Comparison

Nitrox Buddy vs MyDiveLocation

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

MyDiveLocation

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Store all your dives in the App. You can add your certificates and insurance. By choice you can add your user data, it will be stored in the App on a single device and not transferred to any third party. The data will be used only on the PDF list of dives for your own use. The coordinates will be used for the dive spot to show the dive spot on the map, no tracking of position or transfer to a third party will be done. The location service for the current position can be used when you want to add a new dive, permission is necessary. The dives will be saved in lists with up to 100 dives. If the list is full you can create a new one, the lists can be selected in the app. For each list you can create a PDF with a reduced set of data. A PDF can as well be created for each single dive. All data are stored in your iCloud Drive. Optional, depth data can be imported to the dive from the health app. The depth data from the health app will be used to create a depth chart of the dive. Data set for a dive: - location, spot, country, dive base - time and date - coordinates - rating of dive - dive time, max depth, view, water temperature - suit(dry or neopren), weight - number of bottles, bottle size, final pressure, nitro - buddy - remarks Functions in list : - add new dive - sort dives by dive number - sort dives by location - show a map with all dives in the list (only the dives on the map will be shown in the list of this view) - create PDF with all dives in the list - select list - add insurance and certificates (up to 5) - add user data and photo Functions in Detail: - edit a dive ( all data and add photo) - show photo - create PDF of the selected dive (full data set)

Screenshots

Nitrox Buddy4 screens
MyDiveLocation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MyDiveLocation at none against Nitrox Buddy's 1. MyDiveLocation also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). Nitrox Buddy's advantage is device support. On price 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. Nitrox Buddy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MyDiveLocation asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Nitrox Buddy versus MyDiveLocation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNitrox BuddyMyDiveLocation
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (468 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings468 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better—
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGereon SteffensThomas Nietz

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)

MyDiveLocation

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Nitrox Buddy

One-time1
  • Tip$0.99
None

MyDiveLocation

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nitrox Buddy free?
Nitrox Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MyDiveLocation free?
MyDiveLocation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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