CraneSafe vs Viability
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CraneSafe
This app provides annual safety assessments for various types of cranes and mobile plant equipment. It aims to enhance existing safety standards within the Australian crane industry.
- Annual safety assessments
- Covers mobile, tower, and overhead cranes
- Assesses vehicle loading cranes
- Includes piling rigs and concrete pumps
- Evaluates reach stackers and telehandlers
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Industry regulated safety standards The Crane Industry Council of Australia (CICA) initiated the voluntary crane assessment program, CraneSafe, throughout Australia. Developed by the national industry body in consultation with the crane industry as a whole, CraneSafe aims to augment existing safety standards with annual assessments of mobile, tower, overhead, and vehicle loading cranes. Additionally, the program also provides assessments for other mobile plant like piling rigs, concrete pumps, pole borers, reach stackers, and telehandlers.
Viability
Streamline cafe, restaurant, and bar operations with this business management tool. It uses machine learning for revenue forecasting, scheduling, and supplier budget feedback to boost profits and provide real-time financial insights.
- Revenue forecasting
- Productive scheduling tools
- Supplier budget feedback
- POS and accounting integration
- Real-time financial overview
- Machine learning insights
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Unlock the secret to smoother business operations and higher profits with our mobile app and machine learning software. Our Australian-owned and operated software is tailor-made for cafes, restaurants, and bars in Australia. With decades of experience in the hospitality industry, we provide a cloud-based profit solution that seamlessly integrates with your POS and accounting systems. Our platform offers unique revenue forecasting algorithms, real-world benchmarking tools for creating productive schedules, and supplier budget feedback. These features maximise profitability and provide a real-time financial overview like a GPS. You can try the entire package for free today. “To say that it has changed not only my profitability but my life would be an understatement. Being a coffee shop owner for 13 years, I pride myself on being an efficient operator. But before discovering Viability, I used to drown in hours and hours of data entry and Excel spreadsheets every week. Now, everything happens in one spot, saving me so much time and making me much more efficient. I now have the time to do the most important job in my business: serve customers.” Anthony Pollina Director, White Picket Coffee House & Ground Floor Coffee “I have dashboard visibility to all the critical information I need to run a successful business and can make decisions based on facts, not guesswork! This has enabled me to focus on what I do best, becoming more productive, a better boss, a better dad, a better husband, a better friend and a much better businessman!” Luigi Di Costanzo Director, Luigi Delicatessen “Finally, someone has developed a program encompassing everything (and I mean everything) to run a profitable, successful, true and efficient business.” Stelio Birbas Director, Pizza Meccanica
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Verdict
CraneSafe and Viability are too close to call on the numbers: across 7 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CraneSafe | Viability |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Crane Industry Council of Australia | Viability.io |
Customer experience
CraneSafe
Viability
In-app purchases
CraneSafe
No in-app purchases
Viability
No in-app purchases









