Comparison

SwimFlowState vs Swimlog

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

Head to head
About

SwimFlowState

This app offers AI-powered personalized training plans for swimmers of all levels. Discover and follow hundreds of workouts, track your progress with detailed stats, and connect with a global swim community. Share achievements and compete on leaderboards.

Highlights
  • AI-powered personalized training plans
  • Discover and follow hundreds of workouts
  • Track progress with detailed stats
  • Global leaderboards and rankings
  • Shareable achievement cards
  • Team and community chat features
  • Social feed for swim updates
Features
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Swim Flow State is the all-in-one training app built by swimmers, for swimmers. Whether you're a beginner learning freestyle or a competitive athlete chasing PRs, Swim Flow State gives you everything you need to train smarter and stay connected. AI-POWERED TRAINING PLANS Tell us your experience level, pool type, and goals — our AI builds a personalized weekly training plan just for you. Plans adapt as you progress, generating new weeks automatically so you never run out of workouts. DISCOVER & FOLLOW WORKOUTS Browse hundreds of practices organized by category — Freestyle, IM, Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Sprint, Distance, and more. Every workout includes detailed set breakdowns with warm-ups, main sets, and cool-downs. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Log every practice with total yards, duration, and optional selfies. Watch your stats grow — total yards swam, time in the water, weekly streaks, and more — all from your profile. COMPETE ON THE LEADERBOARD See where you rank among the top 50 swimmers worldwide. Filter by this week, this month, or all time. Represent your country and climb the rankings. SHARE YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS Create beautiful, customizable share cards with swimming lane visualizations, multiple color themes, and your personal stats. Share to Instagram, iMessage, or anywhere. CONNECT WITH YOUR TEAM Join or create group chats for your swim club, training group, or friends. Stay motivated together and share tips in real time. SOCIAL FEED & STORIES Post completions, like and comment on teammates' workouts, follow your favorite swimmers, and share stories. Swim Flow State is your swim community. Start your journey today. Discover. Train. Connect. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Swimlog

Log and track every aspect of your swimming workouts. Analyze your training progress with detailed charts and share your progress with your team. Export your data for further analysis.

Highlights
  • Log structured swim sets in shorthand
  • Scan coach's whiteboard into editable sets
  • Import Apple Watch and Garmin pool swims
  • Track progress with detailed charts
  • Create and join teams to share swims
  • Export workout data as CSV or JSON
Features
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Every set. Every swim. One logbook. Swimlog is the training log for competitive, college, masters and committed swimmers. Capture practice in swimming shorthand, preserve the structure of every set, and see how your training builds over time. LOG YOUR WORKOUTS • Type structured sets in swimming shorthand • Scan the coach's whiteboard into editable sets • Build and edit complete workouts set by set • Import compatible Apple Watch pool swims through Apple Health • Manually import Garmin pool swims from FIT files Review your draft, correct it and log what you actually swam. Open a previous workout to edit it or reuse its sets for your next swim. KEEP YOUR HISTORY CLOSE Browse your swims in a clear native logbook. See daily distance bars, your weekly total and swim count at a glance. Search by title, stroke, note or date, then open a workout to see its complete sets, duration, effort and notes. SAVE YOUR FAVORITES Keep workouts you want to swim again in your own Favorites library. Save your own workout or star one shared by a teammate. Find it from Workouts, edit its title, course or sets, and use it for a future swim. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Explore training through charts for distance, swim days, recorded time, stroke mix, effort and equipment. Choose a week, month, three months or a year, browse earlier periods, and tap a chart to explore the details. Missing time and effort stay clearly marked. TRAIN WITH YOUR TEAM Create or join a team and follow your group's shared swims. Clear posts show the swimmer, workout details and sets. React, comment and reuse a teammate's workout for your own session. See upcoming practices and meets in the team schedule. Team owners can add practices, meets and other events, and attach a workout to a practice. Members can respond Going or Can't go and subscribe to the schedule in their calendar app. TAKE YOUR DATA WITH YOU Export workout summaries and detailed sets as CSV, or your complete training data as JSON, for spreadsheets and your own analysis. BUILT FOR SERIOUS SWIMMING • SCY, SCM and LCM courses • Freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, IM, kick, drill and pull • Send-offs, rest, effort, equipment, notes and repetition times • Local-first logging with cloud sync • Optional reminders • No ads Try entering a swim and preview your week before creating an account. Save your first workout when you sign up. Continued access requires a Swimlog Pro monthly or yearly subscription. Eligible users may receive a 7-day free trial. Prices and eligibility are shown before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled in App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://swimlog.dev/terms Privacy Policy: https://swimlog.dev/privacy

Screenshots

SwimFlowState4 screens
Swimlog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Swimlog at every 5 days against SwimFlowState's every 3 weeks. SwimFlowState's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SwimFlowState sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Swimlog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SwimFlowState against 5.0 for Swimlog. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SwimFlowState ships an update every 3 weeks, Swimlog every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
SwimFlowState versus Swimlog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwimFlowStateSwimlog
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBraden SheehanEdward Baltaza

In-app purchases

2 purchases

SwimFlowState

Subscriptions2
  • Swim Flow State Premium(Monthly)7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Swim Flow State Premium(Yearly)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
2 purchases

Swimlog

Subscriptions2
  • Swimlog Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Swimlog Pro Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is SwimFlowState free?
SwimFlowState is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Swimlog free?
Swimlog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SwimFlowState or Swimlog?
SwimFlowState and Swimlog are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SwimFlowState or Swimlog have ads?
Neither SwimFlowState nor Swimlog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SwimFlowState or Swimlog?
SwimFlowState ships an update every 3 weeks, and Swimlog every 5 days. Most recently, SwimFlowState was updated on October 31, 2026 and Swimlog on October 31, 2026.

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