Comparison

SOMM TV vs Olive!

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

Olive!

Features
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Stop buying olive oil by the label. You can taste the difference between a good oil and a great one — Olive! shows you exactly why, turning your ratings into a sensory model of your own palate. WHY OLIVE!, NOT A FOOD APP Olive! is not a recipe app or a product catalogue. It does not store oils for you — it learns your taste. Wine has tools that read your palate; premium extra virgin olive oil has had none. Olive! fills that gap with data, not opinions. SCAN AND LOG • Scan any EVOO label — AI reads the label for producer, cultivar, region, DOP zone, harvest period, and tasting notes automatically • Cultivar and region read from body text, not just labelled fields • Log acidity, polyphenol content, harvest year, and certification when shown • Freshness alert: flags oils more than 18 months past harvest before they skew your data YOUR SENSORY FINGERPRINT • After 4 rated oils, your palate model unlocks • Five sensory bars — pungency, bitterness, fruit, body, complexity — ranked by what most divides your ratings, so the trait that decides your scores sits at the top • A headline intensity read (Delicate, Medium or Robust) derived from your highest-rated oils • Builds continuously as your collection grows WHAT YOUR DATA REVEALS • By cultivar: Picual vs Koroneiki vs Nocellara vs Arbequina — which olives you score highest • By origin: country, region, and DOP zone preferences derived from your ratings • By trait: where your palate sits on pungency and bitterness — the polyphenol signature you actually reward • Value analysis: highest quality per £/500ml across your collection BEST VALUE AND TOP RATED • Swipeable cards — top 3 by value, top 3 by rating • Price per 500ml normalised across bottle sizes • Metric (ml) and imperial (fl oz) — switch in Settings EXPLORE • 60-plus glossary entries across cultivar, origin, intensity, production, quality, certification, and concept • IOC sensory vocabulary in plain English — including why bitterness is a quality, not a fault PREMIUM • Your full sensory fingerprint — the five bars ranked, with the trait driving your palate called out • Full breakdowns by cultivar, origin, and trait with ranked data tables • Your palate archetype, written in plain language • Share your palate cards Premium is a subscription. A free trial, if offered, is shown at purchase. PRIVACY • Your data stays yours — no advertising, no data selling, no third-party profiling • Analytics and crash reporting can be turned off entirely in Settings Subscription Terms Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Premium automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, at the price shown at time of purchase. Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in your App Store account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. Terms and policies: • Privacy Policy: https://ensoventures.org/olive/privacy/ • Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SOMM TV4 screens
Olive!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Olive! at none against SOMM TV's 4. SOMM TV's advantage is chart position (#123 vs unranked). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Olive! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SOMM TV ships an update every 3 months, Olive! every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
SOMM TV versus Olive!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSOMM TVOlive!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (452 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews97.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings452 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscription—
Best chart rank#123 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB74 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperForgotten Man Films LLCENSO Ventures S.a.r.l. - S

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
None

Olive!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SOMM TV free?
SOMM TV is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Olive! free?
Olive! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SOMM TV or Olive! have ads?
Neither SOMM TV nor Olive! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SOMM TV or Olive!?
SOMM TV ships an update every 3 months, and Olive! every 2 months. Most recently, SOMM TV was updated on November 6, 2026 and Olive! on October 31, 2026.

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