Comparison

Swimstar vs SwimTurn

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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

About

SwimTurn

Features
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SwimTurn.com - Free Performance Analytics for Swimmers SwimTurn helps competitive swimmers of all levels understand their efficiency, monitor progress, and identify areas for improvement with powerful analytics. Find: Locate pools and swim clubs near you. Track: Log personal bests and race history with an integrated stopwatch. Compare: Measure performance against regional and national standards. Award: Clear view of qualified times

Screenshots

Swimstar4 screens
SwimTurn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SwimTurn at none against Swimstar's 1. SwimTurn also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks). Swimstar's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.3). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Swimstar sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $6.99 per month. SwimTurn asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swimstar ships an update every 5 weeks, SwimTurn every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Swimstar versus SwimTurn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwimstarSwimTurn
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.3
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSwimstar Analytics LTDAlex Malkov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Swimstar

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$6.991 Month
None

SwimTurn

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Swimstar free?
Swimstar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SwimTurn free?
SwimTurn is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Swimstar or SwimTurn have ads?
Neither Swimstar nor SwimTurn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Swimstar or SwimTurn?
Swimstar ships an update every 5 weeks, and SwimTurn every 9 days. Most recently, Swimstar was updated on November 4, 2026 and SwimTurn on November 9, 2026.

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