Comparison

Swimmingly vs Swimmetry

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

Head to head
About

Swimmingly

Streamline swim meet operations with this app, eliminating paper and reducing volunteer needs. It allows iOS devices to manage roles like starter, timer, stroke & turn judge, and scorekeeper. Approved for sanctioned USA Swimming competitions.

Highlights
  • Sanctioned USA Swimming competitions
  • No paper required
  • Digital roles: Starter, Timer, Stroke & Turn Judge, Scorekeeper
  • iPad required for Scorekeeper
  • iOS 16-18 compatible
Features
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Run swim meets faster. Without paper. Swimmingly replaces your entire meet system with in-app timing, officiating, and scoring. No stopwatches. No clipboards. No nonsense hardware. No manual entry. Assign roles across devices: - Starter - Timer - Stroke & Turn Judge - Scorekeeper Each volunteer can simply download the app on their device, setup in minutes, and run the meet. What you get: - Automatic start + timing sync - Real-time judging and DQs - Instant scoring and results - Live publishing to SwimminglyFan App - No data entry after the meet Why teams switch: - Cut meet time - Reduce volunteers needed - Eliminate paper - Improve accuracy Built for real competition & approved for sanctioned USA Swimming competitions. Used by leagues, clubs, and year-round teams. Device support: - iOS 17, 18 & 26

About

Swimmetry

Analyze swimmer performances with advanced visualizations and analytics. Track personal bests against various standards, compare swimmers head-to-head, and monitor team progress. Stay updated on athlete achievements and trends.

Highlights
  • Performance visualizations and analytics
  • Goal and time standard tracking
  • Head-to-head swimmer comparisons
  • Athlete progress monitoring
  • Team analytics
  • USA Swimming time standards
Features
Currently charting
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Maximize your competitive swimming experience with powerful analytics, goal tracking, AI-powered insights, head-to-head comparisons, and professional PDF sharing — all at your fingertips. TRACK GOALS & STANDARDS Visualize each swimmer's journey towards their next milestone. See personal bests against National Age Group (NAG) motivational standards, state/LSC standards, and qualifying standards like Speedo Sectionals and Junior Nationals. Includes all USA Swimming state/LSC time standards. Year-over-year improvement indicators show exactly how much faster your swimmer is getting. COMPARE SWIMMERS See how you stack up against friends, rivals, or swimming legends. Compare lifetime bests, season bests, or best times at the same age — displayed with color-coded heat maps that reveal strengths at a glance. Overlay progression graphs for multiple swimmers side by side. SWIMIQ — AI-POWERED INSIGHTS Get personalized AI analysis for any swimmer: meet recaps, race day planning, qualifying time tracking, and performance highlights — all tailored to your athlete's data. NEW: College Fit — your swimmer's college projection in one tap Wonder where your swimmer might fit in college? College Fit projects their times forward to age 18 across three scenarios — conservative, expected, and aggressive — then ranks NCAA programs by how well they actually match. Every school gets a two-part read: • Conference fit — would they project to score at the conference championship? • Roster fit — would their times earn a spot on this specific team's depth chart? Browse the full ranked best-fits list, or search a specific school. Drill in for event-by-event detail: where they'd place at conference, where they'd rank on the roster, NCAA cuts they'd hit, and how their projection compares to the team's current top swimmers. An AI-generated narrative ties it all together — switch between swimmer-tone and coach-tone for the read that fits you. Filter by school tier (NCAA D1 Power, D1 Mid-Major, D2 — D3 and NAIA coming), conference, target age, and course. Built to grow with the dataset as more programs come online. SWIMMER SNAPSHOT — SHARE YOUR STORY Generate professional PDF reports with one tap. Stroke balance radar, standards achieved, progression charts, and year-over-year trends — beautifully formatted and ready to share with coaches, college recruiters, or family. Export PDFs from Compare, Progression, Rankings, Meet Results, and SwimIQ screens. PROGRESSION & ANALYTICS Review a swimmer's progress over the past three years or set a custom date range. Analyze seasonal trends, identify strengths by stroke, and set realistic expectations for race day. Team analytics let you monitor achievements and average progressions across different groups. DISCOVER & FOLLOW Search for any USA Swimming athlete and add them to your favorites. Get updates whenever they compete in a meet or achieve a new standard.

