BurbleMe vs Freedive
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BurbleMe
This app allows sport skydivers to self-manifest for jumps, manage load organizing, and track their jump history electronically. It also facilitates payments and provides a location notifier for landed skydivers.
- Self-manifesting for jumps
- Load organizing tools
- Electronic logbook
- Transaction history
- Location notifier
- Ratings integration
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BurbleMe is the Sport Skydivers tool for self manifesting at your local Burble dropzone. With it you are able to check in, self manifest, load organize, send your Burble enabled dropzone your location when you land out, view your transaction history and maintain a full electronic logbook . Check with your local dropzone to see if they are using Burble. Payments. Add money to your account directly from your phone at enabled Dropzones. Ratings card: Ditch it. Connect Burble directly to your Merit account and the dropzone will be able to see your USPA and UPT licences and ratings immediately. Self Manifesting: No more lining up to manifest. Now you can put yourself and your friends on a load with a couple of click. Great for fun jumpers, load organizers and teams alike. Load Organizing: Just scan your jumpers QR codes to add them to your list. Send jumpers on a load a message. Reuse a previous load. It's designed to help you keep a boogie rocking! Transaction History: Complete history of every transaction you have made at your dropzone. No more bothering manifest at the end of the day. Be their best friend and check you jumps on your phone. Log Book: A full electronic log book automatically keeps track of your jumps at any Burble enabled dropzone (you can add jumps made at other dropzones manually). You can save signatures and pictures of the people you jump with making it a full electronic logbook. Location Notifier: Landed out? Let the dropzone know where you are. You can now send the DZ a message from the app that will send your GPS co-ordinates and display your location in a map back at the dropzone. Your status - "Injured", "ok, need a ride" or "ok, walking back" is also sent at the same time.
Freedive
This app helps freedivers improve their breath-holding abilities with customizable training tables and performance tracking. It offers automated CO2 tolerance and O2 deprivation tables, along with the ability to create personalized sessions. Track your progress and receive notifications during your training.
- Auto-generated CO2 tolerance tables
- Auto-generated O2 deprivation tables
- Customizable table creation
- Breath hold duration testing
- Attempt history tracking
- Advanced notifications with vibration/speech
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A simple but effective breathhold training application for freedivers. - Use auto-generated tables for CO2 Tolerance and O2 Deprivation - Create your own custom tables by choosing table size freely and setting all durations individually - Test your breath hold duration and have a history of your attempts. - Uses advanced notifcations with vibration or speech during tables
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Freedive at 94% against BurbleMe's 25%. Freedive also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). BurbleMe's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Freedive holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of BurbleMe's written reviews are positive against 94% of Freedive's.
BurbleMe ships an update every 3 weeks, Freedive every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BurbleMe | Freedive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (17 ratings) | 4.6 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.6% of reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Burble Software Company, LLC | Luca Naterop |
Customer experience
BurbleMe
Freedive
Bugs and requests
BurbleMe
Reported bugs
21 issues- App crashes immediately on launch
- App crashes when trying to add a group
- Cannot open 'join the load' screen
- Account resets
- Merit connection doesn't add licenses
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- Watch app crashes on login
- My Loads > Sport Loads page shows repeated loads
- Blank screen when backing out to My Loads page
- 5-minute alert sent too late
- Password reset emails delayed
- Cannot remove a DZ
- Login issues with new phone
- Jumper doesn't exist after reinstallation
- Log book showing more jumps than logged
- Log book doesn't save altitude
- Log book entry deletion error
- Cannot change DZ after initial selection
- Keyboard issues on iPad
- "Remember me" checkbox not working
- Location services draining battery
- Nag screen about GPS location
Requested features
13 requests- Add logbook function
- Wing load calculator
- Reserve service date reminder
- Connect to PayPal for account top-ups
- Download jump data in .xlsx format
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- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
- Ability to see who is on loads
- Preference for jump type
- Remember login credentials
- Ability to delete a DZ
- Block ticket purchase via app
- Pay bills via the app
Freedive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BurbleMe
No in-app purchases
Freedive
No in-app purchases
