Comparison

Swim Team Manager vs Workouts X

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

Head to head
About

Swim Team Manager

This app helps swim coaches and managers quickly organize swimmer times, calculate optimal relays, and track progress. It supports various pool types and import/export options for seamless data management.

Highlights
  • Calculate fastest possible relays
  • Track swimmer progress
  • Color-coded times by speed
  • CSV and HTML import/export
  • Support for various pool types
  • Team record board
  • iCloud backups
Features
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Make split-second decisions about relays! Swim Team Manager allows you to take all of your swim team’s times everywhere you go, even on the pool deck. This app allows you to enter all of your swimmers’ times in and then determines the fastest possible relays. Times are color-coded by speed which allows you to quickly assess the speed of a swimmer or event at a glance. Current Features: • Highly flexible CSV import/export • HTML import, export, and batch email • Importing of some PDF layouts • Import SD3 files • Keep track of any number of teams • Keep times by seasons and meets • Track swimmer progress across seasons • Team record board • Smart, easy time entry • Make notes for swimmers for each meet • Manage which swimmers are in each meet • Times color-coding by speed • Time standards can be created, or use built in ones • Season best times are in bold for each swimmer • Sort an event by time • Calculate fastest possible relays for each age group • Create your own relays with easy to use editor • Remove specific swimmers from relays • Warning about swimmers in all relays • Mixed gender relays • Add any information desired to swimmers • SCY, SCM, or LCM pools • Choose which events and relays are displayed and add your own • iCloud backups • Age group, High School, College, and Masters Swimming support

About

Workouts X

This application helps swim coaches create, modify, and run custom workouts. It features a built-in pace clock that can be projected onto a screen, displaying the set list for swimmers. Advanced set options allow for interval adjustments after each repeat.

Highlights
  • Create and modify swim workouts
  • Customizable terminology
  • Built-in pace clock
  • Projectable pace clock display
  • Advanced interval adjusting sets
  • Designed for age group to college teams
Features
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This app is designed for swim coaches to enter and run workouts. It is designed specifically for the iPad and iPhone to make it easy to create and modify workouts and is highly customizable so a coach can use their own terminology and descriptions to setup a workout. One of the really cool features of the app is the built in pace clock that can run the workout that you designed. Hook it up to a projector or large TV at the pool and you have a pre-programmed pace clock that is setup for your workout. It even shows the set list so the swimmers know what they are doing. Another advanced feature in this app is the ability to define sets that adjust the interval after each repeat. With this feature, it is easy to design a set of 10x100 on 1:20 minus 0:02 each repeat (1:20, 1:18, 1:16, …). This type of set would be difficult to keep track of with a normal pace clock, but with the built-in pace clock it is easy to know the current send off. This application has been designed and tested by a number of coaches from age group to college teams. I hope you find this app useful for setting up and running practices for your own team. Complete privacy policy and terms of use can be found here: https://sites.google.com/site/bigfishsoftware/privacypolicy

Screenshots

Workouts X4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Workouts X at 80% against Swim Team Manager's 0%. Workouts X also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Swim Team Manager's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On update cadence and ads 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

Workouts X is free to download; Swim Team Manager costs $4.99 up front. Workouts X sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Swim Team Manager asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Workouts X holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Swim Team Manager's written reviews are positive against 80% of Workouts X's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swim Team Manager ships an update every 2 months, Workouts X every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Swim Team Manager versus Workouts X: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwim Team ManagerWorkouts X
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)4.8 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopersquishLogicBig Fish Software

Customer experience

Swim Team Manager

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Workouts X

All ratings8 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

None

Swim Team Manager

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Workouts X

Subscriptions3
  • WorkoutsX Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$1.491 Month
  • Loyalty User6 Months trial$1.491 Month
  • WorkoutsX Yearly Subscription1 Month trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Swim Team Manager free?
Swim Team Manager costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Workouts X free?
Workouts X is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Swim Team Manager or Workouts X?
Workouts X is rated higher. Swim Team Manager averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Workouts X averages 4.8 from 8 ratings.
Do Swim Team Manager or Workouts X have ads?
Neither Swim Team Manager nor Workouts X shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Swim Team Manager or Workouts X?
Swim Team Manager ships an update every 2 months, and Workouts X every 5 weeks. Most recently, Swim Team Manager was updated on October 5, 2026 and Workouts X on October 24, 2026.

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