Comparison

SA Fires vs CFSScan

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

Head to head
About

SA Fires

Access up-to-date fire information from South Australia's Country Fire Service. View incidents by recency, severity, or proximity, and see their locations on a map.

Highlights
  • Real-time fire information
  • Sort by latest, severity, or proximity
  • Map fire locations
  • Country Fire Service data
Features
Currently charting
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SA Fires provides the current fire information from South Australia's Country Fire Service's web site. The information can be listed in latest information first, most severe status first or the closest fires first. The fires can also be mapped out on a google map to give some indication on their locations. Disclaimer: P4G make no representations, either express or implied, as to the accuracy, currency, completeness or suitability for any particular purpose of the information and accepts no liability for any use of the information or any responsibility for any reliance placed on that information. The user acknowledges that the incident information cannot be guaranteed error free and that use of the incident information is at the user's sole risk and that incident information may be subject to change without notice.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

SA Fires4 screens
CFSScan4 screens

Verdict

The call

SA Fires and CFSScan both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 76% of SA Fires's written reviews are positive against 31% of CFSScan's. SA Fires also leads on ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#76 vs unranked). CFSScan's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). On rating, in-app purchases 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

CFSScan is free to download; SA Fires costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SA Fires against 5.0 for CFSScan. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of SA Fires's written reviews are positive against 31% of CFSScan's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SA Fires ships an update every 5 months, CFSScan every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
SA Fires versus CFSScan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSA FiresCFSScan
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews — better30.8% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#76 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB37 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperP4G Pty LtdNico VanHaaster

Customer experience

SA Fires

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative21.6%

CFSScan

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive30.8%
Neutral30.8%
Negative38.5%

In-app purchases

None

SA Fires

No in-app purchases

None

CFSScan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SA Fires free?
SA Fires costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is CFSScan free?
CFSScan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SA Fires or CFSScan?
SA Fires and CFSScan are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do SA Fires or CFSScan have ads?
CFSScan shows ads; SA Fires does not.
Which is updated more often, SA Fires or CFSScan?
SA Fires ships an update every 5 months, and CFSScan every 2 weeks. Most recently, SA Fires was updated on September 26, 2026 and CFSScan on September 22, 2026.

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