Comparison

NVC Check vs SwimGym

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

Head to head
About

NVC Check

This app guides users through self-reflection and connection with others using the principles of Nonviolent Communication. It helps identify observations, feelings, needs, and requests to transform stress into harmony and inner peace.

Highlights
  • Identify observations, feelings, and needs
  • Formulate requests for self or others
  • Utilize guided lists of common OFNR terms
  • Enter custom observations, feelings, needs, and requests
  • Save and share reflections as tweets or status updates
  • Visual aids from NVC Dance Floors and Giraffentraum Project
Features
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The NVC (TM) Check-In app helps you at the moments when you wish to connect with yourself or another. Using the model of Nonviolent Communication (NVC), you gradually become aware of what you observe, what you feel, what you need and what you could do (or ask others to do) to take steps towards meeting your need. Connecting with yourself is the key to effectively dealing with all the triggers that you encounter in everyday life -whether these triggers occur at work or at home, whether you experience them as being pleasant or unpleasant. Maybe your employer gives you so much work to do that you begin to feel stressed and unhappy; or someone says to you, - That is the way I am and you better get used to it... - or a car pulls out in front of you unexpectedly and you brake suddenly. In all these situations you can choose to connect with yourself in order to transform struggle and stress into harmony and inner peace. A Check-In is standing/sitting still in the moment, getting in touch with what is alive in you now and connecting with yourself. The creators of the NVC Check-In app would love to contribute to your connection at times when you want to: - step out of a vicious circle of recurring thoughts - clarify why a particular occurrence has such impact on you and what you can do about it - translate judgements you have about yourself and others into feelings and needs - and experience how liberating this is! Using the colours of the NVC Dance Floors and pictures from the Giraffentraum (Giraffe Dream) Project, the NVC Check-In app gradually increases your awareness of what you observe, what feelings you experience, what needs (fulfilled or not fulfilled) are underlying those feelings and what you could do to move on and create something new. The following buttons guide you. Press (repeatedly) on: - O for your Observation - F for your Feelings - N for your Needs - R for a Request to oneself or another At every step you are supported by a list of common observations, feelings, needs and requests. From this list you can choose from some common Observations, Feelings, Needs and Requests (OFNR, listed in uppercase) by (repeatedly) pressing the buttons, or you can choose from a more expanded list by clicking the selection and scrolling through the small menus. You can also enter your own words in the empty fields below the OFNR suggestions, using your keyboard. The sentence you make is updated continually and will be shown on the display. For example, it might look like this: - O: When I see in my diary that my interview is tomorrow, - F: I feel nervous, - N: because I need trust and acceptance. - R (to oneself): Would you be willing, when you notice this feeling in the interview, to reflect on the experience you have accumulated in recent years? Press Save to save the sentence. Here you can also use the phrase as a (nonviolent) tweet on Twitter or as a (connecting) status update / shared message on LinkedIn. How to use the buttons at the bottom of your screen: - Press (repeatedly) NVC in order to address the sentence to yourself or another person. - Press Mail to email the sentence you have constructed to yourself or somebody else. An email screen will open in which you can customize and send the text. You might put a copy in your agenda app to have it sent to yourself every day at a specific time. - Press Log to scroll through your history so that you can see what you needed before and what has helped you in the past. Here you can also delete entries in the log and email the entire log in comma separated (csv, can be imported in Excel) format to yourself. - Press Apps for more supporting apps based on Nonviolent Communication. - Press ? for information about how to use the app, for info about its creators and to redisplay the initial supporting question for an OFNR button.

About

SwimGym

This app provides a comprehensive training platform for swimmers and triathletes. Access weekly programs, instructional videos, and coach tips. Book sessions, track fitness, and monitor nutrition to enhance your performance.

Highlights
  • Weekly swimming programs
  • Instructional videos
  • Coach tips
  • Daily schedule
  • Book swim training
  • Fitness exercises
  • Nutrition tracking
Features
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APP FOR THE SWIMGYM TRAINING POOL You need an account to login to this App. Your account will be created as soon as you purchase a product for the SwimGym swimming pool. In the SwimGym App you see the program for 'This Week' with the swimming theme, instructional videos and coach tips. View the daily schedule, book your swim training, see the overview of your swimming credits, view fitness exercises, keep track of nutrition scheme, follow news and community messages. SwimGym is the preferred training partner for swimmers and triathletes worldwide. We help you to improve your technique, build your fitness and achieve your goals. TRAIN LIKE A PRO You can sync this app with Apple Health App. If you enable this connection, any workout in the Health app with automatically be added to your Activity Calendar.

Screenshots

NVC Check4 screens
SwimGym3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SwimGym at Free against NVC Check's $1.99. SwimGym also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). NVC Check's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (25% vs 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

SwimGym is free to download; NVC Check costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NVC Check holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SwimGym has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of NVC Check's written reviews are positive against 0% of SwimGym's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NVC Check ships an update every 21 months, SwimGym every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
NVC Check versus SwimGym: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNVC CheckSwimGym
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.1 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings112 — better
Update frequencyEvery 21 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#193 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB213 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperiConsultancySwimGym B.V.

Customer experience

NVC Check

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

SwimGym

All ratings12 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

NVC Check

No in-app purchases

None

SwimGym

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NVC Check free?
NVC Check costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SwimGym free?
SwimGym is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, NVC Check or SwimGym?
NVC Check is rated higher. NVC Check averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while SwimGym averages 4.1 from 12 ratings.
Do NVC Check or SwimGym have ads?
Neither NVC Check nor SwimGym shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NVC Check or SwimGym?
NVC Check ships an update every 21 months, and SwimGym every 3 months. Most recently, NVC Check was updated on November 6, 2026 and SwimGym on November 2, 2026.

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