Olarm vs Cold Watch
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
Cold Watch
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Our products will send alerts to all communication platforms assisting you to manage and minimize any risk. Produce is important and needs to be protected from all possible risks that can damage the quality and lifetime of the produce.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Olarm at every 3 weeks against Cold Watch's every 9 months. Cold Watch's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 ships an update every 3 weeks, Cold Watch every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Olarm | Cold Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (31 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olarm (Pty) Ltd | I3 ZONE DEVELOPMENT (PTY) LTD |
In-app purchases
Olarm
No in-app purchases
Cold Watch
No in-app purchases
