Olarm vs ACDC Smart
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
ACDC Smart
Control your home appliances remotely from anywhere. Manage multiple devices simultaneously, set timers for automated functions, and easily share device access with family members. Connect your devices quickly and efficiently.
- Remote appliance control
- Simultaneous multi-device management
- Customizable timers
- Family device sharing
- Easy device connection
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ACDC Smart 1. Remote control: control home appliances from anywhere 2. Simultaneously control: control multiple devices with one App 3. Timer: set timer to perform multiple functions 4. Device sharing: One tap to share devices among family members 5. Easy connection: easily and quickly connect App to devices
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Verdict
Olarm and ACDC Smart both sit at 3.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 54% of Olarm's written reviews are positive against 0% of ACDC Smart's. Olarm also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.9 for Olarm against 4.0 for ACDC Smart. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 12 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of Olarm's written reviews are positive against 0% of ACDC Smart's.
Olarm ships an update every 3 weeks, ACDC Smart every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Olarm | ACDC Smart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (32 ratings) | 4.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 199 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olarm (Pty) Ltd | Mario Maio |
Customer experience
Olarm
ACDC Smart
In-app purchases
Olarm
No in-app purchases
ACDC Smart
No in-app purchases
