Nitrox Buddy vs EveryDive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nitrox Buddy
This application serves as a straightforward calculator for nitrox and enriched air divers. It quickly computes essential dive data such as Maximum Operating Depth (MOD), Equivalent Air Depth (EAD), Best Mix, and Partial Pressure of Oxygen (PPO2). It supports both imperial and metric units and offers a companion watch app for on-the-go calculations.
- Calculate MOD, EAD, Best Mix, PPO2
- Imperial and metric unit support
- Sea and fresh water options
- Selectable max oxygen content
- Selectable max partial pressure
- Companion watch app
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Nitrox Buddy is a no-frills calculator app for nitrox/enriched air divers - use it to quickly calculate the most important data for your dive: Maximum Operating Depth/MOD, Equivalent Air Depth/EAD, Best Mix and PPO2. The app works with imperial or metric measurements, sea or fresh water, and allows you to select the maximum oxygen content and partial pressure. A companion watch app puts lets you perform all these calculations on your wrist.
EveryDive
Log your scuba dives with a flexible and intuitive digital journal. Quickly record key details or add extensive notes for each dive. Features intelligent weight planning, delightful maps, and a modern design, all while respecting your data privacy.
- Fast and flexible dive logging
- Intelligent weight planning
- Interactive dive maps
- Modern, intuitive design
- Data privacy focused
- Exportable logbook data
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Log your dives with ease and style. EveryDive is the digital scuba logbook that you always have with you. Designed for recreational scuba divers that want to *enjoy* logging their dives, EveryDive puts you in control. Say goodbye to long lists of required fields. Log as few details as you like, or as many as you like. Or quickly enter a few key data points right after a dive, and then fill in the rest whenever it's convenient. ▶ FAST LOGGING • Optimized for easy, frictionless entry • Use your preferred units: meters or feet, kilograms or pounds, Celsius or Fahrenheit, etc. • Fill in as few details as you like, or as many as you like • No pesky requests to log in or create an account ▶ INTELLIGENT WEIGHT PLANNING • Take the guesswork out of choosing the weight for your next dive • Enter the buoyancy factors for your upcoming dive: salt water vs. fresh water, wetsuit type, etc. • Instantly see what weight worked best on your similar dives ▶ DELIGHTFUL MAPS • Capture a dive's location with ease: Use your current location, or drop a pin on the map to mark the site • Relive your dive history with a personalized, interactive map • Tap a location to see highlights for your dive(s) at that site ▶ MODERN, INTUITIVE DESIGN • Scroll through your past dives with gorgeous visualizations comparing the depths of each dive • See key statistics conveniently summarized for you, including your total number of dives and your total bottom time • Tap into individual dives to view all the details with a familiar interface that feels right at home on iPhone • Enjoy a lightning-fast interface, and never wait for another annoying loading spinner ▶ BUILT TO RESPECT YOUR DATA • Your data never leaves your device • Export a backup of your logbook at any time, or restore from previous backups • No advertisements or spam • For developers (or aspiring developers!): Save your logbook as JSON ▶ DATA SUPPORTED IN THIS VERSION • Date/time • Site name, location, and latitude+longitude coordinates • Access type: Boat dive or shore dive • Bottom time • Maximum depth • Water type: Fresh water or salt water • Water temperatures • Wetsuit type and thickness (including support for multiple wetsuits) • Additional exposure protection: gloves, hood, rash guard, tech shorts • Tank material and volume • Gas type: Air or Nitrox (including O₂ percentage) • Weight and how it felt (too light, too heavy, or just right) • Equipment notes • Buddy name • Highlights Privacy Policy: https://everydive.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EveryDive at none against Nitrox Buddy's 1. EveryDive also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months). Nitrox Buddy's advantage is ratings volume (489 vs 2). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Nitrox Buddy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. EveryDive asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Nitrox Buddy against 5.0 for EveryDive. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nitrox Buddy has 489 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Nitrox Buddy ships an update every 7 months, EveryDive every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nitrox Buddy | EveryDive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (489 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 489 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gereon Steffens | Workshop 64, LLC |
Customer experience
Nitrox Buddy
EveryDive
Bugs and requests
Nitrox Buddy
Reported bugs
4 issues- iPad icon is ugly
- MOD limit of 50% O2 despite 100% O2 setting (resolved)
- MOD limit of 40% O2 (older version)
- Does not work with older iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Add MOD 1.5 option
- Allow MOD calculation up to 100% O2 and indicate max exposure duration
- Change color for inappropriate mixes (e.g., 50% at 40m)
- Support older iOS versions (5 & 6)
EveryDive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nitrox Buddy
- Tip$0.99
EveryDive
No in-app purchases
Questions
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