CVAS vs SharkSmart Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
CVAS
This app provides instant access to school information, real-time alerts, and facilitates communication between teachers, parents, and students. It offers personalized views of schedules, assignments, and school news, ensuring the community stays informed.
- Instant notifications synced with Schoolbox
- Personalized messaging for groups and individuals
- Dynamic calendar with assignment reminders
- Track and get reminded of due school work
- Latest school news updates
- Real-time timetable access
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Access the key features of CVAS from the palm of your hand with the Clarence Valley Anglican School app, developed in partnership with Digistorm and Schoolbox. Receive instant and important information from your school community, receive real-time alerts and experience seamless collaboration between teachers, parents and students. Key features of the Clarence Valley Anglican School app: Notifications: notifications are synced with Schoolbox to ensure that you receive targeted and important push notifications that matter to you Messages: messages allow parents, teachers and students to communicate personally, in groups or to receive targeted communications from Clarence Valley Anglican School Calendar: the Calendar provides parents, teachers and students a personalised view of what's coming up for the day or in the future. Students can also receive reminders when the due date for their work is approaching Due Work: this module allows students and their parents to know and be reminded when their school work is due News: news provides the school community with the latest information on what's happening at Clarence Valley Anglican School Timetable: the timetable feature pulls information dynamically from Schoolbox so that teachers and students always know where they need to be Settings allows you to manage the frequency and type of notifications that you receive from Clarence Valley Anglican School. Developed by Digistorm - Software for Smarter Schools.
SharkSmart Pro
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Welcome to NSWβDPI's SharkSmart PRO (SSPRO) version. This is the official mobility tool for registered users to publish alerts quickly powered by a geo-location smart, real-time engine to create, store and publish alerts. Users are able to: Create Shark and Non-Shark related alerts. Send alerts for approval or push direct to SharkSmart app users. Geotag alerts with pre-approved NSW Beach locations. Create alerts with automated date and time stamped to include. Use the SSPRO mobility tool to create Shark and non-Shark related alerts for NSW. NSW Governmentβs SharkSmart app automatically publishes alerts when tagged sharks swim within 500m of one of our listening stations along the NSW coast. The SharkSmart App also publishes alerts when those sharks are tagged and released; when Surf Life Saving NSW observes sharks using drones; when there have been shark-human interactions; and when marine animal strandings occur. Those alerts rely on our SMART drumline Contractors, the Surf Life Saving crew and NSWβDPI staff to post manual alerts through our iPad-based electronic reporting tool, SharkSmartPro, or SS PRO as we call it, which is now available from the App Store for registered users to create and publish alerts. Stay #SharkSmart.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SharkSmart Pro at weekly against CVAS's every 16 months. CVAS's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CVAS ships an update every 16 months, SharkSmart Pro weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CVAS | SharkSmart Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Weekly β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | β |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 β better | 16.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Clarence Valley Anglican School | NSW Department of Primary Industries |
In-app purchases
CVAS
No in-app purchases
SharkSmart Pro
No in-app purchases
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