This app is a mess
Update July 2026: PLEASE MAKE THE JERKING STOP!!!! You fix it, then fix something else which makes it jerk again. Please hire someone with even a fraction of a modicum of Apple iOS knowledge! I don’t use my computer to bid.
Original review: If you want people to buy, you can’t have the screen continually jumping up and down, yanking the photos or the auction out of your view! Makes one nauseated to look at it!
Update Spring 2026: Also you could make the title a bit smaller because you can’t see the whole picture let alone any of the description as you are browsing through the lists. We don’t need to see AUCTION TITLE AT WHATEVER TOWN in GIGANTIC LETTERS - At the top taking up half the screen - we know what auction we picked to browse! Maybe get someone who *knows* about about iOS to work on it? Ugh.
Original review: If you want people to buy, you can’t have the screen continually jumping up and down, yanking the photos or the auction out of your view! Makes one nauseated to look at it!
Update Spring 2026: Also you could make the title a bit smaller because you can’t see the whole picture let alone any of the description as you are browsing through the lists. We don’t need to see AUCTION TITLE AT WHATEVER TOWN in GIGANTIC LETTERS - At the top taking up half the screen - we know what auction we picked to browse! Maybe get someone who *knows* about about iOS to work on it? Ugh.
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Response from developer
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and update your review. We’re happy to hear you are enjoying your experience. Thanks for shopping CTBids!
Was decent; now it’s broken
Update: apparently, the developers have zero interest in fixing this mess of an app, as the few responses I’ve read to the recent updates that is causing so many crashes is along the lines of “so glad to hear you are happy with the app”. Perhaps, if we reviewed in zeros and ones instead of words, which seem to be confusing you, you would comprehend that no one is happy right now and your app is BROKEN?!
I’m deleting this app now, and ATTN, CT BIDS: I will not be using or recommending your sales until you have fixed this mess. The website is also a mess now. Maybe you need to spend some of those 18% profits on a new web and app designer? Really disappointing.
The website is much easier to use than the app, but the app was good for quick searches or monitoring your bids on the go. A few weeks ago, that all changed. Now the app opens for a split second, and then closes. I’ve tried deleting and redownloading the app, switching to the app from the website, and both options had the same results. It shows a “check Internet connection” message at the top of the CT Bods Home Screen on the app, and then codes out quickly. This occurs, regardless of WiFi connection strength, so that message is actually an error as well.
The good news is that I didn’t realize how much I was using the app, and now that I can’t open it, I rarely bid on anything, so that’s a money saver for me. But I really enjoyed the auction site, so it’s sad that they broke the app.
I’m deleting this app now, and ATTN, CT BIDS: I will not be using or recommending your sales until you have fixed this mess. The website is also a mess now. Maybe you need to spend some of those 18% profits on a new web and app designer? Really disappointing.
The website is much easier to use than the app, but the app was good for quick searches or monitoring your bids on the go. A few weeks ago, that all changed. Now the app opens for a split second, and then closes. I’ve tried deleting and redownloading the app, switching to the app from the website, and both options had the same results. It shows a “check Internet connection” message at the top of the CT Bods Home Screen on the app, and then codes out quickly. This occurs, regardless of WiFi connection strength, so that message is actually an error as well.
The good news is that I didn’t realize how much I was using the app, and now that I can’t open it, I rarely bid on anything, so that’s a money saver for me. But I really enjoyed the auction site, so it’s sad that they broke the app.
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Incredibly unreliable.
I waited for 9 days for a group of auctions to end, they ended today so I went to place bids, app wouldn’t load, the page come up and then closed immediately, every single time. I restarted my phone to see if it’s my phone, nope. After about 5 minutes of trying, it opens, then it shows that I have no favorite auctions listed, which I do, quite a few.
So thanks to this app I missed the auctions I patiently waited in for 9 days on items that were incredibly hard to find that I was willing to spend quite a lot of money on. Every single item in the group that I was watching ended before the app started working again.
I also tried the website, it had issues as well. And I screen recorded all of this because I’m sure I’ll be told it was my phone. It wasn’t, I recorded and internet speed test to show it was working pert.
