Olarm vs Vowly
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
Vowly
This app helps you plan your wedding with ease, keeping you organized and in control throughout the process. It provides a central place for all your wedding planning needs, from the initial stages to the final countdown.
- Wedding planning organization
- Stress reduction
- Centralized information
- User-friendly interface
- Countdown feature
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Planning a wedding should feel exciting — not overwhelming. Vowly helps you stay calm, organized, and in control as you plan your big day, all in one elegant app. Whether you’re just getting started or counting down the final days, Vowly keeps everything you need right at your fingertips.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Vowly at 100% against Olarm's 54%. Vowly also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). Olarm's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (32 vs 1). On 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
Olarm is free to download; Vowly costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vowly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Olarm has 32 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Olarm's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vowly's.
Olarm ships an update every 3 weeks, Vowly daily. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Olarm | Vowly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.9 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Olarm (Pty) Ltd | Petrus Arnoldus van Zyl |
Customer experience
Olarm
Vowly
In-app purchases
Olarm
No in-app purchases
Vowly
No in-app purchases
