Comparison

Dive Plan vs Diveplanner Tec & Rec

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

Head to head
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/

About

Diveplanner Tec & Rec

Plan complex recreational and technical dives with advanced decompression models and multi-gas support. Log your dives, manage gas blends, and restore underwater photo colors. Syncs across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Bühlmann ZH-L16C and Thalmann decompression models
  • Open circuit and CCR dive planning
  • Multi-gas decompression support
  • Contingency plan computation
  • Gas blending and cylinder management
  • Underwater photo color correction
  • Bluetooth dive computer data import
Features
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Diveplanner Tec & Rec plans recreational and technical dives, on open circuit or closed circuit rebreather (CCR), in a few taps, and keeps your logbook. PLAN • Bühlmann ZH-L16C decompression model with your gradient factors, or the Thalmann algorithm of the U.S. Navy: VVal-79 for air and nitrox, XVal-He-9 for heliox CCR dives; compare a plan with both • Open circuit and CCR, down to 300 m / 985 ft, in salt, fresh or EN 13319 water, at sea level or at altitude • Multi-level dives, multi-gas decompression with automatic or chosen switch depths • Contingency plans computed for you: deeper, longer, lost deco gas, GF 100 and the CCR bailout • Warnings for ppO2, END, gas density, isobaric counter diffusion, CNS and OTU • The decompression chart of each plan: the profile, the tissues' ceilings at GF 100 and at your gradient factors, the leading tissue • A dive day of as many repetitive dives as you need, with their surface intervals • Saved plans in folders, shared as files GAS • Describe your cylinders: the plan gives the pressure at the end of the dive, the turn pressure, the rock bottom and the maximum bottom time your gas allows • Gas needed by volume and weight, per gas TABLES • Dive tables by depth and bottom time for your own gases, gradient factors and conditions, with the previous dives of the day • Share or print the table as a PDF TOOLS • Gas blender: partial pressure blending of nitrox, trimix and heliox from what is left in the cylinder, ideal or real gas; the best mix for a depth from your ppO2, END and gas density limits, and the cylinder label • Tides: the tide of a day anywhere at sea, from the nearest NOAA tide station or the EOT20 global tide model, its high and low waters, and the tidal currents and slack waters of a nearby current station, read to the minute on the chart • Photo colors: restore the true colors of your underwater photos and videos, their blue or green cast, haze and missing red corrected, with the depth of your logged dive; compare before and after, then save or share LOGBOOK • Log your dives by hand, from a plan, or download them over Bluetooth from a Shearwater dive computer (Petrel 2, Perdix, Perdix AI, Nerd 2, Teric, Peregrine), with the profile, stops, gases and sensor values • Photos, dive sites on a map, statistics, tags, search and filters • Synchronised between your iPhone, iPad and Mac with iCloud • Export to UDDF, Subsurface, CSV, a PDF logbook and .divelog archives; import UDDF and Subsurface SHARE • Ready-to-cut dive schedules as a PDF, for your buddy or your slate: every plan, the gas and cylinders, CNS, OTU and warnings EVERYWHERE • iPhone, iPad and Mac • Metric or imperial units • In 12 languages, each with its user guide LICENCES • Rec, free: one gas, air or nitrox up to 40 %, down to 66 m / 210 ft • Tec Basic: up to 3 gases, nitrox up to 100 %, normoxic trimix and triox • Tec Advanced: unlimited gases and depth, hypoxic trimix • Try every feature free for 2 weeks Diveplanner is a planning aid. It does not replace training, experience, a dive computer or your own judgement: always dive within the limits of your certification.

Screenshots

Dive Plan4 screens
Diveplanner Tec & Rec4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Diveplanner Tec & Rec at 3.1 against Dive Plan's 1.8. Diveplanner Tec & Rec also leads on monetization model (freemium vs paid). Dive Plan's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Dive Plan sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Diveplanner Tec & Rec sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Diveplanner Tec & Rec holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of Dive Plan's written reviews are positive against 43% of Diveplanner Tec & Rec's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dive Plan ships an update monthly, Diveplanner Tec & Rec every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Dive Plan versus Diveplanner Tec & Rec: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDive PlanDiveplanner Tec & Rec
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (8 ratings)3.1 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.7% of reviews42.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better7
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAXIS ProductionsSensetrails LLC

Customer experience

Dive Plan

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

Diveplanner Tec & Rec

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral28.6%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Dive Plan

Subscriptions2
  • Dive Plan Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Dive Plan Pro - Annual$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Dive Plan Pro Lifetime$69.99
3 purchases

Diveplanner Tec & Rec

One-time3
  • Two weeks free trialFree
  • Tec Basic$7.99
  • Tec Advanced$19.99

Questions

Is Dive Plan free?
Dive Plan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Diveplanner Tec & Rec free?
Diveplanner Tec & Rec is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dive Plan or Diveplanner Tec & Rec?
Diveplanner Tec & Rec is rated higher. Dive Plan averages 1.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Diveplanner Tec & Rec averages 3.1 from 7 ratings.
Do Dive Plan or Diveplanner Tec & Rec have ads?
Neither Dive Plan nor Diveplanner Tec & Rec shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dive Plan or Diveplanner Tec & Rec?
Dive Plan ships an update monthly, and Diveplanner Tec & Rec every 2 months. Most recently, Dive Plan was updated on November 1, 2026 and Diveplanner Tec & Rec on November 3, 2026.

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