Comparison

Swim.com vs Workout

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

Workout

Track a wide variety of exercises with detailed metrics and personalized feedback. Monitor your progress, analyze training load, and receive motivational encouragement to optimize your fitness journey.

Highlights
  • Multiple workout types (running, yoga, cycling, etc.)
  • Multisport and custom interval training
  • Real-time key metrics display
  • Running form and cycling power analysis
  • Customizable alerts and voice feedback
  • Training load and progress tracking
  • Motivational workout buddy feature
Features
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Workout with Apple Watch • Scroll through the list of workouts to choose the workout type that best matches what you’re doing, including running, hiking, yoga, and cycling. • Multisport workout supports training for a triathlon or duathlon and includes automatic switching. • Create structured intervals by selecting or building a custom workout. • Receive a reminder to start or end your workout for walking, running, cycling, elliptical, rowing, and swimming. • Raise your wrist to view key metrics, including calories, distance, pace, heart rate, running power, and more during your workout session. • Running form metrics track how efficiently you run and include: Vertical Oscillation, Stride Length, and Ground Contact Time. • Connect Bluetooth-enabled cycling accessories, such as power meters, directly to Apple Watch. • Support for Functional Threshold Power estimates and Power Zones for cyclists with a connected power meter. • Cycling workouts on Apple Watch will start a Live Activity on your paired iPhone to show workout metrics, views, and experiences optimized for the display size of iPhone, which can be mounted to a bike for easy viewing. • Customize alerts based on specific metrics for each workout type, with the ability to receive alerts when going above or below a metric like Pace, Running Power, Cadence, or falling within a target Heart Rate Zone. • With Voice Feedback, workout milestones like pace, speed, distance, progress against goals, and activity rings are announced. • When in an active workout, scroll the Digital Crown to see new Workout views and training experiences, including additional metrics, Heart Rate Zones, and to check your progress against your Activity Rings. • Training load helps you see how the intensity of your workouts may impact your body over time. So you can make informed decisions about how and when to adjust your workouts. • Track the effort of your workouts and use training load to see how your 7-day load compares to your 28-day load. • Get encouragement and stay motivated during your workouts with Workout Buddy. Using Apple Intelligence from your iPhone, Workout Buddy provides you with the right encouragement based on your workout data and fitness history.

Screenshots

Swim.com4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Swim.com at monthly against Workout's every 9 months. Swim.com also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 30). Workout's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Workout holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swim.com has 1.1K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Swim.com's written reviews are positive against 47% of Workout's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swim.com ships an update monthly, Workout every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Swim.com versus Workout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwim.comWorkout
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.1K ratings)4.5 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.4% of reviews46.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better30
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size175 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSpiraledgeApple Inc.

Customer experience

Swim.com

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

Workout

All ratings30 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive46.7%
Neutral26.7%
Negative26.7%

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

Workout

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Swim.com

No in-app purchases

None

Workout

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Swim.com free?
Swim.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Workout free?
Workout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Swim.com or Workout?
Workout is rated higher. Swim.com averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Workout averages 4.5 from 30 ratings.
Do Swim.com or Workout have ads?
Neither Swim.com nor Workout shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Swim.com or Workout?
Swim.com ships an update monthly, and Workout every 9 months. Most recently, Swim.com was updated on October 21, 2026 and Workout on October 24, 2026.

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