Comparison

SCM Wine vs Percolate

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

Head to head
About

SCM Wine

Explore wineries, restaurants, accommodations, and events in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA. Discover local wine trails and enjoy a mobile passport experience. Integrates with local mapping and social media.

Highlights
  • Winery directory
  • Restaurant listings
  • Accommodation information
  • Event calendar
  • Mobile passport experience
  • Local mapping integration
  • Social media integration
Features
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The Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association is excited to release your guide to the Santa Cruz Mountain Wineries. The Santa Cruz Mountains AVA starts at Half Moon Bay in the North and ends at Mount Madonna in the south. Cities include Saratoga, Los Gatos, Santa Cruz and many other small coastal towns. The Santa Cruz Mountains is a great place for wine lovers to explore and is as close to the San Francisco Bay Area as Napa and Sonoma. With over 60+ wineries throughout the Santa Cruz Mountains, the experiences are as varied as the wineries themselves and promise a fun, unforgettable day. Included in the SCM Wine App are local restaurants, accommodations, events, and wine trails. The SCM Wine App includes: > Directory of Santa Cruz Mountains AVA businesses broken into: > Wineries > Dining > Accommodations > Events > mobile Passport experience (in-app purchase) > Local Mapping integration: > Social integration > Facebook & Twitter enabled

About

Percolate

Discover coffee beans tailored to your unique taste preferences. This app learns your ideal roast, acidity, and flavor profiles to recommend specific bags. It also helps you track your coffee inventory and find deals on your favorite brews.

Highlights
  • Personalized Coffee DNA
  • Daily taste-matched recommendations
  • Extensive bag database
  • Scan bag labels for info
  • Coffee inventory tracking
  • Price watching for Pro users
Features
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Percolate learns what you actually like in a cup, then points you at bags worth buying. Answer a few questions about how you take your coffee and it builds your Coffee DNA: your roast, the acidity you want, the body you like, the flavors you keep reaching for. From then on the recommendations follow your own taste, bag by bag. What's inside: - Your Coffee DNA, sharpening a little each time you rate a cup - A pick for today matched to your taste, plus one to brew from a bag you already own - Hundreds of real bags from roasters worth knowing, narrowed by roast and flavor - Scan a bag's label with your camera to pull up its profile and where to buy it - A shelf that tracks your bags, from wishlist to finished - Buying takes two taps and hands you to the roaster's own checkout Percolate Pro watches prices for you. Follow the coffees you want and we'll tell you the moment one gets cheaper, so you stop paying full price out of habit. Pro raises your daily scan limit as well. We earn a small commission when you buy through a link. It doesn't change what we recommend or what you pay. You don't need an account to start. Your taste stays on your phone until you decide to sign in. Percolate Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. Pricing: $3.99 per month or $24.99 per year, with a one-time $39 Lifetime unlock also available. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://percolateapp.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://percolateapp.com/privacy

Screenshots

SCM Wine3 screens
Percolate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Percolate at 5.0 against SCM Wine's 4.5. Percolate also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months). SCM Wine's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). On price, 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. Percolate sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. SCM Wine asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Percolate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SCM Wine has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SCM Wine ships an update every 10 months, Percolate every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SCM Wine versus Percolate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSCM WinePercolate
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (14 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB48 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperGoLocalAppsTimberline Ventures LLC

Customer experience

SCM Wine

All ratings14 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Percolate

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SCM Wine

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Percolate

Subscriptions1
  • Percolate Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
One-time1
  • Percolate Pro (Lifetime)$39.00

Questions

Is SCM Wine free?
SCM Wine is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Percolate free?
Percolate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SCM Wine or Percolate?
Percolate is rated higher. SCM Wine averages 4.5 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while Percolate averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SCM Wine or Percolate have ads?
Neither SCM Wine nor Percolate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SCM Wine or Percolate?
SCM Wine ships an update every 10 months, and Percolate every 3 weeks. Most recently, SCM Wine was updated on October 23, 2026 and Percolate on October 12, 2026.

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