Comparison

Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer vs Divemates

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

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About

Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer

Transform your Apple Watch Ultra into a comprehensive dive computer for scuba, freediving, and snorkeling. Explore new locations with heatmaps, track your routes, organize underwater media, and share your adventures securely. Plan dives, monitor real-time data, and stay safe with advanced algorithms.

Highlights
  • Dive computer functionality
  • Snorkeling route tracking
  • User-generated dive spot heatmaps
  • Dive log and media organization
  • Pre-dive planner
  • Real-time dive data monitoring
  • Freediving mode with custom alarms
Features
Currently charting
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Dive into a World of Adventure with Oceanic+ on Your Apple Watch Ultra! Ready to make every dive or snorkeling experience an unforgettable journey? Oceanic+ transforms your Apple Watch Ultra into a full-featured dive computer, making it easier to explore the underwater world - from your favorite local spots to the most exotic oceans. NEW FEATURES Explore Like a Local with User-Generated Heatmaps Curious about the best dive spots? Our new heatmaps reveal popular scuba, freediving, and snorkeling locations worldwide or near your hotel. Switch between modes to see where fellow divers have explored and check water conditions reported up to 3 days in advance. Track Your Snorkeling Adventures Each snorkeling session is now mapped out for you! Get a detailed route using GPS data and relive the experience directly on your Apple Watch or iPhone. Your Dive Memories, Perfectly Organized Sorting through your dive photos and videos has never been easier. Our updated interface allows you to quickly organize, color-correct, and relive your underwater moments. Share the Joy, Keep Your Privacy Show off your latest dive location, compete on stats, or share logbooks and photos - only with the people you choose. You control who sees what, ensuring your privacy is always protected. Add your dive buddies, share your underwater adventures, and track your gear from popular brands—or create your own custom descriptions. THE COMPLETE DIVING COMPANION Whether you're planning your next dive, capturing underwater memories, or analyzing your dive stats, Oceanic+ is designed to make the most of your diving experience. • Dive Housing: Scuba and Gauge mode • Apple Watch Ultra: Scuba and Freediving modes • Apple Watch Series 10: Snorkeling mode • Oceanic O.i Wrist Compatibility: sync pre-dive settings and post-dive logbooks between Oceanic+ and the new Oceanic O.i Wrist dive computer • Pre-Dive Planner with real-time conditions, tides, and community insights • No Deco Planner for calculated dives • Real-Time Dive Data with depth, time, and ascent rate monitoring • Activity Map to see all your dives on a world map • Dive Alerts like visual and haptic warnings • 7 Custom Watch Faces to match your style STAY INFORMED UNDERWATER Oceanic+ uses the trusted Bühlmann algorithm to keep you informed during every dive. Plan Like a Pro Set your gas mix, max depth, dive time, and more with our powerful no-deco planner. Track Your Tissues Oceanic+ uses the trusted Bühlmann algorithm to allow you the flexibility of customization and efficiency for your decompression profiles. Get the Big Picture Log dives, photos, videos, and stats with GPS-enhanced details for every location. Explore Freediving With custom alarms, heart rate tracking, and more, our Freediving Mode helps you track every session. Make the Most of Your Dives With features like weight planning and easy dive log and media export, you'll always have the ultimate dive tool with you. PLANS Start with free basic features, or unlock advanced tools and features with plans starting at just $1.99/month, or choose the $129.99 Annual Family plan. Each plan is tailored to fit your needs. With Oceanic+, every dive is a story

About

Divemates

Log your scuba dives, track marine life sightings, and discover dive sites worldwide. Connect with dive buddies and access your dive history, even offline. Your complete dive life in one app.

