Diveplan vs Decompression Engine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Diveplan
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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.
Decompression Engine
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Decompression Engine is a fast, fully offline decompression planner for technical divers. It runs the Bühlmann ZHL-16C and VPM-B algorithms for open-circuit and closed-circuit (CCR) diving, with trimix, gas switching, multi-level and repetitive dives, gradient factors, gas planning, and CNS/OTU tracking. Three planning modes: - Recreational — no-decompression limits on air and nitrox - Technical — full decompression planning, OC and CCR, trimix and gas switches - Experimental — an unvalidated folded RGBM model, for cross-checking only Built-in safety checks flag ppO2, gas density, narcosis, isobaric counterdiffusion, out-of-range settings and aggressive conservatism, and every plan can be copied, shared or exported as text. Works entirely offline — no account, no data collection, no network required. IMPORTANT: This is a planning aid, not a dive computer. Decompression models are approximations and cannot eliminate the risk of decompression sickness. Every plan must be independently verified against your own dive computer, and this app is not a substitute for proper training and certification. You dive at your own risk.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Decompression Engine at Free against Diveplan's $0.99. Diveplan's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.5). On 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
Decompression Engine is free to download; Diveplan costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Diveplan | Decompression Engine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 26.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CS Bruford Ltd | Andrew Turner |
In-app purchases
Diveplan
No in-app purchases
Decompression Engine
No in-app purchases






