Comparison

Diveplanner Tec & Rec vs DiveMaps

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

Head to head
About

Diveplanner Tec & Rec

Plan technical and recreational scuba dives with detailed gas management, decompression schedules, and contingency planning. This tool helps divers quickly create and share dive plans for various depths and conditions.

Highlights
  • Technical and recreational dive planning
  • Multi-gas and CCR dive schedules
  • Bühlmann decompression model (ZH16L-C)
  • Automatic contingency plans
  • Gas requirement and weight calculation
  • Dive table generation
  • Metric and Imperial units
Features
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Plan your technical or recreational dives in seconds on your iPhone, iPad and Mac ! Diveplanner is a full featured planner for technical and recreational scuba diving. It features various modules to quickly plan one or multiple dives including gas contingency and oxygen toxicity. Diveplanner was designed as a safe and reliable tool for divers. It helps plan technical and recreational dives quickly and easily and to share the schedule instantly with your dive buddy. Dive planning module: • Open Circuit / CCR, multi gas, decompression dive schedules up to 300 m/985 ft deep in fresh water or saltwater (including E​N13319) at sea level or altitude • Uses Bühlmann decompression model ZH16L-C with user selectable gradient factors as conservatism • Multi level dive instructions • Full automatic gas switch (from the list of selected gas for the dive) or manual gas switch or a mix of both • Full automatic contingency plans computation (lost decompression or travel gas) and ++ (too long/too deep) plans • Automatic bailout plan computation in CCR mode • Various information, caution or warnings for deep END, high or low PPO2, Setpoint, ICD, vestibular DCS due to ICD on gas switch • Computation of gas requirement and gas weight • Account for up to 6 consecutive dives with surface interval to account for residual saturation at start of the current dive • Works in Metric or Imperial units Dive table module: • Open Circuit / CCR, multi gas decompression dive table up to 66 m/210 ft deep and 60 min bottom time, in freshwater or saltwater (​including EN13319) at sea level or altitude • Uses Bühlmann decompression model ZH16L-C with user selectable gradient factors as conservatism • Account for up to 6 consecutive dives with surface interval to account for residual saturation while computing the dive table • Works in Metric or Imperial units • Translated in English, French and German

About

DiveMaps

Discover detailed underwater routes and log your dives with this comprehensive scuba diving application. It offers a free logbook, educational tests, and a diving encyclopedia, all created by experienced divers.

Highlights
  • Detailed underwater route maps
  • Free dive logbook
  • Diving encyclopedia
  • Educational tests
  • Diver-created content
Features
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DiveMaps is an app made by divers for divers. Here you can find detailed maps of underwater routes, a free logbook, tests, a diving encyclopedia and much more.

Screenshots

Diveplanner Tec & Rec4 screens
DiveMaps3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Diveplanner Tec & Rec at 3.1 against DiveMaps's 1.0. Diveplanner Tec & Rec also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 2). DiveMaps's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3). On price, review sentiment, ads 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. Diveplanner Tec & Rec sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. DiveMaps asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Diveplanner Tec & Rec holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of Diveplanner Tec & Rec's written reviews are positive against 25% of DiveMaps's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Diveplanner Tec & Rec versus DiveMaps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiveplanner Tec & RecDiveMaps
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (7 ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews25.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSensetrails LLCNDL, UCH

Customer experience

Diveplanner Tec & Rec

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral28.6%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.0%

DiveMaps

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Diveplanner Tec & Rec

One-time3
  • Two weeks free trialFree
  • Tec Basic$7.99
  • Tec Advanced$19.99
None

DiveMaps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Diveplanner Tec & Rec free?
Diveplanner Tec & Rec is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DiveMaps free?
DiveMaps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Diveplanner Tec & Rec or DiveMaps?
Diveplanner Tec & Rec is rated higher. Diveplanner Tec & Rec averages 3.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while DiveMaps averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Diveplanner Tec & Rec or DiveMaps have ads?
Neither Diveplanner Tec & Rec nor DiveMaps shows ads.

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