Highlights
  • Offline dive logging
  • Marine life catalog
  • Dive site discovery
  • Buddy connection
  • Dive history import
  • Digital dive card
Features
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Your whole dive life, in one place. Log every dive. Collect the marine life you spot. Discover 10,000+ dive sites; the conditions, the creatures, and the crew who know them. Never dive alone. Divemates is the all-in-one app for divers: a beautiful logbook, a collectible marine-life catalog, a map of the world's dive sites and shops, and the buddies you'll dive them with. — LOG EVERY DIVE — A gorgeous logbook that takes seconds to fill. • Depth profile, bottom time, and max depth • Conditions: visibility, temperature, current, surge • Gear, gas mix, weights, and suit • Buddies, photos, and notes from the dive • Watch it all add up in your Dive Passport: dives, bottom time, max depth, countries — BRING YOUR WHOLE HISTORY — Already have hundreds of dives? Start with all of them. • Import your logbook from a dive computer export or another dive app • UDDF, DL7, FIT, CSV, JSON, XML, and logbook database files • Every dive arrives as a draft you review before it joins your logbook • Sites matched and duplicates caught, so nothing is logged twice • Connect your Suunto account and new dives sync in on their own • Apple Watch Ultra dives sync straight in through Apple Health — COLLECT THE OCEAN — Spot a creature, log it, and grow your catalog. • A living catalog built on real marine science • Rarity tiers, chase the ones most divers never see • Depth, danger, behavior, and the story of every species • Your sightings, mapped over time — DISCOVER WHERE TO DIVE — 10,000+ dive sites at your fingertips. • Ratings, typical depth, and live conditions • The species divers actually report seeing there • Shore or boat, beginner or advanced • Save sites and plan your next trip — SHOPS & GUIDES — Find the crew that runs your next dive. • Discover dive shops, instructors, and guides • Sort by rating, location, and the sites they know best • Find the pros who fit your next trip — DIVE WITH YOUR MATES — The best part of diving is who you meet. • Add the friends and buddies you dive with • Follow them and see their latest dives • Stay in the loop on what your crew is logging and spotting • Your dive mates, always with you — ALWAYS WITH YOU, EVEN OFFLINE — Diving happens where there's no signal. Divemates is built for it. • Log every dive fully offline; it all syncs when you're back • Keep every certification and your dive insurance in your Diver Vault • Carry a digital dive card with your certs and cover on it, ready for any shop to scan • Add it to Apple Wallet so it is one tap away and always up to date • Jump right in with Home Screen widgets, Siri, and Spotlight Every dive, remembered. Every creature, collected. Every site, discovered. Download Divemates, and never dive alone.

Screenshots

Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer4 screens
Divemates4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Divemates at 5.0 against Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer's 4.4. Divemates also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer's advantage is ratings volume (4.7K vs 2) and chart position (#76 vs unranked). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Divemates asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Divemates holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer has 4.7K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Divemates's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer ships an update every 4 weeks, Divemates every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer versus Divemates: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOceanic+ Scuba Diving ComputerDivemates
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (4.7K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.7K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#76 — better—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHuish Outdoors, LLCDivemates LLC

Customer experience

Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer

All ratings4,722 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral3.9%
Negative12.2%
Written reviews2,017 reviews
Positive62.4%
Neutral8.9%
Negative28.8%

Divemates

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes or freezes during dives
  • Dive data not syncing correctly between devices
  • Incorrect depth/time recording in some cases
  • Unexpected switches between dive and snorkel modes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to manually add/edit past dives
  • Option to customize data screens and information displayed
  • Automatic dive mode activation upon submerging
  • Air integration with tank pressure monitoring
  • Offline functionality and dive log backup

Divemates

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer

Subscriptions5
  • Snorkeling+$1.991 Month
  • Freediving Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Monthly$9.991 Month
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  • Annual1 Year trial$79.991 Year
  • Annual Family1 Year trial$129.991 Year
One-time2
  • One day$0.99
  • One Day$4.99
None

Divemates

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer free?
Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Divemates free?
Divemates is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer or Divemates?
Divemates is rated higher. Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer averages 4.4 out of 5 from 4.7K ratings, while Divemates averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer or Divemates have ads?
Neither Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer nor Divemates shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer or Divemates?
Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer ships an update every 4 weeks, and Divemates every 2 days. Most recently, Oceanic+ Scuba Diving Computer was updated on October 31, 2026 and Divemates on October 31, 2026.

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