Olarm vs Insite Gold
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Olarm
Control and manage your home alarm system directly from your smartphone. This app allows you to arm, disarm, and monitor your system in real-time, receive notifications, and manage users. It also offers features like silent panic and gate control.
- Arm, Disarm, Sleep, Stay modes
- Arming reminders
- Real-time zone activity log
- Silent Panic
- Cancel Responder
- User management
- Gate and light control
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This is the companion app to the Olarm device. Plug and play into your existing home alarm system and you can control and manage your home alarm system from your phone. Please visit our website for more information. Features: - Set your alarm system to Arm, Disarm, Sleep or Stay - Set reminders to arm your system - Real-time zone activity log and notifications - Silent Panic - Cancel Responder - User management - Monitor electric fence - Control gates and lights
Insite Gold
Manage your Paradox security systems with this comprehensive application. It offers control over security, video verification, surveillance, automation, and access, providing a unified solution for system management.
- Security system management
- Video verification and surveillance
- Automation control
- Access control
- Unified system interface
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Insite Gold connect and interface with Paradox systems for management of the security, Video verification and surveillance , Automation and access. developed for "one stop solution", One application, full control.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Insite Gold at 4.4 against Olarm's 3.9. Insite Gold also leads on ratings volume (3.2K vs 32) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). Olarm's advantage is review sentiment (54% vs 31%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Insite Gold holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Insite Gold has 3.2K ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Olarm's written reviews are positive against 31% of Insite Gold's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Olarm ships an update every 3 weeks, Insite Gold every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 11, 2026.
| Parameter | Olarm | Insite Gold |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (32 ratings) | 4.4 (3.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews — better | 31.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32 | 3.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olarm (Pty) Ltd | Paradox Security Systems Ltd. |
Customer experience
Olarm
Insite Gold
Bugs and requests
Olarm
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Insite Gold
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Unreliable push notifications
- Inconsistent alarm arming/disarming
- Inability to connect remotely
Requested features
4 requests- Customizable notification settings
- Integration with smart home platforms
- Improved alarm history and logging
- Faster and more reliable connectivity
In-app purchases
Olarm
No in-app purchases
Insite Gold
No in-app purchases
