Comparison

Gas Blender Toolkit vs ToolsX

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

Head to head
About

Gas Blender Toolkit

This comprehensive toolkit assists scuba divers in calculating and blending various gas mixtures like trimix, nitrox, and heliox. It offers features for both partial pressure and continuous blending, cost calculation, and utilizes ideal and real gas models for accuracy. Optimized for larger screens, it serves as a successor to a previous diving application.

Highlights
  • Partial pressure blending
  • Continuous blending
  • Trimix, nitrox, heliox calculations
  • Ideal and real gas models
  • Cost calculation
  • Top off from storage
Features
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Gas Blender Toolkit is a comprehensive, purpose-built calculator for technical and recreational scuba divers who blend their own breathing gases. FUNCTIONS • Partial-pressure gas blending with freely configurable fill order • Continuous / delta-gas blending method • Decanting from a storage bank, with calculation of the number of possible fills • MOD / END tables for standard scuba gases • pSCR loop oxygen-reduction calculation at constant volume ratio • CCR rebreather diluent END calculator for any depth and chosen PPO2 setpoint FEATURES • Real gas (Van der Waals) or ideal gas calculations • Cost calculation for each gas fill • Fully customizable standard gas list • Accounts for gas heating during filling • Clean, fast and easy to use • Available in English, German, Russian and Spanish Gas Blender Toolkit is the completely rewritten successor to the DIR-Wetnotes app, redesigned from the ground

About

ToolsX

Features
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ToolsX is the gas calculator for technical and recreational diving: plan the right mix, check safety limits and get the exact blending recipe, all in one beautifully designed app. GAS PLANNER • Automatic nitrox or trimix recommendation from depth and max ppO2 • Live MOD, END, ppO2 at depth and gas density • Density warnings (5.2 and 6 g/L thresholds) and mix depth ceiling • Manual trimix analysis with free O2/He input and "oxygen is narcotic" option MIX RECIPE • Enter your starting and target mix: the app computes the exact helium, oxygen and air additions • Fill sequence picked automatically from all 6 permutations to minimize the transient ppO2 peak • Step-by-step breakdown with tank pressure and ppO2 after every addition BLEND STUDIO • Direct partial-pressure trimix blender • Step blending mode (add He, O2, air) with final mix and ppO2 peaks • Manual sequence override when you need it PRESETS • Save and recall complete gas, tank and blending setups • Metric (m, bar, L) or imperial (ft, psi, ft³) units with automatic conversion Italian and English interface, instant calculations as you type, Liquid Glass design built for iOS 26. Note: ToolsX is a planning aid. It does not replace technical training, gas analysis procedures or your dive computer. Always dive within the limits of your certification.

Screenshots

Gas Blender Toolkit4 screens
ToolsX4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ToolsX at Free against Gas Blender Toolkit's $2.99. ToolsX also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). Gas Blender Toolkit's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

ToolsX is free to download; Gas Blender Toolkit costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gas Blender Toolkit ships an update every 9 days, ToolsX every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Gas Blender Toolkit versus ToolsX: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGas Blender ToolkitToolsX
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperOleg GurevichMATTEO GARZULANO

In-app purchases

None

Gas Blender Toolkit

No in-app purchases

None

ToolsX

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gas Blender Toolkit free?
Gas Blender Toolkit costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ToolsX free?
ToolsX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gas Blender Toolkit or ToolsX have ads?
Neither Gas Blender Toolkit nor ToolsX shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gas Blender Toolkit or ToolsX?
Gas Blender Toolkit ships an update every 9 days, and ToolsX every 3 days. Most recently, Gas Blender Toolkit was updated on October 21, 2026 and ToolsX on October 5, 2026.

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