# Christie's — user reviews > 140 indexed App Store user reviews of Christie's by Christie's Inc., rated 2.60/5 from 55 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/christies/id322000464/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/christies/id322000464.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 19 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 6 · 1★ 27 ## What do users think of Christie's? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and intuitive navigation - 📷 High-quality images and detailed lot information - 🔒 Secure login and account management - 💡 Useful features like tracking lots and placing bids **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - ⏱️ Slow loading times and performance issues - 🔍 Lack of advanced search and filtering options - 📱 Poor iPad optimization and portrait-only layout **Commonly reported bugs** - Login screen freezes or crashes - Inability to view or manage tracked lots - Incompatibility with newer iOS versions - Unreliable connection and offline mode issues **Most requested features** - Add search functionality for upcoming and past auctions - Implement landscape mode support for iPads - Improve stability and reduce crashes - Introduce more customization options (e.g., dark mode) ## Newest reviews (15 of 140) ### 2/5 — So slow *2024-10-28* So slow. No response. ### 2/5 — Needs a lot of improvement *2023-04-25* Really don’t love the app. Other major auction houses are more reliable. Today I can’t pull up lots I’m winning on! Note to the tech team. ### 1/5 — Slowest App ever *2022-11-10* See title ### 1/5 — Garbage *2022-10-14, version 80.6.1* Garbage ### 1/5 — Completely unreliable app *2022-09-22* The app doesn’t load data reliably and when it does, it’s extremely slow, taking minutes to load a single lot. Christie’s should remove this app from the App Store and fire all the developers because it’s ruining their reputation as a world class auction house. It’s embarrassing for them. ### 1/5 — Bad design *2021-09-23* It is no longer usable with this version ### 1/5 — New version *2021-09-22* New version (released 2021) is a user interface nightmare. Functions are slow to load (if they even do… such as past/won lots), navigation is frustrating (having to start back at the beginning of a sale after looking at a lot), and most importantly, having to log in each and every time you open the app - these are basic frustrations that a well designed app wouldn’t have, and I’m sure I’m of those only one whose traffic on the app has gone down significantly since this new resale came out. ### 2/5 — New app *2021-07-31* Old app worked perfectly ok, new update search facility broken & past lots only show error message ### 1/5 — Never works *2021-02-15, version 7.2.11* This app has never worked once. It won’t even open without crashing. This hasn’t been fixed in multiple updates and I’m honestly not sure why I still try to use it. If I could give 0 stars I would. ### 1/5 — Inferior *2020-11-17, version 7.2.7* The app has been pointless since inception. Time for a new one and send the culprits packing. The competition must be loving this. Glitch after glitch...still. ### 1/5 — Cancellation of a bid *2020-10-14, version 7.2.4* No chance ! ### 2/5 — Still Uselessly Stuck in Portrait *2020-10-12, version 7.2.4* UPDATE 2020-09-25: Still Uselessly Stuck in Portrait Your insistence on allowing this app to operate only in portrait mode on an iPad is the very definition of an absurdity. iPads are not large iPods, nor are they phone-less iPhones. It is bewildering that any app purporting to show some of the finest pieces of art in the world would not use the full real estate provided by LANDSCAPE. To further complicate things, it has become impossible to text an auction to anyone that might be interested in it because the app’s being frozen in portrait mode causes half the keyboard to be chopped off the too narrow screen when trying to compose an iMessage. Now, not only can we not properly display auctions and their items on our iPads, we cannot suggest things to would-be buyers. Brilliant! I thought the world’s greatest auction house had more sense than this. UPDATE 2020-03-13: Latest App Has Glitches As usual, this is a great app. But, the latest update has odd glitches. (1) If opened in landscape orientation, it nonetheless appears in portrait with the right half of the screen missing. (2) If opened in portrait orientation, it will not rotate into landscape orientation. ORIGINAL REVIEW (2020-06-20]: This app does NOT work in LANDSCAPE. iPads are not phone-less iPhones, or large iPod Touches. iPad people work in LANDSCAPE. Want a five-star review? Make this app work in LANDSCAPE and you’ll get one. I’ll update this review the moment an updated version of this app works in LANDSCAPE. ### 2/5 — Constant crashes and error messages *2020-09-28* This app is constantly giving me various error message when trying to use it. Frequently item pages don’t load or take 20-30 seconds to load details. The app frequently crashes and closes while using it. Christie’s is such a huge multi-billion dollar company... you’d think they would have an app that actually works. ### 1/5 — Constant crashing *2020-09-11, version 7.2* After 4 or 5 crashes I just gave up. ### 1/5 — The worst auction app in the world *2020-08-17, version 7.1.6* The hands down worst app for auctions in the world. Leave bids on the website and they don’t show up on the app and vice versa. Crashes constantly. Needs to login over and over again. Can’t sort the views of items. Throws up error messages left and right. It’s like they don’t want us to bid. