Comparison

Polar Team vs Commit Swimming

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

Head to head
About

Polar Team

This app helps coaches monitor individual player effort in real-time during indoor team sports. It provides objective performance data after training sessions, allowing for personalized coaching and future session planning. Share detailed reports with players and staff to optimize team performance.

Highlights
  • Real-time heart rate monitoring
  • Individual and team coaching guidance
  • Player performance comparison
  • Post-training objective data
  • Shareable performance reports
  • Heart rate zone tracking
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** Polar Team is ranked among the top 10 Health and Fitness apps in 18 countries! Polar Team allows coaches and trainers of any indoor sports team – basketball, ice hockey, indoor tennis, volleyball and more – to see exactly how hard each team member is working. This allows you to coach each of them individually, in real time. It also provides information to see who is tiring, who needs to work on their fitness, and who may have energy left in the tank. To coach with Polar Team, you’ll need an iPad and a compatible Polar heart rate sensor or a sport watch for each player.* Follow the performance of your whole team or concentrate on one player at a time. Spot the differences and guide your players at once. Compare several players on screen in real time. Motivate your players by showing them their effort on the go during training. After the training Polar Team reveals objective data on your players’ performance and shares reports with your players and coaching staff. Use the data to plan your next session. *Compatible devices: https://support.polar.com/en/support/FAQs/Compatibility_and_Requirements_Polar_Team_app Key features: -Follow your team’s heart rates on screen in real time (in beats per minute and percentage of maximum heart rate, and by target heart rate zone) -Guide and motivate your players at once, as a team or individually -Compare chosen players on screen during training -See objective data on the effort of the whole team and each player individually after the training (average and maximum heart rate per session, calorie consumption, accumulated time in heart rate zones, heart rate curve, weekly training overview) -Share this data with your team and coaching staff via email as a pdf summary Coach your team to the top with Polar Team. Discover more about Polar Team sports solutions at: http://www.polar.com/en/b2b_products/team_sports Note: We recommend using the app in indoor team sports only due to limitations in the Bluetooth Smart transmission range. The maximum line-of-sight coverage for Bluetooth Smart transmission is around 60 meters (66 yards).

About

Commit Swimming

This app simplifies swim workout logging and analysis for athletes and coaches. Its unique "Parser" algorithm interprets free-text entries, transforming them into trackable data. View trends, log workouts for groups, and manage notes and attendance effortlessly.

Highlights
  • AI-powered workout parsing
  • Track swim season trends
  • Log workouts for multiple groups
  • Add notes and record test-set times
  • Track athlete attendance
  • Organize workouts into folders
Features
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Write, track and analyze your swim workouts with Commit. Whether you are an athlete or a coach, Commit Swimming is the simplest and most modern way to keep a journal of your swim training. No need to type into little boxes, just write each workout like an email and Commit's proprietary algorithm, "The Parser", does the rest. "This is an enormous step forward from anything else that’s available. It's a game changer." Matt Kredich, Tennessee "Commit has created the most significant workout manager I've ever seen. This program is a blessing." Greg Wriede, Peddie "Finally an affordable program that makes logging simple." Adam Depmore, Lone Star Aquatics Written about on SwimSwam by Gold Medal Mel Stewart as "The most innovative swim software out there", Commit Swimming is the most advanced workout journal that coaches and swimmers across all levels are now using. Why? Because it tracks your workout history, it analyzes trends in your training, and most importantly, it’s extremely easy to use. All you have to do is type your workout like you would in a Word document, and everything else is automatically taken care of for you. Commit Swimming Features In addition to The Parser, Commit's swimming workout manager comes with easy to use features swimmers and swim coaches need every day. -view graphs and trends of your swim season -log workouts for yourself or multiple training groups at once -write notes for a workout to communicate with other coaches, keep track of mental notes, or record test-set times -track athlete-specific attendance for your workouts and view attendance reports -Organize workouts into folders for easy access As always, contact team@commitswimming.com with any questions!

Screenshots

Commit Swimming4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Polar Team at 4.6 against Commit Swimming's 3.6. Polar Team also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (294 vs 18). Commit Swimming's advantage is review sentiment (40% vs 30%) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Commit Swimming sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Polar Team asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Polar Team holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Polar Team has 294 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 30% of Polar Team's written reviews are positive against 40% of Commit Swimming's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Polar Team ships an update every 2 months, Commit Swimming every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Polar Team versus Commit Swimming: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolar TeamCommit Swimming
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (294 ratings) — better3.6 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews30.0% of reviews40.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings294 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPolar ElectroCommit Analytics

Customer experience

Polar Team

All ratings294 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral2.0%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative56.7%

Commit Swimming

All ratings16 ratings
Positive56.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative37.5%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

Bugs and requests

Polar Team

Reported bugs

16 issues
  • Emailing reports to coaches and participants is glitchy
  • Consistency in readings is still an issue
  • App crashes constantly
  • App will not open after deleting demo players
  • Does not sync
Show 11 more
  • External projection feature no longer supported
  • No AirPlay
  • Cannot display heart rate on external monitor
  • External screen mirroring has been removed
  • Screen mirroring turned off
  • Disallowing external screen sharing
  • Cannot AirPlay live stats on TV
  • New update has ruined my business
  • Crashing
  • Cannot start this app
  • Constantly crashes

Requested features

10 requests
  • Solution for small businesses not $$$/month
  • More user-friendly software
  • Allow AirPlay
  • Export heart rate data in HRM or XML format
  • Handle multiple teams and players
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  • More than one team stored in the app
  • Ability to add additional teams
  • Fix crashing issues
  • Improve external projection feature
  • More communication about update changes

Commit Swimming

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Polar Team

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Commit Swimming

One-time1
  • Yearly Subscription$89.99

Questions

Is Polar Team free?
Polar Team is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Commit Swimming free?
Commit Swimming is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Polar Team or Commit Swimming?
Polar Team is rated higher. Polar Team averages 4.6 out of 5 from 294 ratings, while Commit Swimming averages 3.6 from 18 ratings.
Do Polar Team or Commit Swimming have ads?
Neither Polar Team nor Commit Swimming shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Polar Team or Commit Swimming?
Polar Team ships an update every 2 months, and Commit Swimming every 4 months. Most recently, Polar Team was updated on October 14, 2026 and Commit Swimming on October 2, 2026.

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