MacDive vs DIVEROUT
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MacDive
Log and manage your scuba dives with detailed profiles and images. Track dive sites automatically via GPS and sync data across devices. Supports direct downloads from compatible dive computers and helps manage your gear.
- Detailed dive log profiles
- GPS dive site tracking
- Smart Bluetooth device downloads
- Gear management and service reminders
- Critter cataloging
- iCloud/Dropbox data sync
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View and log your dives on the go. Detailed profiles, images, Smart Bluetooth downloads and more. We've brought the best features of MacDive for macOS to your pocket. MacDive for iPhone can be used as a fully featured standalone dive log, and it also works great in conjunction with MacDive for macOS. • Browse and manage your dive logs on the go. • Use iCloud or Dropbox to keep your data in sync between your iPhone and MacDive for macOS. • Automatic dive site tracking via GPS. Put your iPhone in your dry bag and worry about the details when you're back on land! • Native downloads from supported Smart Bluetooth devices. • Catalogue and identify the critters you've seen, or the ones you want to find. • Manage your gear and let MacDive remind you when a service is due. MacDive supports downloading dives directly from various Smart Bluetooth devices, like the Shearwater Perdix AI and Teric, Suunto D5 and EON Steel, Scubapro G2, Mares Genius and Bluelink, Heinrichs Weikamp OSTC and the Dive Nav DC Buddy (sold separately). See our website for a full list of devices. Please note that continued use of Location Tracking/GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
DIVEROUT
This app transforms your Apple Watch into a comprehensive dive computer for scuba, freediving, and snorkeling. It offers AI-powered color correction for underwater photos and videos, advanced freediving training tools, and a community for connecting with other divers.
- Apple Watch dive computer functionality
- AI underwater photo/video color correction
- Freediving training and testing
- Dive computer logbook integration
- Dive community and buddy tracking
- Dive site and shop exploration
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DIVEROUT is an all-in-one dive companion for Apple Watch Ultra, dive log management, underwater media, freediving training, and dive trip planning. It is built for divers who want one place to plan, dive, import, improve, remember, and share their underwater life without splitting every step across separate tools. • Apple Watch Ultra dive computer Turn Apple Watch Ultra into a real-time dive computer for scuba, freediving, and snorkeling. DIVEROUT supports automatic water detection, depth, temperature, battery, no-decompression limit, safety stops, decompression planning, ceiling estimates, time-to-surface, ascent-rate tracking, Air and Nitrox, and the Bühlmann ZH-L16C model with Gradient Factors. Keep the key dive information on your wrist, whether you are checking the plan before entry, monitoring your profile underwater, or reviewing the session after surfacing. • AI tank pressure prediction Plan dives with more confidence even without a transmitter. After a few dives with simple input, DIVEROUT learns your breathing and gas consumption patterns, then estimates gas trends from depth and time. • Dive computer import Bring your logbook together from major dive computers and dive platforms, including Garmin Dive, Suunto, Shearwater, Diverlog+, Oceanic, Oceanic+, Apple Watch, PADI, SSI, ATMOS, UDDF, and more. Instead of leaving your dive history scattered across devices and accounts, DIVEROUT helps you keep depth, time, gas, media, notes, and training records in one organized logbook. • AI underwater color correction Restore blue and green underwater photos and videos with one tap. DIVEROUT supports photo and video enhancement, batch processing, and fine tuning for clearer memories from every trip. • Freediving and apnea training Run apnea tests and training sessions from your wrist, track progress over time, and save every session automatically to your dive log. DIVEROUT helps freedivers keep training history connected with the rest of their underwater activity, from casual pool sessions to ocean dives. • Logbook, community, and buddies Record depth, bottom time, gas mix, marine life, notes, media, and shared dives. Follow divers, share stories, manage dive buddies, and keep your dive history connected. • Dive shops and trip planning Find trusted dive shops and dive sites worldwide, browse details and reviews, filter by location and service, and plan your next underwater adventure with less friction. Whether you are preparing a local weekend dive or a longer dive trip, DIVEROUT helps connect planning, diving, logging, media, and community in one workflow. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://diverout.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DIVEROUT at Free against MacDive's $9.99. DIVEROUT also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). MacDive's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.7) and in-app purchases (none vs 15). On ratings volume, 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
DIVEROUT is free to download; MacDive costs $9.99 up front. DIVEROUT sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. MacDive asks for nothing beyond the download.
MacDive holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of MacDive's written reviews are positive against 66% of DIVEROUT's.
MacDive ships an update every 2 months, DIVEROUT weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MacDive | DIVEROUT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (59 ratings) — better | 3.7 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.4% of reviews — better | 66.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 59 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 292 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mint Software Ltd | DIVEROUT Tech Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
MacDive
DIVEROUT
In-app purchases
MacDive
No in-app purchases
DIVEROUT
- Watch - Snorkeling Month$0.991 Month
- Watch - Freediving Weekly$1.997 Days
- Mobile+ Month$2.991 Month
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- Watch - Freediving Monthly$3.991 Month
- Watch - Scuba Diving Weekly$4.997 Days
- Watch - Snorkeling Year3 Days trial$7.991 Year
- Watch - Scuba Diving Monthly$7.991 Month
- Mobile+ Year$23.991 Year
- Watch - Scuba Diving Half-Year$39.996 Months
- Watch - Scuba Diving Yearly$63.991 Year
- AI Credit Starter Boost$2.99
- AI Credit Dive Trip Boost$6.99
- AI Credit Ocean Pack Boost$17.99
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- Apple Watch+ Lifetime$159.99









