Swim.com vs Open Water Swim
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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 **
Open Water Swim
Track, analyze, and relive your open water swims with GPS-accurate data. Discover curated routes, share your progress with friends, and log your swim history.
- GPS-accurate swim tracking
- Curated swim route discovery
- Official event tracking
- Swim history and performance analysis
- Social feed for group swims
- One-tap sharing of swim summaries
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Open Water Swim — Built by Open Water Swimmers, for Open Water Swimmers Whether you’re training for a triathlon, swimming with friends, or just chasing your next ocean high — Open Water Swim helps you track, analyze, and relive every stroke with confidence. Designed exclusively for Apple Watch and iPhone, this is the premier app made specifically for the open water swimming community — tested and trusted by real open water swimmers. • Explore Curated Swims Looking for a new route? Explore a hand-picked directory of curated swims around the world. Review entry and exit advice, check for local hazards, and find the perfect spot for your next open water adventure. • Track with Precision Get real-time, GPS-accurate data on your swim: distance, pace, duration, heart rate, and energy burned. • Swim Official Events Participating in a partnered race? Open Water Swim is the official tracker for select global events. Just swim the course, and our tech will automatically tag and verify your official completion. • See Where You Swam Relive your favorite swims on stunning satellite or topographic maps — complete with heart rate graphs and detailed performance insights. • Swim Social Automatically detect group swims and see your friends’ sessions in a community feed that brings the joy of open water right to your pocket. • One-Tap Sharing Send beautifully designed, data-rich swim summaries to your friends and training partners — it’s simple, visual, and highly satisfying. • Your Complete Swim Log Keep a beautiful history of all your swims, track your monthly progress, and analyze your long-term trends. Noticed something off with a route? Send your swim log straight to our team for review with a single tap. Whether you’re a weekend warrior, competitive athlete, or ocean-loving soul — Open Water Swim is your ultimate companion in the water. We handle the tracking. You focus on the swim. Download now and dive in.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Swim.com at none against Open Water Swim's 2. Swim.com also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 34) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). Open Water Swim's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (50% vs 41%). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Open Water Swim sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Swim.com asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Swim.com against 4.3 for Open Water Swim. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Swim.com has 1.1K ratings behind it against 34, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 41% of Swim.com's written reviews are positive against 50% of Open Water Swim's.
Swim.com ships an update monthly, Open Water Swim every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swim.com | Open Water Swim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.1K ratings) — better | 4.3 (34 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.4% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 34 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Spiraledge | Intrit LLC |
Customer experience
Swim.com
Open Water Swim
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
Open Water Swim
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Swim.com
No in-app purchases
Open Water Swim
- Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
- Annual Subscription1 Month trial$34.991 Year









