Comparison

DeepSix Dive Log vs Divemates

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

Head to head
About

DeepSix Dive Log

Features
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A dive isn't a row of numbers. It's a memory — a path through the water, the wreck's story, the fish you can name now, what the ocean was doing that day. DeepSix Dive Log treats it that way. DeepSix Dive Log is native on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV, with an Apple Watch Ultra companion. Your logbook lives on your devices and syncs through your own iCloud. No account. No DeepSix copy of your dive log. And it's free — the whole app. No dive cap, no ads. YOUR DIVE IS A PATH, NOT A PIN DeepSix extracts both entry and exit GPS from Shearwater dive computers — plotted together on the map, so a drift dive finally looks like what it was. Bluetooth download across 12 transport families, built on libdivecomputer; wired USB/serial import on the Mac; Garmin FIT and Suunto JSON too. Arm dive-day GPS tracking and the whole day becomes a route. Dives recorded on Apple Watch — the Depth app included — come in from Health and get their depth profile. WONDERS — WHERE THE OCEAN SHOWS OFF A curated catalog of remarkable underwater places, with real narratives — surfaced the moment a dive of yours lands near one. Each one contributed by DeepSix Dive Log divers. WRECKS, WITH THEIR WHOLE STORY 29,000+ curated diveable wrecks from national heritage registers on every continent, with offline coverage, historical dossiers, period-correct ensigns, and honest position-uncertainty rings. War graves are presented as something you honor, not trivia. Contribute corrections from inside the app; a person reviews every one. PHOTOS BECOME SPECIES Critter Expert identifies around 500 marine species entirely on your device — free, no account, no API key, no internet after a one-time 63 MB download. Region-gated, so it won't suggest a Caribbean fish in Palau, and nothing is ever confirmed for you. Names are verified against the World Register of Marine Species, with threatened-species status and invasive-species reporting built in — over time, your photos become a naturalist's logbook. Want the full range? Bring your own AI key (Anthropic or OpenAI) or a model on your own Mac — never a DeepSix charge. THE COLORS YOU ACTUALLY SAW Underwater photos come back blue. DeepSix knows how deep you were when you pressed the shutter, and whether the water was tropical blue, green or fresh, and restores the reds the water absorbed. Camera-aware, with GoPro red-filter compensation. Apply to one photo or the whole dive; corrections land in Apple Photos as revertible adjustments, never as copies. Video too, frame by frame as your depth changes. Free, on-device, nothing uploaded. WHAT WAS THAT DAY ACTUALLY LIKE? Tide state at your entry minute. Moon phase, sea temperature, swell, bleaching alerts, reef context from the Allen Coral Atlas and NOAA. Years later, the record answers what memory can't. Plus a 7-day conditions planner. BUILT HONEST Gas analysis that names its excluded dives. Deco shown as information, not alarm, when you dive tech. "Dives near" instead of inflated counts. Full-fidelity UDDF and Subsurface export, always free — lossless backup, the open .deepsixarchive format, and SQL and JSON exports any developer can build on. Your dive log will outlive any app, including ours. Smart Lists, gear and kits with service tracking, achievements, trips and a liveaboard planner round out the log. MacDive user? A high-fidelity import brings your dives, gear, photos, and dive-computer profiles across. FREE MEANS THE WHOLE APP Plankton, Whale, and Megalodon — the in-app purchases listed here — are optional Patron tiers that support the project. Their one perk is high-accuracy WorldTides tides; standard tides are free, or bring your own WorldTides key. DeepSix collects nothing unless you choose to send it: a wreck, a photo, a bug report. The privacy policy names every server we run and exactly what each one sees. Privacy policy: https://deepsixdive.com/privacy/ Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

DeepSix Dive Log4 screens
Divemates4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Divemates at none against DeepSix Dive Log's 4. Divemates also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). DeepSix Dive Log's advantage is device support (5 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. DeepSix Dive Log sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Divemates asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DeepSix Dive Log against 5.0 for Divemates. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DeepSix Dive Log ships an update weekly, Divemates daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DeepSix Dive Log versus Divemates: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDeepSix Dive LogDivemates
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard BollarDivemates LLC

Customer experience

DeepSix Dive Log

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Divemates

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

In-app purchases

4 purchases

DeepSix Dive Log

Subscriptions2
  • Plankton (Monthly)$0.991 Month
  • Plankton (Yearly)$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Whale$49.99
  • Megalodon$99.99
None

Divemates

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DeepSix Dive Log free?
DeepSix Dive Log 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, DeepSix Dive Log or Divemates?
DeepSix Dive Log and Divemates are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do DeepSix Dive Log or Divemates have ads?
Neither DeepSix Dive Log nor Divemates shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DeepSix Dive Log or Divemates?
DeepSix Dive Log ships an update weekly, and Divemates daily. Most recently, DeepSix Dive Log was updated on October 24, 2026 and Divemates on October 8, 2026.

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