Tastemade vs This Old House
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tastemade
Stream award-winning food, travel, and home design shows. Explore a vast library of content, from cooking tutorials to travel documentaries. Enjoy free streaming or opt for an ad-free, on-demand experience with a premium membership.
- Award-winning food, travel, home shows
- Over 1,000 hours of content
- Ad-free streaming option
- On-demand viewing
- Save favorite shows
- Cross-platform access
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Tastemade turns everyday moments into something worth savoring. From bold flavors and beautiful spaces to journeys that open your eyes to the world. Explore original, award-winning series and documentaries in food, travel, home, and design, crafted to spark curiosity and fuel what you love most. Watch free across our four channels, or enjoy everything ad-free and on-demand with a Tastemade Cooking membership. Members save favorites, pick up right where they left off on mobile, TV, and web, and unlock exclusive recipes, meal plans, and more. Your home for inspiring personalities and extraordinary experiences. This is where taste is made. Tastemade Cooking membership benefits include: —1,000+ hours of food and lifestyle shows —Watch unlimited content, ad-free and on-demand —Save your favorite shows and pick up where you left off in any of Tastemade’s apps on mobile, TV, and web —Personalized meal plans in the Tastemade Cooking app on iOS or on tastemade.com —12,000+ recipes and cooking videos in the Tastemade Cooking app on iOS and on tastemade.com —Automatically built grocery list in the Tastemade Cooking app on iOS or on tastemade.com Choose from two subscription options: —Tastemade Cooking Monthly membership: 1-week free trial, then $5.99 per month. Cancel anytime. —Tastemade Cooking Annual membership: 1-week free trial, then $49.99 per year (save 30%!). Cancel anytime. This app does not include recipes or meal plans, which can be found in the Tastemade Cooking app and on tastemade.com. Please see our terms at https://www.tastemade.com/terms
This Old House
Access over 1,400 home improvement episodes, with new content added weekly. Stream directly to your devices. An optional upgrade offers ad-free viewing and unlocks the entire episode archive.
- 1,400+ home improvement episodes
- New episodes added weekly
- Stream to TV, tablet, or phone
- Ad-free viewing option
- Unlock full episode archive
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The free This Old House app features 1,400+ full episodes –– with new ones added weekly –– streaming to your TV, tablet or phone. Upgrade to Insider for ad-free viewing, and to unlock every episode in the archive. This Old House is the number one home improvement brand, serving over 40 million consumers each month with trusted information and expert advice through the EMMY award-winning television shows This Old House and Ask This Old House, the Webby Award-winning site ThisOldHouse.com, and the Insider membership program. Privacy Policy: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/privacy-policy CA Privacy Notice: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/privacy-policy#JxAGJj Terms of Use: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/legal/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tastemade at 4.6 against This Old House's 4.0. Tastemade also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 26%) and ratings volume (7.7K vs 504). This Old House's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Tastemade sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and This Old House sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tastemade holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tastemade has 7.7K ratings behind it against 504, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Tastemade's written reviews are positive against 26% of This Old House's.
Tastemade ships an update every 3 months, This Old House every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tastemade | This Old House |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7.7K ratings) — better | 4.0 (504 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.2% of reviews — better | 26.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.7K — better | 504 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tastemade, Inc. | This Old House Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Tastemade
This Old House
User reviews
Tastemade
From 7.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and easy to use
- 👍 Great variety of recipes
- 🎨 Visually appealing videos
- 🍴 Delicious and easy-to-make dishes
- 🤩 Entertaining presenters
Room to improve
- 🔒 Paywall for many features
- 📋 Lack of written recipes
- 🔍 Poor search and navigation
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 💰 Expensive subscription
This Old House
From 504 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎥 Access to great content
- 👍 Excellent show with great friends
- 🎥 Wealth of knowledge and expertise
- 🎥 Ability to watch current and past episodes
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy app with crashes and glitches
- 🔒 Subscription issues and billing problems
- 🔍 Difficult to navigate and use
- 🔍 Lack of features like watched indicators and resume playback
- 🔍 Incompatible with newer OS updates
Bugs and requests
Tastemade
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes frequently
- Login issues
- Inconsistent video playback
- Saved recipes disappearing
Requested features
5 requests- Add written recipes alongside videos
- Improve search functionality
- Allow saving unlimited recipes
- Provide more free content
- Fix stability issues
This Old House
Reported bugs
5 issues- Unable to exit video playback
- Incorrect episode descriptions
- Subscription not recognized
- Crashes when exiting videos
- Orientation issues on tablets
Requested features
5 requests- Add watched/unwatched indicators
- Implement resume playback feature
- Improve navigation and episode selection
- Add Chromecast/casting support
- Optimize for landscape mode on tablets
In-app purchases
Tastemade
- Tastemade+ Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Tastemade+ Annual7 Days trial$49.991 Year
This Old House
- Monthly Insider Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Annual Insider Subscription7 Days trial$95.991 Year
Questions
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