Comparison

STRIKER™ Cast vs DivePlot

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

Head to head
About

STRIKER™ Cast

Enhance your fishing trips by wirelessly connecting your mobile device to a portable sonar unit. Visualize fish and underwater structures in real-time, with options for traditional sonar or ice fishing modes. Create custom maps and mark your favorite fishing spots for easier returns.

Highlights
  • Wireless sonar streaming up to 200'
  • Displays fish and structure in detail
  • Traditional 2-D sonar and ice fishing modes
  • Automatic setting adjustments
  • Custom map creation with 1' contours
  • Mark favorite fishing spots
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Why guess where to find fish? See exactly where they’re hiding with STRIKER™ Cast portable fishfinder and the STRIKER Cast app. This app lets you pair your mobile device with the sonar device and start fishing in minutes. Cast from shore, dock or watercraft, and reel back in to locate and display fish on your iPhone or iPad. With the STRIKER Cast GPS model, you can even create your own custom maps with 1’ contours. This app is not intended to be a standalone fishing or sonar app. • Sonar streams wirelessly from up to 200’ away • Displays fish and structure in crisp, easy-to-interpret detail • Choose from easy-to-understand traditional 2-D sonar and ice fishing flasher modes • Includes automatic setting adjustments for gain, range and more • Access maps with up to 1’ contours from the Garmin Quickdraw™ Community or create your own • Mark your favorite fishing spots so you can easily find your way back Make your first cast a STRIKER Cast. Please note: Continuous use of GPS can shorten battery life.

About

DivePlot

Features
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Turn your dive computer log into a beautiful photo overlay. DivePlot reads a dive straight from your dive computer over Bluetooth and turns it into a clean, professional overlay: your depth profile as a graph, live readouts like a dive computer, or both — on top of your own dive photo or as a transparent PNG for your video editor. How it works 1. Connect your dive computer and pick one of your latest dives. 2. Style your overlay: graph lines, colors, line thickness, text fields and a legend. 3. Export to your photo album or share it directly. Overlay studio • Depth, temperature, deco, pO₂ and tank pressure as graph lines — each with its own color and toggle • Dive computer mode: replay your dive with live depth, time, pO₂, temperature, CNS and tank pressure readouts • Scrub to any moment of the dive — the readouts follow • Add your own photo as background, with zoom, pan, dim and blur • Effects below the depth line: darken, grayscale or blur • Draggable text fields (depth, duration, date, time, your name) with size, color, alignment and outline • Legend, line thickness slider and multiple export formats: 16:9, 4:3, 9:16, 3:4, 1:1 and 4:5 • Save your favorite designs and reuse them on the next dive • No photo? Export a transparent PNG to use as an overlay in any video editor Supported dive computers DivePlot connects to the Halcyon Symbios (handset and HUD) over Bluetooth and downloads your most recent dives — including rebreather data such as cell pO₂ and tank pressure. Support for more brands is in the works. No account, no ads, no tracking. Your dives stay on your device. Free version adds a small "created with DivePlot app" watermark; a one-time purchase removes it.

Screenshots

STRIKER™ Cast4 screens
DivePlot3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: STRIKER™ Cast at none against DivePlot's 2. DivePlot's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 15 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DivePlot sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. STRIKER™ Cast asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

STRIKER™ Cast ships an update every 15 months, DivePlot fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
STRIKER™ Cast versus DivePlot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSTRIKER™ CastDivePlot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (176 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings176 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size151 MB58 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGarminRogier Visser

Bugs and requests

STRIKER™ Cast

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • App won't connect to Garmin server after restart
  • Connectivity drops within 30 meters
  • App requires login even in areas with no cell service
  • Device won't reconnect after disconnecting
  • App freezes on certain phone models
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  • Offline functionality unavailable
  • Account creation failures
  • Accuracy degradation over time
  • Requires frequent app restarts

Requested features

14 requests
  • Fish alarm audio notification
  • Split screen sonar and map view
  • Fish size estimation capability
  • Fish species identification
  • Offline map downloading
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  • Integration with Navionics app
  • Regular app updates and improvements
  • Satellite imagery layer for maps
  • Device location tracking if lost
  • Replaceable battery option
  • USB-C charging connector
  • 3D sonar visualization
  • Larger depth and temperature display
  • Lake name identification

DivePlot

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

STRIKER™ Cast

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

DivePlot

One-time2
  • Remove Watermark$2.99
  • Video Export$3.99

Questions

Is STRIKER™ Cast free?
STRIKER™ Cast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DivePlot free?
DivePlot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do STRIKER™ Cast or DivePlot have ads?
Neither STRIKER™ Cast nor DivePlot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, STRIKER™ Cast or DivePlot?
STRIKER™ Cast ships an update every 15 months, and DivePlot fortnightly. Most recently, STRIKER™ Cast was updated on September 23, 2026 and DivePlot on September 11, 2026.

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