CFSScan vs The Nightly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CFSScan
Access real-time emergency services pager messages with push notifications for custom rules. View detailed incident information, search historical data, and find nearby water points. The app also provides live traffic updates and route planning.
- Real-time push notifications
- Custom rule alerts
- Historical incident search
- Detailed incident information
- Map point referencing
- Live pager feed
- Water point and stand pipe locator
- Real-time traffic and route planning
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The CFSScan Official mobile application gives you real time access to the SA GRN Emergency services pager messages. Receive real-time push notifications for your custom rules and perform historical search. Access detailed incident information including map point referencing and agency tasking. Instance access to the Live Pager feed. The feed stays awake while you change pages keeping you up to date. Find all previous incidents with our advanced key word searching algorithms. Manage your account and push notifications directly from the application. Locate your nearest water point and standpipe while on route. Gather Realtime traffic details and plot the best route to the incident.
The Nightly
Access Australia's top journalism for free, covering local and national politics, business, culture, and sports. Stay informed with global news from leading international publications and enjoy a daily digital newspaper delivered to your device.
- Premium local and national news coverage
- International news from The New York Times, CNBC, etc.
- Daily digital newspaper edition
- Breaking news alerts
- Interactive puzzles (crosswords)
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Download The Nightly app now to access Australia’s best journalism for free. The Nightly offers quality local and national politics, opinion, business, culture, lifestyle and sport. You'll also be getting the best of global news, with content from The New York Times, CNBC and The Economist. Spend your night wisely with The Nightly Digital Edition - Australia’s only nightly digital newspaper, delivered to your pocket every weeknight. Features: - Premium News: unrivalled coverage of local and national news, plus informed opinion and analysis from Australia’s most trusted thought leaders - International Coverage: content from The New York Times, CNBC, The Economist, The Washington Post and more - Read The Edition, nightly: our weeknight digital newspaper designed to get you in front of tomorrow’s news - Notifications: Be the first to know with breaking news alerts - Comments: Join the conversation - Puzzles: Challenge yourself with our weekday Mini and Quick crosswords Your ideas and feedback will help guide future development. Please send your comments to support@thenightly.com.au Privacy Policy: https://www.sevenwestmedia.com.au/privacy-policies/privacy Terms of Use: https://thenightly.com.au/terms-of-use Please note: This app features IPSOS proprietary measurement software which will allow you to contribute to market research or audience ratings services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Nightly at 44% against CFSScan's 31%. The Nightly also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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.
CFSScan ships an update every 2 weeks, The Nightly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CFSScan | The Nightly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 30.8% of reviews | 43.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Nico VanHaaster | Seven Network (Operations) Ltd. |
Customer experience
CFSScan
The Nightly
In-app purchases
CFSScan
No in-app purchases
The Nightly
No in-app purchases
