Comparison

Glarm vs StreamMonitor

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

Head to head
About

Glarm

Set alarms that trigger based on your location, ensuring you never miss your destination. Ideal for public transport users, this app allows you to relax or focus on other activities without worrying about missing your stop.

Highlights
  • Location-based alarms
  • Customizable alarm notes
  • Favorite alarms
  • Minimal battery consumption
  • Privacy-focused location tracking
Features
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If you often travel by train, bus, or any other means of transportation, you've surely found yourself in a situation where you're not sure if your stop is coming up soon — so you reach for your phone, open Google Maps, and nervously check when to get off. With Glarm, you don't have to worry about that anymore. Easily schedule an alarm that will ring as you approach your chosen location, and take a nap or keep watching the next episode of your favourite series in peace. Glarm lets you create an alarm that activates at a set distance from your destination. You can attach a note to the alarm, assign it to a category, and configure it to trigger every time you cross the boundary of a defined region.

About

StreamMonitor

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Professional monitoring for radio streams. When a stream fails, every minute matters. StreamMonitor was built for broadcasters, broadcast engineers and operations teams who need to know at all times whether their streams are available, performing correctly and delivering the expected quality. Monitor unlimited streams in real time, analyze availability and response times, inspect metadata and audio properties, listen live or record broadcasts directly from your devices. With TimeShift, uptime analytics, intelligent alerting and native apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac, StreamMonitor combines capabilities that would otherwise require multiple tools. Monitor. Analyze. Record. All in one app. WHY STREAMMONITOR? Many monitoring solutions only tell you whether a stream is online. StreamMonitor goes much further. In addition to traditional availability checks, the app provides TimeShift, recording, technical analysis, uptime reporting, intelligent notifications and direct playback of monitored streams. The result is a complete operational toolkit for modern broadcast environments. Whether you operate a local radio station, a regional network or a large streaming platform, StreamMonitor provides the information you need when it matters most. MONITORING & ANALYTICS • HTTP/HTTPS checks per variant (HQ, LQ, Mobile) • Availability, response times, HTTP status and content type monitoring • Automatic bitrate, sample rate and metadata detection • SSL certificate checking for HTTPS streams: validity and expiry date, with warning before expiry • Traffic-light status per stream • Batch checks with up to 10 parallel connections • Uptime statistics for 24 hours, 7 days and 30 days • Response sparklines for the last 20 monitoring checks • Threshold-based alerting after consecutive failures • Recovery notifications when a stream comes back online • Check history with automatic cleanup • Automatic background monitoring on macOS PLAYBACK & SCAN • Direct playback via AVPlayer with ICY metadata • Now Playing integration, AirPlay and CarPlay • Skip forward and rewind controls • Scan mode for multiple streams TIMESHIFT • Rewind up to 60 minutes • Return to live playback instantly • Continuous stream buffering RECORDING • Direct recording without re-encoding • Automatic file splitting • Scheduled recordings • Original quality preservation MANAGEMENT & SYNC • Hierarchical broadcaster, stream and variant management • iCloud synchronization • JSON import and export • Favorites, filters and full-text search PLATFORMS • iPhone • iPad • Mac • CarPlay All monitoring data remains local on your device. No tracking. No ads. No external servers.

Screenshots

Glarm4 screens
StreamMonitor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Glarm at Free against StreamMonitor's $44.99. Glarm also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.4). StreamMonitor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On ads 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

Glarm is free to download; StreamMonitor costs $44.99 up front. Glarm sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. StreamMonitor asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Glarm ships an update every 2 months, StreamMonitor every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Glarm versus StreamMonitor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGlarmStreamMonitor
PriceFree — better$44.99
Rating3.9 (23 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings23 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam WienconekIR MediaAd GmbH

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Glarm

One-time5
  • Generous Tip$0.99
  • Healthy Tip$2.99
  • Awesome Tip$4.99
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  • Unlimited Alarms$4.99
  • Unlimited Alarms$6.99
None

StreamMonitor

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Glarm free?
Glarm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StreamMonitor free?
StreamMonitor costs $44.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Glarm or StreamMonitor have ads?
Neither Glarm nor StreamMonitor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Glarm or StreamMonitor?
Glarm ships an update every 2 months, and StreamMonitor every 3 weeks. Most recently, Glarm was updated on September 24, 2026 and StreamMonitor on September 7, 2026.

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