Comparison

Taper Swim vs Swimlog

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

Head to head
About

Taper Swim

Effortlessly log swim workouts by simply photographing your practice whiteboard. The app automatically extracts sets, distances, and intervals, creating a detailed workout breakdown. Track your progress, add notes, and easily share your performance.

Highlights
  • Instant whiteboard capture
  • Automatic workout breakdown
  • Workout journal with notes
  • Searchable swim history
  • Shareable workout cards
  • Supports yards/meters, SCY/SCM
Features
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Snap your whiteboard. Your workout logs itself. Taper reads the sets, distances, and intervals from any practice whiteboard. No typing, no spreadsheets. Just take a photo, and it's done. Getting started with Taper is free. FEATURES • Instant capture: photograph any whiteboard, get a full workout breakdown • Workout journal: log how you felt and tag your session • Your history: every swim, searchable and filterable • Progress dashboard: weekly trends and your swims by course • Share-ready cards: export any workout in one tap • Groups: train with your team and share daily workouts • Yards or meters, short course or long course Built for competitive swimmers, club athletes, and anyone who actually cares. TAPER PRO An optional subscription for unlimited workout uploads. $0.99 per week or $3.99 per month. Terms of Use: https://taper.fit/terms Privacy Policy: https://taper.fit/privacy

About

Swimlog

This app helps competitive swimmers meticulously log their training sets, track season-long progress, and manage race performance. It allows for detailed capture of workouts, analysis of training volume and intensity, and team collaboration features. Built for serious swimmers, it supports various strokes and course types.

Highlights
  • Structured set logging with shorthand
  • Scan coach's whiteboard into editable sets
  • Import Apple Watch pool swims
  • Track training volume, intensity, and stroke mix
  • Manage upcoming meets and personal bests
  • Team log for shared training volume and collaboration
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. 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 Explore the preview before creating an account. Swimlog requires a Swimlog Pro monthly or yearly subscription after account setup. 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

Taper Swim4 screens
Swimlog4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Taper Swim at 12 against Swimlog's 1. On price, rating, 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. Taper Swim sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Swimlog sells 3 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 Taper Swim against 5.0 for Swimlog. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Taper Swim has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Taper Swim versus Swimlog: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTaper SwimSwimlog
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionSubscription
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB100 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSung Joo LimEdward Baltaza

Customer experience

Taper Swim

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Swimlog

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Taper Swim

Subscriptions6
  • Taper Pro (Weekly)$0.997 Days
  • Taper Pro Freemium (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Taper Pro Referral (Monthly)$4.991 Month
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  • Taper Pro (Monthly)$5.991 Month
  • Taper Pro Referral (Yearly)$39.991 Year
  • Taper Pro (Yearly)$49.991 Year
3 purchases

Swimlog

Subscriptions2
  • Swimlog Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Swimlog Pro Yearly7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Swimlog Pro Lifetime$169.99

Questions

Is Taper Swim free?
Taper Swim 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, Taper Swim or Swimlog?
Taper Swim and Swimlog are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 12 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Taper Swim or Swimlog have ads?
Neither Taper Swim nor Swimlog shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Taper Swim or Swimlog?
Taper Swim ships an update every 5 days, and Swimlog every 5 days. Most recently, Taper Swim was updated on October 28, 2026 and Swimlog on October 28, 2026.

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