Comparison

Diviac vs Diveplanner Tec & Rec

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

Head to head
About

Diviac

Log your scuba dives with this cloud-based digital logbook. It features a marine life database, social sharing, and direct dive computer uploads. Store your dive memories, connect with other divers, and plan your next underwater adventure.

Highlights
  • Cloud-based dive logging
  • Direct dive computer upload
  • Marine life database
  • Social sharing and community
  • Dive site research and booking
  • Dive buddy validation
Features
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The world's most advanced scuba logbook: beautiful - cloud-based - socially connected - with a full marine life database - offering direct dive computer upload (from desktop/laptop). Log offline during your dive trip, enrich back at home on https://logbook.diviac.com/ - no cables, automatic sync, just perfect! Diviac is also much more than a traditional logbook, it is a journal of your dive history. A place to remember the divers that you meet on trips, a place to keep track of the amazing marine life that you encounter and a place to record your impressions… in short, a place to store the memories that you want to keep from your dives. Key features Fresh Beautiful design, intuitive interface and amazing user experience. Your dives never had such an elegant place to be logged. Cloud All your logs are accessible 24/7 anywhere in the world, web and mobile. Even when there is no connectivity you can still access your dives and your dive certifications. Social Post your dives on Facebook or Google+, share your experience with your friends and get recommendations on where to go next. Community Being a diver means also being part of its global community. Befriend divers, follow dive sites or companies, post news updates, follow activity feeds and stay in the loop. Inspiring Diviac logbook includes a full marine database with 14,000 species, complete with photos and biology info. All you need to find out what species you spotted in your last dive. Friendly Allows dive buddies to validate and copy each other’s logs and photos. You can also ask your dive instructor to send you a template for the dive or to validate your dive. Compatible What’s easier than directly upload your dive computer data to your logbook? Just download the Mac and PC software to upload all your dives, from the dive computer to the cloud. Analytical Equipped with dashboards and custom reporting tools to get to know everything about your diving life. Scuba travel Research and book your next scuba vacation from 10,000 dive operators in the most exotic location around the world. Hundreds of user reviews, ratings, and advanced search tools will make it a breeze to go on holiday.

About

Diveplanner Tec & Rec

Plan complex recreational and technical dives with advanced decompression models and multi-gas support. Log your dives, manage gas blends, and restore underwater photo colors. Syncs across Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Bühlmann ZH-L16C and Thalmann decompression models
  • Open circuit and CCR dive planning
  • Multi-gas decompression support
  • Contingency plan computation
  • Gas blending and cylinder management
  • Underwater photo color correction
  • Bluetooth dive computer data import
Features
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Diveplanner Tec & Rec plans recreational and technical dives, on open circuit or closed circuit rebreather (CCR), in a few taps, and keeps your logbook. PLAN • Bühlmann ZH-L16C decompression model with your gradient factors, or the Thalmann algorithm of the U.S. Navy: VVal-79 for air and nitrox, XVal-He-9 for heliox CCR dives; compare a plan with both • Open circuit and CCR, down to 300 m / 985 ft, in salt, fresh or EN 13319 water, at sea level or at altitude • Multi-level dives, multi-gas decompression with automatic or chosen switch depths • Contingency plans computed for you: deeper, longer, lost deco gas, GF 100 and the CCR bailout • Warnings for ppO2, END, gas density, isobaric counter diffusion, CNS and OTU • The decompression chart of each plan: the profile, the tissues' ceilings at GF 100 and at your gradient factors, the leading tissue • A dive day of as many repetitive dives as you need, with their surface intervals • Saved plans in folders, shared as files GAS • Describe your cylinders: the plan gives the pressure at the end of the dive, the turn pressure, the rock bottom and the maximum bottom time your gas allows • Gas needed by volume and weight, per gas TABLES • Dive tables by depth and bottom time for your own gases, gradient factors and conditions, with the previous dives of the day • Share or print the table as a PDF TOOLS • Gas blender: partial pressure blending of nitrox, trimix and heliox from what is left in the cylinder, ideal or real gas; the best mix for a depth from your ppO2, END and gas density limits, and the cylinder label • Tides: the tide of a day anywhere at sea, from the nearest NOAA tide station or the EOT20 global tide model, its high and low waters, and the tidal currents and slack waters of a nearby current station, read to the minute on the chart • Photo colors: restore the true colors of your underwater photos and videos, their blue or green cast, haze and missing red corrected, with the depth of your logged dive; compare before and after, then save or share LOGBOOK • Log your dives by hand, from a plan, or download them over Bluetooth from a Shearwater dive computer (Petrel 2, Perdix, Perdix AI, Nerd 2, Teric, Peregrine), with the profile, stops, gases and sensor values • Photos, dive sites on a map, statistics, tags, search and filters • Synchronised between your iPhone, iPad and Mac with iCloud • Export to UDDF, Subsurface, CSV, a PDF logbook and .divelog archives; import UDDF and Subsurface SHARE • Ready-to-cut dive schedules as a PDF, for your buddy or your slate: every plan, the gas and cylinders, CNS, OTU and warnings EVERYWHERE • iPhone, iPad and Mac • Metric or imperial units • In 12 languages, each with its user guide LICENCES • Rec, free: one gas, air or nitrox up to 40 %, down to 66 m / 210 ft • Tec Basic: up to 3 gases, nitrox up to 100 %, normoxic trimix and triox • Tec Advanced: unlimited gases and depth, hypoxic trimix • Try every feature free for 2 weeks Diveplanner is a planning aid. It does not replace training, experience, a dive computer or your own judgement: always dive within the limits of your certification.

Screenshots

Diviac4 screens
Diveplanner Tec & Rec4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Diveplanner Tec & Rec at 3.1 against Diviac's 1.8. Diveplanner Tec & Rec also leads on review sentiment (43% vs 19%). Diviac's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Diveplanner Tec & Rec sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Diviac asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Diveplanner Tec & Rec holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of Diviac's written reviews are positive against 43% of Diveplanner Tec & Rec's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Diviac ships an update every 5 weeks, Diveplanner Tec & Rec every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Diviac versus Diveplanner Tec & Rec: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDiviacDiveplanner Tec & Rec
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (18 ratings)3.1 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews19.4% of reviews42.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS6.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPADI Travel AGSensetrails LLC

Customer experience

Diviac

All ratings18 ratings
Positive16.7%
Neutral5.6%
Negative77.8%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive19.4%
Neutral6.5%
Negative74.2%

Diveplanner Tec & Rec

All ratings7 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral28.6%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

In-app purchases

None

Diviac

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Diveplanner Tec & Rec

One-time3
  • Two weeks free trialFree
  • Tec Basic$7.99
  • Tec Advanced$19.99

Questions

Is Diviac free?
Diviac is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Diveplanner Tec & Rec free?
Diveplanner Tec & Rec is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Diviac or Diveplanner Tec & Rec?
Diveplanner Tec & Rec is rated higher. Diviac averages 1.8 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Diveplanner Tec & Rec averages 3.1 from 7 ratings.
Do Diviac or Diveplanner Tec & Rec have ads?
Neither Diviac nor Diveplanner Tec & Rec shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Diviac or Diveplanner Tec & Rec?
Diviac ships an update every 5 weeks, and Diveplanner Tec & Rec every 2 months. Most recently, Diviac was updated on November 6, 2026 and Diveplanner Tec & Rec on November 3, 2026.

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