OliveOilGuide vs Olive!

Most people can't tell good olive oil from bad — and the reports show it. The UC Davis Olive Center found roughly two-thirds of imported “extra virgin” oils on US shelves failed the extra-virgin standard, usually from age, heat, light, or a lower grade hidden behind marketing words. OliveOilGuide is the neutral pocket reference that teaches you to read any olive-oil bottle: cultivar, grade, harvest, polyphenols, the smoke-point truth, and what to pair it with. No bottle in hand required, and we don't sell oil — so the guidance is yours to trust. READ ANY LABEL A guided “Read a label” tool walks you through harvest date, dark glass, real origin, the extra-virgin grade, and the red flags (“pure”, “light”, “pomace”, suspiciously cheap). It tallies the answers into a plain-English Quality Read — and it works on any bottle, anywhere, offline. FORTY-PLUS CULTIVARS From Picual and Koroneiki to Arbequina and Taggiasca — each with nose, palate, intensity, a typical polyphenol band, food pairings, and how to use it (finishing vs cooking). Browse by region, cultivar, intensity, or high-polyphenol. THE SMOKE-POINT MYTH, SETTLED You can cook with extra virgin. We lay out the peer-reviewed truth — oxidative stability and fat profile matter far more than smoke point — instead of the internet's panic. ASK THE OIL SPECIALIST Which cultivar for grilled fish? Is that 18-month bottle still worth using? What does “high polyphenol” really mean? Ask in plain language and get a specific, sourced answer. WHY TRUST IT Every claim is traced to the International Olive Council, the UC Davis Olive Center, or EU food regulation. We recommend no brand and sell no oil — that lack of conflict is the whole point. FREE & PRO Free: browse all regions and the first eight cultivars in full detail, all three literacy tools, unlimited shelf saves, and 3 specialist questions a day. Pro ($9.99/month or $59.99/year) unlocks unlimited specialist questions and all forty-one cultivar entries in full detail. Subscriptions auto-renew until cancelled; manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Terms: https://oliveoilguide.uptrail.ai/terms Privacy: https://oliveoilguide.uptrail.ai/privacy

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/