Hawaii Explorer vs Maui Dive Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hawaii Explorer
Discover the best of Hawaii with this comprehensive guide. Find activities, tours, restaurants, beaches, hiking trails, and shopping. Interactive maps and real-time updates make exploring the islands effortless.
- Activities & Tours
- Restaurant Recommendations
- Beach Guide
- Hiking Trails
- Shopping Information
- Events & Shows
- Interactive Maps
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Hawaii Explore is your ultimate activity and tour guide app for the beautiful islands of Hawaii. Whether you're seeking adventure, relaxation, or cultural experiences, our app is designed to help you explore the best of Hawaii effortlessly. From breathtaking hikes and pristine beaches to historical sites and local eateries, Hawaii Explorer provides recommendations and detailed information to make your Hawaiian vacation unforgettable. With user-friendly navigation, interactive maps, and real-time updates, discovering paradise has never been easier. Everything you need to explore Hawaii all in one app: - Activities & Tours - Restaurants - Beach Guide - Hiking Trails - Shopping - Events & Shows Join us and uncover the hidden gems of Hawaii. Your adventure awaits! -------------- Terms of Service https://hawaiiexplorerapp.com/terms Privacy Policy https://hawaiiexplorerapp.com/privacy
Maui Dive Guide
Discover and navigate Maui's best dive sites with detailed information and user-submitted condition reports. Identify Hawaiian marine life and track your dives and favorite spots. Includes emergency information and shore diving tips.
- Over 50 dive site locations
- Filter by dive type and skill level
- Track dived and favorite sites
- Measure distances and routes
- User-submitted condition reports
- 240+ Hawaiian marine life species
- Log seen species and favorites
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Featured in The Scuba News: thescubanews.com “In a market filled with generic travel tools and scattered dive information, the Maui Dive Guide stands out because it feels grounded in real diving. It is practical, locally informed, and built with a clear understanding of what divers actually need when standing on a shoreline, looking out at the ocean, and deciding where to enter.“ * Find and get information on and directions to over 20 shore and 30 boat dive sites. * Filter by shore, boat, or scooter dive * Sort by city, area, skill, or depth. * Keep track of the sites you have dived and your favorite sites. * Use Measure Mode to get distance and directions between landmark points, or any points, on the dive site map. You can even measure routes! * Check dive site condition reports, sent from either the app developer or other users of the app, or send your own condition report after doing a dive! * Pictures, ID, and brief description of over 240 species of Hawaiian marine life. * Keep track of the species you have seen, and your favorites. * Add your own notes to a dive site to remember spots, things seen, whatever, and share those notes with other users if you like. * Get information for emergencies and Maui shore dive tips.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Maui Dive Guide at every 2 weeks against Hawaii Explorer's every 6 months. Maui Dive Guide also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 1). Hawaii Explorer's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hawaii Explorer against 5.0 for Maui Dive Guide. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Maui Dive Guide has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hawaii Explorer ships an update every 6 months, Maui Dive Guide every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hawaii Explorer | Maui Dive Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 505 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LifePro, LLC | Jonathan Goldberger |
Customer experience
Hawaii Explorer
Maui Dive Guide
In-app purchases
Hawaii Explorer
No in-app purchases
Maui Dive Guide
No in-app purchases
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