Comparison

SwimNow vs GoWindow

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 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.

Highlights
  • 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
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. Email: swimnow@outlook.com

About

GoWindow

Features
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GoWindow scores the next three days of outdoor weather, hour by hour, and tells you when to head out. Pick a sport. Running scores apparent temperature, dew point, and UV. Cycling scores wind, gusts, and road wetness from recent rain. Hiking scores thunderstorm timing, daylight hours, and trail wetness. The same afternoon can be good for a ride and rough for a run. Set the window length per sport: 1, 2, 3, or 4 hours. Tap any hour to see what's helping or hurting the score. You can change units anytime; GoWindow keeps the underlying values consistent. Switch between °C/°F, km/h/mph, and mm/in in Preferences. Weather forecasts come from Apple WeatherKit, fetched on-device. Air quality (AQI) requires a network lookup. No account or sign-in required. Free includes one sport and one saved place. Best-window alerts fire only for Excellent conditions and pause for 7 days after each alert. Pro includes all three sports, up to 10 saved places, configurable alerts for up to three places without the Free cooldown, multi-sport widgets, and the per-hour factor breakdown. Monthly and annual plans are available; the annual plan includes a 7-day free trial. iPhone only. iOS 17 or later. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gowindow.whtsky.me/privacy

Screenshots

SwimNow4 screens
GoWindow3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SwimNow at weekly against GoWindow's every 3 weeks. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SwimNow ships an update weekly, GoWindow every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SwimNow versus GoWindow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwimNowGoWindow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (44 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings44 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size170 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer阳 邹昊天 吴

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SwimNow

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$39.99
2 purchases

GoWindow

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is SwimNow free?
SwimNow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GoWindow free?
GoWindow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SwimNow or GoWindow have ads?
Neither SwimNow nor GoWindow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SwimNow or GoWindow?
SwimNow ships an update weekly, and GoWindow every 3 weeks. Most recently, SwimNow was updated on October 17, 2026 and GoWindow on October 10, 2026.

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