Comparison

Ikon Pass vs Swim Structured

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

Head to head
About

Ikon Pass

This app helps you maximize your mountain experience at over 70 destinations. It offers interactive maps for amenities, in-app payments, and real-time updates on parking and events. Connect with friends, track your stats, and manage your pass details all in one place.

Highlights
  • Interactive amenity maps
  • In-app food and drink payment
  • Real-time parking availability
  • Pass management and tracking
  • Friend group messaging and location sharing
  • Mountain activity tracking
  • Event browsing
Features
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The official Ikon Pass app is your tool to maximize fun at over 70 Ikon Pass destinations worldwide. Whether you're an Ikon Pass holder or using a local pass or day ticket, the Ikon Pass app helps you make the most of your mountain experience – all in one place. New Features for 25/26: - Find dining, retail, and rentals with interactive maps - Pay for food and drinks in-app - Track your mountain credits - Manage your family’s pass profile - Check parking availability in real time - Browse live events at participating destinations All Features: Manage your Pass - See your days remaining and blackout dates - Choose favorite destinations and set preferences - Keep track of exclusive deals and vouchers - Track your mountain credits - Manage your family’s pass profile, pass photos, and more Amplify Your Adventure - Track stats like vertical, run difficulty, and current altitude - Track activity on Apple Watch - View weather and condition reports before you go - Find dining, retail, and rentals with interactive maps - Pay for food and drinks in-app - Map you and your crew on the mountain - Check parking availability in real time - Browse live events at participating destinations Connect With Your Crew - Create daily friend groups to message, compare stats, and track each other's locations - Challenge the Ikon Pass community on the Leaderboard - Map you and your crew on the mountain Ikon Pass helps you navigate at 60+ destinations worldwide. In the 25/26 season, it will replace the local apps at the following mountain destinations: Arapahoe Basin, Big Bear Mountain Resort, Blue Mountain, Crystal Mountain, Deer Valley Resort, June Mountain, Mammoth Mountain, Palisades Tahoe, Schweitzer, Snow Valley, Snowshoe, Solitude, Steamboat, Stratton, Sugarbush, Tremblant, Winter Park Resort.

About

Swim Structured

Features
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Your coach sends you a workout. You're standing on the pool deck. Now what? Swim Structured turns any coach-written swim set into a structured, device-ready workout in seconds. Paste the text, tap Parse, and every interval, with its stroke, effort, equipment, and the coach's exact cues, is ready to send to your Apple Watch or Garmin. BUILT FOR THE WAY COACHES ACTUALLY WRITE Coaches don't write in JSON. They write "4 X 50 @ Kickboard Flutter, finish last 15M hard kicking!" Swim Structured reads that. It handles the shorthand real swimmers use: send-offs, rest intervals, equipment callouts, round multipliers, mixed-stroke intervals, and the little notes that actually make a set work. ON YOUR WRIST, MID-INTERVAL The cues your coach wrote don't get lost. When you're on the 3rd of 4 kick 50s, your watch shows you "finish last 15M hard kicking!" exactly as written. No more memorizing the sheet before you push off. FULLY ON-DEVICE The parser is a real language model running locally on your iPhone using Apple's MLX framework. Your workouts never touch a server. No account. No subscription. No internet required after the one-time model download. EXPORTS THAT WORK Send to Apple Watch via WorkoutKit, with swim-native pool intervals and your notes attached. Export as FIT, the Garmin-native format. Upload to Garmin Connect, TrainingPeaks, or any service that reads FIT. Your rep counts, rest intervals, strokes, and equipment come through cleanly. EDIT BEFORE YOU SWIM Review the parsed workout before you export. Drag to reorder. Tap to edit. Add a warm-up interval or fix a typo. Your workout, your way. BUILT BY A TRIATHLETE Designed by someone who actually trains. If a feature doesn't help you get in the water faster, it's not in here.

Screenshots

Ikon Pass4 screens
Swim Structured3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ikon Pass at Free against Swim Structured's $9.99. Ikon Pass also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (16.5 vs 18.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Ikon Pass is free to download; Swim Structured costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ikon Pass ships an update every 9 days, Swim Structured every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ikon Pass versus Swim Structured: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIkon PassSwim Structured
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.7 (28K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews13.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings28K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.5 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size335 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlterra Mountain CompanyNils Albertsen

Bugs and requests

Ikon Pass

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login screen not loading
  • Tracking data being lost or reset
  • Inability to view or manage reservations
  • Incompatibility with newer iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Integrate pass barcode for discounts
  • Automatic tracking without manual start/stop
  • Offline maps and resort information
  • Customizable metric units
  • Leaderboards and speed tracking

Swim Structured

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Ikon Pass

No in-app purchases

None

Swim Structured

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ikon Pass free?
Ikon Pass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Swim Structured free?
Swim Structured costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ikon Pass or Swim Structured have ads?
Neither Ikon Pass nor Swim Structured shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ikon Pass or Swim Structured?
Ikon Pass ships an update every 9 days, and Swim Structured every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ikon Pass was updated on October 25, 2026 and Swim Structured on October 24, 2026.

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