Comparison

Seqwater vs QLD Crime

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Seqwater

Stay informed about water dam releases and safety notices with real-time alerts. Discover recreational activities at various sites and access emergency contacts instantly. Location services ensure timely hazard notifications.

Highlights
  • Dam release alerts
  • Recreation and safety notices
  • Dam level information
  • Search for activities
  • Emergency contact list
  • Tap-to-call functionality
Features
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The Seqwater app is a public safety app that will allow users to: • receive dam release alerts and recreation and safety notices • view the latest dam level information • search for things to do at Seqwater recreation sites • quickly access a list of emergency contacts with tap to call links. Dam alerts and safety notices The app uses a Early Warning Network (EWN) geographic notification and information system (GNIS) to manage notifications about dam releases and recreation and safety notices. Users must register with a valid mobile number and email address to receive alerts. The app’s use of location updates is an optional feature that allows us to send real time notifications and alerts to app users based on their location.

About

QLD Crime

Investigate reported offenses and crime statistics in Queensland. View crime hotspots on a map, filter by offense type and date range, and analyze crime trends with charts and graphs. Gain insights into local crime rates for properties and neighborhoods.

Highlights
  • View reported offenses on a map
  • Filter crimes by type and date
  • Analyze crime trends with charts
  • Check property crime history
  • Monitor neighborhood crime rates
  • Visualize crime hotspots
Features
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•Use QLD Crime iOS app to check if that beautiful property you are intending to buy, rent, or are already leasing out, has crimes recorded against it. •Check if your neighbours are as innocent as they are friendly. •Through QLD Open Data Strategy and data collected by the Queensland Police, we are able to bring reported offences and their associated geographical location areas for the last 1 year to the public. •With the visual information within the app, you are able to view Queensland locations with the highest rates of each of the recorded crime types. You can zoom into the main map to view exactly where the crimes where recorded, or zoom out to view summarised information for the bounding area. •View and Filter Offences including Arson, Fraud, Robbery, Liquor, and Homicide. •Switch between a selection of Date Ranges to view most recent or oldest offences and crimes. •View Graphs and Charts showing the levels of offences, days with the most offences committed, and times of the day with the highest and lowest crimes rate for your suburb. •Future features include ability to receive notifications when an offence/crime is recorded under a location you have set to monitor. •QLD Crime iOS app depends on third party 'services and resources' whose reliability will directly affect its performance. Please bear with us during such times e.g during Daily Database Updates in the morning (QLD region). The app will advise of such situations. •If you have any queries related to the data and information provided by the app please contact the QLD Police. QLD Crime is independent of and is not directly affiliated with the QLD Police.   •Please read the contained Terms and Conditions of use carefully, or access them here: https://panashemuzaapps.azurewebsites.net/Home/QldCrimeTermsAndConditions

Screenshots

Seqwater4 screens
QLD Crime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Seqwater at none against QLD Crime's 2. QLD Crime's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (50% vs 33%). On price, ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. QLD Crime sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Seqwater asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Seqwater ships an update every 3 months, QLD Crime every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 3 level
Seqwater versus QLD Crime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeqwaterQLD Crime
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB17 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperQueensland Bulk Water Supply AuthorityPanashe Muzangaza

Customer experience

Seqwater

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

QLD Crime

Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Seqwater

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

QLD Crime

Subscriptions2
  • Full Month Access$2.991 Month
  • Full Year Access (20% saving)$29.491 Year

Questions

Is Seqwater free?
Seqwater is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is QLD Crime free?
QLD Crime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Seqwater or QLD Crime have ads?
Neither Seqwater nor QLD Crime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Seqwater or QLD Crime?
Seqwater ships an update every 3 months, and QLD Crime every 2 weeks. Most recently, Seqwater was updated on November 2, 2026 and QLD Crime on November 3, 2026.

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