Garmin Dive™ vs Interval
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Interval
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Your dives, beautifully remembered. Interval is a personal dive logbook for life underwater. Bring your recorded dive profiles, photos and memories together, then revisit them across your Apple devices. Free, with no subscriptions. IMPORT FROM YOUR DIVE COMPUTER. Bring recorded dives into Interval from a compatible dive computer in just a few taps. Support varies by model and connection. EXPLORE THE PROFILE. MOMENT BY MOMENT. Follow the descent and the way back up. Inspect depth, temperature and the other measurements your computer recorded, moment by moment. PHOTOS, NOTES AND DIVE BUDDIES. Add photos, videos, notes, tags and buddies to every dive. Record conditions and equipment, then choose a favourite moment as the cover. SEE YOUR STATISTICS AT A GLANCE. Look back on your dives, explore your statistics and see your time underwater add up. Return to favourite sites and see where you’ve dived on the map. FIND ANSWERS WITH APPLE INTELLIGENCE. Scan your dive logs with Apple Intelligence to find the answers you’re looking for. Beta. Requires Apple Intelligence on iOS 27, iPadOS 27 or macOS 27. ONE LOGBOOK, KEPT IN SYNC. Your dives, kept in sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV through your own private iCloud. PRIVATE BY DESIGN. Interval has no accounts. No analytics, telemetry, advertising identifiers or tracking. YOUR LOGBOOK GOES WITH YOU. Share dive records with friends, or export your logbook as UDDF whenever you want. Free. No subscriptions. Just diving.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Interval at every 4 days against Garmin Dive™'s every 6 weeks. Interval also leads on device support (5 vs 2). Garmin Dive™'s advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Garmin Dive™ ships an update every 6 weeks, Interval every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Garmin Dive™ | Interval |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (854 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 49.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 854 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 505 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Garmin | Brian Groskamp |
Bugs and 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
Interval
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Garmin Dive™
No in-app purchases
Interval
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Garmin Dive™ free?
Is Interval free?
Do Garmin Dive™ or Interval have ads?
Which is updated more often, Garmin Dive™ or Interval?
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