Comparison

OWL Alerts vs Blick for Microsoft 365

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

Head to head
About

OWL Alerts

This app acts as an alert layer for your email, allowing you to set custom rules to receive push notifications only for urgent messages. It helps you stay present by filtering out non-essential emails, so you don't have to constantly check your inbox.

Highlights
  • Customizable email alert rules
  • Sender, domain, and keyword filtering
  • Scheduled rule activation
  • Push notifications with sender and subject
  • In-app email context up to 10,000 characters
  • Web-based rule management
Features
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WHY Because being reachable shouldn’t mean being constantly interrupted. HOW OWL turns interruptions into something you control. You choose exactly which emails are urgent by setting simple rules (senders, domains, keywords, or specific threads) and optional schedules for when those rules are allowed to alert you. WHAT OWL is an alert layer for your existing Gmail/Outlook accounts—not another inbox. When new mail arrives, OWL checks it in the background and sends a push alert only when an email matches your rules. Everything else stays quiet, so you can stop checking “just in case.” What you’ll see in the push alert • Rule label (e.g., “Boss”) • Sender • Subject line What push alerts do NOT include • Email body content • Attachments • Full inbox access inside the app Alert Details (in-app and on the web) When you open an alert, OWL can show up to 10,000 characters of context for that matched email—so you can decide quickly without opening your full inbox. Attachments are never included. Rule setup • Create and manage rules in the app or on the OWL website (vip.foundopportunity.com). Built for “can’t-check-right-now” moments Meetings, dinner, sleep, driving, and anything else where you want to stay present without missing the one email that matters. Important This is a companion app and requires an active OWL subscription. You must first sign up and connect your email account through the OWL website (vip.foundopportunity.com). Privacy & security Email processing happens server-side on the secure OWL platform. Push alerts contain only the rule label, sender, and subject. OWL does not include email bodies or attachments in push notifications.

About

Blick for Microsoft 365

Consolidate your Microsoft 365 work tools into a single view. See upcoming meetings, unread emails, and new Teams messages. Respond to messages and manage your presence without opening separate applications.

Highlights
  • Unified work dashboard
  • View next meeting and calendar
  • Check unread Outlook emails
  • Monitor Teams chats and presence
  • RSVP to invitations
  • Manage Teams presence and out-of-office
  • Reply to emails and chats
Features
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Blick shows what's next in your Microsoft 365 day on a single screen: your next meeting, the rest of today's calendar, your unread Outlook email, your Teams chats with new activity, and your current Teams presence. Refresh when you open the app or pull to refresh. RSVP to invitations from either the calendar card or the email row itself. Set your Teams presence and out-of-office without opening Teams. Triage unread email with bulk actions tuned for Focused inbox, Other inbox, meeting notices, mailing lists, and external senders. Reply to email or Teams chats without leaving the app. Blick is built for people who use Microsoft 365 for work and want a quick status panel without launching Outlook, Teams, and Calendar separately. It uses the Microsoft Graph API for everything. The only network destinations it touches are Microsoft Graph and Microsoft identity endpoints. There is no analytics SDK, no third-party logger, no telemetry. Your data stays between you, your Apple devices, and Microsoft. Sign in with your work or school Microsoft 365 account and Blick is useful immediately. There is no separate account to create, no email list to join, and nothing Blick knows about you that Microsoft doesn't already know. Blick meets you across your Apple devices. A Home Screen widget shows your next meeting and unread counts at a glance, with one-tap presence buttons. From Control Center you can set your Teams presence or toggle out-of-office without opening the app. On iPad, a split-view layout puts your day beside the message or meeting you're reading. On Apple Watch, a glance and four complication styles bring your next meeting, today's counts, and your presence to your wrist, and you can set your presence or out-of-office from the watch. Siri and Shortcuts answer your next meeting, your unread counts, your current presence, and a quick overview of your work day, and set your status by voice. Blick is an independent app, not affiliated with or endorsed by Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft, Outlook, Teams, and Microsoft 365 are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

Screenshots

OWL Alerts4 screens
Blick for Microsoft 3652 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Blick for Microsoft 365 at free against OWL Alerts's subscription. Blick for Microsoft 365 also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). OWL Alerts's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for OWL Alerts against 5.0 for Blick for Microsoft 365. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OWL Alerts ships an update every 2 days, Blick for Microsoft 365 every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
OWL Alerts versus Blick for Microsoft 365: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOWL AlertsBlick for Microsoft 365
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKevin KoplinExcelano LLC

Customer experience

OWL Alerts

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Blick for Microsoft 365

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

OWL Alerts

No in-app purchases

None

Blick for Microsoft 365

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OWL Alerts free?
OWL Alerts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blick for Microsoft 365 free?
Blick for Microsoft 365 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, OWL Alerts or Blick for Microsoft 365?
OWL Alerts and Blick for Microsoft 365 are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do OWL Alerts or Blick for Microsoft 365 have ads?
Neither OWL Alerts nor Blick for Microsoft 365 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OWL Alerts or Blick for Microsoft 365?
OWL Alerts ships an update every 2 days, and Blick for Microsoft 365 every 5 days. Most recently, OWL Alerts was updated on October 24, 2026 and Blick for Microsoft 365 on October 24, 2026.

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