So thanks to this app I missed the auctions I patiently waited in for 9 days on items that were incredibly hard to find that I was willing to spend quite a lot of money on. Every single item in the group that I was watching ended before the app started working again.
I also tried the website, it had issues as well. And I screen recorded all of this because I’m sure I’ll be told it was my phone. It wasn’t, I recorded and internet speed test to show it was working pert.
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Will not launch
Downloaded 3x to iPhone 17 pro and the app refuses to open. It attempts to launch but as it lands to sign in page it crashes every time
Crashes at the worst time - Zero Stars
Once again the ap crashes at the end of an auction while trying to place bid. Not the first time. Other auction sites managed to figure how this works. Why can’t CTBIDS???
Horrible!
I don’t know what is worse. Their app or their website…
Jumpy
I really like the company but your app gives me a major headache- it won’t stay still- it jumps all over the page. Meanwhile I’ll use the website
Awful app
Not only does my search engine not even work with nothing showing up but even the websites search engine is horrible only using the first keyword you type in and still somehow showing a majority of things that don’t match your category of search whatsoever
Terrible filtering
You search a very specific phrase and get a bunch of garbage that is totally unrelated to your search, like pages of stuff unrelated.
Do the people who design the app ever actually use it? It’s honestly laughable. You’d think they would want to narrow down the search to help their CT bids franchises reach their intended consumer.
Do the people who design the app ever actually use it? It’s honestly laughable. You’d think they would want to narrow down the search to help their CT bids franchises reach their intended consumer.
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Constant screen movement
On the last couple releases the running timestamp is causing the page of items to bounce up and down . Cause seems to be that milliseconds don’t fit on the same line as timestamp and wrap to the next line causing the overall screen to move. This compounds and as you scroll down thru items the app becomes unusable. Format. iPhone 16e
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Exceedingly Disappointing
There needs to be a way to rate each of the various sellers on this app, so buyers can help others to know which sellers to avoid. There are some great sellers, but the more I buy, the more shady sellers I encounter. I bought two lots from one sale, some pants and some purses. There was one pair of pants that absolutely reeked of mold. So bad I don’t know anybody could miss that. The purses were all strategically photographed to mask the fact that the vintage furs were crumbling. What might have been salvageable of both lots were ruined by the moldy pants. Had to dispose of all of it, after spending $100. Bought a lot of clothes from a seller in Hawaii. The listing warned that shipping would cost at least $35, and it said bulky items would be shipped by a third party, which would also incur a $10 delivery fee, for delivering to the shipper. (On top of the buyers premium.) I didn’t realize that clothing would be considered too bulky to pack. The retail usps price for shipping my lot was $35. I was charged $128 for shipping that took 3 weeks. Had I decided that shipping was too exorbitant to pay, they would have charged me $50 to dispose of the items I bought. And they were quite rude. Many sellers don’t have a clue about customer service, and they act as if they are doing you a favor by allowing you to shop. They clearly don’t care about integrity, because there’s no transparency or accountability and good luck actually getting any response from CT bids. There needs to be a way for buyers to hide or block individual sellers. There are too many sellers that are crooks.
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Response from developer
We appreciate your honest feedback and understand your concerns. Shipping times can vary depending on the seller, and we’re always working to improve consistency across the platform. If you ever experience issues with unresponsive sellers or missing items, please reach out to our support team so we can assist in resolving the issue. We’re glad to hear that you’ve had positive experiences with some sellers, and we truly appreciate you being a part of the community. If there’s anything we can do to help, don’t hesitate to reach out!
Great app but…
We have bought some really good things off of this site and we really liked it. The last time I went to pick up items. One of the workers revealed that a bunch of people beat them out for stuff. It didn’t sit right with me that they were bidding against us. Because now I wonder. Can they see what I did bid? Are they running up the auction? For me. The app works fine. As long as you make sure you select shipping before you bid or pickup.
