Comparison

ALL ARTS vs OVID

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

Head to head
About

ALL ARTS

Stream full episodes of diverse arts and culture programs, including dance, film, music, and theater. Discover original content and award-winning series featuring artists from New York and around the world. New programs are added daily.

Highlights
  • Programs across art genres
  • Stream full episodes of favorites
  • Discover original programs
  • New content added daily
  • Livestream available
Features
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ALL ARTS is a free streaming app dedicated to arts and culture. Watch original and acquired programs across genres, ranging from the experimental to the established, including dance, film, literature, music, theater, visual art, design and more.    Our award-winning programs take you on stage, behind the scenes, and into the archives to discover talented artists from New York and around the world. ALL ARTS is created by The WNET Group, the community-supported home of New York’s PBS stations. Key features include: • Programs available across art genres, such as music, visual arts, dance, film, literature and theater. • Stream full episodes from favorites such as “American Masters,” “Austin City Limits,” “Great Performances,” and more. • Discover original ALL ARTS programs featuring both established and emerging artists, including “Broadway Sandwich,” “Generational Anxiety,” and “On Display.” • New programs and episodes added daily. • Livestream available in select locations

About

OVID

Discover a curated selection of independent documentaries, art-house films, and global cinema. This subscription service offers unique titles not found on other platforms, with new content added monthly. Enjoy high-quality independent films and television series.

Highlights
  • Curated streaming for indie films
  • Documentaries and global cinema
  • Art-house film collection
  • Exclusive titles not on other platforms
  • 20-35 new films added monthly
Features
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A curated streaming destination for documentaries, art-house films, and global cinema. A new subscription video-on-demand service, OVID draws from the collections of the leading distributors of high-quality, independent, art-house, documentary, and social issue films and television series. Most of the films on OVID are not available on any other subscription streaming platform. We add 20-35 new films every month. To access all features and content you can subscribe to OVID on a monthly or yearly basis with an auto-renewing subscription right inside the app.* Pricing can vary by region and will be confirmed before purchase in the app. In app subscriptions will automatically renew at the end of their cycle. * All payments will be paid through your iTunes Account and may be managed under Account Settings after the initial payment. Subscription payments will automatically renew unless deactivated at least 24-hours before the end of the current cycle. Your account will be charged for renewal at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current cycle. Any unused portion of your free trial will be forfeited upon payment. Cancellations are incurred by disabling auto-renewal. Terms of Service: https://www.ovid.tv/tos Privacy Policy: https://www.ovid.tv/privacy

Screenshots

ALL ARTS4 screens
OVID4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ALL ARTS at none against OVID's 6. ALL ARTS also leads on ratings volume (430 vs 40). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. OVID sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. ALL ARTS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for ALL ARTS against 4.8 for OVID. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ALL ARTS has 430 ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of ALL ARTS's written reviews are positive against 95% of OVID's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ALL ARTS ships an update every 5 months, OVID every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ALL ARTS versus OVID: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterALL ARTSOVID
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (430 ratings) — better4.8 (40 ratings)
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews95.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings430 — better40
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple TV
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB66 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperThirteen/WNETDocuseek, LLC

Customer experience

ALL ARTS

All ratings359 ratings
Positive96.7%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

OVID

All ratings41 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%

In-app purchases

None

ALL ARTS

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

OVID

Subscriptions2
  • OVID Subscription7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • OVID Subscription7 Days trial$69.991 Year
One-time4
  • OVID.tv - 499$4.99
  • OVID.tv - 999$9.99
  • OVID.tv - 1299$12.99
Show 1 more
  • OVID.tv - 1499$14.99

Questions

Is ALL ARTS free?
ALL ARTS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OVID free?
OVID is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ALL ARTS or OVID?
ALL ARTS is rated higher. ALL ARTS averages 4.8 out of 5 from 430 ratings, while OVID averages 4.8 from 40 ratings.
Do ALL ARTS or OVID have ads?
Neither ALL ARTS nor OVID shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ALL ARTS or OVID?
ALL ARTS ships an update every 5 months, and OVID every 3 months. Most recently, ALL ARTS was updated on October 21, 2026 and OVID on October 20, 2026.

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