Comparison

Simple Nitrox vs Super Dive Log & Planner

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

Head to head
About

Simple Nitrox

Features
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Simple Nitrox provides an easy to use and very visible calculation of Maximum Operating Depth for scuba diving. The most appropriate nitrox mix can also be calculated for a planned depth. Widgets can be added to the Home Screen for up to 5 tanks for easy access to the values for previously analysed tanks and the application. Supports metric and imperial, and o2 up to 99%.

About

Super Dive Log & Planner

This app helps divers log, plan, and improve their diving skills. It integrates with dive computers, offers detailed dive planning, and includes a global directory of dive sites. Features include marine life tracking, gear management, and AI integration for logbook maintenance.

Highlights
  • Dive computer integration
  • Detailed dive planning
  • Marine life and site logging
  • Gear tracking and service reminders
  • AI-powered logbook assistance
  • Global dive site directory
  • Multi-platform sync (iPhone, iPad, Mac)
Features
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Super Dive Log & Planner combines all of the features of a first-class dive log with an integrated world-class dive planner that learns from the dives you log. It is simple enough for recreational divers on their first open water dives, but grows with you through technical and DIR diving. THE LOG • Integrates with all popular dive computers to display your complete profile • Record dive sites with GPS, or lookup from the built-in database of thousands of sites • Marine life sightings with lookups from iNaturalist, OBIS and WoRMS, and a live list of what lives near any site • Track what you wore, the gear you used, and how it all made you feel • Draw in your narrative — a site map, the route around a wreck — with Apple Pencil, a finger, or the mouse. • Conditions fetched for every logged dive: the tide, weather, water column and currents that were actually running • Embed your photos • Gear tracking with service reminders; statistics across your whole history • The log correctly handles diving with drysuits, sidemount, CCR/SCR, trimix, stages, etc. THE PLANNER • Helps you balance your rig by estimating how much lead you’ll need based on your gear and dive history • What to wear, learned from what actually kept you warm at that temperature • Bühlmann ZH-L16 A/B/C decompression planning with gradient factors, tested to match Decoplanner • Recreational no-deco limits, Technical mode, and a DIR mode implementing GUE procedures — standard gases, minimum gas, staged ascent rates, oxygen breaks — tested to match Decoplanner • Helps you plan your dive with information about the current, expected visibility, expected wildlife, tides, and weather • Nitrox, trimix, SCR and CCR with setpoints • Lost-gas contingencies and deeper/longer what-ifs, priced into gas requirements • Altitude, water type and salinity handled throughout SITES AND DIVE SHOPS • A directory of thousands of dive sites worldwide, plus your own • Surroundings: charted depth, protected areas, wrecks with their history, today's reef reading • The site on a nautical chart (NOAA, EMODnet, GEBCO). • Dive shops, fill stations and clubs near you or near a site, with hours and directions YOUR COMPUTER, YOUR OLD LOGBOOK • Bluetooth downloads from all major dive computer brands • Imports from Subsurface, MacDive, Diving Log 6.0, Shearwater Cloud, divelogs.de, Ratio, DAN DL7, UDDF, Garmin FIT, Suunto, CSV, and Apple Watch Ultra dives from Apple Health • Two-way with divelogs.de: import your dives, and send new ones back to your account • Export your dives to DAN in DL7 format, the file DAN's dive-data tools read • Manage up to six logbooks at a time AI INTEGRATION • On Mac, a built-in MCP server opens your log to Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client • Use AI to maintain your logbook, fix import errors, and plan your dives EVERYWHERE YOU DIVE • iPhone, iPad and Mac with iCloud sync • Twenty-eight languages • Local-first storage; your logbook stays yours • No account required Logging is unlimited and free. Premium planning features are free for your first week. Dive planning software is a tool, not training. Always plan and dive within the limits of your certification, verify schedules against your training and tables, and carry a dive computer. No algorithm can guarantee you will not get decompression sickness. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Simple Nitrox3 screens
Super Dive Log & Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Super Dive Log & Planner at every 8 days against Simple Nitrox's every 29 months. Super Dive Log & Planner also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Simple Nitrox's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Simple Nitrox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Super Dive Log & Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Nitrox ships an update every 29 months, Super Dive Log & Planner every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 12, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Simple Nitrox versus Super Dive Log & Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple NitroxSuper Dive Log & Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 29 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB50 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSimon ChiversAMOS BENJAMIN ELBERG

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple Nitrox

One-time1
  • Simple Nitrox Full Access$0.99
2 purchases

Super Dive Log & Planner

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$29.99

Questions

Is Simple Nitrox free?
Simple Nitrox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Super Dive Log & Planner free?
Super Dive Log & Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Simple Nitrox or Super Dive Log & Planner have ads?
Neither Simple Nitrox nor Super Dive Log & Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Nitrox or Super Dive Log & Planner?
Simple Nitrox ships an update every 29 months, and Super Dive Log & Planner every 8 days. Most recently, Simple Nitrox was updated on September 12, 2026 and Super Dive Log & Planner on October 3, 2026.

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