Padlie vs Spreadsheet: plan in 5 minutes, share with one link
Excel looks free — until you count the hours spent formatting cells, and last Tuesday's session is nowhere to be found. Padlie is built for swimming: a session structured in 5 minutes, shared with your swimmers in one link, and your whole history still there. 320+ coaches have already ditched the spreadsheet.
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At a glance
The real differences
Sharing. On Excel: an export, an attachment, and "do you have the latest version?". On Padlie: one link. The swimmer opens the day's session, up to date, with nothing to install.
History. Your Excel files end up scattered across your desktop, the cloud and your emails — and last January's workout, you can't find it anymore. Padlie archives every session automatically: you find it in three seconds.
Mobility. Excel on a phone, on the pool deck, means zooming and scrolling every which way. Padlie is readable and usable right where you actually coach.
Swimming structure. Excel doesn't know zones, strokes or drills: you rebuild everything by hand. Padlie speaks swimming — you compose with the right blocks in a few minutes.
Time. That's the real cost of Excel: "free", but paid in hours of formatting. Padlie has a permanent free plan — and gives you those hours back.
Who is it for?
Excel is fine if you coach twice a month and keep your sessions to yourself.
Padlie as soon as you plan every week, follow a team, or are tired of reformatting the same sets.