Comparison

SwimNow vs Macht

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

Head to head
About

SwimNow

This app enhances Apple Watch swimming workouts by providing detailed analytics beyond the native app. Track laps, pace, distance, SWOLF, and stroke efficiency. Set goals, compare swims, and visualize progress with charts and summaries.

Highlights
  • Advanced splits view with SWOLF and stroke efficiency
  • Import structured workouts to Apple Watch
  • Compare two swimming sessions
  • Detailed data analysis and trend charts
  • Personal best tracking
  • Swimming achievement stickers
  • Yearly and monthly summaries
Features
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THE ULTIMATE APPLE WATCH SWIM TRACKER SwimNow is the essential swim app designed specifically for Apple Watch. It empowers you to seamlessly track, analyze, and optimize every swimming workout right from your wrist. By integrating directly with the Apple Health App, SwimNow transforms your standard pool and open water swims into professional-grade analytics—capturing everything from laps, pace, and distance to advanced metrics like SWOLF and stroke efficiency. Whether you are a beginner aiming for general fitness or a competitive swimmer chasing a new Personal Best, this app provides the deep data insights you need to train smarter. Discover the best alternative to the native Fitness app and make every meter count! ► Import Structured Workouts to Apple Watch Easily edit your swimming plan on your phone and seamlessly import it to Apple Watch.(Need iOS 18 & WatchOS 10) ► Data View swimming data recorded by your Apple Watch native app in various formats, including calendar and list views. ► Advanced splits views Compared to the native app, the splits view offers more metrics, including stroke count, stroke efficiency, SWOLF, heart rate, and more. Helps you understand the details of each swim lap better. ► Swimming Achievement Stickers Unlock a variety of fun achievement stickers. Place them freely to record your growth and show off your unique swimming style. ► Compare Two Swims Compare technical metrics between two swimming sessions to help you spot differences and continuously refine your technique. ► Data Analysis Provide comprehensive swimming statistics, including swim time, distance, pace, stroke count, stroke rate, calories burned, heart rate, and more, with detailed breakdowns for each interval and lap. ► Trend, Charts, Graph Select time periods, filter by swimming style, pool length, and distance. With comprehensive technical metrics and multidimensional statistics, generate detailed trend charts that help you easily track and analyze long-term swimming data, identify progress and areas for improvement, and enhance your performance. ► Set Goals Set personal goals and cultivate swimming habits to achieve your objectives. ► PB Personal best in different distances. like 100m, 200m, 1000m, 1500m... ► More Metrics Additional metrics such as METs and training impulse. ► Yearly Recap A cool yearly recap that highlights every bit of your persistence and progress throughout the year. ► Monthly & Weekly Summaries Crystal-clear summaries that make every bit of your progress easy to track. ► Distance Correction Fixed an issue where Apple Watch recorded incorrect distances during Open Water Swims (caused by breaststroke). You can edit stroke types and adjust distance for all laps at once, making it easier to correct missed laps or inaccurate swim data recorded by Apple Watch during pool workouts. ► Training Notes Add personalized notes to each training session to track progress and key details. ► AI Analysis Analyzes swimming data within your monthly summaries to optimize your training plans. ► Sharing Features Easily share your swim data with long screenshots, cards, or text. Download SwimNow now and start your swimming data analysis journey, making every meter count! SwimNow offers both a one-time payment option and an annual subscription. The subscription includes an auto-renewal feature. This means it will automatically renew unless you manage your subscription in your account settings. After purchase, you can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your account settings in the App Store. Terms of Use (EULA): https://swimnow.app/termsofuse Email: swimnow@outlook.com

About

Macht

Features
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A tool for long-term & sustainable fitness. Macht is a training log, recovery journal and programming tool that connects your training with the factors critical to overall wellbeing; sleep, diet, hydration, mood, and stress - built on the idea that software should help develop your training intuition, not substitute for it. Forever free, privacy-first, no social features, no wearables required. --- - Recovery journalling Before each workout, check in with yourself via a pre-workout survey to assess subjective stress/recovery: based on RESTQ-Sport, DALDA and the Hooper Index surveys from sports science. Keep rough tabs on long-term trends without the excessive self-monitoring, then react accordingly based on your composite wellbeing score. - Workout logging: Observe exercise trends with charts for volume, 1RM, reps, sets and max weight over time. Access exercise history and rep records instantly. Log bilateral weights separately (e.g. 4 reps left, 5 reps right). Auto-advancing sets with adjustable rest timers. Adjust your workout on-the-fly based on suggestions from your wellbeing score, to ensure training is sustainable alongside your day-to-day life. - Programming tool: Perform improvised workouts, or build training splits with reusable workout templates, set timely deload periods after a number of iterations - with ability to catch-up on, or skip missed sessions. Assess volume and frequency analysis across muscle group categories in your programs. Define your workout templates down to the individual set; configure rep ranges, AMRAP sets, intensity, RPE targets and rest timers per set. - Additionally: Customise your app with a selection of 8 different colour themes, back up your data with optional automatic iCloud backups. --- Medical Disclaimer This app is for informational purposes only and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always consult your physician or qualified health provider before making any medical decisions. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of this app.

Screenshots

SwimNow4 screens
Macht4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Macht at none against SwimNow's 2. On price, update cadence, 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. SwimNow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Macht asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SwimNow ships an update every 6 days, Macht every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SwimNow versus Macht: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwimNowMacht
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (44 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings44 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.2 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size204 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer阳 邹Cass Winfrey

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SwimNow

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$39.99
None

Macht

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SwimNow free?
SwimNow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Macht free?
Macht is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SwimNow or Macht have ads?
Neither SwimNow nor Macht shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SwimNow or Macht?
SwimNow ships an update every 6 days, and Macht every 10 days. Most recently, SwimNow was updated on November 8, 2026 and Macht on October 30, 2026.

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