Comparison

Swim.com vs GoSwim

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

Head to head
About

Swim.com

Automatically record and track your swimming workouts with advanced statistics. Compete with friends and other swimmers on global leaderboards, and access thousands of customizable swim workouts.

Highlights
  • Automatic swim recording with Apple Watch
  • Advanced swim statistics
  • Stroke type and count detection
  • Drill Mode for kick tracking
  • Global leaderboards and friend competition
  • Thousands of customizable swim workouts
Features
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SWIM.COM IS THE ESSENTIAL APP FOR SWIMMERS! Record your swims automatically with your Apple Watch and track your progress with advanced swim stats. Compete on leaderboards, connect with friends and choose a swim workout to challenge yourself. THE BEST SWIM TRACKING APP FOR THE APPLE WATCH. Use the Swim.com app on your Apple Watch to record your swim workouts automatically; no button-pressing required. Detect stroke type, stroke count with the most accurate swimming app available. You can even track kick and other drills with Drill Mode! Swim.com, uses HealthKit to export your Swim.com activities into the Health app and to read swim activity data from other apps such as Apple's Workout app. COMPETE WITH YOURSELF OR WITH THOUSANDS OF POOLS AND CLUBS WORLDWIDE. Motivate yourself by competing with friends in a club or against other swimmers just like you on our global leaderboards. See how you compare to other swimmers at your local club and aim to be the lane leader. SMART WORKOUTS FOR EVERY SWIMMER. Download the app, and get access to thousands of smart swimming workouts for free. Customize and edit workouts using our new workout editor to craft the perfect swim. You can even add your own workouts and share them with our community! Have an issue? ** CONTACT US AT SUPPORT@SWIM.COM **

About

GoSwim

This app offers a comprehensive library of swimming technique videos, developed with Olympic athletes and coaches. It combines educational content with performance data to recommend personalized learning paths for swimmers of all levels. Improve your skills with expert-led instruction and data-driven insights.

Highlights
  • Extensive video library on swimming technique
  • Content developed with Olympic athletes
  • Personalized video recommendations based on data
  • Staged approach to learning fundamentals
  • Expert instruction from coaches and former athletes
  • Official Technique Video App for United States Swimming
Features
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Since 2001, GoSwim.tv has produced over 3,000 videos on swimming technique. We have worked with more than 60 Olympic athletes as well as beginning-level swimmers and all levels in-between. In that time, GoSwim was honored with the Paragon Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame and became the Official Technique Video App for United States Swimming. THERE’S A REASON USA SWIMMING USES GOSWIM Learning the details of swimming is a search, a process with a path toward general improvement, and the need for the individual to follow specific steps suited only to them. GoSwim has produced content that not only follows progressions, patterns, and more general paths, but we’ve also produced content that serves the content that can help the individual learn their specific needs. Because of the vast content library, created over the past 20 years, USA Swimming uses GoSwim videos in its Athlete Development Module for online education. No platform has created as many teaching options for customized learning as GoSwim. WHY YOU SHOULD USE GOSWIM Simply put, we’re real education. Education is now combined with your performance data to recommend the most appropriate videos based on your data. Get the videos you need when you need them the most. Our goal is to help you become the best swimmer you can be. This means a staged approach to learning the fundamentals of swimming. There are things you MUST do to have the CHANCE to reach your potential in swimming. We’ll be honest about how the process takes time,and about how spending more time learning the fundamentals will help you create a better experience long term. There are no shortcuts, just as there are no shortcuts in learning how to play an instrument or learning martial arts. You must mast a step before moving to the next,or the next step won’t be as effective. In other words, we’re honest about the process. WHY DOES GOSWIM UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS SO WELL We’ve lived the process as athletes, coaches, and educators. Co-Founders Glenn Mills and Barbara Hummel had extensive competitive careers. Glenn won the US Olympic Trials, Finaled at World Championships, won the Division 1 NCAA Championships, and has set Masters Swimming World Records. Barbara swam in 2-Olympic Trials, has set Masters World Records, and has been coaching for the past 25 years. Taking a very logical approach to swim, both Glenn and Barbara take an honest approach to teaching, workout creation, and swimmer evaluation. Glenn spent more than 16 months in an RV, traveling the United States. Visiting more than 80 teams and filming more than 10,000 lengths of swimming, he learned the typical problems swimmers have, but more importantly, how to fix them. WHAT SHOULD YOU UNDERSTAND First, knowledge acquisition,or learning a new skill, does take time. Swimming is a complex series of movements that must be coordinated with a balanced body and an understanding of the sequenced timing of each stroke. By creating courses that walk you through the step-by-step building blocks of each stroke, you can take each skill and learn it independently of all the others and master it more completely. Rushing through the process can leave you frustrated with the final result, so we encourage you to take small steps and focus on one skill at a time. While we won’t restrict you from jumping around in the app, most content will follow a learning progression. This means we want you to watch and practice a skill more than just a few times before clicking the “I own it. Ready to move on.” button. You’ll notice you’ll get credit for completing a lesson,and we hope that by the time you finish 100% of the lessons in a course,you’re a better and more knowledgeable swimmer Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase https://www.goswim.tv/terms_of_use
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Screenshots

Swim.com4 screens
GoSwim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Swim.com at none against GoSwim's 3. Swim.com also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 44) and rating (4.4 vs 4.2). GoSwim's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 41%). On price, update cadence, 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. GoSwim sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Swim.com asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Swim.com holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swim.com has 1.1K ratings behind it against 44, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 41% of Swim.com's written reviews are positive against 63% of GoSwim's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swim.com ships an update monthly, GoSwim every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Swim.com versus GoSwim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwim.comGoSwim
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.1K ratings) — better4.2 (44 ratings)
Positive reviews41.4% of reviews62.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better44
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size175 MB142 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSpiraledgeGo Swim Productions, LLC

Customer experience

Swim.com

All ratings1,102 ratings
Positive83.7%
Neutral5.4%
Negative10.9%
Written reviews367 reviews
Positive41.4%
Neutral17.7%
Negative40.9%

GoSwim

All ratings44 ratings
Positive77.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive62.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Swim.com

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashing or freezing during workouts
  • Inconsistent lap/distance tracking
  • Sync issues between app and Apple Watch
  • Inability to properly log or edit workouts

Requested features

5 requests
  • Improved Strava integration
  • Better workout scheduling and notification features
  • Ability to track kick sets and drills
  • More comprehensive data analysis and visualization
  • Seamless sync with Apple Health app

GoSwim

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Swim.com

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

GoSwim

Subscriptions3
  • GoSwim Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • GoSwim Annual7 Days trial$99.991 Year
  • Goswim Coach Annual7 Days trial$124.991 Year

Questions

Is Swim.com free?
Swim.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GoSwim free?
GoSwim is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Swim.com or GoSwim?
Swim.com is rated higher. Swim.com averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while GoSwim averages 4.2 from 44 ratings.
Do Swim.com or GoSwim have ads?
Neither Swim.com nor GoSwim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Swim.com or GoSwim?
Swim.com ships an update monthly, and GoSwim every 5 weeks. Most recently, Swim.com was updated on November 1, 2026 and GoSwim on November 7, 2026.

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