Olarm vs Load Shedding Notifier
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
Load Shedding Notifier
Stay informed about power outages with real-time load shedding status updates. Receive early warnings for scheduled power cuts in your configured areas and view future schedules. The app supports nationwide Eskom and municipal areas, with options for multiple locations and quiet times.
- Real-time load shedding status
- Early warning alerts
- View monthly schedules
- Multiple area configuration
- Configurable quiet times
- Low data usage
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This app monitors the current Eskom load shedding status and notifies you if the power is scheduled to go off in your area. Please note: This app includes schedules for ALL Eskom supplied areas (nationwide) and ALL known municipality supplied areas (nationwide) that publish load shedding schedules. If your municipality is not included, please send an email to abisoft.loadshedding@gmail.com to get it added. Key features: • Real-time Eskom load shedding status monitoring. • Offset status for City of Cape Town customers. • Power grid status monitoring. • Early warning of scheduled load shedding in your areas. • Multiple areas can be configured. • Configure quiet times for each area. • View load shedding schedules for your areas for the following month. • Very low data usage. • Configurable alerts. Disclaimer: abisoft is in no way linked to Eskom. All schedules and load shedding status updates are obtained from Eskom or publicly available data sources. This app is provided free of charge, and abisoft will not accept any liability for losses arising out of the information presented in this app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Load Shedding Notifier at 4.7 against Olarm's 3.9. Load Shedding Notifier also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). Olarm's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Load Shedding Notifier sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Olarm asks for nothing beyond the download.
Load Shedding Notifier holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 32 and 39 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Olarm's written reviews are positive against 57% of Load Shedding Notifier's.
Olarm ships an update every 3 weeks, Load Shedding Notifier fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Olarm | Load Shedding Notifier |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (32 ratings) | 4.7 (39 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews | 56.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 | 39 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olarm (Pty) Ltd | Abisoft Inc. |
Customer experience
Olarm
Load Shedding Notifier
Bugs and requests
Olarm
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Load Shedding Notifier
Reported bugs
13 issues- Does not honor notification preferences
- Does not show load reduction schedule
- App freezes and shuts down
- No longer updates in the background
- Schedule not updated/inaccurate
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- App freezes on setup screen
- App shows black screen with rotating arrow
- Schedules not notifying correctly
- Takes time to update/refresh
- App crashes
- Latest updates have broken the app
- Push notifications not working
- App becomes dormant for notifications
Requested features
6 requests- Show load reduction schedule
- Allow location detection for schedules
- Simplify schedule format
- Option to turn off tracking cookies
- Widget for iPhone
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- Simple way to change notification tone
In-app purchases
Olarm
No in-app purchases
Load Shedding Notifier
- Ad free version$2.99
- Personal supporter$4.99
- Business supporter$49.99
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