Comparison

Shooal vs DivePlot

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

Head to head
About

Shooal

Log every marine creature encountered during dives and snorkeling trips. Build a personal collection, explore a global marine life catalog, and plan future underwater adventures. Compete on leaderboards and celebrate new species discoveries.

Highlights
  • Log marine species encountered
  • Build personal underwater life list
  • Browse marine life catalog
  • Explore species by region
  • Plan dive trips
  • Climb leaderboards
  • Wishlist creatures
Features
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Remember every underwater encounter. From your first clownfish to a tiny nudibranch or an unforgettable shark encounter, Shooal helps you keep track of the marine life you discover. Build your personal species collection, save your photos and find inspiration for your next dive or snorkel. YOUR UNDERWATER LIFE LIST • Log the marine species you’ve seen and grow your personal collection. • Add your own sighting photos to remember each discovery. • Explore your collection stats, earn achievements and celebrate milestones. • Share your favourite sightings with friends. DISCOVER WHAT’S OUT THERE • Browse a catalogue of hundreds of marine species. • Learn about their size, diet, habitat, depth and conservation status. • Explore species by sea and region. • Use Shooal ID to help identify marine life from your photos. PLAN YOUR NEXT DISCOVERY That manta ray you’ve always dreamed of seeing. The seahorse you keep searching for. Keep them on your wishlist and turn your next trip into something to look forward to. • Save the species you hope to encounter. • Organise your dive and snorkel trips. • Create a species spot-list for each journey. JOIN THE SHOOAL Discover alongside a community of ocean explorers. Add friends, compare your progress on the leaderboard and see what other divers and snorkelers are spotting in the community feed. PUT YOUR DISCOVERIES ON THE MAP With Shooal Pro, add locations to your sightings and explore a shared world map of marine life. Revisit your own encounters, discover where others have spotted species and find inspiration for where to explore next. START EXPLORING FOR FREE Start with 20 free energy. Logging a new species uses one energy, and your starter energy stays available until you use it. Once it runs out, you receive 5 free energy each day, starting the following day. Daily energy resets at midnight and does not roll over. Your free account also includes: • 5 sighting photos in total. • 1 trip with its own species spot-list. • Up to 5 species on your wishlist. • 1 Shooal ID photo scan. GO FURTHER WITH SHOOAL PRO • Unlimited species logging, with no energy limits. • Unlimited sighting photos. • Unlimited trips and wishlist entries. • Continued access to Shooal ID photo identification. • Access to the shared world map. Choose a monthly or yearly subscription, or unlock lifetime access with a one-time purchase. Whether you’re snorkelling your local reef or travelling for the dive of a lifetime, bring your underwater memories together in Shooal. Built by a diver, for divers. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

DivePlot

Features
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Turn your dive computer log into a beautiful photo overlay. DivePlot reads a dive straight from your dive computer over Bluetooth and turns it into a clean, professional overlay: your depth profile as a graph, live readouts like a dive computer, or both — on top of your own dive photo or as a transparent PNG for your video editor. How it works 1. Connect your dive computer and pick one of your latest dives. 2. Style your overlay: graph lines, colors, line thickness, text fields and a legend. 3. Export to your photo album or share it directly. Overlay studio • Depth, temperature, deco, pO₂ and tank pressure as graph lines — each with its own color and toggle • Dive computer mode: replay your dive with live depth, time, pO₂, temperature, CNS and tank pressure readouts • Scrub to any moment of the dive — the readouts follow • Add your own photo as background, with zoom, pan, dim and blur • Effects below the depth line: darken, grayscale or blur • Draggable text fields (depth, duration, date, time, your name) with size, color, alignment and outline • Legend, line thickness slider and multiple export formats: 16:9, 4:3, 9:16, 3:4, 1:1 and 4:5 • Save your favorite designs and reuse them on the next dive • No photo? Export a transparent PNG to use as an overlay in any video editor Supported dive computers DivePlot connects to the Halcyon Symbios (handset and HUD) over Bluetooth and downloads your most recent dives — including rebreather data such as cell pO₂ and tank pressure. Support for more brands is in the works. No account, no ads, no tracking. Your dives stay on your device. Free version adds a small "created with DivePlot app" watermark; a one-time purchase removes it.

Screenshots

Shooal4 screens
DivePlot3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Shooal at every 5 days against DivePlot's fortnightly. DivePlot's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Shooal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and DivePlot sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shooal ships an update every 5 days, DivePlot fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Shooal versus DivePlot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShooalDivePlot
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB58 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJidde wiegertjesRogier Visser

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Shooal

Subscriptions2
  • Shooal Pro$2.991 Month
  • Shooal Pro$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Shooal Pro — Lifetime$34.99
2 purchases

DivePlot

One-time2
  • Remove Watermark$2.99
  • Video Export$3.99

Questions

Is Shooal free?
Shooal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DivePlot free?
DivePlot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Shooal or DivePlot have ads?
Neither Shooal nor DivePlot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shooal or DivePlot?
Shooal ships an update every 5 days, and DivePlot fortnightly. Most recently, Shooal was updated on October 31, 2026 and DivePlot on November 1, 2026.

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