Comparison

Dive List vs Diving Decoder

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

Head to head
About

Dive List

This app provides a reference for diving difficulty tables and allows users to create and calculate dive lists. It includes features for tracking multiple lists, scoring dives, and sharing lists with others.

Highlights
  • FINA Degree of Difficulty Tables reference
  • Dive list creation
  • Quick score calculator
  • Favorite dives
  • Track multiple dive lists
  • Share dive lists
Features
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Dive List provides all the information from the FINA Degree of Difficulty Tables (effective as of 2017) in an easy to use interface. Use it to help craft a dive list for yourself or your diver(s). It also contains a quick score calculator you can use to determine the score of a given dive based on sample judges scores. Mark some of the dives as favorites for quick access. Show information from divemeets.com to see a dive's history, or to view your own profile. Dive List Pro - an in-app purchase allows for tracking multiple lists of dives. Use it to keep track of your 1-meter, 3-meter, and platform lists, as well as Summer League, Junior and Senior USA Diving. Document the score of a given list for history. You can even track lists for multiple divers for your friends on the team, or the athletes you are coaching. Sharing Lists - also with Pro, you can share lists with other divers so they can load it into their app as well. Dive List Pro is required for both users. See http://www.diverscore.com for a FREE online meet scoring service and other tools.

About

Diving Decoder

Decode complex diving codes into understandable descriptions of dives and their difficulty. Supports standard springboard and platform heights for a comprehensive understanding of competitive diving.

Highlights
  • Enter dive codes
  • Get dive descriptions
  • View dive difficulty
  • Supports springboard heights
  • Supports platform heights
Features
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Have you ever been watching a diving competition and heard something like "This diver will do dive 403B" and wondered what that meant? This app lets you easily enter a dive code and will give you a description of what that dive entails and the degree of difficulty of the dive. Supports all standard springboard and platform heights: 1 Meter 3 Meters 5 Meters 7.5 Meters 10 Meters - Written by a swimmer, who has watched many diving meets and wondered what all those numbers and letters meant.

Screenshots

Dive List4 screens
Diving Decoder3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Diving Decoder at Free against Dive List's $0.99. Diving Decoder also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (50% vs 38%). Dive List's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Diving Decoder is free to download; Dive List costs $0.99 up front. Dive List sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Diving Decoder asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dive List holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of Dive List's written reviews are positive against 50% of Diving Decoder's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dive List ships an update every 6 months, Diving Decoder every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Dive List versus Diving Decoder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDive ListDiving Decoder
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews37.5% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperScott FlorysquishLogic

Customer experience

Dive List

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral37.5%
Negative25.0%

Diving Decoder

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Dive List

One-time1
  • Dive List Pro$2.99
None

Diving Decoder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dive List free?
Dive List costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Diving Decoder free?
Diving Decoder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Dive List or Diving Decoder?
Dive List is rated higher. Dive List averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Diving Decoder averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Dive List or Diving Decoder have ads?
Neither Dive List nor Diving Decoder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dive List or Diving Decoder?
Dive List ships an update every 6 months, and Diving Decoder every 5 months. Most recently, Dive List was updated on October 24, 2026 and Diving Decoder on October 26, 2026.

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