Swim Manager vs ClubBuzz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swim Manager
Manage your UK swimming club's membership, communication, meet entries, and finances from your mobile device. This app is designed to streamline club operations and save you time. Requires an existing Swim Manager club account and login credentials.
- Membership management
- Club communication
- Time management
- Meet entry management
- Financial management
- Mobile club management
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Swim Manager is the best club management software for UK swimming Clubs. The Swim Manager app allows you to manage your Club from the palm of your hand and get your free time back. Designed to make your life easier, Swim Manager allows you to manage membership, communication, times, meet entries, finances and more. Please note: This app requires that your Club is using Swim Manager and that you have a login for your account already.
ClubBuzz
Manage and interact with your sports club seamlessly. Organize events, communicate with members, track player availability, and handle payments. Offers customizable features for managers, players, and members.
- Customizable home screen
- Club management tools
- Member profile management
- In-app chat communication
- Push notifications
- Payment processing
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Take control of your club with ClubBuzz. Whether you're a manager, captain, player or club member, the ClubBuzz iOS app is the best place to interact with and manage your club. Make your Home section completely unique to you with our customisable home screen. Giving you quick access to important app features, viewing club news and showing you upcoming events at your club. The Club section allows you to manage your club, giving you full desktop class features right within your ClubBuzz app. Whether you need to edit members, matches, training sessions, charge fees or send our club wide communications. You can do it within the club section. Exclusive to ClubBuzz on iOS is the ability to send out push notifications! My Player lets you to manage your member profile. Respond to match selections, pay your subscription fees using Apple Pay or ClubBuzz Pay, update your information and list your game availability. Chat is the absolute best way to keep you and your club in the loop. Whether you need to tell your team about a change of venue, or discuss what's happening with training this week, chat is the best place to do this. Never miss an update with ClubBuzz. App Terms of Service (EULA) can be found here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ClubBuzz at 100% against Swim Manager's 0%. ClubBuzz also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). Swim Manager's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8). On price, ads, device support 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. ClubBuzz sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Swim Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.
Swim Manager ships an update every 4 months, ClubBuzz fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swim Manager | ClubBuzz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Redshaw | ClubBuzz Ltd |
Customer experience
Swim Manager
ClubBuzz
In-app purchases
Swim Manager
No in-app purchases
ClubBuzz
- Essential (No website)1 Month trial$8.991 Month
- Standard (No website)1 Month trial$13.991 Month
- Essential1 Month trial$13.991 Month
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- Standard1 Month trial$25.991 Month
- Essential (No website)1 Month trial$103.991 Year
- Standard (No website)1 Month trial$164.991 Year
- Essential1 Month trial$164.991 Year
- Standard1 Month trial$299.991 Year
