Comparison

SOMM TV vs Cellar Somm

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

Head to head
About

SOMM TV

Stream exclusive documentaries, original series, and educational content focused on wine, food, spirits, and travel. Enjoy live programming for recommendations and access content offline on multiple devices.

Highlights
  • Original documentaries and series
  • Live educational classes
  • Extensive film archives
  • Offline downloads
  • Live programming for recommendations
  • Access on multiple devices
Features
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SOMMTV is the world’s on-demand streaming home for original wine, food, spirits, beer, travel, and lifestyle content. Created by the award-winning team that made SOMM, SOMMTV offers exclusive documentaries, original series, and the best educational content found nowhere else on Earth. SOMMTV is also home to the first live programming that shows you what to drink, where to eat, and how to find it. SOMMTV Member Benefits include: -Unlimited HD and 4K streaming of interactive and original content -Access to live streaming educational classes -Access to the extensive archives of the SOMM documentary films -Ability to download features and episodes to watch offline -The best intel on what to drink, what eat, and where to find it -Be the first to know what wines the professionals are drinking -Watch at home or on the go, on your TV, smartphone, tablet, and computer -Enjoy first access to events and screenings affiliated with SOMMTV content To access all features and content you can subscribe to SOMM TV 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. Cancellations are incurred by disabling auto-renewal. Terms of Service: https://watch.sommtv.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://watch.sommtv.com/privacy

About

Cellar Somm

Manage your wine collection with detailed tracking, AI sommelier insights, and community features. Log every bottle, get personalized recommendations, and analyze your cellar's value and profile. Connect with other wine enthusiasts and import your existing data.

Highlights
  • Detailed bottle tracking
  • AI sommelier for insights and pairings
  • Community sharing and reviews
  • Import from other platforms
  • Cellar value estimation
  • Customizable lists and search
Features
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Created by a NASA Engineer who loves wine! Cellar Somm is the wine cellar manager built for serious collectors and casual enthusiasts alike. Track every bottle from purchase to pour, tap into AI-powered sommelier intelligence, and connect with a community of fellow wine lovers. Subscribe to unlock all the great features; if you don't love it, cancel in your App Store subscriptions before the 30 day trial ends and you won’t be charged. Cellar Somm is smartly engineered for collectors who would rather spend money on wine than software. By using the power and storage already built into your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and iCloud account, Cellar Somm keeps pricing simple: one low annual subscription, no bottle-count tiers, and the same price whether your cellar has 50 bottles or 5,000. Compare with other paid cellar management apps annual subscription: 50 bottles: Cellar Somm $14.99/year. Other paid cellar apps can cost $40-$149.99/year. 500 bottles: Cellar Somm $14.99/year. Other paid cellar apps can cost $160+/year or require higher-tier/custom plans 2,500 bottles: Cellar Somm $14.99/year. Other paid cellar apps can cost $320+/year or require higher-tier/custom plans. 2,500+ bottles: Cellar Somm $14.99/year. Other paid cellar apps can cost $500+/year or require higher-tier/custom plans. MANAGE YOUR CELLAR • Add wines with detailed profiles — winery, vintage, varietal, region, appellation, and more • Track multiple bottle lots per wine with individual storage locations and bin assignments • Log purchase details including store, date, price, and pending shipments • Monitor your cellar's estimated value at a glance • Organize wines into custom lists — favorites, wishlists, ready to drink • Snap or search and store wine label photos for quick identification TRACK EVERY BOTTLE • Record drinking events, gifts, sales, and missing bottles • Log tasting notes with scores on a 100-point scale • Browse your complete bottle history with powerful search and filtering • View purchase history with spend tracking across your collection • Bulk manage bottles — move between locations, receive pending shipments AI SOMMELIER • Chat with an AI sommelier that knows your entire cellar • Generate detailed wine summaries with critic scores and drinking windows • Get personalized meal pairing recommendations from your own collection • Analyze your cellar's strengths, gaps, and investment profile • Import wines from invoices — paste an order confirmation and let AI extract the details • Import professional reviews from Wine Advocate, Vinous, James Suckling, Jeb Dunnuck, and more • Powered by Google Gemini — use the provided free AI engine with user limits or provide your own free API key with no recurring AI costs and near unlimited use. COMMUNITY • Share tasting notes with the Cellar Somm community • Read reviews from other collectors on wines in your cellar • Reply to and discuss community notes • Control your privacy — block users, disable replies, or keep notes private IMPORT & MIGRATE • Import your cellar from CellarTracker with a single CSV import • Bring in your full drinking and tasting note history • One step import from Invintory CSV • Generic import template available for other inventory formats, including spreadsheets BUILT FOR COLLECTORS • iCloud sync keeps your cellar in sync across all your Apple devices • Automatic daily backups with 30-day history • Beautiful dark mode with a wine-inspired burgundy theme • Adjustable text size for comfortable browsing • Designed for iPad with full keyboard and trackpad support • Works on newer Macs with Apple's iOS on MacOS implementation Cellar Somm — your cellar, your sommelier.

Screenshots

SOMM TV4 screens
Cellar Somm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Cellar Somm at freemium against SOMM TV's subscription. Cellar Somm also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). SOMM TV's advantage is ratings volume (452 vs 1) and chart position (#122 vs unranked). On price, rating, review sentiment and 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

Both are free to download. SOMM TV sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Cellar Somm sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for SOMM TV against 5.0 for Cellar Somm. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SOMM TV has 452 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of SOMM TV's written reviews are positive against 100% of Cellar Somm's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SOMM TV ships an update every 3 months, Cellar Somm every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
SOMM TV versus Cellar Somm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSOMM TVCellar Somm
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (452 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews97.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings452 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFreemium — better
Best chart rank#122 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB63 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperForgotten Man Films LLCInfiniti Engineering, Inc

Customer experience

SOMM TV

All ratings450 ratings
Positive98.7%
Neutral0.2%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews172 reviews
Positive97.7%
Neutral0.6%
Negative1.7%

Cellar Somm

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

In-app purchases

4 purchases

SOMM TV

Subscriptions2
  • SOMM TV Subscription$5.991 Month
  • SOMM TV Subscription$49.991 Year
One-time2
  • SOMM TV - 899$8.99
  • SOMM TV - 1999$19.99
1 purchases

Cellar Somm

Subscriptions1
  • Cellar Somm1 Month trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is SOMM TV free?
SOMM TV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cellar Somm free?
Cellar Somm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SOMM TV or Cellar Somm?
Cellar Somm is rated higher. SOMM TV averages 4.9 out of 5 from 452 ratings, while Cellar Somm averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SOMM TV or Cellar Somm have ads?
Neither SOMM TV nor Cellar Somm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SOMM TV or Cellar Somm?
SOMM TV ships an update every 3 months, and Cellar Somm every 4 days. Most recently, SOMM TV was updated on November 6, 2026 and Cellar Somm on November 5, 2026.

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