Dive Planner app for iPhone and iPad

4.5 ( 6875 ratings )

Utilities Lifestyle
Developer: PunkStar Studios

4.99 USD

Current version: 2.0, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 15 Aug 2008
App size: 1.58 Mb

Made for the certified scuba diver.
Based on the Navy Dive Tables (not PADI) the source for all other tables. These tables allow you to dive deeper and longer than some of the other proprietary tables out there. Developed with two Padi instructors (who prefer these tables over the PADI tables).

Forgot your dive computer?
Cant find your plastic tables (or just dont carry it with you)?

Now you can keep your own Dive Profile Planner with you at all times on your iPod/iPhone.

1. Simply set your depth and time with a flick of the finger to find your new surface pressure group.

2. Another flick of the finger will set your surface interval so you can see your pressure group for the next dive.

3. For subsequent dives, with a drag of the finger you can change your starting pressure group from A to Z.

All values update dynamically as you change depths/time/pressure group.

Use as a reference only. When in doubt or error, refer to the tools available by the diver certification organization you were trained under.

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Further explanation is needed though for users who think something may not look right:

The depths between 130 and 140 are... "funky".
Lets say youre a B diver and you want to go down to 130 feet for 5 minutes. The RNT would be 6. Add that to your bottom time and you get 11... which is considered DECO since the limit is 10.
But change your depth to 140 and the RNT becomes 5. Add that to your bottom time and you get 10, which is the limit for 140 so its not a deco dive.

Its counter-intuitive but it is what it is. If you remember from your training... the biggest change in pressure is the last 15 feet at the surface. So it goes to reason that the deeper you go the lower the ratio is between depths, thats why when you start getting into the deeper depths the bottom times get close and closer (in fact theres no difference in bottom time between 160 and 190 and even the RNT is the same initially)
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Pros and cons of Dive Planner app for iPhone and iPad

Dive Planner app good for

For anyone who dives this is a wickedly simple app and worth every penny!

Those people who said the numbers dont match PADI... well they are probably not using the Padi tables. By default it uses the Navy Dive Tables which use a completely different set of pressure groups... but you can switch over to PADI numbers with the touch of a button - and those are perfect.

Some bad moments

I just loaded this app. Great design but the info doesnt match my PADI Rec Diver Chart by far!!! I look forward to the corrected version, or to the refund. PS: why is this under Public service and not Sports - it took me for ever to locate it.

Capability of switching between 21% throughout 40% nitrox would be a nice feature for the price of the app

This app is great for pre-dive planning and planning additional dives during your surface intervals. Its very easy to use. I, however live above 1000 and all of my dives are considered "altitude" dives. Hopefully this app will be updated with altitude tables so I can use this without having to still use my altitude tables and this app during pre-dive planning.

If monkeys can carry guns,,,,,,,then the under waters one should do just fine.

This seems like a good start on this app, I would have to agree that it needs some work though. For starters I would like to see it add in high altatude tables and I think that the general controls of it could be modified a bit, when doing something like setting your surface time it is very easy to pass up the time your trying to get several times before you finally hit the right surface time. Also like some had mentioned the slider bars are kind of difficult to work with and wont always detect where you are toutching correctly making the app somewhate frustrating to use. Also incase anyone is wondering this works off of the RDP table rather than using ether the wheel which is a bit more accurate or calculating it manually. This app definatlly has a lot of potential but right now it seems a bit primitive I hope to see it get a lot more roubust over the next few updates

This app is a great start, but needs some continued development. It needs a preference for which tables to use (PADI, NAUI, or NAVY.) As a Public Safety Diver (Search and Recovery) we use the NAVY tables, so it cant really serve its purpose for me. Also, altitude adjustment would be a good addition. Keep working on it! Thanks!

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