Olarm vs Beagle Watch Smart App
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
Beagle Watch Smart App
Manage your home alarm system remotely from your smartphone. Receive instant alerts for any activity on your monitored premises and securely update key holder details and special instructions. Test your alarm system and access a panic button linked directly to the control center.
- Remote alarm system management
- Instant activity alerts
- Key holder and instruction updates
- Alarm system testing
- Panic button feature
- Secure customer profile management
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The Beagle Watch Smart App is a mobile application that allows you to manage your home alarm system from the palm of your hand, while located anywhere with data connectivity. The application is free to download and connects you directly to our team here at Beagle Watch and allows us to instantly inform you of any activity on your monitored premises. Our smart app allows you to safely and securely manage different aspects of your customer profile such as, key holder details, holiday instructions and special client notes. Our application also allows you to safely and easily test your alarm system to always ensure it is in working order and includes a panic button feature which is linked directly between your alarm system at home and our Control Centre.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Olarm at 54% against Beagle Watch Smart App's 20%. Olarm also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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, Beagle Watch Smart App every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Olarm | Beagle Watch Smart App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (32 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olarm (Pty) Ltd | Oryx Systems CC |
Customer experience
Olarm
Beagle Watch Smart App
In-app purchases
Olarm
No in-app purchases
Beagle Watch Smart App
No in-app purchases
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