Comparison

Buddy vs DIVEROUT

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

Head to head
About

Buddy

This app is a comprehensive companion for divers, offering features to log dives, manage gear, and connect with a community of ocean enthusiasts. It provides tools for both free and premium users to enhance their underwater adventures and discover new diving experiences.

Highlights
  • Dive Log recording and validation
  • Buddy network and activity feed
  • Gear management
  • Offline access to certifications
  • Buddy Radar for finding dive buddies
  • Discover feed for underwater content
Features
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Dive into adventure with Buddy, the ultimate companion for divers of all levels! Buddy makes diving accessible, exciting, and safe with both free and premium features that transform your underwater experiences. FREE FEATURES Dive Log: Record dives, validate them with instructors, add buddies, businesses, and share your adventure! Buddy Discover Activity: Build a network of divers, by viewing their dive log activity in the homepage diver feed of content. Gear Management: Add your gear to your profile and link it to dive logs. Offline Mode: Access certifications and log basic dive details, even offline. Discover Feed: Explore a live feed of Buddy activity and inspiring underwater content. PREMIUM FEATURES Buddy Radar: Meet dive buddies near you or at trip destinations for only $2.99/month or $29.99/year. Color-Correction Filters (Coming Soon): Enhance your underwater photos with professional-quality filters. COMING IN 2025 Dive Computer Integration (Coming Soon): Sync your dives directly to your Buddy profile. Book activities with verified dive shops worldwide through Buddy. Join the Buddy community and take your diving adventures to the next level!

About

DIVEROUT

This app transforms your Apple Watch into a comprehensive dive computer for scuba, freediving, and snorkeling. It offers AI-powered color correction for underwater photos and videos, advanced freediving training tools, and a community for connecting with other divers.

Highlights
  • Apple Watch dive computer functionality
  • AI underwater photo/video color correction
  • Freediving training and testing
  • Dive computer logbook integration
  • Dive community and buddy tracking
  • Dive site and shop exploration
Features
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DIVEROUT is an all-in-one dive companion for Apple Watch Ultra, dive log management, underwater media, freediving training, and dive trip planning. It is built for divers who want one place to plan, dive, import, improve, remember, and share their underwater life without splitting every step across separate tools. • Apple Watch Ultra dive computer Turn Apple Watch Ultra into a real-time dive computer for scuba, freediving, and snorkeling. DIVEROUT supports automatic water detection, depth, temperature, battery, no-decompression limit, safety stops, decompression planning, ceiling estimates, time-to-surface, ascent-rate tracking, Air and Nitrox, and the Bühlmann ZH-L16C model with Gradient Factors. Keep the key dive information on your wrist, whether you are checking the plan before entry, monitoring your profile underwater, or reviewing the session after surfacing. • AI tank pressure prediction Plan dives with more confidence even without a transmitter. After a few dives with simple input, DIVEROUT learns your breathing and gas consumption patterns, then estimates gas trends from depth and time. • Dive computer import Bring your logbook together from major dive computers and dive platforms, including Garmin Dive, Suunto, Shearwater, Diverlog+, Oceanic, Oceanic+, Apple Watch, PADI, SSI, ATMOS, UDDF, and more. Instead of leaving your dive history scattered across devices and accounts, DIVEROUT helps you keep depth, time, gas, media, notes, and training records in one organized logbook. • AI underwater color correction Restore blue and green underwater photos and videos with one tap. DIVEROUT supports photo and video enhancement, batch processing, and fine tuning for clearer memories from every trip. • Freediving and apnea training Run apnea tests and training sessions from your wrist, track progress over time, and save every session automatically to your dive log. DIVEROUT helps freedivers keep training history connected with the rest of their underwater activity, from casual pool sessions to ocean dives. • Logbook, community, and buddies Record depth, bottom time, gas mix, marine life, notes, media, and shared dives. Follow divers, share stories, manage dive buddies, and keep your dive history connected. • Dive shops and trip planning Find trusted dive shops and dive sites worldwide, browse details and reviews, filter by location and service, and plan your next underwater adventure with less friction. Whether you are preparing a local weekend dive or a longer dive trip, DIVEROUT helps connect planning, diving, logging, media, and community in one workflow. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://diverout.com/privacy

Screenshots

Buddy4 screens
DIVEROUT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Buddy at 4.3 against DIVEROUT's 3.7. Buddy also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 65%) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). DIVEROUT's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Buddy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and DIVEROUT sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Buddy holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 26 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Buddy's written reviews are positive against 65% of DIVEROUT's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Buddy ships an update monthly, DIVEROUT weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Buddy versus DIVEROUT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuddyDIVEROUT
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (49 ratings) — better3.7 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews — better65.5% of reviews
Number of ratings49 — better26
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB292 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDive with Buddy, Inc.DIVEROUT Tech Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Buddy

All ratings49 ratings
Positive75.5%
Neutral10.2%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews39 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative15.4%

DIVEROUT

All ratings26 ratings
Positive61.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative30.8%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive65.5%
Neutral3.6%
Negative30.9%

Bugs and requests

Buddy

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Buddy radar not working
  • App crashes and becomes unresponsive
  • Login issues (email not found)
  • Draft dives appearing in public searches
  • Deleted drafts still appearing publicly
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  • Verification issues for certifications
  • App freezes and spins when adding info

Requested features

7 requests
  • Open to dive status to link people
  • Ability to import/export data
  • Direct data download from dive computers
  • Support for technical diving features (e.g., double tanks, trimix volumes)
  • Inclusion of smaller certification organizations (GUE, UTD)
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  • Booking features
  • More ways to connect with other divers

DIVEROUT

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Buddy

Subscriptions2
  • Buddy Radar: Monthly1 Month trial$3.991 Month
  • Buddy Radar: Annual1 Month trial$29.991 Year
14 purchases

DIVEROUT

Subscriptions10
  • Watch - Snorkeling Month$0.991 Month
  • Watch - Freediving Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Mobile+ Month$2.991 Month
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  • Watch - Freediving Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Watch - Scuba Diving Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Watch - Snorkeling Year3 Days trial$7.991 Year
  • Watch - Scuba Diving Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Mobile+ Year$23.991 Year
  • Watch - Scuba Diving Half-Year$39.996 Months
  • Watch - Scuba Diving Yearly1 Year trial$63.991 Year
One-time4
  • AI Credit Starter Boost$2.99
  • AI Credit Dive Trip Boost$6.99
  • AI Credit Ocean Pack Boost$17.99
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  • Apple Watch+ Lifetime$159.99

Questions

Is Buddy free?
Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DIVEROUT free?
DIVEROUT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Buddy or DIVEROUT?
Buddy is rated higher. Buddy averages 4.3 out of 5 from 49 ratings, while DIVEROUT averages 3.7 from 26 ratings.
Do Buddy or DIVEROUT have ads?
Neither Buddy nor DIVEROUT shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Buddy or DIVEROUT?
Buddy ships an update monthly, and DIVEROUT weekly. Most recently, Buddy was updated on October 24, 2026 and DIVEROUT on October 25, 2026.

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