Comparison

Formula Nova vs Dive Plan

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

Head to head
About

Formula Nova

Experience thrilling arcade-style racing with this free top-view game. Customize your car, compete on leaderboards, and unlock achievements. Additional track and car packages are available for purchase.

Highlights
  • Top-view arcade racing
  • Car customization (color)
  • Multiple control options
  • Leaderboards and achievements
  • Car durability and repair system
  • Realistic car visuals and explosions
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Gamers seeking the excitement, thrill and challenge for race arcade games can now download free Formula Nova for iPod and iPhone, featuring retina display for iPhone 4. Formula Nova is a free iPhone/iPod unic top view racing game, including 2 tracks and 2 different cars, the game also bundles in app purchase for "Package 1" featuring 5 tracks and 5 faster cars with different physic setups, new track packages to be available soon. The game has a leader-board for each track, you can beat your time or your friends from OpenFeint scoreboard. You also have 16 achievements to unlock! Races have turbo points and fix points. Each car features durability, that is the amount of hits a car can have before its engine blows, once your car has been crashed, you will need to run over a fix point to fix it, you still be able to get the turbo, but it will have less effect. Formula Nova brings back the arcade racing style gaming. You can customize your car color and the game control from 3 ways: - tap button to turn - drag steering wheel - accelerometer Featuring realistic cars and awesome explosion effects. Enjoy the game! If you like the game get the Package 1 to unlock faster cars and new tracks.

About

Dive Plan

This app serves as a digital decompression table and logbook for divers. It helps calculate non-stop dive times and log dives, compatible with major diving organizations' tables. It supports both air and enriched air (nitrox) tanks.

Highlights
  • Digital decompression tables
  • Dive logbook
  • Compatibility with major diving organizations
  • Supports air and nitrox tanks
  • Practice for dive certification exams
  • General dive planning guide
Features
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Dive Plan is a dive planning and logbook app for recreational scuba divers. Plan single and repetitive no-decompression dives, work out Nitrox mixes, keep a complete logbook, and check the weather and water temperature at your dive site — all from your iPhone or iPad. PLAN YOUR DIVES • Plan first dives and repetitive dive chains using standard recreational no-decompression tables — pressure groups, no-decompression limits, and surface intervals • Repetitive dives carry each dive's pressure group into the next, with the surface interval pre-filled from real elapsed time • Clear safety-stop guidance (required or recommended) for every dive • The planner won't produce a dive that exceeds no-decompression limits — it tells you instead • Metric or imperial, switchable anytime NITROX / ENRICHED AIR • Set your oxygen fraction (FO2) and partial pressure limit (PPO2) • See maximum operating depth (MOD) and equivalent air depth (EAD) for each dive DIVE LOGBOOK • Record depth, bottom time, date and time, location, tank pressures, air/surface/bottom temperature, gas mix, and notes • Automatic, continuous dive numbering • Review your history on the dashboard: total dives, total bottom time, deepest and longest dives, plus today's dives and your last ten AT-A-GLANCE DASHBOARD • No-Fly countdown based on the DAN Flying After Diving guidelines — 12 hours after a single dive, 18 hours after multiple dives or consecutive days • Readiness: whether your next dive plans as a fresh first dive or a repetitive one, with a live surface-interval timer since your last logged dive • Current weather and sea-surface temperature for your location WEATHER & WATER CONDITIONS • Local forecast — current conditions, highs and lows, wind, and precipitation, powered by Apple Weather • Map view with search and dropped pins to check conditions anywhere • Sea-surface temperature from NOAA satellite data CERTIFICATIONS & CHECKLISTS • Keep your certification cards, with front and back photos, on your device • Build pre-dive and gear checklists and run them before every dive PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your dives, logs, and photos stay on your device and in your own iCloud • No third-party analytics, no advertising, no tracking DESIGNED FOR IPHONE & IPAD • Universal app, all orientations • Light, dark, and system appearance, with optional background themes DIVE PLAN BASIC & PRO Dive Plan is free to use: one dive plan per day, a 20-entry logbook, one certification card, one checklist, and full weather access — free, forever. Upgrade to Pro for: • Unlimited dive planning • Repetitive dive planning with surface intervals • Nitrox / Enriched Air planning • Unlimited logbook entries, certification cards, and checklists • Premium background themes Pro is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Payment is charged to your Apple Account on confirmation. IMPORTANT Dive Plan is a planning aid, not a substitute for proper training, a certified instructor, or a dive computer. Always dive within the limits of your training and certification, verify every plan against your own dive tables and dive computer, and never rely on a single tool. Calculated results are estimates. You are responsible for your own safety in the water. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Formula Nova4 screens
Dive Plan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Formula Nova at 3.4 against Dive Plan's 1.8. Formula Nova also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 37%) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). Dive Plan's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Formula Nova sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Dive Plan sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Formula Nova holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Formula Nova's written reviews are positive against 37% of Dive Plan's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Formula Nova ships an update every 5 months, Dive Plan monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Formula Nova versus Dive Plan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFormula NovaDive Plan
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (21 ratings) — better1.8 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better36.7% of reviews
Number of ratings21 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGil BeyruthAXIS Productions

Customer experience

Formula Nova

All ratings21 ratings
Positive47.6%
Neutral28.6%
Negative23.8%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative22.2%

Dive Plan

All ratings8 ratings
Positive12.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive36.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative63.3%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Formula Nova

One-time1
  • FormulaNova track package 1$2.99
4 purchases

Dive Plan

Subscriptions2
  • Dive Plan Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Dive Plan Pro - Annual$17.991 Year
One-time2
  • Nitrox EANX Mode$2.99
  • Dive Plan Pro Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Formula Nova free?
Formula Nova is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dive Plan free?
Dive Plan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Formula Nova or Dive Plan?
Formula Nova is rated higher. Formula Nova averages 3.4 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while Dive Plan averages 1.8 from 8 ratings.
Do Formula Nova or Dive Plan have ads?
Formula Nova shows ads; Dive Plan does not.
Which is updated more often, Formula Nova or Dive Plan?
Formula Nova ships an update every 5 months, and Dive Plan monthly. Most recently, Formula Nova was updated on October 16, 2026 and Dive Plan on October 15, 2026.

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