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Mattbedar *2026-04-10, version 80.16.1* Why does the Christies website not have a search box (eg for looking up past lots) when using a smartphone, nor a a menu a the top of the page. I have the Christies app, but it now requires me update it but only using the iO17 or later!!! ### 1/5 — Painfully laggy, please fix! *2024-02-25, version 80.13.0* The app design and layout is good, but I almost always give up on trying to load MyChristies as it takes so long. It’s pretty much unusable even on 5G or WiFi and I have an up to date iPhone. Looking at individual lots in My Lots and them coming out again takes forever. And the follow button on lots often doesn’t work, I have to click several times. It is really poor and I basically have to use the website not the app. Unsure why it doesn’t work, Sothebys app always does! ### 1/5 — Bad apps *2023-12-01* Try to sign in to bid but never success. Wondered if any technical support on this app. ### 1/5 — 一星都不值 *2023-11-17, version 80.11.0* 一星都不值 ### 1/5 — Extraordinarily bad *2023-10-31* Really shocking that such a prestigious auction house has such a poor app. Dial up internet is faster. ### 1/5 — Worst Major Auction House App *2023-10-05* I don’t know how this app keeps getting updated but keeps getting more bugs and worse UI changes. It’s updated frequently and every time I open it I like it less. I highly prefer browsing auction catalogs on my phone, and I use most major auction houses apps. I have to use the Christie’s website in my browser because this app is so difficult to use. ### 1/5 — Haven’t been able to log in for weeks *2023-07-28* Even tried reinstalling the app and the login just hangs after asking for credentials. This isn’t just a momentary outage…the app seems broken? ### 1/5 — Can’t even log on *2023-07-02* Hey Christie’s, I can’t even log onto your app. Most of the time I can’t even get it to open on my phone. It just sits there stalled. Major disappointment for one of the best auction houses in the world. He won’t stay that way with this app! ### 1/5 — Bad Design!!! *2023-06-11* Why do we need this app?? I tried it and it has this big bar at the bottom and 1/4 of the top does not go away!!! You have taken away so much of the browsing screen by leaving those annoying menus or whatever they are! Just go to the website on a browser! You can scroll using your entire screen. So much better! ### 1/5 — The slowest app ever *2023-02-11* Over designed and under engineered. Extremely difficult to use. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Amazing *2023-06-17, version 80.9.1* LOVE THE TRENDING SECTION ### 5/5 — Great app! *2022-04-03, version 80.5.0* Easy to use and stylish. ### 5/5 — A massive step on *2021-10-13, version 80.2.0* Wonderful new version of the app, love it! ### 5/5 — So much cleaner than the previous app *2021-07-28, version 8.0.0* This is feeling a lot cleaner than the previous version of the app ### 5/5 — My FAV auction app *2021-07-26, version 8.0.0* Simple and straightforward, limiting the Nav to 4 icons makes it much easier to navigate then peer Apps. ### 5/5 — Dangerously Fun *2016-03-09, version 5.0.3* This app is apparently secure (it requires its own passcode in addition to a Christie's account) but I have to worry about myself now - it's too easy to participate in online auctions and track lots on which you're bidding. ### 5/5 — Good app *2016-02-14, version 5.0.3* Great app. Really enjoy using it. ### 5/5 — Easy to use and great depth of information *2014-04-28, version 3.0.1* Christie's upgraded app is very easy to use with good navigation. There is also a wealth of information in the app that will make any art lover happy. ### 5/5 — Great improvement! *2014-04-23* This new app is a great improvement from the old Christies app. I love the new design and how easy it is to search for lots in upcoming sales. I also really like how simple it is to manage my Chrisite's account from the app and place absentee bids. Other art market apps - like Sotheby's - have much to learn from this. ### 5/5 — Browsing this app *2014-04-17, version 3.0.1* ...is a joy. Fast and intuitive. Great auctions too. Would like to see sorting lots by high to low price; if it was there, didn't see it. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-24.*