Olarm vs LuxCloud
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
LuxCloud
Monitor the status, performance, and events of your solar and energy storage systems remotely. This application allows you to access plant information anytime, anywhere, and configure various functions based on your needs and local regulations.
- Monitor system status
- View running data
- Track events
- Remote configuration
- Access plant information anytime
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The APP is used to monitor solar and energy storage system status, running data and events. Make customer can get information of their plant anytime anywhere. Lots of functions can also be set by the APP accroding to customers requirments and local law.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Olarm at 54% against LuxCloud's 18%. Olarm also leads on rating (3.8 vs 3.4) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Olarm holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Olarm's written reviews are positive against 18% of LuxCloud's.
Olarm ships an update every 3 weeks, LuxCloud every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Olarm | LuxCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (31 ratings) — better | 3.4 (29 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews — better | 17.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 29 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 94 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olarm (Pty) Ltd | 进 王 |
Customer experience
Olarm
LuxCloud
In-app purchases
Olarm
No in-app purchases
LuxCloud
No in-app purchases
