Comparison

Scuba Diving Challenge vs Wake

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

Head to head
About

Scuba Diving Challenge

Experience the excitement of underwater exploration with intuitive controls. Navigate through four challenging levels, from recycling cans to searching for flight recorders. Refill your air tanks on your boat to continue your quest. This universal app is designed for all ages.

Highlights
  • Intuitive thumb controls
  • Four progressively difficult levels
  • Underwater search missions
  • Air tank management
  • Universal app support
  • Accomplishment sharing
Features
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Enjoy the thrill of scuba diving on your iPhone or iPad. Use intuitive thumb controls to easily steer and search underwater through 4 progressively more difficult levels. Level 1 - find for cans to recycle, Level 2 - find coins on the ocean floor using a metal detector. Level 3 - find coins, some of which may be hidden under the surface of the ocean floor. Level 4 - find both the flight voice and data recorders. Whenever your tanks run out of air, return to your boat to refill and then you’ll be able to continue your search. Challenging for all ages. Optionally shares your accomplishments via email, or text messaging. Universal App - supports iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, including standard, Retina, and iPhone X displays.

About

Wake

Features
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Race a speedboat down an endless water course. Dodge rocks, skim past hazards for a bigger combo, and push for a new personal best. Hold to turn one way. Release to turn back. The pace rises as the course narrows. - 15 boats with score bonuses, longer combos or crash shields - Permanent score and combo upgrades bought with race coins - Straight, steady camera and clear low-poly racing visuals - Personal records, goals and daily coin gifts - Relax mode for a slower run - Core gameplay works offline, with no account required Free to play with ads and optional one-time purchases. Optional reward ads offer a revive, extra coins or a shield. Remove Ads disables automatic ads; reward ads remain optional. Purchases and ads require an internet connection.

Screenshots

Scuba Diving Challenge4 screens
Wake4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Wake at Free against Scuba Diving Challenge's $1.99. Wake also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 24 months). Scuba Diving Challenge's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown).

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

Wake is free to download; Scuba Diving Challenge costs $1.99 up front. Wake sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Scuba Diving Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scuba Diving Challenge ships an update every 24 months, Wake weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 3 level
Scuba Diving Challenge versus Wake: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScuba Diving ChallengeWake
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 24 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMagnin & AssociatesJulien Turunen

In-app purchases

None

Scuba Diving Challenge

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Wake

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Superyacht$3.99

Questions

Is Scuba Diving Challenge free?
Scuba Diving Challenge costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wake free?
Wake is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Scuba Diving Challenge or Wake have ads?
Wake shows ads; Scuba Diving Challenge does not.
Which is updated more often, Scuba Diving Challenge or Wake?
Scuba Diving Challenge ships an update every 24 months, and Wake weekly. Most recently, Scuba Diving Challenge was updated on November 1, 2026 and Wake on November 10, 2026.

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