DiveLogManager for Android

It lets you view data imported from the paid iOS app, but that’s about it. It’s a total waste of time.

I use MacDive for my dive log on OS X. It does sync with Dive Log for iOS, but I really like having Dive Log Manager around for straight backups of my dive log from iOS before doing anything with syncing.

Had this app with Snow Leopard and when I upgraded to Mavericks, lost everything, all dives, locations, depths, all info. After trying to contact the company to get some info, their response was “I’m sorry about the difficulties, but this is really not something that we have control over. When Google changes the OS version they often depreciate older interfaces from older versions of Android OS. Since Snow Leopard Google has released, Lion, Mountain Lion, and Mavericks and they typically only support older interfaces for two released of Android OS.” To me it sounds like a cop out, and not wanting to fix their product. Wouldn’t recomment this to anyone!!!!

This app could be good if the developer would put even a little effort into it. Syncing is a mess. it works, but it's ugly compared to everything else. Why doesn't it just sync through the cloud like every other app without all the manual crap and having to name the files etc. I have one logbook, the end. I don't need to create a new logbook file everytime I use this app. I wanna type something in on my phone and it show up here and vice versa. The location information is confusing. The city/island country/region is weird. Why not just country, city, state like everything else on the planet? Signing with a finger looks awful, and diving in random countries, there is not always a verifier, so maybe make the signature spot optional especially since there is no place in the signature area to say what type of verifier it was or for them to put their certification number. That's the kind of unpolished half hearted care taken with the design of this app. At least it gets updated fairly regularly. Just enough to let us know the developer is alive, not much more, though.

Not sure what all of the fuss is. When I go diving, I take my Mobile with me and mark the dive sight with the mobile apps GPS locator. I then enter the data for each dive on site. Easy as I have plenty of time between dives. This app is perfect for this. When get home, I sync the dive computer with my Android and merge the two together. Sadly, it is not possible to sync the dive computer with the Mobile, but this is an Google/Mobile limitation, not a Dive Log issue. Once merged on the Android, I sync all data back to the Mobile for the next dive trip, which is sadly never soon enough. Take the simplicity of the app, plus that fact that every time I have emailed Sven, the developer with a question or an issue, he ALWAYS has emailed me back. Plus, I have asked for new features and he listens. I have used this app for 3 years now and he doing a great job supporting me. This app does exactly what I need, to keep track of my dives in a nice, graphical manor.