SignalSCV vs AwareCA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SignalSCV
Stay updated with local news, weather, and traffic in the Santa Clarita Valley. Receive breaking news alerts directly to your device.
- Local news coverage
- Weather updates
- Traffic information
- Breaking news notifications
- Community activities
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SignalSCV keeps you informed on the latest news, weather conditions, traffic, videos, and more right on your iPhone and iPad. And when you enable notifications, you will be one of the first to know of breaking news in the Santa Clarita Valley. The Santa Clarita Valley Signal’s award-winning newspaper covers local news, sports, and community activities throughout the Santa Clarita Valley including Newhall, Valencia, Saugus, Canyon Country, Stevenson Ranch, Castaic, Val Verde, and Agua Dulce.
AwareCA
This app provides official, agency-verified public safety information for California. It delivers real-time updates and guidance during emergencies, serving as a trusted source of truth to keep communities informed and prepared.
- Agency-verified public safety information
- Real-time incident updates
- Official guidance during emergencies
- Authoritative source of truth
- Replaces fragmented alerts
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AwareCA is California’s statewide, agency-verified public safety information platform designed to keep communities informed, prepared, and protected. Built to replace fragmented alerts and unverified noise, AwareCA delivers a single, authoritative source of truth that is controlled by public safety agencies and trusted by the communities they serve. Get the information that matters in near-real-time. AwareCA helps ensure you always know where to go for the truth, with official updates and official guidance during everyday incidents and large-scale emergencies.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AwareCA at weekly against SignalSCV's every 11 months. AwareCA also leads on ratings volume (143 vs 8) and chart position (#98 vs unranked). SignalSCV's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for SignalSCV against 4.4 for AwareCA. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AwareCA has 143 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of SignalSCV's written reviews are positive against 53% of AwareCA's.
SignalSCV ships an update every 11 months, AwareCA weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SignalSCV | AwareCA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better | 4.4 (143 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 52.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 143 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #98 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Signal | Intterra, LLC |
Customer experience
SignalSCV
AwareCA
In-app purchases
SignalSCV
No in-app purchases
AwareCA
No in-app purchases
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