Comparison

Diveplan vs Puffin

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

Head to head
About

Diveplan

Features
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This app is an aid to your dive planning, enabling you to plan multiple dives using multiple gas mixes - fully supporting air, enriched/nitrox and trimix dives with unlimited cylinders and mixes. This app is only an aid and must not be used in place of proper training and a dive computer. It only provides estimates of gas usage and decompression stops - you should not use this app to make any decisions related to your safety.

About

Puffin

Features
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Keep your dive history in one logbook you can open anywhere. Import computer logs, add dives manually, and review depth, gas, and site details when you need them. • Your dives, organized — browse your catalog with depth sparklines and quick access to every entry • Import from your computer — bring in Shearwater .db, UDDF, and dctool-supported logs; share from Shearwater on iPhone • Every dive, full detail — date, depth, duration, site, location, notes, and gas profiles • Trips as sessions — group dives, merge or split sessions, and auto-group by geolocation • See where you dived — map dive sites, filter by location, and set geo when logging Sign in with email, Apple, or Google. View logbook and session statistics with category filters. Try guest mode with bundled sample dives before you create an account. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Diveplan4 screens
Puffin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Puffin at Free against Diveplan's $0.99. On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Puffin is free to download; Diveplan costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diveplan ships an update monthly, Puffin every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Diveplan versus Puffin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiveplanPuffin
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB74 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCS Bruford LtdRobin Derrida

In-app purchases

None

Diveplan

No in-app purchases

None

Puffin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Diveplan free?
Diveplan costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Puffin free?
Puffin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Diveplan or Puffin have ads?
Neither Diveplan nor Puffin shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Diveplan or Puffin?
Diveplan ships an update monthly, and Puffin every 3 weeks. Most recently, Diveplan was updated on October 13, 2026 and Puffin on October 5, 2026.

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