Comparison

Swim Coach Toolkit vs SwimDeck

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

Head to head
About

Swim Coach Toolkit

Manage swim and dive teams with this comprehensive toolkit. Import rosters and meet entries, track results, generate custom practice sets, and analyze performance data. All features are available for free.

Highlights
  • Roster & Athlete Management
  • Meet Entry & Results Tracking
  • Practice Generation & Editing
  • Time Standards & Team Records
  • Customizable Reports
  • Precision Stopwatch & Pace Calculator
Features
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Leave your HyTek Team Manager Windows Device at the pool? Want to make edits to your lineup on the bus? Or want to get a jump start on your team's entries instead of doomscrolling during your athletics meeting? The Swim Coach Toolkit takes care of this all for free. Roster & Athlete Management — Import rosters directly from Hy-Tek Team Manager via ZIP, iCloud Drive, OneDrive, or Google Drive. Store athlete profiles, class years, graduation years, USSID numbers, and event best times. Meet Entry — Import meet ZIP files from any cloud location or local storage. Enter individual and relay entries, assign heat and lane assignments, and export entries back to Team Manager format. Full Dive Entries for E-Dive with export Dive List entry, contains a picker with searchable dive list. Meet Results — Import results from Hy-Tek Meet Manager. View results by event or by athlete with place, time, splits, and calculated points. Choose from NCAA or NFHS scoring formats — championship or dual meet — and recalculate points any time. Ability to upload or snap a picture of a practice and automatically convert to text. Age Group Specific Entries now only show athletes of that age group Japan Web-SWMSYS Entry CSV/PDF Entry Export SPLASH, Thailand, Guam HyTek CSV Entry Export Practice Generator, Practice Editor, Practice Writer. - Active Yardage calculations, Attendance with editable attendance codes and suite of reports Time Standards & Team Records — Create custom standard sets (conference cuts, school A-standards) with rapid numpad entry. The event list auto-advances as you go so you can enter an entire set in under a minute. Store program records by event, gender, and type with holder names, dates, and meet details. REPORTS — All exportable as print-ready PDFs Best Times — roster-wide personal records by event and gender Meet Entries by Athlete — complete entry card for every swimmer Meet Entries by Event — full heat sheet by event Meet Results — formatted results with splits and points column Season Points Total — individual scoring across multiple meets and a full season date range Event Entry Totals — entries-per-athlete summary against meet limits Time Standards Achieved — every athlete who has hit a custom standard or NCAA D1, D2, or D3 cut, with their best time alongside the qualifying mark Birthday Report — roster sorted by upcoming birthday BACKUP & RESTORE — Full data backup exports to a single .swimbackup file. Restore on any device, with a choice of merge or full replace. Cloud storage is fully supported for all imports. Hy-Tek Team Manager and Meet Manager file formats (.HY3, .CL2, .ZIP) are supported throughout. OTHER COACHING TOOLS Precision Stopwatch — Split every swimmer in real time. Lap times are saved automatically so you can review every split after practice. Leave Time Generator — Enter your interval and the number of repeats, and the app calculates every departure time for the set. Supports pace clock starts, odd/even intervals, set patterns, and automatic rest calculation. Race Pace Calculator — Work backward from a goal time to see what split the swimmer needs to hold, or project a final time from a known split. Covers every standard distance from 50 to 1650 yards. Swim Course Converter — Convert times between SCY, SCM, and LCM instantly. Includes NCAA Division I equivalency calculations when converting from meters. NCAA Standards — The full 2026–27 qualification standards for Division I, II, and III — men's and women's — always available offline. 2025-2026 standards available for comparison.

About

SwimDeck

Features
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Ditch the soggy paper clipboards and fragile spreadsheets. SwimDeck is the ultimate offline-first poolside companion built specifically for swim coaches to manage squads, track attendance, time multi-lane sets, and monitor swimmer progression directly on the deck. Engineered specifically for high-glare outdoor pools and high-humidity indoor aquatic centers, SwimDeck features an ultra-responsive, high-contrast user interface with large touch targets designed for fast, one-handed poolside use. KEY FEATURES FOR SWIM COACHES: ONE-TAP ATTENDANCE & ROSTER MANAGEMENT - Organize swimmers into custom training squads (Elite, Junior, Masters, Learn-to-Swim). - Track attendance in seconds with swift gestures for Present, Absent, or Tardy states. - View instant attendance summaries and squad percentage metrics. - Keep emergency contacts, dates of birth, and swimmer notes at your fingertips. MULTI-LANE CHRONOMETER & SPLIT TIMING - Built-in multi-athlete poolside stopwatch for real-time practice timing. - Record split times and finish times across multiple lanes simultaneously. - Instant lap recording paired directly to swimmer profiles. SMART WORKOUT BUILDER & SWIM-MATH ENGINE - Create, edit, and store swim practices and structured training routines. - Built-in swim-math parser automatically understands standard set notation (e.g. 10 x 100m @ 1:45). - Instant calculations for total workout distance, interval targets, and target pacing. PERSONAL BESTS (PB) & PERFORMANCE ANALYTICS - Automated PB dashboard tracking times across Long Course Meters (LCM), Short Course Meters (SCM), and Short Course Yards (SCY). - Squad leaderboards filtered by stroke (Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Butterfly, IM), distance, course type and age group. - Log a time straight from the stopwatch and see instantly whether it is a new personal best. CERTIFICATIONS & SKILL PROGRESSION - Track stroke mechanics, safety badges, and squad advancement criteria. - Enroll swimmers into skill progression levels and update status as they master drills. 100% OFFLINE-FIRST & DECK-READY UX - Zero internet needed on deck: all data stays safe and secure on your local device. - High-contrast themes designed to combat harsh sun glare and poolside reflections. - Large, forgiving touch targets tailored for wet hands and quick execution. Transform how you run your swim practices. Download SwimDeck today and step onto the pool deck with confidence!

Screenshots

Swim Coach Toolkit4 screens
SwimDeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SwimDeck at 15.0 against Swim Coach Toolkit's 18.0. On price, update cadence, 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

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

Swim Coach Toolkit ships an update fortnightly, SwimDeck every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Swim Coach Toolkit versus SwimDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwim Coach ToolkitSwimDeck
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBradford WilderMarco Lenzo

In-app purchases

None

Swim Coach Toolkit

No in-app purchases

None

SwimDeck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Swim Coach Toolkit free?
Swim Coach Toolkit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SwimDeck free?
SwimDeck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Swim Coach Toolkit or SwimDeck have ads?
Neither Swim Coach Toolkit nor SwimDeck shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Swim Coach Toolkit or SwimDeck?
Swim Coach Toolkit ships an update fortnightly, and SwimDeck every 3 weeks. Most recently, Swim Coach Toolkit was updated on October 24, 2026 and SwimDeck on October 24, 2026.

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