CVE Alert vs BeaconPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CVE Alert
Access comprehensive cybersecurity threat information from U.S. government databases. Quickly search for vulnerabilities, weaknesses, attack vectors, and severity scores. Stay updated with the latest alerts and news from CISA and NIST.
- Search CVE and CWE
- View attack vectors
- Check attack severity
- Get CISA alerts
- Access NIST news
- Cyber threat updates
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Search for trustworthy cybersecurity information from the U.S. National Vulnerability Database faster than anyone else. Quickly search for: * Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) * Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) * Attack Vectors * Attack Severity and Scoring Get the latest cyber threat updates from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), including: * Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Alerts * CISA Bulletins and Reports * NIST Cybersecurity Events and News
BeaconPad
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BeaconPad keeps your APIs and servers in check — right from your iPhone or iPad. Built for indie developers and freelancers who manage their own endpoints but don't need enterprise-grade complexity. Add any HTTP or HTTPS endpoint, tap Check Now, and instantly see if it's up, down, or degraded. BeaconPad measures response times, validates status codes, and tracks your uptime history — all on-device with zero accounts or cloud services. FREE FEATURES • Monitor up to 3 endpoints • HTTP/HTTPS health checks with response time measurement • Status dashboard with at-a-glance health indicators • Up, Down, Degraded, and Unknown states • 30-day check history per monitor • Manual Check Now for instant verification • Custom HTTP methods, headers, and expected status codes • Configurable timeout and degraded thresholds • Push notifications when a service goes down or recovers • Network reachability detection PRO — ONE-TIME PURCHASE ($6.99) Unlock everything, forever. No subscription. • Unlimited monitors • Background health checks (best-effort iOS scheduling) • 1-minute, 5-minute and 15-minute check intervals (best-effort iOS scheduling) • Response time charts (1 hour, 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days) • SSL certificate expiry alerts (30, 14, 7, and 1 day warnings) • Monitor groups for organizing endpoints • Export monitor data as CSV or JSON PRIVACY FIRST BeaconPad collects no data. No analytics, no telemetry, no accounts. All monitor data stays on your device. The only network requests the app makes are to the endpoints you configure. BUILT WITH SwiftUI, SwiftData, Swift Charts, and BackgroundTasks. Native performance, native feel.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CVE Alert at none against BeaconPad's 1. CVE Alert also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. BeaconPad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CVE Alert asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | CVE Alert | BeaconPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hakz, LLC | Olof Petterson |
In-app purchases
CVE Alert
No in-app purchases
BeaconPad
- BeaconPad PRO$6.99








