# Swim by American Red Cross

> Water safety for everyone!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id785356681](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id785356681)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id785356681`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** American Red Cross
- **Category:** Education
- **Rating:** 3.90 / 5 (25 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.1.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-01
- **First published:** 2014-01-06
- **Size:** 83 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/swim-by-american-red-cross/id785356681)
- **Website:** [https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/water-safety.html](https://www.redcross.org/get-help/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies/types-of-emergencies/water-safety.html)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.redcross.org/privacy-policy](http://www.redcross.org/privacy-policy)

## Description

Water Safety for the entire family. 

Children and adults can have fun learning to be safer in and around water with Swim by the American Red Cross and sponsored by The ZAC Foundation. Knowing how to swim is exciting and opens the door to many opportunities, but water is not without risk. Learning to enjoy the water safely should be the first step for anyone who will be around water. 

Swim helps the entire family by focusing on water competency which involves a combination of being water smart, having water safety and survival skills, and knowing what to do in a water emergency. This app teaches users the layers of protection to prevent drowning and about risks around water at home, in other environments, such as lakes, rivers and oceans, as well as in risky situations, such as group gatherings involving water. 

Swim helps get the most out of Red Cross swim lessons with a skills progress tracker, sharable badges, videos and more while making learning fun!

Specific features include:
- Proactive drowning prevention guidance, including how to provide active supervision around water and choosing a quality swim lesson program.
- Videos, infographics and links to additional resources for adults to help further understanding. 
- A Kids section with water safety messages using memorable phrases to reinforce learning.
- Sharable badges for adults and children to reward achievements for mastering knowledge and/or skills.
- Videos that show what performance to expect during the progression of learning to swim. 
- Charts to track the skills and water safety topics your young swimmer will learn at each Learn-to-Swim level.

Learn to enjoy the water safely with Swim by the American Red Cross.

## Rankings

- #242,729 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the app for tracking multiple children, easy progress tracking, and helpful safety content, but report stability and compatibility issues on iOS 11 devices, data bugs across profiles, and a need for more instructor tools and reliable class-finding features. The app offers strong value for families and instructors when it runs smoothly.

### Pros

- Ability to track multiple children with individual profiles and monitor progress.
- Easy progress tracking with one-touch skill completion.
- Badges and videos motivate kids and reinforce water safety learning.
- Valuable water-safety information and lesson content for both families and instructors.
- Helpful for parents and instructors to stay engaged during lessons.

### Cons

- Frequent crashes and stability issues; the app won't stay open on some devices.
- iOS 11 compatibility problems; not updated for latest iPhone OS.
- Skill toggling bugs where changing a skill on one child affects another child's profile.
- Insufficient instructor tools; lack of rosters, schedules, and progress-tracking features for instructors.
- Find Classes feature is confusing or not reliable, and there's no easy way to share progress with parents.

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