SwimCount vs Do Sides?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SwimCount
This app provides a simple, distraction-free lap counter and swim timer. It allows users to track splits and elapsed time in real-time, assign sessions to different swimmer profiles, and add notes. Review your complete swim history with detailed split times, filtered by swimmer.
- Real-time lap counter
- Split and elapsed time tracking
- Multiple swimmer profiles
- Session notes
- Detailed session history
- Screen stays awake during sessions
- Haptic feedback
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SwimCount is a fast, distraction-free lap counter and swim timer. Start a session, tap Lap to record splits, and track your elapsed time in real time — down to the centisecond. Assign sessions to swimmer profiles, add notes, and review your full history with split times, filtered by swimmer. Built for coaches, parents, and swimmers who want a simple tool that works poolside without the bloat. Features: • Real-time lap counter with split and elapsed times • Swimmer profiles — track multiple swimmers separately • Session notes — record workout type, conditions, or how you felt • Session history with expandable lap details • Filter and group history by swimmer • Auto-records final lap so you never lose the last split • Screen stays awake during active sessions • Haptic feedback for tactile confirmation • No account required — all data stays on your device
Do Sides?
This app generates personalized swim workouts based on your past activity and fitness level. It delivers sets directly to your Apple Watch and tracks your progress, including personal records and milestones. Designed for former competitive swimmers seeking structure.
- Personalized workout generation
- Apple Health integration
- Apple Watch delivery
- Progress tracking
- PR detection
- Periodization and deload weeks
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You used to be really good at swimming. Now you swim at the public lap pool. You share lanes with snorkel triathletes. You're trying to get back, but you don't have time to think about what to swim every time you show up. Do Sides? builds your set so you don't have to. OVERLY-COMPLEX™ WORKOUT GENERATOR The app reads your swim and every other workout from Apple Health, runs a 10-step calculator (recovery score, stimulus rotation, rest-corrected yard budgets, progressive breathing sets) and builds a workout that fits what you've actually been doing this week. EN1, EN2, EN3, SP, technique. Proper periodization. Deload weeks. Benchmark sets every 4th week. Shapes rotate automatically — no back-to-back repeats. DELIVERED TO YOUR APPLE WATCH Lock in the set and it goes straight to your Watch via WorkoutKit. Send-offs, rest intervals, drill instructions — all on your wrist mid-swim. Phone goes in the locker. YOUR PROGRESS, TRACKED The Books tab logs every swim back from Apple Health. PR detection. Lungbuster progression (every 3 → every 5 → every 7 → ladder → every 9 → The Sufferer). Benchmark trending. Milestones. Shareable card for your group chat. WHO IT'S FOR - Former USA Swimming / NCAA swimmers now in their 30s and 40s - Masters swimmers who used to compete and want structure again - Anyone who can recite the difference between EN2 and EN3 from memory (if not, we have a glossary) NOT FOR - Learning to swim - Open water / triathlon training - General fitness (unless you like to push yourself) ON YOUR DATA The app reads Apple Health, read-only. No backend, no account, no third-party analytics, no tracking. Everything stays on your phone. Built with love by Jesse Gill in Portland, OR.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Do Sides? at every 2 days against SwimCount's fortnightly. Do Sides? also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). SwimCount's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SwimCount against 5.0 for Do Sides?. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
SwimCount ships an update fortnightly, Do Sides? every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SwimCount | Do Sides? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brandon Wilson | Jesse Gill |
Customer experience
SwimCount
Do Sides?
In-app purchases
SwimCount
No in-app purchases
Do Sides?
No in-app purchases









