Comparison

PADI Adventures vs Ambar Journey Planner

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

Head to head
About

PADI Adventures

Easily book scuba diving and snorkeling trips, as well as courses, anywhere in the world. Find dive centers, compare prices and schedules, and secure your spot with online booking and payment. Save your preferences for quick checkout and get notified about upcoming trips from your favorite centers.

Highlights
  • Worldwide online booking for fun dives
  • Book diving and snorkeling courses
  • Compare dive center prices and schedules
  • Secure online payment
  • Save personal and payment information
  • Receive notifications for favorite dive centers
Features
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Finally true online booking of fun dives and courses worldwide! Whether you're looking to book some diving locally in your home country or while on vacation abroad, the PADI Adventures app is all you need. No more need to spend hours searching the Internet or walking from door to door to find dive centers and get their prices and schedules. No more need to phone or send emails ahead to secure your spot. All the information at your fingertips with easy online booking and payment through the app. You can even save your personal and payment information, as well as rental equipment preferences, to enable 1-click checkout. And if you link your account to your favorite dive center, you will automatically be informed of their upcoming dive trips and courses. Booking underwater adventures has never been easier.

About

Ambar Journey Planner

Plan your road trips and visualize weather conditions along your entire route. This app helps you anticipate road conditions and prepare for your journey.

Highlights
  • Weather visualization for driving routes
  • Journey planning
  • Road condition preparedness
  • Route-based weather forecasts
Features
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Ambar lets you see the weather along any driving route. Plan your journeys and be prepared for road conditions.

Screenshots

PADI Adventures4 screens
Ambar Journey Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Ambar Journey Planner at 5.0 against PADI Adventures's 4.0. PADI Adventures's advantage is ratings volume (65 vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ambar Journey Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PADI Adventures has 65 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PADI Adventures versus Ambar Journey Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPADI AdventuresAmbar Journey Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (65 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings65 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPADI Travel AGYuvraj Sethia

Customer experience

PADI Adventures

All ratings61 ratings
Positive70.5%
Neutral6.6%
Negative23.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral11.1%
Negative38.9%

Ambar Journey Planner

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PADI Adventures

No in-app purchases

None

Ambar Journey Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PADI Adventures free?
PADI Adventures is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ambar Journey Planner free?
Ambar Journey Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PADI Adventures or Ambar Journey Planner?
Ambar Journey Planner is rated higher. PADI Adventures averages 4.0 out of 5 from 65 ratings, while Ambar Journey Planner averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do PADI Adventures or Ambar Journey Planner have ads?
Neither PADI Adventures nor Ambar Journey Planner shows ads.

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