DiveDex: Fish & Reef ID
donarun DAS Reference iPhoneiPadiPod touch
DiveDex: Fish & Reef ID is a free Reference app for iPhone and iPad by donarun DAS. Requires iOS 16.0. Updated September 1, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 89 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 1
- 2026 · v3.1.0
Screenshots
About DiveDex: Fish & Reef ID
**Name what you see underwater — instantly, and completely offline.** DiveDex turns your phone into a live marine-life field guide. Point your camera at a fish, coral, nudibranch or crab and it identifies the species in real time, right on the device. No signal, no account, no uploads — perfect for the boat, the reef, or a remote freshwater lake where there's no bar of reception. Built by a diver, for divers. **IDENTIFY ANYTHING AQUATIC** • Real-time identification from your live camera — just center the creature in the frame. • Powered by the open BioCLIP model running 100% on-device. • Thousands of species across the tree of life: reef and pelagic fish, freshwater fish, corals, nudibranchs, crustaceans, cephalopods, echinoderms and more. • Confidence you can trust — DiveDex captures the clearest, most-confident moment so the ID you save is the one you actually saw. **WORKS 100% OFFLINE** • Everything runs on your phone. Your photos and your location never leave the device. • The species model and reef catalogue download once on first launch; after that you're fully offline. • Add more with free downloadable packs — sharks & rays, nudibranchs, corals, freshwater and more — only what you want. **LOG EVERY DIVE** • Auto-record a dive and see every species you spotted, organised by dive. • An offline gallery of your captures you can browse and revisit any time. **BEAUTIFUL, SHAREABLE ID CARDS** • Every shot becomes a polished 4:5 card — species name, place, and date — ready to post. • Photos are geotagged with your surface location and stamped with a reverse-geocoded place. **CONTRIBUTE TO CITIZEN SCIENCE** • Save a clean, geotagged original ready to submit to iNaturalist. • Cross-check any ID against iNaturalist records near your dive site — a quick sanity check on whether a species is really found where you are. • Your confirmed sightings help build open marine-biodiversity data. **PRIVATE BY DESIGN** • No account. No ads. No tracking. No analytics. • Identification happens entirely on-device; nothing about your dives is uploaded unless you choose to share a photo. DiveDex is a naturalist's tool for curiosity and record-keeping — not a substitute for professional judgement, and never a dive-safety or navigation instrument.
What’s new
Version 3.1.0 · Updated September 1, 2026
A simpler camera. • Freeze/live mode is gone. The view is always live, so there is one less thing to think about underwater. • Tap-to-focus responds on the first tap instead of waiting on a double-tap. • Less battery and heat: identification pauses while you are reading a sheet. • About now links donarundas.com.
App privacy
The developer, donarun DAS, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Alternatives to DiveDex: Fish & Reef ID
Looking for apps like DiveDex: Fish & Reef ID? Here are 6 similar apps on the App Store. The highest rated is Red Sea Creatures (5.0/5), and all 6 are free to download.
-
Fins - Fish ID
4.9
-
Reef Life Identifier: ReefIQ
-
Red Sea Creatures
5.0
-
LittleScience -LittleActivity
-
AGC Chaplaincy
-
Fossil Identifier - Dino Scan
| App | Rating | Price | Last updated | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DiveDex: Fish & Reef ID | – | Free | September 1, 2026 | |
| Fins - Fish ID | 4.9 / 5 (16) | Free | Oct 19, 2026 | Compare |
| Reef Life Identifier: ReefIQ | – | Free | Oct 14, 2026 | Compare |
| Red Sea Creatures | 5.0 / 5 (1) | Free | Oct 15, 2026 | Compare |
| LittleScience -LittleActivity | – | Free | Jul 20, 2026 | Compare |
| AGC Chaplaincy | – | Free | Sep 29, 2026 | Compare |
| Fossil Identifier - Dino Scan | – | Free | Aug 22, 2026 | Compare |