Comparison

CVAS vs SharkSmart Pro

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

SharkSmart Pro

Features
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Welcome to NSW–DPI'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 Government’s 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 NSW–DPI 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.

Screenshots

CVAS2 screens
SharkSmart Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CVAS ships an update every 16 months, SharkSmart Pro weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 6 level
CVAS versus SharkSmart Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCVASSharkSmart Pro
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsWeekly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better16.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size28 MB15 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperClarence Valley Anglican SchoolNSW Department of Primary Industries

In-app purchases

None

CVAS

No in-app purchases

None

SharkSmart Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CVAS free?
CVAS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SharkSmart Pro free?
SharkSmart Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CVAS or SharkSmart Pro have ads?
Neither CVAS nor SharkSmart Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CVAS or SharkSmart Pro?
CVAS ships an update every 16 months, and SharkSmart Pro weekly. Most recently, CVAS was updated on September 29, 2026 and SharkSmart Pro on October 13, 2026.

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