SCUBA APPS For your iPhone

Posted on 05. Jul, 2009 by DiveVets in News

As the Apple iPhone & iTouch continue to gain popularity, software developers are rushing to create cool and useful applications (APPS) to make these mini computer-phones more useful.  There’s already a bunch of SCUBA APPS on the iTunes Apps Store ready to download.

To help you get started, here’s a list of some of the popular applications, for both recreational and technical diving, you might want to check out:

iScuba Plan (http://scubaplan.com/)

Allows you to plan recreational SCUBA dives.  It does this by using the same test data that the PADI/DSAT recreational dive planning tables are based on.
With iScubaPlan, you can use Air and Nitrox, and plan any number of repetitive dives.

Download/Info:

Dive Log (http://moremobilesoftware.com/More_Mobile_Software_Home.html)

A full featured SCUBA dive log. It is designed to work either as your primary logbook application or in conjunction with a variety of 3rd party desktop logbook applications. Now you can always carry your logbook with you.

Download/Info:

Nitrox Tools (http://moremobilesoftware.com/Nitrox_Tools_-_native.html)

Provides Enriched Air Nitrox blending and dive planning tools at a touch wherever you need them. Use it at your fill station while blending Nitrox or at the dive site to help plan your dive.

Info/Download:

iDeco (http://www.iphonedeco.com/)

A complete multiple dive/multi-level dive planner for technical diving.  Supports Open Circut Diving and Closed Circuit Rebreathers.

Download/info page: 

V-Planner (http://www.hhssoftware.com/v-planner/)

The mother of Deco/Trimix planning software comes to the iPhone. V-Planner has been available for years as a PC application and now it is available on your iPhone.  More expensive than most applications, but proven technology for the technical diver.

Download/Info:

Trimix Tools (http://moremobilesoftware.com/Trimix_Tools_-_native.html)

Trimix blending and planning tools that can be used where you are and when you need them.

You can use these tools to plan your mixes prior to arriving at the dive shop or to fill your cylinder at the air station or on the boat. Calculations are provided for the best Trimix given a planned depth and a desired maximum partial pressure of oxygen and equivalent narcotic depth (END).

Dowload/Info:

Search the iTunes App Store regularly to look for new programs as they become available.  If you find something new and exciting for diving, post it on the forum so others can check it out.

DiveVets assumes no responsibility for your use of any of these applications, and makes no representation regarding their accuracy or performance. Use of these applications shall be solely your responsibility.

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