SA Fires vs The Advocate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Real-time fire information
- Sort by latest, severity, or proximity
- Map fire locations
- Country Fire Service data
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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.
The Advocate
Stay informed with local and national news, sports results, and in-depth analysis. Access breaking news 24/7, save articles for later, and read a digital replica of the daily newspaper. Includes interactive puzzles.
- Breaking news updates 24/7
- Browse articles by topic
- Save articles for later
- Breaking news alerts
- Digital newspaper replica
- Daily interactive puzzles
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The Advocate app brings together the best of your daily newspaper and its website to take your local news experience to another level. As the North-West and West’s trusted voice, we keep you up to date seven days a week with news that’s important to our community. Whether it's the breaking news you need to know from around the region or across the nation, the latest local sporting results, in-depth analysis explaining the decisions and events affecting our lives, or incisive commentary, you will be the first to know using the Advocate app. The app is free to download, but you need to be a Advocate digital subscriber to read articles. Features include: - Access to breaking news updates 24 hours-a-day - Browse the latest articles in the topics that interest you most - Save articles to read later - Alerts for breaking news and big stories - Read a digital replica of the day's newspaper - Play our daily interactive puzzles Please note: This app features Nielsen's proprietary measurement software which will allow you to contribute to market research or audience ratings services. Please see http://www.nielsen.com/digitalprivacy for more information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: The Advocate at Free against SA Fires's $0.99. SA Fires's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ratings volume, update cadence 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
The Advocate is free to download; SA Fires costs $0.99 up front. The Advocate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. SA Fires asks for nothing beyond the download.
SA Fires holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of SA Fires's written reviews are positive against 50% of The Advocate's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SA Fires | The Advocate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #77 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | P4G Pty Ltd | Rural Press Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
SA Fires
The Advocate
Bugs and requests
SA Fires
Reported bugs
21 issues- App no longer works on iPad
- Font size in red for current fire too large, covers appliance numbers
- Doesn't work on my iPad
- Hasn't been updated for 12 months
- Server unable to be updated for watch zones
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- Not displaying the map or updating info
- Won't even open
- Watch zone does not work (no radius, no alerts)
- Cannot delete unwanted watch zones
- Watch zone function does not work (deletes entries)
- Cannot search for a location by entering an address
- Doubled notifications
- Notification badge hardly ever updates
- Hasn't refreshed since 5/5/19
- Not refreshing
- No longer updates incidents
- Won't load at all
- Wrong state shown
- Little response
- Will not go past the loading screen
- Just hangs
Requested features
7 requests- More information on fires (size, units)
- Include local wind/fire direction
- Shorten fields to not cover appliance numbers
- Different icons for different incidents (e.g., tree down)
- Ability to delete old location alerts
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- Restrict notifications to fires only, not RTAs
- Ability to search for locations by address
The Advocate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SA Fires
No in-app purchases
The Advocate
- Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$129.991 Year









