Comparison

SwimCount vs Limit

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time lap counter
  • Split and elapsed time tracking
  • Multiple swimmer profiles
  • Session notes
  • Detailed session history
  • Screen stays awake during sessions
  • Haptic feedback
Features
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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

About

Limit

Features
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Limit is the app for climbers who train with a coach. Your coach builds the program. You open the app and do the work. Every session your coach assigns shows up on your home screen, in order, with exactly what to do: the climbs, the hangs, the sets, the targets. No spreadsheets, no screenshots of a Google Doc, no guessing what Tuesday means. LOG IT WHERE IT HAPPENS Log grades, attempts, and sends between burns, not from memory two hours later. Hangboard work captures grip position, load, and duration. Strength work captures sets and RPE, and notes capture anything else your coach should know about your session. SEE IT PAY OFF Your grade pyramid, flash rate, max hangs, and strength numbers, plotted over weeks and months. See your progress in real-time with real data. TALK TO YOUR COACH Message your coach directly in the app. Send photos and video clips of attempts. All communication in one easy to access place. THE PLAN, VISIBLE See the whole training cycle: what this week holds, what the next block looks like, and how today fits into it. WORKS AT THE CRAG No signal at the boulders? Limit stores everything on your phone and syncs when you are back on the grid. A dead zone never loses a session. NO NOISE No ads, no feed, no streaks to fake. Just your training, in order. Limit is for athletes whose coach runs their coaching on Limit. The app is free for athletes; your coach sends the invite. If you are a coach, find us at limit.coach.

Screenshots

SwimCount4 screens
Limit4 screens

Verdict

The call

SwimCount and Limit are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SwimCount ships an update fortnightly, Limit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SwimCount versus Limit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwimCountLimit
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrandon WilsonGunnar Autterson

In-app purchases

None

SwimCount

No in-app purchases

None

Limit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SwimCount free?
SwimCount is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Limit free?
Limit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SwimCount or Limit have ads?
Neither SwimCount nor Limit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SwimCount or Limit?
SwimCount ships an update fortnightly, and Limit every 2 weeks. Most recently, SwimCount was updated on October 31, 2026 and Limit on October 29, 2026.

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