Olarm vs Fluss +
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
Fluss +
Transform your iPhone into a secure digital key for electronic gates, garage doors, and other motorized access points. Control access remotely via Bluetooth or WiFi and grant or revoke permissions for multiple users. Enhance security for residential complexes and manage guest access seamlessly.
- Digital key for electronic motors
- Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity
- Grant and revoke user access
- Secure access for residential complexes
- Guest invitation and tracking
- Remote control of gates and garage doors
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Fluss+ turns your iPhone into a key that can open your garage, your gate, your door (anything's that is electronically triggered). Can be triggered either through via bluetooth or WiFi. The Fluss+ hardware must be installed on the motor and the App will communicate with the hardware through bluetooth and/or internet. The owner of the device can share various types of access with other people and revoke access if needed. The target market is anyone who wants to securely control their electronic motor (specifically access control barriers such as gates, garage doors, booms) and wants to share secure access with multiple people It allows controlled access at a residential complex, and allows users to invite guests - and security can track who enters or exits - without the risk of personal details being stolen or sold.
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Verdict
Olarm and Fluss + are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and June 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Olarm | Fluss + |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (31 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olarm (Pty) Ltd | Fluss Technologies (PTY) LTD |
Customer experience
Olarm
Fluss +
In-app purchases
Olarm
No in-app purchases
Fluss +
No in-app purchases
