Comparison

Gas Manager vs BART

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

Head to head
About

Gas Manager

This app provides tools for planning and blending diving gases, including nitrox and trimix. It offers calculators for partial pressure blending, top-offs, and best mixes, along with calculations for MOD, END, EAD, and EDD.

Highlights
  • Nitrox and trimix partial pressure blending
  • Top off calculator
  • Best mix calculator
  • MOD calculation
  • END, EAD, and EDD calculation
Features
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Gas Manager is a fast, focused toolkit for divers who mix and plan their own breathing gases. Nitrox, trimix, and everything in between. BLENDING • Partial Pressure Blending: a step-by-step recipe from your current fill to your target mix, with optional oxygen and helium fudge factors to offset fill heating • Continuous Blending: the practical recipe for blending with a stick, including the drain-down and the top-off gas • Top Off: see exactly what mix you end up with when you top a partial fill with air, nitrox, trimix, or oxygen PLANNING • Operating Limits: MOD, END, EAD, and EADD for a gas, all on one screen • Operating Depth Range (MOD): the full usable depth window for a mix, not just the maximum, across your chosen PPO₂ range • Equivalent Narcotic Depth (END): with an option to treat oxygen as narcotic • Equivalent Air Depth (EAD): for using nitrox with air tables • Equivalent Air Density Depth (EADD): gas density in g/L plus the depth at which air would breathe the same, against the 5.2 and 6.2 g/L research limits • Best Mix: the richest, leanest-helium mix your PPO₂ and END limits allow BUILT FOR HOW YOU ACTUALLY FILL • Standard gases one tap away: air, EAN32, EAN50, oxygen, 30/30, 21/35, 18/45, 15/55, 12/65, 10/70, 8/85, 35/25; or dial in any custom mix • Metric and imperial throughout • Switch units and other settings whenever you like and everything is converted in place DESIGNED FOR APPLE PLATFORMS • Native on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Vision Pro • Siri and Shortcuts support, plus Home Screen Quick Actions for the primary tools • Full Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, Dark Mode, and tinted icon support • English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian • No account, no ads, no subscription. Buy it once. Tips are optional and always will be. WARNING Safe gas blending requires proper training and equipment. Gas Manager is a calculation aid, not a substitute for training. Always personally analyse and label your fills before diving.

About

BART

This application enhances communication and information access for emergency services personnel. It provides tools for team coordination, message feeds, and resource location, aiming to improve response times and safety.

Highlights
  • Pager message feed
  • Message centre
  • Parallel notifications (SMS, email, push)
  • Member qualifications
  • Rostering and availability
  • Mapping and geolocation
  • Incident routing
Features
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Are you a volunteer or professional emergency services worker? Stay connected with your team and find the information you need quickly and easily with BART. Don’t let limited budgets and resources stop you from doing the work that keeps your community safe! Bringing together a range of information critical to the event at hand, BART facilitates stronger communication between teams, safer working environments and quicker response times. BART helps teams communicate better: - Pager message feed (for approved members) - Message centre - Parallel SMS, email and push notifications - Member qualifications - Rostering, availability and attendance BART makes it easy to find the right information: - Mapping and geolocation - Incident routing - Resource locations (using map layers) - Estimated arrival time to headquarters Please note you must be registered for BART to use this Application. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

Screenshots

Gas Manager4 screens
BART4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BART at Free against Gas Manager's $2.99. BART also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). Gas Manager's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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

BART is free to download; Gas Manager costs $2.99 up front. Gas Manager sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. BART asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gas Manager holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Gas Manager's written reviews are positive against 60% of BART's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gas Manager ships an update every 4 months, BART every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Gas Manager versus BART: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGas ManagerBART
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (2 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better59.6% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyan BookerEMERG SOLUTIONS PTY LTD

Customer experience

Gas Manager

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

BART

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive59.6%
Neutral19.1%
Negative21.3%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Gas Manager

One-time3
  • Leave an Espresso Sized Tip$2.99
  • Tip a Bag of Beans$8.99
  • Tip a Big Bag of Beans$29.99
None

BART

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gas Manager free?
Gas Manager costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is BART free?
BART is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gas Manager or BART?
Gas Manager is rated higher. Gas Manager averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while BART averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Gas Manager or BART have ads?
Neither Gas Manager nor BART shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gas Manager or BART?
Gas Manager ships an update every 4 months, and BART every 6 weeks. Most recently, Gas Manager was updated on October 24, 2026 and BART on October 20, 2026.

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