Comparison

Wine Maps vs Somm Says

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

Head to head
About

Wine Maps

Explore global wine regions with detailed visual maps. Search for specific areas, customize map views, and test your knowledge. Ideal for wine enthusiasts, educators, and commercial use with an optional distribution license.

Highlights
  • 130+ maps of wine regions across 25 countries
  • Search and zoom into specific wine regions
  • Customize map elements (labels, rivers, cities)
  • Print or export maps as images
  • Interactive quizzes for learning
  • Offline access to maps
  • Optional commercial distribution license
Features
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Wine Maps provides a handy visual reference, for the wine regions in twenty countries around the world. Its a great tool for anyone looking to learn more about the world of wine, and even better for those looking for maps to study from. It's perfect for those teaching others about wine, and Wine Maps provides a number of ways of exporting or printing maps. Wine Maps focuses exclusively on mapping the wine regions of the world. It offers one hundred and twenty two maps, defining the wine regions. It is NOT an encyclopaedia of wine, and does not give any textual definitions or comment. Wine Maps is a purely visual reference, which allows you to search for the location of a wine region. With the exception of the top wineries in Bordeaux, individual vineyards do not appear on the maps. There's just too many of them! Each map is one or two taps away from the main screen. Simply choose from the main wine region list, and you instantly have a map of that region. You can search for regions by name, and Wine Maps will neatly zoom into its location. The surrounding regions will be greyed out to highlight the selected region. Each map has the wine regions clearly presented, along with rivers, cities, and major towns.  You can adjust the major components for map. for example to hide the labels for wine regions. You can hide the rivers, or the towns and cities. On each map, controls are provided to show, grey out, or hide individual wine regions. For commercial users, who would like to make more extensive use of the maps, an in-app purchase has been added. This provides a licence to distribute maps, via websites, videos, presentations, and more. Wine Maps is also bundled with a companion app for your Apple TV. Allowing you to show off your wine knowledge, and TV simultaneously! Feature Summary: • Locate one of 1500+ wine regions in seconds • 130 Maps covering 25 countries • Accessible top down approach • Maps can be printed, or exported as images • Test yourself, to help with learning the world's wine regions • A licence for commercial distribution is available as in in-app purchase • Maps can be altered. For example, to hide labels, rivers, or towns and cities. • Individual wine regions can be hidden, or greyed out • Works offline • iPad, iPhone and Apple TV support • Currently on its 28th update. Wine Maps is actively developed (now with a version for the Mac desktop). What regions are included? - Overall World Map - Overall Europe Map - Central and Eastern Europe Map Old World - 17 Countries, and 62 Regions: - Austria - Bulgaria - Croatia - Czech Republic - France (with fifteen main subregions, and further sub-subregions. Eleven from Bordeaux, six from Burgundy, and Bergerac), - Georgia - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Italy (with nineteen subregions) - Moldova - Portugal - Romania - Spain (with ten subregions) - Slovenia - Slovakia - Switzerland New World - 9 Countries, and 40 Regions: - Argentina - Australia (with four subregions) - Brazil - Canada (with subregion Ontario) - Chile - Mexico - New Zealand (with two subregions) - South Africa (with the subregion Western Cape) - USA (with subregions of seventeen states, and fifteen subregions of California) Image Copyright All images generated using Wine Maps are issued under the "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License". https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ If you have purchased the Commercial Licence in-app purchase. All images generated are issued under the "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License". https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ By purchasing Wine Maps, or the Commercial Licence in-app purchase; you agree to adhere to the terms of the licence, which is appropriate to your purchase. Your personal data (Name and Email) would only be collected in the event of you choosing to email the developer for support.

About

Somm Says

Learn wine tasting with friends and family through a fun, social, and educational game. Challenge others to guess wine characteristics based on expert tasting notes and receive personalized recommendations from real wine professionals.

Highlights
  • Play digital wine tasting games
  • Learn wine tasting skills
  • Add friends and track favorite wines
  • Request sommelier recommendations
  • Follow wine professionals and producers
  • Learn detailed wine information
  • Track wines you love
Features
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Finally! There is an app that can let you learn wine tasting with your friends and family while playing a fun, social, educational game together. Each wine tasting game on Somm Says is created by real, practicing Sommeliers or Winemakers. Pick a wine, and challenge your friends to see who can guess what the Somm Says about a wine's aroma, body, acidity, tannins, oak, sugar, and flavor. Each round provides instant feedback by comparing your answer to the Sommelier's or Winemaker's own tasting note. Somm Says is a fun, free way to learn about wine from real wine professionals. With more than 1,400 wine tasting games from 200+ wine professionals, you can have fun with your friends while learning how your palate compares to both your friends and real wine professionals. With Somm Says, you can connect with your local sommeliers and request personal recommendations based on your own unique preferences. You can: - Play a digital wine tasting game with your friends to learn wine tasting and improve your wine tasting skill - Add friends and keep up to date on all your friend's favorite wines - Request and receive a recommendation from a real sommelier - Follow your favorite wine shop, sommelier, and wine producer to get notified about new wines - Learn about the wines you drink, including bottle counts, harvest dates, winemakers, and more - Keep track of the wines you love as you learn more about how to taste wine like a sommelier

Screenshots

Wine Maps4 screens
Somm Says4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Somm Says at Free against Wine Maps's $0.99. Somm Says also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Wine Maps's advantage is chart position (#40 vs unranked) and ratings volume (110 vs 21). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Somm Says is free to download; Wine Maps costs $0.99 up front. Wine Maps sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Somm Says asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Somm Says holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wine Maps has 110 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Wine Maps's written reviews are positive against 100% of Somm Says's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wine Maps ships an update every 4 months, Somm Says every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Wine Maps versus Somm Says: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWine MapsSomm Says
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (110 ratings)5.0 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings110 — better21
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#40 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.813.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB28 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperJonathan LordSomm Says Inc

Customer experience

Wine Maps

All ratings109 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral1.8%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews118 reviews
Positive82.2%
Neutral6.8%
Negative11.0%

Somm Says

All ratings21 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Wine Maps

One-time1
  • Commercial Copyright Licence$4.99
None

Somm Says

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wine Maps free?
Wine Maps costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Somm Says free?
Somm Says is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wine Maps or Somm Says?
Somm Says is rated higher. Wine Maps averages 4.6 out of 5 from 110 ratings, while Somm Says averages 5.0 from 21 ratings.
Do Wine Maps or Somm Says have ads?
Neither Wine Maps nor Somm Says shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wine Maps or Somm Says?
Wine Maps ships an update every 4 months, and Somm Says every 2 weeks. Most recently, Wine Maps was updated on October 29, 2026 and Somm Says on October 12, 2026.

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