Comparison

EANx vs Time to Surface

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

Head to head
About

EANx

Features
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Dive Longer: Increase Your Bottom Time With this scuba dive planner, you can increase your bottom time by using Enriched Air Nitrox (EAN). The EAN calculator helps you determine the optimal nitrox blend for your dive, allowing you to extend your underwater adventures. Enjoy longer, more fulfilling dives without compromising your safety. Know Your Limits: Maximum Depth, No Decompression Limit, and More Understanding your limits is crucial for safe diving. EANx provides comprehensive information on maximum depth, no decompression limits (NDL), and other critical metrics. Stay informed and dive within safe limits to prevent decompression sickness and other diving-related risks. Deco Mix: MOD for Your Stage Bottle Planning a dive with multiple gas mixes? This app for scuba divers has you covered with its Deco Mix feature. Calculate the Maximum Operational Depth (MOD) for your stage bottles and ensure a seamless transition between gases during your dive. This feature is especially useful for technical divers who require precise gas management. Ultimate Scuba Dive Planner EANx is not just a calculation tool; it's your ultimate scuba dive planner. The app allows you to plan every aspect of your dive, from gas mixes to depth limits, ensuring you have a comprehensive dive plan before you hit the water. Stay organized and prepared with EANx, and make the most out of every dive. Why Choose EANx – Scuba Diving Calculator? EANx is designed by divers, for divers. It combines advanced algorithms with an intuitive user interface, making it accessible to divers of all experience levels. The app is regularly updated to incorporate the latest diving safety standards and practices, ensuring you have the most accurate and up-to-date information. User-Friendly Interface The app’s user-friendly interface makes it easy to input your data and get the results you need quickly. Whether you are calculating your MOD, EAN or other critical metrics, EANx provides a seamless experience, allowing you to focus on what matters most – enjoying your dive. Reliable and Accurate When it comes to diving, accuracy is paramount. This EAN and MOD calculator uses advanced algorithms to provide reliable and precise calculations, helping you make informed decisions for a safe and enjoyable dive. Trust EANx to be your reliable diving companion. This MOD calculator is the ultimate scuba diving assistance tool, offering a comprehensive suite of features to help you calculate Enriched Air Nitrox, Maximum Operational Depth, and other essential metrics. Dive safer, dive longer, and dive smarter with EANx. Download EANx – Scuba Diving Calculator today and take your diving experience to the next level.

About

Time to Surface

This technical dive planner calculates staged decompression for dives up to 56 meters. It supports multiple bottom gases and one deco bottle, offering detailed gas planning, runtime tracking, and contingency solutions. The app also accounts for repetitive dives and provides a printable wetnote layout.

