Alert Diver vs DiveMaps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alert Diver
Explore dive industry insights, research, and safety information. Discover underwater photography, travel destinations, and marine environmental topics. This app provides valuable content for divers and enthusiasts.
- Dive industry research
- Medical information
- Dive safety guidelines
- Underwater photography
- Dive travel guides
- Marine environmental topics
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Alert Diver magazine, the dive industry’s leading publication, features DAN’s core content of research, education, medical information and dive safety. In addition, Alert Diver showcases underwater photography, dive travel and marine environmental topics. Divers Alert Network (DAN) is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) dive safety organization. DAN's mission is to help divers in need of emergency medical assistance and to promote dive safety through research, education, products and services. Published quarterly, Alert Diver is a benefit to members of DAN; its companion website, AlertDiver.com, is available to all. If you are a current DAN member (DAN America region), everything offered in this app is included in your membership and free to you!
DiveMaps
Discover detailed underwater routes and log your dives with this comprehensive scuba diving application. It offers a free logbook, educational tests, and a diving encyclopedia, all created by experienced divers.
- Detailed underwater route maps
- Free dive logbook
- Diving encyclopedia
- Educational tests
- Diver-created content
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DiveMaps is an app made by divers for divers. Here you can find detailed maps of underwater routes, a free logbook, tests, a diving encyclopedia and much more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Alert Diver at 4.0 against DiveMaps's 1.0. Alert Diver also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). DiveMaps's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Alert Diver holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 25% and 25% positive.
| Parameter | Alert Diver | DiveMaps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Divers Alert Network | NDL, UCH |
Customer experience
Alert Diver
DiveMaps
In-app purchases
Alert Diver
No in-app purchases
DiveMaps
No in-app purchases
