What makes a useful swimming training log?
A distance total tells you how far you swam. A training log should also help you remember what you did: the warm-up, main set, strokes, send-offs, equipment and effort. Swimlog records practice set by set so you can return to those details after the session, rather than trying to reconstruct the workout from a weekly total.
If you are choosing the best swimming training log app for your own routine, start with how you capture practice. Swimlog fits swimmers who already have a workout from a coach, a club or their own plan and want a clear record of what they actually swam.
From the pool deck to a saved workout
Type coach shorthand, build and edit sets, or photograph the coach’s whiteboard. Capture opens as an editable draft. Check distances, repetitions, strokes and intervals, make any corrections, then log the session. You can keep notes, equipment, effort and repetition times alongside the sets.
SCY, SCM and LCM courses are supported. Workouts retain their native units, with conversion for display, so yards and metres do not silently become the same number. Local-first logging saves to the phone, and cloud sync keeps your account’s log backed up.
Read the work across a season
Search training history by title, stroke, note or date. Follow volume, active days, stroke mix and consistency, then open a workout for its full set list. Keep upcoming meets and race results with your personal bests. Joining a team adds a shared training log, volume, reactions and comments.
Swimlog is a training log, not a coaching-plan library or a lap-counting watch app. It records structured pool practice; it does not prescribe a progressive training programme. Swimlog imports compatible Apple Watch and other HealthKit pool swims through Apple Health for 25 yd, 25 m and 50 m pools. Access is optional and read-only: workout distance, duration, laps, strokes and timing, with no heart rate, calories, routes or open-water workouts and no writes to Apple Health.
Questions, answered
Which iPhone does Swimlog support?
Swimlog: Pool Tracker requires iOS 18 or later. Find the app by Edward Baltaza under App Store id 6775411816.
Is a subscription required?
Swimlog Pro requires a monthly or yearly subscription after account setup. Eligible users may receive a 7-day free trial. Prices and eligibility are shown before purchase. Manage or cancel subscriptions in App Store account settings.