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Shipping Costs RIDICULOUS
First off, there seems to be no regulation over shipping charges by the Company who hosts all of the online auctions on this app. $20 items cost $10 extra for shipping. Spend over $75-$95, add another $20-$30 for shipping. Well, maybe it’s because the items you buy are big you ask? No, they are coins! 3oz packages cost $10-$20 shipping & handling. Don’t want to pay that much on shipping? Forfeit the item you won without refunding the money you spent winning it. On a totally separate subject, I see fake coins being sold, misrepresented coins, and there is no option to report them as far as I can see in the app. I will be paying for the last couple of items I won and deleting this app.
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Could use a few improvement
No way to contact the person running the auction
No hyperlink or way to copy and paste the contact info.
Or worse the people running the auctions do not respond to emails.
Wouldn’t be nice to see a closed auction that you were watching to see what it sold for. So you can gauge the market .
Also perhaps it could search a favorited location for upcoming auctions
No hyperlink or way to copy and paste the contact info.
Or worse the people running the auctions do not respond to emails.
Wouldn’t be nice to see a closed auction that you were watching to see what it sold for. So you can gauge the market .
Also perhaps it could search a favorited location for upcoming auctions
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Worst App ever
Cannot make bids cause of awful sign in. Won’t take any of my info. Says my info was deleted but the app won’t accept any new information to reactivate. I am a dealer. I spent good money. I give up.
Update No 2: Twitches and jerks
It’s doing it again. 4/8 Please fix. While you are at it, please allow us to see the whole auction info/picture in the feed instead of having 60% of the screen taken up by white and a title?
Thank you for fixing this! Sooooo much easier to use and no more twitching! 🔥
Previous review! It is nearly impossible to scroll through the auctions because the constant twitching yanks the item you’re looking at away, and doesn’t stop. I can’t stand it. It’s like torture for your nerves and your eyes. Plus my phone gets burning hot from using it. Do you enjoy getting low ratings? PLEASE fix this.
Thank you for fixing this! Sooooo much easier to use and no more twitching! 🔥
Previous review! It is nearly impossible to scroll through the auctions because the constant twitching yanks the item you’re looking at away, and doesn’t stop. I can’t stand it. It’s like torture for your nerves and your eyes. Plus my phone gets burning hot from using it. Do you enjoy getting low ratings? PLEASE fix this.
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If you like logging in every time, this is the app for you!
This app is so frustrating. It logs you out constantly, even when you say “remember me”. I have to log in multiple times a day, almost every time I open the app (and even in the website, so it’s obvious an issue with CTBids tech). Since I use Google to login, this means I have to go through pop ups asking for my Google account and then another pop up to confirm… it takes a good minute to just log in and having to do it multiple times a day when you open the app every time is a deal breaker for me. eBay keeps me logged in just fine.
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Still glitchy
When scrolling the page is jumping with every second that ticks off the time. Some have said that an update for Apple fixed this for them but not for me. I have deleted it and reinstalled and it’s still the same jumpy pages.
Update: Twitches and jerks
Thank you for fixing this! Sooooo much easier to use and no more twitching! 🔥
Previous review! It is nearly impossible to scroll through the auctions because the constant twitching yanks the item you’re looking at away, and doesn’t stop. I can’t stand it. It’s like torture for your nerves and your eyes. Plus my phone gets burning hot from using it. Do you enjoy getting low ratings? PLEASE fix this.
Previous review! It is nearly impossible to scroll through the auctions because the constant twitching yanks the item you’re looking at away, and doesn’t stop. I can’t stand it. It’s like torture for your nerves and your eyes. Plus my phone gets burning hot from using it. Do you enjoy getting low ratings? PLEASE fix this.
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Response from developer
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback and update your review. We’re happy to hear you are enjoying your experience. Thanks for shopping CTBids!
App is getting worse
I’ve used and enjoyed CTBids for years but the app just gets worse every time it’s updated. While scrolling through the list of items, it jitters up and down. I assume it’s loading pics or ads but it didn’t use to do this and it’s nearly impossible to use. I think it started about the time you added a premium membership and displaying ads for unpaid accounts.
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