Olarm vs CBI Home
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
CBI Home
This application allows for remote control of various devices from anywhere. Users can set up custom automations and scenarios based on device variables, and share control with others. Receive custom notifications for switching paraphernalia.
- Remote device control
- Control multiple devices
- Custom automation scheduling
- Scenario creation
- Device control sharing
- Custom notifications
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Remotely control CBI switching paraphernalia Control multiple devices with one App from anywhere Schedule custom automation and scenarios based on device specific variables Share device control with other users Custom notifications switching paraphernalia Control multiple devices with one App from anywhereSchedule custom automation and scenarios based on device specific variablesShare device control with other users Custom notifications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CBI Home at 4.6 against Olarm's 3.8. Olarm's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 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.
CBI Home holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 89 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Olarm's written reviews are positive against 56% of CBI Home's.
Olarm ships an update every 3 weeks, CBI Home every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Olarm | CBI Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (31 ratings) | 4.6 (89 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews | 56.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 89 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 207 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Olarm (Pty) Ltd | Roy Schwan |
Customer experience
Olarm
CBI Home
In-app purchases
Olarm
No in-app purchases
CBI Home
No in-app purchases