Screenshots

Swimmingly4 screens
Swimmetry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Swimmingly at 75% against Swimmetry's 25%. Swimmingly also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). Swimmetry's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and chart position (#151 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Swimmetry sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Swimmingly asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Swimmingly holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 84 and 234 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Swimmingly's written reviews are positive against 25% of Swimmetry's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swimmingly ships an update every 6 weeks, Swimmetry fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Swimmingly versus Swimmetry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwimminglySwimmetry
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (84 ratings) — better2.9 (234 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better25.2% of reviews
Number of ratings84234 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#151 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSwimmingly, LLC10KLakes, LLC

Customer experience

Swimmingly

All ratings82 ratings
Positive79.3%
Neutral1.2%
Negative19.5%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral3.6%
Negative21.4%

Swimmetry

All ratings234 ratings
Positive40.2%
Neutral11.5%
Negative48.3%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive25.2%
Neutral15.3%
Negative59.5%

User reviews

Swimmingly

From 84 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Huge time saver
  • 👍 Very easy to use
  • 👍 Makes volunteer lives easier
  • 👍 Parents love live results
  • 👍 Paperless swim meets

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Swimmers not seated right
  • 🐛 Swimmer times are wrong
  • 🐛 Execution is poorly done
  • 🐛 Frustrating to use
  • 🐛 Not worth the fees

Swimmetry

From 234 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great app for tracking stats
  • 👍 Clear standards comparison view
  • 👍 Easy to track progress
  • 💡 Excellent for general purpose
  • 👍 Sleek design and user-friendly interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Buggy and crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Slow updates for meet results
  • 🐛 Inconsistent data and rankings
  • 🐛 Unreliable login and account management
  • 🐛 Glitches when trying to add swimmers

Bugs and requests

Swimmingly

Reported bugs

33 issues
  • Heat sheets have swimmers never seated right
  • Swimmer's times are always wrong and usually random numbers
  • The timer starts before the buzzer so the times are always 1-2 seconds off
  • The moment someone stops a timer the time disappears from the phone
  • Nothing runs smoothly with this app or its web version
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  • Every meet we use it at has delays due to the app not working
  • Coaches don’t know who is DQed so we have to take breaks to tell them
  • Timers continue to struggle and the meet starts and stops for them to reconnect
  • There is no flow and kids end up sitting in the sun burning
  • I have never seen so many swims have to be redone because the times never started, stopped or they can’t save it
  • The starter then reboots and we sit around for 15-30 minutes while they test and talk
  • The issues with timing and the app led to an extra few hours for the first meet and today after 5 hours we had just made 50% through it
  • Always seems to have issues in the middle of a meet
  • Takes a lot of battery life - so you live in fear of losing juice in the middle of the meet
  • Easy to make mistakes and enter the wrong swimmer
  • So many issues with the app so far
  • Meets are basically over by the time race results start coming in
  • Doesn’t matter if you’re on WiFi of cellular
  • Way too many resets
  • Way too many delays
  • You don’t want to deal with connectivity & syncing issues in the middle of a meet
  • The system has too many failure points to be a viable product
  • We stopped using the system after multiple fails (meaning starter getting knocked off of the system; watches/iPhones not starting; timers phones dropping off of the system)
  • Meet Central does not integrate with Meet Manager
  • It is completely unreasonable to expect timers to not switch out of the app at some point in the meet
  • Why does everybody use the same Huddle number?
  • What happens if multiple people try to join as “starters?”
  • Why does it take so long for you to get 16 timers logged into the system?
  • The system is marketed to eliminate volunteers however it takes the same number, requires tech savvy volunteers to run a meet smoothly, and volunteers to print and process ribbons
  • It seems difficult to use with a league that has different configuration of pools with regard to the number of lanes and the length of the pools (meter vs yard pool)
  • Sprint carrier iPhones are inferior and will not work with the system
  • The starter's cord did not work for us
  • I have a newer and updated IPad and it it's not compatible

Requested features

10 requests
  • Coaches tab for splits
  • Spectator tab for parents to follow times/scores
  • Easily backup data during meet
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to enter times manually
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  • Improve app ecosystem integration
  • Improve starter/meet ref visibility of connected timers/judges
  • Reduce time for timers to log in
  • Beta version for testing
  • Shorten meet lengths

Swimmetry

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Crashes when loading upcoming meets
  • Crashes when selecting fastest time
  • Issues with consolidating duplicate athlete entries
  • Reported times not showing on athlete profiles
  • Swimmer data not loading or disappearing
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  • Incorrect gender listed for swimmers
  • Inconsistent rankings for female swimmers

Requested features

7 requests
  • Faster updates for meet results
  • Improved stability and reliability
  • Better account management and login experience
  • Accurate and up-to-date time standards
  • Real-time meet result integration
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  • Support for high school and summer swimming
  • Dynamic font scaling for better readability

In-app purchases

None

Swimmingly

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Swimmetry

Subscriptions2
  • Swimmetry Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Swimmetry Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$12.991 Year

Questions

Is Swimmingly free?
Swimmingly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Swimmetry free?
Swimmetry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Swimmingly or Swimmetry?
Swimmingly is rated higher. Swimmingly averages 4.2 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while Swimmetry averages 2.9 from 234 ratings.
Do Swimmingly or Swimmetry have ads?
Neither Swimmingly nor Swimmetry shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Swimmingly or Swimmetry?
Swimmingly ships an update every 6 weeks, and Swimmetry fortnightly. Most recently, Swimmingly was updated on October 14, 2026 and Swimmetry on October 19, 2026.

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