DotVision Motion vs Garmin Dive™
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DotVision Motion
Track your position in real-time during sporting events and compare your performance with competitors. Share your live progress with friends and family, and analyze your race data with detailed online reports. Relive events through live broadcasts or replays.
- Real-time GPS tracking
- Competitor comparison
- Live broadcast of position
- Friends and family following
- Online activity reports
- Event replays
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DotVision Motion is a real-time geolocation platform for sporting events. Participating in an event? Use our GPS tracking to find out where you are on the track and compare yourself to other competitors. Thanks to the live broadcast of your position, allow your friends and family to follow you and see how you're doing. And after the race, analyze your performance through our online activity reports. Watch an event live or replay it, as if you were there! See all of the participants' positions on the track at a glance. Have a friend or family member participating? Follow their progress live and see how they do!
Garmin Dive™
This app serves as a comprehensive diving logbook and planning tool. It automatically records dive data, tracks gas consumption, and supports various diving disciplines. Users can also discover dive sites, manage gear, and share experiences with a community.
- Automatic dive logging
- Gas consumption tracking
- Support for multiple dive types
- Interactive dive site maps
- Gear and service tracking
- Real-time diver monitoring
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Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced diver, Garmin Dive is the ultimate diving companion. Once you pair your phone with a Descent™ dive computer or another compatible Garmin device¹, you can enjoy powerful features like: • Automatic dive logging and gas consumption tracking • Support for recreational and technical scuba diving, including single-gas, multi-gas and closed-circuit rebreather diving • Support for freediving, including apnea, apnea hunt and pool apnea • Interactive maps and dive site search • Viewing and sharing ratings and photos of your dive sites with the community • Tracking dive gear, service intervals and diver certifications • Monitoring other divers in real time with an added Garmin Descent S1 buoy However you enjoy diving, you can plan, log and review your dives with the Garmin Dive app. ¹See a full list of compatible devices at garmin.com/dive Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Privacy Policy: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/privacy/dive/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Garmin Dive™ at 854 against DotVision Motion's 60. Garmin Dive™ also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). DotVision Motion's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Garmin Dive™ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Garmin Dive™ has 854 ratings behind it against 60, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of DotVision Motion's written reviews are positive against 50% of Garmin Dive™'s.
DotVision Motion ships an update every 3 months, Garmin Dive™ every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | DotVision Motion | Garmin Dive™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (60 ratings) | 4.8 (854 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.1% of reviews | 49.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 60 | 854 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 505 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DotVision | Garmin |
Customer experience
DotVision Motion
Garmin Dive™
Bugs and requests
DotVision Motion
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Garmin Dive™
Reported bugs
6 issues- Cannot save dive logs
- Dive sites not found in the app
- Randomly missing dive logs
- Photos not displayed chronologically
- Sync issues with Mk2i device
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- Inability to delete dives and have numbers update automatically
Requested features
6 requests- Dive planner in the app
- Export dive data to other apps
- Ability to combine short dives
- Import dive logs from other software
- More detailed statistics and analytics
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- Offline mode for dive logging
In-app purchases
DotVision Motion
No in-app purchases
Garmin Dive™
No in-app purchases
Questions
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