Comparison

Olarm vs PaperLink IO

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Arm, Disarm, Sleep, Stay modes
  • Arming reminders
  • Real-time zone activity log
  • Silent Panic
  • Cancel Responder
  • User management
  • Gate and light control
Features
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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

About

PaperLink IO

Features
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Your world isn't physical or digital. It's both. PaperLink brings the two together. PaperLink connects the physical things in your life to the digital things that belong with them. A page can connect to a thought. A photograph to a video. Study notes to the resources behind them. A greeting card to someone's voice. A physical product to an entire digital experience. And a collection of PaperLinks can become something larger — a presentation, a project, a body of research, a collection of memories, or simply a better way of organising the things you're thinking about. PaperLink doesn't replace the physical world with another app. It adds another layer to it. One connection. Lots of possibilities. PaperLink can be used in different ways depending on what you're trying to do. For Ideas Connect handwritten thoughts, notes and physical references to the digital material behind them. Keep the idea on paper while giving it somewhere to grow. For Presentations Bring PaperLinks together into a sequence and present the content associated with them on another screen. For Memories Connect photographs, journals, albums and keepsakes to videos, voices, photographs and moments that paper alone can't preserve. For Learning Connect notes, books and study material directly to videos, documents, websites, explanations and other resources. For Everyday Life Turn physical places and objects into simple triggers for digital information, routines, reminders and experiences. For Products Connect cards, clothing, jewellery, packaging and other physical products to digital experiences created for the people who own them. For Brands Build PaperLink into products you already make, while PaperLink provides the digital layer behind them. How PaperLink works The idea is simple: Something physical → a PaperLink → whatever belongs with it digitally. Scan an existing PaperLink or create one in the app. Add video, audio, photographs, documents, links, notes, ideas or other supported content. Then return to it from the physical world whenever you need it. A PaperLink might be represented by a QR code on a page or product, but the QR code isn't the experience. It's the doorway. What happens after you open it is what makes PaperLink useful. The physical things you love don't need replacing. Your notebook can still be a notebook. Your photographs can still sit in an album. Your greeting card can still live on someone's shelf. Your ideas can still begin with a pen. PaperLink simply lets those things reach beyond their physical limits. Your world isn't physical or digital. It's both. PaperLink brings the two together. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Olarm4 screens
PaperLink IO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Olarm at none against PaperLink IO's 3. PaperLink IO's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PaperLink IO sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Olarm asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Olarm ships an update every 3 weeks, PaperLink IO every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Olarm versus PaperLink IO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOlarmPaperLink IO
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (32 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings32 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOlarm (Pty) LtdUrban Legend Makers

In-app purchases

None

Olarm

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

PaperLink IO

Subscriptions3
  • Paperlink Layer$3.997 Days
  • Paperlink Layer$9.991 Month
  • Paperlink Layer$89.991 Year

Questions

Is Olarm free?
Olarm is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PaperLink IO free?
PaperLink IO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Olarm or PaperLink IO have ads?
Neither Olarm nor PaperLink IO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Olarm or PaperLink IO?
Olarm ships an update every 3 weeks, and PaperLink IO every 2 days. Most recently, Olarm was updated on October 21, 2026 and PaperLink IO on October 25, 2026.

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