Olarm

Olarm (Pty) Ltd

About this app

This is the companion app to the Olarm device. The Olarm device plugs into almost every alarm system, letting you control your home security from your mobile device. Olarm is a proudly South African product.

Ratings and reviews

It seems that all the new update did was to update the theme of the app and replace the arm, disarm, sleep, stay notification with the default Samsung notification sound and there's no setting in the app to change it. So now when you or a family member changes the alarm state it just makes that default sound. Just add a notification sound setting in your app already! Also, if the alarm is armed you cannot just put it into "Stay", you now have to disarm it first and then activate stay mode.

Really don't like the new UI. It makes no sense having the panic/emergency button as part of the navigation menu at the bottom especially if it doesn't stand out visually. I have to really focus on each menu button now to prevent me accidentally clicking on it. This was an issue before but at least it was not on the same visual level and was red.

Unfortunately the app upgrade is a major departure from the previous, stable and reasonable version. It looks better, but it is slow, often takes a while to connect, and now keeps logging me out. I will update this rating when (if) these issues are corrected. Otherwise I will be looking for a new alarm system.

What’s new

- Device info refreshes correctly after idle.
- Device areas load reliably after sign-in—no blank screens.
- Session stability improved; unexpected logouts resolved.
- Error messages are clearer and more actionable.
- More resilient networking with automatic recovery.
- Polished UI with smoother loading transitions.
- Fixed unintended auto sign-in after logout when biometrics were enabled.
- App access via biometrics is temporarily unavailable while we upgrade it.