Comparison

Divex vs mvPlan

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

Head to head
About

Divex

Features
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Divex turns every dive into a lasting, organized, and shareable memory. With Divex, your logbook becomes a modern, seamless, and ready-to-use experience. In just a few taps, record your dive parameters, photos, species sightings, and your dive buddies. Share your dives via Stories and let your friends experience your adventures instantly. Independent of any institution, Divex simplifies life for recreational divers, marine biology enthusiasts, and regular divers alike. The app highlights your progress with clear, easy-to-read, and motivating statistics. Each dive is enriched with useful details: site, depth, duration, temperature, and conditions. Divex helps you better prepare for future outings by keeping a history of your sessions. Follow your friends' adventures via a real-time feed and experience their dives along with them. Observed species are intelligently organized to map out your exploration of the marine world. Divex’s intuitive interface focuses on the essentials without complicating daily use. The app is designed to support your passion, from your very first breaths underwater to your most ambitious goals. For any questions, suggestions, or bug reports, please feel free to contact us at app.divex@gmail.com. You can find the Terms of Use here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

mvPlan

Features
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Plan your dives with confidence. mvPlan is a full-featured decompression planner for recreational and technical divers, built on the proven Buhlmann ZHL-16B and ZHL-16C algorithms with gradient factor conservatism. OPEN CIRCUIT & CLOSED CIRCUIT Plan dives on standard open circuit or CCR rebreathers with fixed or dynamic setpoints, multiple diluents, and full bailout planning with stress gas consumption. ALL GAS MIXES Air, Nitrox, Trimix, Heliox, pure O2 -- use any combination with automatic MOD, END, EAD, gas density and ppO2 calculations. MULTI-LEVEL PROFILES Build complex dive profiles with multiple depth changes, gas switches, and diluent changes. mvPlan computes the optimal decompression schedule for the entire profile. SAFETY MONITORING Track CNS and OTU oxygen toxicity, narcosis exposure (END), gas density alerts, and isobaric counter-diffusion (ICD) risk. Configurable alerts keep you informed. GAS PLANNING Calculate required gas volumes for each mix with configurable RMV rates for bottom, deco, and stress phases. Tank capacity checks ensure you carry enough gas. BAILOUT PLANNING Full worst-case bailout calculations for CCR divers: configurable bailout delay, stress RMV, and independent bailout gas selection with complete decompression schedule. VISUAL DIVE PROFILE Interactive depth/time graph with ceiling overlay, gas change markers, and pinch-to-zoom. Tap any segment to inspect tissue saturation across all 16 compartments. PDF EXPORT & SHARING Generate print-ready dive tables with all parameters, deco schedule, and gas requirements. Share plans directly from your device. SAVE & ORGANIZE Save unlimited dive plans, import/export as JSON, rename and manage your plan library. FULLY CONFIGURABLE Gradient factors (with presets), ascent/descent rates, last stop depth, altitude compensation up to 4000m, salt/fresh water, metric or imperial units. 6 LANGUAGES English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Polish. Dark and light themes for comfortable display in any conditions. Free and open source (GPL). No ads. No account required. No data collection.

Screenshots

Divex4 screens
mvPlan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: mvPlan at none against Divex's 4. On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Divex sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. mvPlan asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Divex versus mvPlan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDivexmvPlan
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoseph LALOTCAP-REL

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Divex

Subscriptions2
  • Divex Premium - Mensuel2 variants$3.991 Month
  • Divex Premium - Annuel2 variants$22.991 Year
None

mvPlan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Divex free?
Divex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is mvPlan free?
mvPlan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Divex or mvPlan have ads?
Neither Divex nor mvPlan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Divex or mvPlan?
Divex ships an update fortnightly, and mvPlan fortnightly. Most recently, Divex was updated on October 19, 2026 and mvPlan on October 7, 2026.

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