Dive Nitrox vs Diveplanner Tec & Rec
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dive Nitrox
This app calculates SCUBA EANx, ppO2, and depth using simple sliders. It determines EAD, MOD, and Best Mix for enriched air nitro mixes. Optimized for specific iPhone models.
- EANx, ppO2, and depth calculation
- EAD, MOD, and Best Mix determination
- Enriched air nitro mix adjustment
- Partial pressure of oxygen adjustment
- Depth value adjustment
- Slider-based interface
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A calculator for determining the EAD, MOD, and Best Mix for a chosen SCUBA EANx, ppO2, and depth. The app uses simple sliders for changing the enriched air nitro mix, the partial pressure of oxygen, and the depth values. Optimized for the iPhone 5, 5s, & 6.
Diveplanner Tec & Rec
Plan technical and recreational scuba dives with detailed gas management, decompression schedules, and contingency planning. This tool helps divers quickly create and share dive plans for various depths and conditions.
- Technical and recreational dive planning
- Multi-gas and CCR dive schedules
- Bühlmann decompression model (ZH16L-C)
- Automatic contingency plans
- Gas requirement and weight calculation
- Dive table generation
- Metric and Imperial units
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Plan your technical or recreational dives in seconds on your iPhone, iPad and Mac ! Diveplanner is a full featured planner for technical and recreational scuba diving. It features various modules to quickly plan one or multiple dives including gas contingency and oxygen toxicity. Diveplanner was designed as a safe and reliable tool for divers. It helps plan technical and recreational dives quickly and easily and to share the schedule instantly with your dive buddy. Dive planning module: • Open Circuit / CCR, multi gas, decompression dive schedules up to 300 m/985 ft deep in fresh water or saltwater (including EN13319) at sea level or altitude • Uses Bühlmann decompression model ZH16L-C with user selectable gradient factors as conservatism • Multi level dive instructions • Full automatic gas switch (from the list of selected gas for the dive) or manual gas switch or a mix of both • Full automatic contingency plans computation (lost decompression or travel gas) and ++ (too long/too deep) plans • Automatic bailout plan computation in CCR mode • Various information, caution or warnings for deep END, high or low PPO2, Setpoint, ICD, vestibular DCS due to ICD on gas switch • Computation of gas requirement and gas weight • Account for up to 6 consecutive dives with surface interval to account for residual saturation at start of the current dive • Works in Metric or Imperial units Dive table module: • Open Circuit / CCR, multi gas decompression dive table up to 66 m/210 ft deep and 60 min bottom time, in freshwater or saltwater (including EN13319) at sea level or altitude • Uses Bühlmann decompression model ZH16L-C with user selectable gradient factors as conservatism • Account for up to 6 consecutive dives with surface interval to account for residual saturation while computing the dive table • Works in Metric or Imperial units • Translated in English, French and German
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Diveplanner Tec & Rec at 3.1 against Dive Nitrox's 1.0. Diveplanner Tec & Rec also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 2). Dive Nitrox's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (8.2 vs 13.0). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. Diveplanner Tec & Rec sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Dive Nitrox asks for nothing beyond the download.
Diveplanner Tec & Rec holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively.
| Parameter | Dive Nitrox | Diveplanner Tec & Rec |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 3.1 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.2 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jim Corbo | Sensetrails LLC |
Customer experience
Dive Nitrox
Diveplanner Tec & Rec
In-app purchases
Dive Nitrox
No in-app purchases
Diveplanner Tec & Rec
- Two weeks free trialFree
- Tec Basic$7.99
- Tec Advanced$19.99
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