OVID vs altDQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
altDQ
Explore a seminal 1986 digital art piece in an immersive 3D space. Interact with the artwork to reveal hidden code, hypertext, and behind-the-scenes stories about its creation.
- 3D space exploration
- Tap to reveal code and hypertext
- View artwork from both sides
- See dimensional photos
- Behind-the-scenes stories
- Interactive elements
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April Greiman's Does it Make Sense?, created in 1986 for Design Quarterly is on display at LACMA's Digital Witness exhibit. The work explored the use of Apple's Macintosh computer to assemble a collage of illustrative assets and words -- delivered on paper, Z space implied. Now this work can be viewed in X | Y | Z space using a smartphone or tablet. Here are features to explore: tap the screen to reveal related code and hypertext tap again to turn them off see inside photos that have become dimensional witness this display on both sides of the artwork video and images on the back side present stories of the process of making of the original work
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: altDQ at none against OVID's 6. altDQ also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). OVID's advantage is ratings volume (41 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. OVID sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. altDQ asks for nothing beyond the download.
altDQ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OVID has 41 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
OVID ships an update every 3 months, altDQ weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OVID | altDQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (41 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 445 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Docuseek, LLC | Isovist Limited (UK) |
Customer experience
OVID
altDQ
In-app purchases
OVID
- OVID Subscription7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- OVID Subscription7 Days trial$69.991 Year
- OVID.tv - 499$4.99
- OVID.tv - 999$9.99
- OVID.tv - 1299$12.99
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- OVID.tv - 1499$14.99
altDQ
No in-app purchases









