SwimNow vs GoWindow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwimNow
This app analyzes and tracks swimming data from your Apple Watch and other synced devices. It offers detailed insights into your performance, advanced split views, and trend charts to help you improve your swimming efficiency and achieve your goals.
- Import structured workouts to Apple Watch
- Advanced splits views with more metrics
- Data analysis and trend charts
- Swimming achievement stickers
- Compare two swims
- Set personal goals
- Yearly and monthly summaries
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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. Email: swimnow@outlook.com
GoWindow
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Find a time to run, ride or hike. GoWindow compares the forecast for your activity and recommends a window to head out. Choose running, cycling, or hiking and an outing length from 1 to 4 hours. Wind, temperature, rain, daylight, and air quality can affect each sport differently, so GoWindow scores them separately. Start free with one sport at a time See the best window for today and the available forecast days, plus the reasons behind the recommendation. When another time works for the same outing length, you'll see that option too. Switch your focused sport whenever you like. Check your current location and save one regular place. Adjust your preferences, add a window to Calendar, and check your sport from the Lock Screen widget. No account required. Set an optional daily planning reminder for your chosen time and weekdays, without needing a saved place. Planning reminders start off and you choose when to enable them. Free weather alerts are for Excellent windows only, with a 7-day pause after a qualifying alert. Plan more with Pro Compare all available forecast hours before you choose a start time. See all three sports together, save up to 10 places, and set custom weather alerts for up to three places with your choice of sports and score thresholds. Pro weather alerts do not have the Free weekly pause. Check multiple sports from the Home Screen widget. Monthly and annual subscriptions are available. Eligible subscribers can try the annual plan free for 7 days. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled; manage them in your Apple account settings. About the forecast Scoring uses air temperature, wind, precipitation and other weather inputs, with air quality when available. Weather forecasts come from Apple WeatherKit and are fetched on your device; air quality requires a network lookup. Road and trail wetness are estimated from precipitation forecasts, not measured surface conditions. Daily planning reminders prompt you to open the app and check the forecast. Scores help you plan, but do not guarantee safe conditions. iPhone only. Requires iOS 17 or later. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gowindow.whtsky.me/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SwimNow at weekly against GoWindow's every 2 months. On price, 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
Both are free to download. SwimNow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and GoWindow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
SwimNow ships an update weekly, GoWindow every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwimNow | GoWindow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (44 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 44 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 阳 邹 | 昊天 吴 |
In-app purchases
SwimNow
- Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Lifetime$39.99
GoWindow
- Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year









