activities from a personal portal. Book classes, track your child's progress, receive digital awards, and communicate with staff. This app simplifies your engagement with your chosen leisure facility.
- View upcoming classes
- Book new classes
- Track learning pathways
- Receive digital awards
- Message centre staff
- Manage personal details
- Add relatives to account
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The Active World app is your self managed personal portal and companion app for the Active World Leisure Management solution. Just enter your centre's name or scan its QR code to connect to your centre. Active World allows you to: • View upcoming classes • Book new classes • Advise of your child’s non-attendance and book make-up lessons • Track learning pathways and progression • Receive digital awards for effort, teamwork, perseverance and having FUN! • Send and receive messages to the Centre staff • Manage personal and billing details • Add relatives to your account so they also have visibility of schedules and progression Active World is the key communication tool used between you and your leisure centre.
Starlight Super Swim
Participate in a national charity swimming event to support sick children. Track your swimming distance, set fundraising goals, and share your progress with friends and family. Join as an individual, team, or school to make a difference.
- Track swimming distance
- Sync with fitness trackers
- Set fundraising goals
- View leaderboards
- Share progress on social media
- Track donations
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Australia's favourite swimming challenge is back, Starlight Super Swim! Join the biggest national charity swim this February 1-29 and make a splash for sick kids. You'll be joining thousands of Aussies across the country making a HUGE splash for seriously ill children and their families. The Super Swim challenge is open to all ages, fitness levels and can take place at any location you choose. Simply select your distance and fundraising goal and dive in! Take laps in your pool, at the beach, or local swimming centre - wherever works for you! Sign-up as an individual, participate as a corporate team, school squad, or get your kids involved via swim school! So... will you be a Super Swim hero for sick kids? With this app you can: - Track your distance and add other activities during February - Choose to include any activity you've automatically synced via your fitness tracker or health apps - View your activity and fundraising rank as well as individual and team a leaderboards - Share your progress on social media - Ask your friends and family to sponsor you - Track your donations and fundraising total - Chat to your team - Integrated with your Super Swim fundraising page Haven't registered for the Starlight Super Swim challenge yet? You can sign up via the website: superswim.org.au
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Starlight Super Swim at 5.0 against Active World's 1.0. Starlight Super Swim also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 19%). Active World's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Starlight Super Swim holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of Active World's written reviews are positive against 50% of Starlight Super Swim's.
Active World ships an update every 2 months, Starlight Super Swim every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Active World | Starlight Super Swim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.4% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zappasoft Pty Ltd | District Technologies Pte Ltd |
Customer experience
Active World
Starlight Super Swim
Bugs and requests
Active World
Reported bugs
28 issues- App crashes on startup after update
- App won't open after update
- Cannot book classes after update
- Login issues (wrong password/email)
- 500 error when changing password
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- GET method not supported for route
- App crashes on iPhone
- Cannot see schedule after update
- Keyboard freezes in front of selections
- Cannot add family member (server error)
- Cannot see classes after iOS update
- Cannot suspend or cancel membership
- App not functional with website
- Cannot access booking box since last update
- App shuts down when touching search/book classes tile
- App closes when selecting an icon
- Cannot reset location/preferred leisure center
- Cannot cancel or suspend membership
- App barely functional, nil comms with site
- Cannot remove booking
- Cannot pay through payment
- Unauthorised when resetting password
- Cannot update swim lessons
- Full classes disappear from search
- App doesn't show if you have already booked a class
- Cannot book classes even with active subscription
- Cannot see my son's swim schedule
- App doesn't download since updating
Requested features
20 requests- Sync with phone calendar
- Option to disable notifications
- Easily save favorite venues
- Improve class search and filter functions
- Add waitlist option for full classes
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- Show full classes instead of hiding them
- Ability to see if already booked into a class
- Quick links in the center of the app
- Add calendar sync option
- Break up calendar with daily list
- Add images to class lists
- Make home screen customizable
- Add Apple Wallet integration for gym access
- Ability to type to find center instead of spinning
- Save payment details
- Ability to view multiple centers without signing out
- Option to add family members
- Show age progress after booking a class (optional feature)
- Allow users to pull out of classes until they start
- Add a counter for attended classes
Starlight Super Swim
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Active World
No in-app purchases
Starlight Super Swim
No in-app purchases
Questions
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