Nitrox Buddy vs DIVEROUT
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.
DIVEROUT
This app transforms your Apple Watch into a comprehensive dive computer for scuba, freediving, and snorkeling. It offers AI-powered color correction for underwater photos and videos, advanced freediving training tools, and a community for connecting with other divers.
- Apple Watch dive computer functionality
- AI underwater photo/video color correction
- Freediving training and testing
- Dive computer logbook integration
- Dive community and buddy tracking
- Dive site and shop exploration
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DIVEROUT is an all-in-one dive companion for Apple Watch Ultra, dive log management, underwater media, freediving training, and dive trip planning. It is built for divers who want one place to plan, dive, import, improve, remember, and share their underwater life without splitting every step across separate tools. • Apple Watch Ultra dive computer Turn Apple Watch Ultra into a real-time dive computer for scuba, freediving, and snorkeling. DIVEROUT supports automatic water detection, depth, temperature, battery, no-decompression limit, safety stops, decompression planning, ceiling estimates, time-to-surface, ascent-rate tracking, Air and Nitrox, and the Bühlmann ZH-L16C model with Gradient Factors. Keep the key dive information on your wrist, whether you are checking the plan before entry, monitoring your profile underwater, or reviewing the session after surfacing. • AI tank pressure prediction Plan dives with more confidence even without a transmitter. After a few dives with simple input, DIVEROUT learns your breathing and gas consumption patterns, then estimates gas trends from depth and time. • Dive computer import Bring your logbook together from major dive computers and dive platforms, including Garmin Dive, Suunto, Shearwater, Diverlog+, Oceanic, Oceanic+, Apple Watch, PADI, SSI, ATMOS, UDDF, and more. Instead of leaving your dive history scattered across devices and accounts, DIVEROUT helps you keep depth, time, gas, media, notes, and training records in one organized logbook. • AI underwater color correction Restore blue and green underwater photos and videos with one tap. DIVEROUT supports photo and video enhancement, batch processing, and fine tuning for clearer memories from every trip. • Freediving and apnea training Run apnea tests and training sessions from your wrist, track progress over time, and save every session automatically to your dive log. DIVEROUT helps freedivers keep training history connected with the rest of their underwater activity, from casual pool sessions to ocean dives. • Logbook, community, and buddies Record depth, bottom time, gas mix, marine life, notes, media, and shared dives. Follow divers, share stories, manage dive buddies, and keep your dive history connected. • Dive shops and trip planning Find trusted dive shops and dive sites worldwide, browse details and reviews, filter by location and service, and plan your next underwater adventure with less friction. Whether you are preparing a local weekend dive or a longer dive trip, DIVEROUT helps connect planning, diving, logging, media, and community in one workflow. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://diverout.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Nitrox Buddy at 4.9 against DIVEROUT's 3.7. Nitrox Buddy also leads on review sentiment (96% vs 66%) and ratings volume (468 vs 24). DIVEROUT's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and DIVEROUT sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nitrox Buddy holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nitrox Buddy has 468 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Nitrox Buddy's written reviews are positive against 66% of DIVEROUT's.
Nitrox Buddy ships an update every 7 months, DIVEROUT weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nitrox Buddy | DIVEROUT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (468 ratings) — better | 3.7 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.7% of reviews — better | 66.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 468 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 292 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gereon Steffens | DIVEROUT Tech Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Nitrox Buddy
DIVEROUT
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)
DIVEROUT
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nitrox Buddy
- Tip$0.99
DIVEROUT
- Watch - Snorkeling Month$0.991 Month
- Watch - Freediving Weekly$1.997 Days
- Mobile+ Month$2.991 Month
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- Watch - Freediving Monthly$3.991 Month
- Watch - Scuba Diving Weekly$4.997 Days
- Watch - Snorkeling Year3 Days trial$7.991 Year
- Watch - Scuba Diving Monthly$7.991 Month
- Mobile+ Year$23.991 Year
- Watch - Scuba Diving Half-Year$39.996 Months
- Watch - Scuba Diving Yearly1 Year trial$63.991 Year
- AI Credit Starter Boost$2.99
- AI Credit Dive Trip Boost$6.99
- AI Credit Ocean Pack Boost$17.99
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- Apple Watch+ Lifetime$159.99
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