Olarm vs BNETA IoT
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
BNETA IoT
Effortlessly manage your smart home devices from anywhere. Control multiple appliances simultaneously, set timers for automated functions, and easily share device access with family members. The app offers a simple and quick connection process to your smart devices.
- Remote device control
- Simultaneous multi-device management
- Automated timer functions
- Family device sharing
- Quick device connection
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The Smart Way to Control You Home 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
The clearest difference is rating: BNETA IoT at 4.5 against Olarm's 3.8. Olarm's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). On price, review sentiment, 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.
BNETA IoT holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 22 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Olarm's written reviews are positive against 50% of BNETA IoT'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, BNETA IoT every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Olarm | BNETA IoT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (31 ratings) | 4.5 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 194 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Olarm (Pty) Ltd | BNETA International |
Customer experience
Olarm
BNETA IoT
In-app purchases
Olarm
No in-app purchases
BNETA IoT
No in-app purchases
