Train with Ross vs Swimstar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Train with Ross
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Our own branded app to facilitate booking on to our coaching programmes for 4 year olds to Adults of all levels - Schools, Club and Holiday programmes We are a friendly inclusive club offering competitive and social activities for all abilities and ages. Features: - Notification - No more SMS and Emails - Attendance - Information & stats - Payment - Discounts - Upcoming Events - Coaches Availability You can join our club activities through the app - Group Sessions - Academy Sessions - Tournaments and Events for all Never miss what is happening within our programme and easily keep in touch with your child's coach. This is a must download for anyone involved with Coaching programme
Swimstar
Analyze your swimming training and race performance to understand what works best for you. Track daily pool, land, and weight training, log race results, and monitor personal bests to visualize your progress and achieve success.
- Training Logbook (pool, land, weights)
- Racing Logbook (results, target meets)
- Swimmer profile (PB's, schedule)
- Personal best and fitness test tracking
- Data visualization of training/racing changes
- Swimming world news and motivation
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Swimstar is the app that every swimmer needs. It is designed to support you in reaching your potential by showing you the relationship between your training and your racing. By inputting your daily training, both in the pool and on land, Swimstar will give you insights as to what is working for you and track any changes to your training programme. Build your swimmer profile with details about your PB’s and training schedule. Use the Training Logbook to record daily pool training, land training and weight training. Use the Racing Logbook to enter race results from meets and log your future target meets. You can also keep track of your training personal bests and fitness test improvements to see any improvements in skill, endurance and explosive or dynamic strength. Through the data centre you can visualise any changes in your training or racing and see stats on where your improvements are. The news section will help keep you up to date with what’s going on in the swimming world and help to provide that extra bit of motivation to go after it. Swimstar will help you to gain a better understanding of your training, what works best for you and start your journey to success! Terms of Use: https://www.swimstarapp.com/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Train with Ross at none against Swimstar's 1. Train with Ross also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Swimstar's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months). 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. Swimstar sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per month. Train with Ross asks for nothing beyond the download.
Train with Ross ships an update every 7 months, Swimstar every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Train with Ross | Swimstar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ActivityPro Ltd. | Swimstar Analytics LTD |
In-app purchases
Train with Ross
No in-app purchases
Swimstar
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$6.991 Month
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