Nitrox Tools vs DIVE Magazine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nitrox Tools
This app provides essential tools for divers to plan and blend enriched air nitrox. It calculates dive parameters like equivalent air depth and maximum operating depth, and supports various blending methods for custom gas mixes. Easily switch between metric and imperial units and save custom settings for frequent use.
- Enriched air nitrox blending
- Dive planning calculations
- Equivalent Air Depth (EAD)
- Partial Pressure of Oxygen (PPO2)
- Maximum Operating Depth (MOD)
- Save custom mixes and settings
- Metric/Imperial unit switching
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Enriched Air Nitrox blending and planning tools in your hand and available at a touch. You can use these tools at your air station to provide the information you need to fill a Nitrox tank from any existing mix (or empty). Dive Planning tools provide your Equivalent Air Depth, PPO2 at your planned depth, Maximum & Contingency Operating Depth at various oxygen partial pressures and the "best mix" for a planned depth and oxygen partial pressure. You can easily switch between Metric and Imperial/U.S. systems of measurement to adapt to a new fill station. The dive planning tools also support both salt and fresh water calculations. Chances are you regularly work with a specific set of mixes and and common dive situations. Nitrox Tools includes the convenience of saved settings that you can recall at a touch and adjust to a new situation as needed. You can also select mix values using pre-installed default mixes or your own saved custom mixes. When updating one of the mixes for a tool you are offered a list of saved mixes that you can use directly or adjust as needed. You can save the currently displayed mix by clicking the "+" button. Just like with the saved calculations, you can re-arrange or delete any mixes in your saved list. Do you need to share your planning or blending calculations with other divers? All the tools have the ability to share the results of the calculations from within the application. You can set default email addresses and a subject within Nitrox Tool's settings that will be automatically added when you share a result. Nitrox Tools supports a number of blending methods: • Top Up - blend a final mix from starting mix and pressure using 100% oxygen and air or any available topping mix. • Bleed Down - save expensive oxygen and valuable time by easily calculating how much gas to bleed from an existing cylinder to switch to a different mix using air or any available topping mix. • Mix + Mix - make a specific final mix using the remaining gas in the cylinder and mixing that with banked Nitrox (rather than pure oxygen) and air or another topping mix. This enables the blending of Nitrox without the use of pure oxygen for certain combinations of mixes. Avoiding pure oxygen may increase the safety of the blending process and help manage the cost. • Top Off - determine the expected result from topping an existing cylinder with air or some other topping mix. This situation is common when a diver wants to have the blender top the mix remaining from the first dive with air from the boat's compressor. Remember you must always personally analyze your mix before diving it. This application is not a substitute for proper training and should not be used as a substitute for proper dive planning or the primary Nitrox blending and planning methods taught during training. Please do not attempt to handle high pressure oxygen or fill SCUBA cylinders without proper training.
DIVE Magazine
Access the latest diving news and a monthly roundup of past articles for free. Subscribers unlock a vast archive of content dating back to 2010, including digital magazine issues with stunning photography and in-depth articles.
- Latest diving news and ocean stories
- In-depth diving destination guides
- Monthly article roundups
- Archive of digital magazine issues
- Full-page and mobile-optimized viewing
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With our mobile friendly app you can get all the latest news from DIVE for free and access a handy-round up of previous articles each month. And subscribers can access a vast archive of DIVE articles going back to 2010 including digital versions of our beautiful quarterly magazine brimming with top rate articles and awesome photographs. The DIVE app is the perfect way to browse ALL our content from your phone or tablet: • DIVELIVE Keeps you update with all the latest diving and ocean stories - travel guides, kit reviews, in-depth articles, videos and stunning photographs • DESTINATIONS In-depth guides to the world's top diving areas including the Philippines, the Bahamas and Malta • DIVE ISSUES A full archive of monthly issues going back to May 2010 and all our quarterly, collector magazines which can be viewed either as full pages or optimized to be read on your mobile We have been producing DIVE for more than 20 years - the magazine, website, newsletter and app that divers deserve! The DIVE Magazine subscription on iOS is available as follows: ∙Annual digital subscription for £10.49 ∙Payment will be charged to your iTunes account on confirmation of purchase ∙Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period ∙Account will be charged for £10.49 renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period depending on subscription plan ∙Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase ∙No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period The DIVE magazine privacy policy may be found here http://divemagazine.co.uk/privacy and the DIVE magazine terms of use may be found here http://divemagazine.co.uk/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: DIVE Magazine at Free against Nitrox Tools's $5.99. DIVE Magazine also leads on ratings volume (13 vs 4). Nitrox Tools's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 11). On review sentiment, update cadence, ads and device support 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
DIVE Magazine is free to download; Nitrox Tools costs $5.99 up front. DIVE Magazine sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $13.99 per year. Nitrox Tools asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nitrox Tools holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 13 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Nitrox Tools's written reviews are positive against 95% of DIVE Magazine's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Nitrox Tools ships an update every 5 months, DIVE Magazine every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nitrox Tools | DIVE Magazine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.4 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.5% of reviews | 95.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Greg Mclaughlin | Connected Digital Ltd |
Customer experience
Nitrox Tools
DIVE Magazine
Bugs and requests
Nitrox Tools
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
DIVE Magazine
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes and freezes when accessing back issues
- Download issues and unreliable offline access
- Forced review popups that cannot be dismissed
Requested features
4 requests- Offline download and reading support
- Improved navigation and user experience
- More interactive and multimedia content
- Expanded coverage of cold water diving
In-app purchases
Nitrox Tools
No in-app purchases
DIVE Magazine
- Dive Subscription - With Full Access to All Issues$13.991 Year
- July 2010 Issue - Dive Magazine$3.99
- June 2010 Issue - Dive Magazine$3.99
- May 2010 Issue - Dive Magazine$3.99
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- August 2010 Issue - Dive Magazine$3.99
- September 2010 Issue - Dive Magazine$3.99
- October 2010 Issue - Dive Magazine$3.99
- Dive Magazine Issue November 2010$3.99
- Dive Magazine Issue December 2010$3.99
- Dive Magazine Issue January 2011$3.99
- February 2011 Issue - Dive Magazine$3.99
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