Comparison

Dive Check vs Oceanus

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Dive Check

Create and share comprehensive gear checklists for diving trips. Ensure nothing is forgotten with customizable lists and reminders. Perfect for divers, snorkelers, and anyone carrying extensive equipment.

Highlights
  • Create custom checklists
  • Share lists with friends
  • Set reminders
  • Use default checklists
  • Edit and modify lists
  • Add new items
Features
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Dive Check is useful and simple to use application for creating checklists for scuba divers, technical divers, snorkelers and everyone else who carries a lot of gear on locations, and needs to make sure that nothing is forgotten, or misplaced. Did you ever want to send a list of equipment to your dive buddy or friend, so they don't forget something on the next diving trip? With Dive Check you can create a list and share it with as many friends as you want to, set reminders, and never miss a dive due to forgotten equipment or gear. - Use Default Checklists - Create Reminders - Create Empty or Template Checklists - Edit, Delete, or Modify Checklists - Add New Items in Checklists - Send (Share) Checklists with friends Enjoy Dive Check, and Safe Diving!

About

Oceanus

Features
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Log the dive. Name what you saw. Keep both in one place. Oceanus is a scuba and freediving logbook with an AI marine species identifier built in. Record depth, time, tank and conditions — then point your camera at a fish and pin it to the dive it came from. THE LOGBOOK - Log by hand in under a minute: date and time, duration, max and average depth, location - Import straight from a .FIT file exported by a Garmin dive computer, depth profile included - Read the depth profile as a chart on the detail screen - Scuba and freediving are both first-class types - Conditions: salt, fresh or brackish water, water temperature, visibility from poor to excellent - Gear: suit from shorty through 3/5/7 mm wetsuit, semi-dry and drysuit; tank from aluminum 63 through steel 120, doubles and sidemount; start and end pressure - Free-text title and notes on every entry - Link the species you identified to the dive they belong to - Everything syncs to your account and follows you to any device you sign in on AI SPECIES IDENTIFICATION - Point the camera at a fish, shark, ray or invertebrate and get an identification back - Species profiles with scientific name, depth range, geographic regions, danger level and conservation status - Browse the catalog by category: fish, sharks, rays, mammals, reptiles, mollusks, crustaceans, cnidarians - Save any species to favorites - Everything you identify joins your personal collection DIVERS, NOT JUST DIVES - Find divers by nickname, follow them, and watch their diving arrive in the Friends feed - Like the ones you enjoyed - 34 achievements, from your first identification to a full-category sweep - A global leaderboard scored on Ocean Score, recalculated nightly: species x10, identifications x2, achievements x25, streak x5 - A certification wallet for your scuba, freediving, specialty and first-aid cards. Medical entries stay private and are never published. - Share an entry as a sticker sized for Instagram Stories PREMIUM Premium unlocks AI Dive Story: turn a photo from a diving trip into a cinematic underwater scene. A monthly generation limit applies and is shown in the app. WHO IT IS FOR Recreational scuba divers who want the logbook on their phone instead of in a soggy paper book. Freedivers. Snorkelers. Anyone who surfaces with a photo of a fish and no idea what it was. Available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian. Oceanus does not replace your dive computer and is not a dive planner. It does not calculate decompression or no-stop limits. Always dive within your training and follow your computer.

Screenshots

Dive Check4 screens
Oceanus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dive Check at none against Oceanus's shown. Dive Check also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dive Check sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Oceanus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dive Check ships an update every 4 days, Oceanus every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dive Check versus Oceanus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDive CheckOceanus
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAXIS ProductionsMikhail Listratsenka

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dive Check

One-time1
  • Dive Check Full Version$2.99
2 purchases

Oceanus

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Dive Check free?
Dive Check is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Oceanus free?
Oceanus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Dive Check or Oceanus have ads?
Oceanus shows ads; Dive Check does not.
Which is updated more often, Dive Check or Oceanus?
Dive Check ships an update every 4 days, and Oceanus every 5 days. Most recently, Dive Check was updated on November 2, 2026 and Oceanus on November 10, 2026.

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