Swimvu vs RipGuard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swimvu
Streamline pool inspections with a guided walk-through wizard. Create custom branded reports and track inspection progress. Designed for pool professionals to enhance their business and offer premium services.
- Guided Inspection Walk-Through Wizard
- Custom Branded Reports
- Inspection Progress Tracking
- Easy and Fast Setup
- Business Growth Support
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Pool Inspections Done The Right Way with the Swimvu guided Inspection Walk-Through Wizard. - Create custom Branded Reports. - Inspection Progress Tracking. - Experience our Easy to Use and Fast Setup for Pool Inspectors. Our all-in-one pool inspection app was designed to support Pool Pros grow their business offerings and have premium inspection services.
RipGuard
This app uses AI to detect dangerous rip currents at the beach in real-time using your device's camera. It provides a live map of reported currents and allows users to contribute their own findings, offering peace of mind for beachgoers.
- AI-powered rip current detection
- Real-time camera scanning
- Offline detection capability
- Live rip current map
- Crowdsourced alerts
- User-submitted reports
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Go to the beach often or are planning a visit? You could be walking into danger. Rip currents are fast, narrow channels of ocean water that can drag swimmers out to sea in seconds. They’re hard to see and can strike even in sunny weather and calm-looking waves, causing hundreds of deaths each year. Rip currents are hard to see, but RipGuard makes them visible. RipGuard uses AI to detect rip currents in real-time: directly on your device, no internet required. Just open the app, point your camera at the water, and scan for danger. Our AI model is trained on 4,995 rip current images and achieves 92% detection accuracy. See where others have reported rip currents on our live geomap, and stay informed with crowdsourced alerts from other beachgoers. Contribute to the community with your own scans as well. RipGuard brings peace of mind for families and beachgoers. Perfect for parents with small children. Protect yourself and your loved ones with RipGuard. It’s quick, easy, and could save your life. Swim Safe. Save Lives. Use RipGuard. New users receive 3 free scans. Subscription is required for continued use and for access to the rip current map. Terms of Service: https://exsolialabs.com/ripguard/ Privacy Policy: https://exsolialabs.com/ripguard/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Swimvu at none against RipGuard's 3. Swimvu also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (9 vs 3). On price, rating, 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. RipGuard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Swimvu asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Swimvu against 5.0 for RipGuard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 3 respectively.
Swimvu ships an update every 3 weeks, RipGuard every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swimvu | RipGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Swimvu Smart Pool Inspections | Exsolia Labs LLC |
Customer experience
Swimvu
RipGuard
In-app purchases
Swimvu
No in-app purchases
RipGuard
- Weekly Subscription$6.997 Days
- Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$39.991 Year
