Olarm vs Speed Test by MyBroadband
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
Speed Test by MyBroadband
Easily test your internet connection speed, upload and download rates, and latency with a single tap. This ad-free tool provides accurate measurements trusted by professionals and allows you to track your results and contribute to network reports.
- Test download speed
- Test upload speed
- Measure latency
- Record and export results
- View test locations on map
- Contribute to network reports
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Experience the ultimate internet speed test—completely free, lightning-fast, and 100% ad-free. MyBroadband Speed Test delivers a pure, lightweight, and incredibly accurate network testing experience optimised natively for iOS. • 100% Free & Ad-Free: No subscriptions, no hidden fees, and absolutely no annoying ads interrupting your experience. • Fast & Highly Accurate: Instantly measure your download speed, upload speed, latency (ping), and jitter using reliable server networks. • Track Your History: Automatically save your past test results to monitor your internet performance and network health over time. • Interactive Coverage Map: Visualise your results on an interactive map to see exactly where your connection performs best. • Clean & No Bloat: We focus strictly on what matters. • Native Dark Mode Support: A beautiful, clean UI that respects your system settings and seamlessly blends into iOS. Perfect For: • Checking if you are getting the internet speeds you pay your ISP for. • Troubleshooting weak Wi-Fi zones around your house or office. • Finding the strongest cellular signals while on the move. • Gamers and streamers who need to monitor real-time ping and jitter. Download MyBroadband Speed Test today for the cleanest, fastest, and most reliable speed testing experience on iOS!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Speed Test by MyBroadband at 4.5 against Olarm's 3.9. Speed Test by MyBroadband also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 54%). Olarm's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Speed Test by MyBroadband holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Olarm's written reviews are positive against 83% of Speed Test by MyBroadband's.
Olarm ships an update every 3 weeks, Speed Test by MyBroadband every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Olarm | Speed Test by MyBroadband |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (32 ratings) | 4.5 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olarm (Pty) Ltd | MyBroadband Online (Pty) Ltd |
Customer experience
Olarm
Speed Test by MyBroadband
In-app purchases
Olarm
No in-app purchases
Speed Test by MyBroadband
No in-app purchases
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