Comparison

Dive Plan vs SharkShout II

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

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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

SharkShout II

Features
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Communicate underwater using rich dive signals or text! A big scrolling marquee shows your message to fellow divers, always rotated for their orientation. At the same time, your message is spoken -- or encoded with sounds which another nearby iPhone (or Apple Watch) also running SharkShout might be able to "hear" and show. Additionally, a heading display lets you use your iPhone's compass to navigate, including reverse and true headings, while a novel inertial display shows you a history of your motions. For emergencies, a SOS-sound-and-flasher screen is provided. You need to use a dive-ready waterproof pouch; this pouch should be capacitive touch-screen (tap) enabled, or you can use gestures -- left or right or down shakes -- to drive the user interface without tapping.

Screenshots

Dive Plan4 screens
SharkShout II4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Dive Plan at Free against SharkShout II's $0.99. SharkShout II's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Dive Plan is free to download; SharkShout II costs $0.99 up front. Dive Plan sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. SharkShout II asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Dive Plan versus SharkShout II: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDive PlanSharkShout II
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating1.8 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews36.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAXIS ProductionsBen Koning

In-app purchases

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
None

SharkShout II

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Dive Plan free?
Dive Plan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SharkShout II free?
SharkShout II costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Dive Plan or SharkShout II have ads?
Neither Dive Plan nor SharkShout II shows ads.

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