Comparison

Diveplanner Tec & Rec vs BlendJunk

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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Diveplanner Tec & Rec plans recreational and technical dives, on open circuit or closed circuit rebreather (CCR), in a few taps, and keeps your logbook. PLAN • Bühlmann ZH-L16C decompression model with your gradient factors • Open circuit and CCR, down to 300 m / 985 ft, in salt, fresh or EN 13319 water, at sea level or at altitude • Multi-level dives, multi-gas decompression with automatic or chosen switch depths • Contingency plans computed for you: deeper, longer, lost deco gas, GF 100 and the CCR bailout • Warnings for ppO2, END, gas density, isobaric counter diffusion, CNS and OTU • The decompression chart of each plan: the profile, the tissues' ceilings at GF 100 and at your gradient factors, the leading tissue • A dive day of as many repetitive dives as you need, with their surface intervals • Saved plans in folders, shared as files GAS • Describe your cylinders: the plan gives the pressure at the end of the dive, the turn pressure, the rock bottom and the maximum bottom time your gas allows • Gas needed by volume and weight, per gas TABLES • Dive tables by depth and bottom time for your own gases, gradient factors and conditions, with the previous dives of the day • Share or print the table as a PDF TOOLS • Gas blender: partial pressure blending of nitrox, trimix and heliox from what is left in the cylinder, ideal or real gas; the best mix for a depth from your ppO2, END and gas density limits, and the cylinder label • Tides: the tide of a day anywhere at sea, from the nearest NOAA tide station or the EOT20 global tide model, its high and low waters, and the tidal currents and slack waters of a nearby current station, read to the minute on the chart LOGBOOK • Log your dives by hand, from a plan, or download them over Bluetooth from a Shearwater dive computer (Petrel 2, Perdix, Perdix AI, Nerd 2, Teric, Peregrine), with the profile, stops, gases and sensor values • Photos, dive sites on a map, statistics, tags, search and filters • Synchronised between your iPhone, iPad and Mac with iCloud • Export to UDDF, Subsurface, CSV, a PDF logbook and .divelog archives; import UDDF and Subsurface SHARE • Ready-to-cut dive schedules as a PDF, for your buddy or your slate: every plan, the gas and cylinders, CNS, OTU and warnings EVERYWHERE • iPhone, iPad and Mac • Metric or imperial units • In 12 languages, each with its user guide LICENCES • Rec, free: one gas, air or nitrox up to 40 %, down to 66 m / 210 ft • Tec Basic: up to 3 gases, nitrox up to 100 %, normoxic trimix and triox • Tec Advanced: unlimited gases and depth, hypoxic trimix • Try every feature free for 2 weeks Diveplanner is a planning aid. It does not replace training, experience, a dive computer or your own judgement: always dive within the limits of your certification.

About

BlendJunk

Features
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BlendJunk is the gas blending app for technical divers and fill stations. Connect your oxygen analyzer wirelessly via Bluetooth and let the app do the rest. ANALYZE Connect your OxyJunk, Divesoft or DNA analyzer via BLE. The app instantly shows your O₂ and He values and automatically calculates the MOD based on your ppO₂ limit. BLEND Enter your start and target pressure, choose your target mix and BlendJunk calculates exactly how much of each gas to add. Including fill order and top-up gas selection. PRINT Print a professional cylinder label with all gas data directly to your Brother label printer. Scan a cylinder with NFC or QR and the cylinder ID appears automatically on your label. WIRELESS Connect your wireless pressure sensor (WLB-PT) to automatically read cylinder pressure. No more manual input needed. FLEXIBLE No analyzer at hand? Enter your values manually and use BlendJunk as a standalone blend calculator. Features: • Bluetooth connection with OxyJunk, Divesoft and DNA analyzers • Trimix, Nitrox and Heliox support • Automatic MOD calculation • Gas blend calculator with fill steps • NFC and QR cylinder identification • Direct label printing via Brother QL-1110NWB - QL710W • WLB-PT wireless pressure sensor support • Works offline, no account needed Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Diveplanner Tec & Rec4 screens
BlendJunk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Diveplanner Tec & Rec at Free against BlendJunk's $3.99. BlendJunk's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Diveplanner Tec & Rec is free to download; BlendJunk costs $3.99 up front. Diveplanner Tec & Rec sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. BlendJunk asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diveplanner Tec & Rec ships an update every 3 months, BlendJunk every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Diveplanner Tec & Rec versus BlendJunk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiveplanner Tec & RecBlendJunk
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating3.1 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB38 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSensetrails LLCRogier Visser

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Diveplanner Tec & Rec

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

BlendJunk

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Diveplanner Tec & Rec free?
Diveplanner Tec & Rec is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BlendJunk free?
BlendJunk costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Diveplanner Tec & Rec or BlendJunk have ads?
Neither Diveplanner Tec & Rec nor BlendJunk shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Diveplanner Tec & Rec or BlendJunk?
Diveplanner Tec & Rec ships an update every 3 months, and BlendJunk every 2 weeks. Most recently, Diveplanner Tec & Rec was updated on October 16, 2026 and BlendJunk on October 15, 2026.

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