Hoolan vs Swim Structured
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hoolan
This app tracks and analyzes kitesurfing, wingfoiling, and windsurfing sessions. It provides detailed statistics on jumps, speed, and transitions, helping users monitor their progress and improve their performance. Sessions can be logged with weather and equipment details, and achievements can be shared.
- Session tracking via Apple Watch or Garmin
- Detailed performance statistics (jumps, speed, transitions)
- Log sessions with spot, wind, and kit details
- Compare sessions and view progression over time
- Share session achievements on social media
- Export data in GPX format
- Health data integration (heart rate, calories)
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Hoolan is a FREE performance tracking and analysis app for kitesurfers, wingfoilers and windsurfers who want to track their sessions, share the stoke with their friends and improve every time they ride. Track directly from your Apple Watch or Garmin, see live stats while you ride and unlock detailed insights after each session. TRACK ON APPLE WATCH OR GARMIN Hoolan is built exclusively for smartwatch tracking, giving you the best experience on the water. Record your jumps and GPS tracks, and see your speed, distance and jump data live on your watch during your session. Your data automatically syncs to the phone app for detailed analysis. *No watch calibration needed to track your jumps* TRACK MULTIPLE WIND SPORTS KITE: Kiteboarding (twintip), kitesurfing (directional), kite foiling, kite buggying, kite landboarding, snowkiting WING: Wing foiling, wing SUP, snow winging, wing landboarding WINDSURF: Windsurfing, windfoiling PARAWING SAIL: Sailing, land yachting LOG & PROGRESS Track your progression over time with a full history of your sessions. - Personal bests & session bests by activity type - Log spots, wind, waves and gear - Add session notes ADVANCED PERFORMANCE STATISTICS Understand your performance: Jumps - height, airtime, jump distance, takeoff speed, max airspeed, tack & totals. Runs - distance, upwind gain, downwind gain, max speed, max speed over 100m, max speed over 500m, tack and stops. Transitions - success rate, average speed, max speed, entry & exit speed, duration, tack and stops. Health - max heart rate and calories burned. DEEP SESSION ANALYSIS Go deeper into your stats and view, filter and compare every run, transition or jump. Relive your session visually on a map, or view your statistics in a list to scan, compare and focus down on a particular aspect of your performance. RECORD HEALTH DATA Hoolan integrates with Apple's health and activity apps. Your sessions will contribute towards your activity rings and you will be able to see your heart rate and calories burned. FOLLOW FRIENDS Follow your friends, see their sessions in your feed, celebrate their achievements and fuel the stoke. SHARE YOUR SESSIONS Create shareable highlights with your session map and stats. Choose your best metrics and post directly to social media or send to friends. EXPORT YOUR DATA Direct Strava integration, Apple Health sync, GPX and FIT file exports. ACCURATE. RELIABLE. FREE - Doppler-based speed accuracy - Advanced jump detection - Optimised battery efficiency - Secure cloud storage All features are completely FREE. SUPPORTED DEVICES Garmin watches (2017+) Apple Watch (Series 4+/ watchOS 9.0 +) iPhone (iPhone 8+ / iOS 16+) PRIVACY FIRST Your data belongs to you. Sessions are private by default, and if you choose to connect with friends and share sessions, you stay in control of what's visible at all times. We do not sell or share your personal data. ABOUT HOOLAN Hoolan is built by riders, for riders. Our small, self-funded team is focused on delivering the most detailed, accurate GPS tracking, jump analytics and performance statistics - completely free from your smartwatch. No ads, no selling of user data. Every download, review and donation helps us keep building for the community.
Swim Structured
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hoolan at Free against Swim Structured's $9.99. Hoolan also leads on ratings volume (72 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Swim Structured's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On rating, 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
Hoolan is free to download; Swim Structured costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Hoolan against 5.0 for Swim Structured. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hoolan has 72 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hoolan ships an update every 2 months, Swim Structured every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hoolan | Swim Structured |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (72 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 98.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 72 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hoolan Ltd | Nils Albertsen |
Bugs and requests
Hoolan
Reported bugs
5 issues- App fails to load on some Apple Watch models
- Session stops unexpectedly mid-activity
- Vibration notification doesn't always trigger for jumps
- Watch crown depression accidentally stops sessions
- Mysterious session drop-outs and data loss
Requested features
10 requests- Rotation/trick identification during maneuvers
- Pumpfoiling and flatwater paddle-up tracking
- Social leaderboards and friend activity feeds
- Easy session editing/cropping to remove driving home
- Garmin watch compatibility
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- Session sharing via text/messaging
- Average heart rate statistics
- Automatic Strava upload
- Port/starboard tack and gybe differentiation
- User accounts with better profile management
Swim Structured
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hoolan
No in-app purchases
Swim Structured
No in-app purchases
Questions
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