Highlights
  • Staged decompression planning (15-56m)
  • Support for six bottom gases and one deco gas
  • Twin cylinder configuration
  • Bühlmann ZH-L16C model with adjustable gradient factors
  • Adjustable ppO2 and descent rates
  • Repetitive dive planning
  • Contingency scenario calculations
Features
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Staged decompression from 15 to 51 m (56 with a warning), on six bottom gases with one deco bottle. Runtime, stops, minimum gas and both cylinder fills, before you kit up — then your team signs it. Planning is free, with no account and no limit. WHAT IT PLANS • Six bottom gases: EAN32, triox 30/30, EAN28, air, 21/35 and 18/45, in a twinset of your choice • One decompression gas — EAN50 or oxygen — in an AL80, AL50 or AL40 • EAN50 at 21 m even when the first stop is shallower, on by default • A swim to the drop-off before the deep segments, on back gas or the deco bottle • A second deep segment, deeper or shallower than the first • Bühlmann ZH-L16C, gradient factors set per plan, 20/85 by default • ppO2 1.2 bar working by default, set per plan; 1.6 at a stop — stricter than the usual 1.4 • Descent 20 m/min; ascent 9 m/min to the first stop, 6 between stops, 1 over the last 6 m, all adjustable. Stops every 3 m, the last at 6 m • Metric or imperial THE GAS PLAN Back-gas fill and turn pressure on thirds, halves or all usable, on the ten-bar grid. Minimum gas: two divers sharing back gas to the first deco gas at 3 m/min. Fill: bottom phase with descent, plus minimum gas. Deco bottle fill and reserve from the solved schedule. CNS. If gas or CNS cannot carry the bottom time asked for, it plans the longest that fits and names the limit. THE DIVE, MINUTE BY MINUTE Each leg shows the runtime it starts and ends at. A wetnote page — schedule, gas checkpoints, on-the-fly adjustments — to copy by hand. On the fly: 5 minutes more or less, 3 m deeper or shallower, each re-solved, with the change in deco minutes and gas per cylinder. PRAGMATIC DECOMPRESSION Off by default, chosen per plan. On, each 21–9 m stop gets one time, and the 6 m stop is the longer of their sum and what the model needs: simpler to run, not more conservative. BRIEFS AND DIVE SITES A brief keeps a dive — site, depth and bottom time — free, unlimited, in your own iCloud. Sites: Dive log's known list (OpenStreetMap and reviewed submissions); add your own and submit them for review. Your divers, their SCR and your sites are shared through iCloud with every Diver.Today app. DIVES BEFORE THIS ONE Up to three earlier dives, each with its surface interval. Nitrogen and helium carry over; CNS decays at a 90-minute half-time. No published table covers repetitive deco dives; your earlier profiles run through the same model. SIGNED TEAM PLANS A plan is one brief on one date with a dive lead and divers — your buddies or names you type — frozen with every figure it printed. Each diver signs by finger on your iPhone; skip anyone not there and come back to them. Send it as a picture or a one-page PDF. Plans are free and unlimited, with the app's watermark and store line. YOUR DIVE CENTER'S BRAND The Diver.Today App Family subscription puts your logo, name, two lines and color on every plan you send, without the watermark, and your color, picture and logo across the app. $2.99 a month or $19.99 a year, each with a week free, or $49.99 once for life (US prices). It covers every Diver.Today app. WHAT IT DOES NOT PLAN Rebreathers. Cave or wreck penetration. Hypoxic mixes and their travel gas. Altitude — sea level only. OTU. More than one decompression gas, a stated limit of this release. IT REFUSES RATHER THAN WARNS A gas past its oxygen limit or a surface interval under an hour gets no numbers rather than numbers with a caution. YOUR DIVE COMPUTER OWNS THE DIVE This is pre-dive arithmetic. It passes no verdict on a dive and replaces neither training, your computer nor your judgment in the water. The planner works offline. No ads, analytics or tracking. Briefs, plans, divers and sites sync through your own iCloud; nothing about you is sent to us, and a dive site only if you submit it. iPhone, iOS 17 or later. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://diver.today/timetosurface-site/privacy.html

Screenshots

EANx3 screens
Time to Surface4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Time to Surface at Free against EANx's $2.99. Time to Surface also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 7 months). EANx's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Time to Surface is free to download; EANx costs $2.99 up front. Time to Surface sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. EANx asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EANx ships an update every 7 months, Time to Surface every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
EANx versus Time to Surface: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEANxTime to Surface
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMichael CzolkoRUSTAM ISMAILOV

In-app purchases

None

EANx

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Time to Surface

Subscriptions2
  • Diver.Today, monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Diver.Today, yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Diver.Today, for life$49.99

Questions

Is EANx free?
EANx costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Time to Surface free?
Time to Surface is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do EANx or Time to Surface have ads?
Neither EANx nor Time to Surface shows ads.
Which is updated more often, EANx or Time to Surface?
EANx ships an update every 7 months, and Time to Surface every 3 days. Most recently, EANx was updated on October 27, 2026 and Time to Surface on October 29, 2026.

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