Comparison

DIVEROUT vs Divemates

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Divemates

Log your scuba dives, track marine life sightings, and discover dive sites worldwide. Connect with dive buddies and access your dive history, even offline. Your complete dive life in one app.

Highlights
  • Offline dive logging
  • Marine life catalog
  • Dive site discovery
  • Buddy connection
  • Dive history import
  • Digital dive card
Features
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Your whole dive life, in one place. Log every dive. Collect the marine life you spot. Discover 10,000+ dive sites; the conditions, the creatures, and the crew who know them. Never dive alone. Divemates is the all-in-one app for divers: a beautiful logbook, a collectible marine-life catalog, a map of the world's dive sites and shops, and the buddies you'll dive them with. — LOG EVERY DIVE — A gorgeous logbook that takes seconds to fill. • Depth profile, bottom time, and max depth • Conditions: visibility, temperature, current, surge • Gear, gas mix, weights, and suit • Buddies, photos, and notes from the dive • Watch it all add up in your Dive Passport: dives, bottom time, max depth, countries — BRING YOUR WHOLE HISTORY — Already have hundreds of dives? Start with all of them. • Import your logbook from a dive computer export or another dive app • UDDF, DL7, FIT, CSV, JSON, XML, and logbook database files • Every dive arrives as a draft you review before it joins your logbook • Sites matched and duplicates caught, so nothing is logged twice • Connect your Suunto account and new dives sync in on their own • Apple Watch Ultra dives sync straight in through Apple Health — COLLECT THE OCEAN — Spot a creature, log it, and grow your catalog. • A living catalog built on real marine science • Rarity tiers, chase the ones most divers never see • Depth, danger, behavior, and the story of every species • Your sightings, mapped over time — DISCOVER WHERE TO DIVE — 10,000+ dive sites at your fingertips. • Ratings, typical depth, and live conditions • The species divers actually report seeing there • Shore or boat, beginner or advanced • Save sites and plan your next trip — SHOPS & GUIDES — Find the crew that runs your next dive. • Discover dive shops, instructors, and guides • Sort by rating, location, and the sites they know best • Find the pros who fit your next trip — DIVE WITH YOUR MATES — The best part of diving is who you meet. • Add the friends and buddies you dive with • Follow them and see their latest dives • Stay in the loop on what your crew is logging and spotting • Your dive mates, always with you — ALWAYS WITH YOU, EVEN OFFLINE — Diving happens where there's no signal. Divemates is built for it. • Log every dive fully offline; it all syncs when you're back • Keep every certification and your dive insurance in your Diver Vault • Carry a digital dive card with your certs and cover on it, ready for any shop to scan • Add it to Apple Wallet so it is one tap away and always up to date • Jump right in with Home Screen widgets, Siri, and Spotlight Every dive, remembered. Every creature, collected. Every site, discovered. Download Divemates, and never dive alone.

Screenshots

DIVEROUT4 screens
Divemates4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Divemates at 5.0 against DIVEROUT's 3.7. Divemates also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 15) and review sentiment (100% vs 65%). DIVEROUT's advantage is ratings volume (26 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. DIVEROUT sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Divemates asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Divemates holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DIVEROUT has 26 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of DIVEROUT's written reviews are positive against 100% of Divemates's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DIVEROUT ships an update weekly, Divemates daily. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
DIVEROUT versus Divemates: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDIVEROUTDivemates
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (26 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size292 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDIVEROUT Tech Co., Ltd.Divemates LLC

Customer experience

DIVEROUT

All ratings26 ratings
Positive61.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative30.8%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive65.5%
Neutral3.6%
Negative30.9%

Divemates

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

14 purchases

DIVEROUT

Subscriptions10
  • 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
One-time4
  • 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
None

Divemates

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DIVEROUT free?
DIVEROUT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Divemates free?
Divemates is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DIVEROUT or Divemates?
Divemates is rated higher. DIVEROUT averages 3.7 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Divemates averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do DIVEROUT or Divemates have ads?
Neither DIVEROUT nor Divemates shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DIVEROUT or Divemates?
DIVEROUT ships an update weekly, and Divemates daily. Most recently, DIVEROUT was updated on October 25, 2026 and Divemates on October 8, 2026.

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