Comparison

Swimlog vs SwimSet

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

Head to head
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

About

SwimSet

Features
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Plan your next swim, follow its sets, and keep an honest record of what you completed. SwimSet connects your weekly plan, pool session and coach-readable report in one swimmer’s logbook. PLAN BEFORE YOU SWIM Schedule sessions separately from completed workouts. Set your pool course, strokes, repetitions, distance, equipment and notes. Add target times and send-offs, or build editable repeats from a chosen pace and rest. See planned and recorded weekly distance side by side. FOLLOW THE SESSION Use a saved session on iPhone or send its structured plan to Apple Watch. Start, pause and recover your place. Record a completed or skipped repeat and enter actual swim times yourself. An expired countdown never invents a completed lap. Watch results stay saved until the phone confirms receipt. REVIEW AND REUSE Keep partial sessions, correct repeat results and compare consistency across timed repeats. Untimed repeats retain distance without an invented pace. Create another plan from your current log or reuse the complete original plan, including unfinished repeats. KEEP YOUR SWIMMING HISTORY Log standard or custom pool lengths in meters or yards. See pace per 100 and even splits, compare matching timed sets, review stroke breakdowns and your recent 28-day training rhythm. Keep personal bests, confirm a timed repeat as a record, set season goals and schedule swim reminders. Workout Library and Pool Deck Mode remain available. PREVIEW AND SHARE PDFs Read a session-plan PDF before sharing. Export current workout cards or a separate original repeat report with planned and recorded distance, actual times and notes. Export workout sets and personal bests as CSV. APPLE HEALTH AND PRIVACY Optionally view completed swimming workouts from Apple Health in a clearly identified, read-only view. Health data is not copied into the logbook or iCloud. No separate SwimSet account, ads or tracking. Your logbook uses your device and private iCloud across iPhone, iPad and supported Macs. FREE AND PRO Try one saved item per category for free: a workout, a personal best and a season goal, with pace tools and stroke breakdowns. Pro adds unlimited records and season goals, scheduled plans and pace-based sets, guided phone and Watch sessions, repeat results and corrections, plan reuse, Workout Library, Pool Deck Mode, Health swim viewing, Training Rhythm, PDF reports and CSV exports. The complete feature list and a real PDF sample are visible on the paywall. Pro updates are included while you have Pro access; existing purchases keep their access. Choose monthly, yearly or one-time lifetime access. The App Store shows the current localized price before purchase. Eligible introductory offers state their later renewal price and can be skipped. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in Settings > Apple Account > Subscriptions. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current period. Terms: Apple Standard EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://innovalabworks.com/a/swimset/privacy This is a manual planning and recording tool, not automatic lap detection or medical advice. Train within your limits.

Screenshots

Swimlog4 screens
SwimSet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Swimlog at every 5 days against SwimSet's every 2 weeks. SwimSet's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Swimlog sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and SwimSet sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swimlog ships an update every 5 days, SwimSet every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Swimlog versus SwimSet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwimlogSwimSet
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdward BaltazaInnovaLabWorks

In-app purchases

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
3 purchases

SwimSet

Subscriptions2
  • SwimSet Pro$5.991 Month
  • SwimSet Pro$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • SwimSet Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Swimlog free?
Swimlog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SwimSet free?
SwimSet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Swimlog or SwimSet have ads?
Neither Swimlog nor SwimSet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Swimlog or SwimSet?
Swimlog ships an update every 5 days, and SwimSet every 2 weeks. Most recently, Swimlog was updated on October 28, 2026 and SwimSet on October 11, 2026.

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