Tech Dive vs Diving Buddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tech Dive
This app helps plan scuba dives with various calculators for gas, depth, and air consumption. It supports metric and imperial units and offers advanced features through an in-app purchase.
- Dive planning calculators
- Gas and air consumption calculations
- Metric and imperial unit support
- Depth and EAD calculations
- Enriched Air-Nitrox mix calculation
- Unit conversion tools
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Diving should be safe and fun. We develop Tech Dive as a simple tool to plan and calculate your next underwater adventure. Tech Dive is an advanced scuba dive calculator and supports metric and imperial units. This app continues to grow as a one-stop technical diver tool. A technical decompression (DECO) planner will be incorporated with the future PRO version. DIVE CALCULATORS Tool for accurate dive planning, education, and training. ▸ Surface Air Consumption - SAC ▸ Respiratory Minute Volume - RMV ▸ Maximum Bottom Time ▸ Gas Required ▸ Maximum Operating Depth - MOD ▸ Equivalent Air Depth - EAD ▸ Best Enriched Air-Nitrox (EAN) Mix ▸ Equivalent Narcotic Depth - END (Plus only) ▸ Trimix Gas Planner (Plus Only) ▸ Cylinder Fill (Plus only) ▸ Cylinder Top-Up (Plus only) CONVERSION TOOLS ▸ Metric / Imperial Units ▸ Absolute Depth (Atmospheric Depth) ▸ Cylinder Volume / Pressure ▸ Partial Pressure PLUS FEATURES (IN-APP PURCHASE) Tech Dive Plus includes all basic features plus: ▸ Equivalent Narcotic Depth - END Calculator ▸ Trimix Gas Planner ▸ Cylinder Fill calculations (Air, Nitrox, Trimix) ▸ Cylinder Top-Up calculations ▸ Export/share all calculation results as PDF SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Tech Dive is free to download and the basic features free to use. A paid upgrade to Plus or PRO versions provide access to premium features and additional tools. We may offer trial subscriptions that give limited time access to paid features and premium content for the duration of the trial period. Trial subscriptions automatically expire and the app will revert back to the basic version thereafter. No data is lost but access and use of premium features will no longer be available.
Diving Buddy
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Diving Buddy is a dive log, trip planner, and calculator suite for recreational and technical divers. Plan every dive. Dive the plan. Log the story. DIVE TRIPS & SITES • Build a trip, drop in dive sites by name or coords, capture the briefing, plan each dive, log it later. • Photo-backed site library — your home quarry through your bucket list. • Emergency contacts and trip notes travel with you offline. PLAN A DIVE THE WAY YOU'D BRIEF IT • Target depth, gas mix, planned bottom time, buddy, role. • Live MOD and NDL calculations as you tune the plan. • Suggestions drawn from your historical logs at the same site. LOG WITH THE FIELDS THAT MATTER • Max depth, bottom time, water temp, visibility, deco stops. • Computed SAC from your cylinder pressures — feeds back into future plans. • Gas mix (air, nitrox, or trimix), weight, buoyancy, equipment notes. • Free-form comments for the moments worth remembering. THE CALCULATOR SUITE Built around the math you actually use at the boat: • Max Operating Depth (MOD) — every mix, every PPO2 ceiling. • No-Decompression Limit (NDL) — Bühlmann ZH-L16C, including repetitive dives. • Surface Air Consumption (SAC) — derive it from any logged dive. • Run Time / Air Balance — does your gas last the planned profile? • Nitrox blending — continuous-blend planner. • Ascent gas required, oxygen toxicity, weight + cylinder weight change. • Coordinate converter. ALWAYS FREE • Reference material: Beaufort scale, deco tables, hand signals — bundled, offline, never gated. • Data export: every trip, dive, site, and photo as a JSON archive plus a PDF logbook. Export at any time. • Read-only access to everything you've already logged — forever, with or without a subscription. OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION Diving Buddy offers an optional auto-renewing annual subscription at $24.99/year with a 7-day free trial, or a one-time lifetime purchase at $59.99. Subscription auto-renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage your subscription in your App Store account settings. Your dive logs and data remain accessible on your device whether you subscribe or not. Terms of Use (EULA): https://divingbuddyapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://divingbuddyapp.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Diving Buddy at daily against Tech Dive's every 4 weeks. On price, 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
Both are free to download. Tech Dive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Diving Buddy sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tech Dive ships an update every 4 weeks, Diving Buddy daily. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tech Dive | Diving Buddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Skytip LLC | Harry Richardson |
In-app purchases
Tech Dive
- Plus Monthly$0.991 Month
- Plus Annual$7.991 Year
Diving Buddy
- Diving Buddy$24.991 Year
- Diving Buddy$59.99









