# FTSearch - Fast Track Bid Tool — user reviews > 81 indexed App Store user reviews of FTSearch by Vince Internet Company Enterprises LLC, rated 4.69/5 from 1,658 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ftsearch-fast-track-bid-tool/id1168501703/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ftsearch-fast-track-bid-tool/id1168501703.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,379 · 4★ 159 · 3★ 50 · 2★ 14 · 1★ 55 ## What do users think of FTSearch? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Powerful search functionality - 👍 Helpful for finding specific items - 💡 Useful for tracking auction items **Cons** - 🔒 Subscription model for basic features - 🐛 Unreliable notifications and alerts - 👎 Paid app with reduced functionality - 💰 Expensive subscription fees **Commonly reported bugs** - Watchlist not displaying items correctly - Search function not working as expected - App crashes and freezes frequently **Most requested features** - Ability to sort by bid amount (low to high) - Sync watched items across devices - More flexible notification settings - Improved search accuracy and coverage ## Newest reviews (16 of 81) ### 4/5 — What happened to the app? *2026-07-18, version 2.2.3* This app used to be the best! Now, it only loads to a certain point when using the “Browse” function to search saved terms and won’t continue even after refreshing. For example, currently it refuses to load anything that ends beyond 2 hours from now. I tried to recommend it to someone but stopped myself because it’s malfunctioning. Can you please fix this, especially since we have to pay for it now? ### 3/5 — Almost perfect! *2026-07-09, version 2.2.3* The app is great! The only issue is that after searching for a saved keyword there isn’t an option to go back and search another one. I have to close out of the app to get that menu to pop back up. So it goes like this : From the search page select a saved keyword Look through the results and click X to go back to the list of keywords Select another keyword The X does not appear so you have to close out of the app. ### 2/5 — Items Watched No Longer Showing *2024-03-05, version 2.0.2* I've updated the app, paid the new substitution fee, etc but the items I've watched aren't showing in the section where they should be present. When I attempt to reach out to the developer for assistance, clicking the email button leads to a dead end. I'm at a loss here - super frustrating. ### 2/5 — Not getting what I subscribed to *2024-03-04, version 2.0.1* I paid the 9.99 to be able to receive push notifications/text messages and it still isn’t letting me. It wants me to pay again. How can I fix this? ### 2/5 — Paid users have been screwed over *2024-03-04, version 2.0.1* I paid for this app and at one point found it useful. In the recent update, the developer has removed functionality that it used to have access to. If I want those features back I now have to pay a subscription fee. Thanks for providing NO update on these changes and making the paid app that I bought from you now less functional. I would not have updated the app if I knew you were going to make it essentially a downgrade. ### 3/5 — SMS reminders now cost $10 a month?!! *2024-03-03, version 2.0.0* Have love using the app for years but now the sms alerts cost $10 a month?!? What gives! ### 3/5 — Notifications *2024-03-02, version 2.0.0* With the new upgrade how do you subscribe to notifications? ### 4/5 — Use this app daily, but push notifications have ceased *2023-07-21, version 1.19.1* First, I love this app. So many great things to say about it. In the last several days the push notifications don’t seem to be getting pushed - not sure if there’s something different on the FTA website causing this or not since this app still knows items are ending given text message reminders still work if I use those - but I really liked the push notifications much more. Am I the only user having issues with them or is this something others are experiencing? ### 3/5 — App update *2023-05-20, version 1.19.1* I updated and now my watchlist shows nothing in it every time I try to use the app. If I search I can find the item and see I’m watching it but it doesn’t show in watchlist anymore. The update didn’t work. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app and restarted my phone and nothing works ### 1/5 — Terrible after most recent update *2023-04-26, version 1.19.1* The formatting is off, it no longer renders fully. ### 1/5 — cancel my card from this app *2023-03-10, version 1.19.1* I hope they don't take more monthly money from my card, I bought this app today and there is nothing good, that's why I want to cancel my card from this application I hope it responds ### 3/5 — Latest upgrade causes the Watching tab to freeze *2023-03-04, version 1.19.0* As of today, when going to the Watching tab, the app freezes and need to be relaunched, rendering the app useless. Also, when looking at some saved searches, the app suddenly closes. Seems several bugs are present in the latest upgrades. (iOS 16.3.1) ### 2/5 — Late Texts *2022-02-08, version 1.16.1* Disappointing. Good for narrowed searches. Several times I’ve been notified via text that an item is ending only to find out it has already ended! What a waste. Guess I need to go back to setting alarms and reminders on my phone. You shouldn’t charge for an app if it doesn’t work. Charge once you’ve got the kinks worked out! ### 4/5 — Makes Auctioning WAY easier *2022-01-27, version 1.16.1* I love how I can search by key word and then save the items to watch. Much easier than searching auctions 1 by 1 My App improvement recommendations would be: - ability to setup push notifications. So I make a keyword search like “chair” and it notifies me anytime a chair is posted. With this, also the ability to set frequency of “alert immediately” or “1x/day send everything that’s been posted since the last time it pulled. - I like looking at the Ending Soon. Maybe a multi filter so you could filter the Ending Soon to a dollar amount. “Show me everything ending soon under $10” - ability to export everything you’ve purchased into a spreadsheet with the auction #, description, tag #, quantity, and pickup timeframe. Plus an extra blank column so when you arrive, you can pencil in all the locations. ### 3/5 — Better than the website *2021-12-09, version 1.16.1* But just barely. ### 1/5 — This app is horrible *2021-12-01, version 1.16.1* Much easier to justLook through safari. You can’t even link your account to this app 👎🏻 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Subscription features are a joke *2024-11-25, version 2.2.3* I can’t imagine making people pay a subscription for a barely serviceable user interface. The only feature I care is to reverse the sorting categories. I want to sort by least bid amount AND reverse it to sort by most bid amount. Should be so easy. ### 1/5 — This app USED to be great *2024-10-08, version 2.2.1* This app was great for many years. This year both my husband and i paid an additional $10 each to get notifications we used to get free. We tried to contact developer and see if we could just pay it once for our one account but they never responded. Now the app has stopped notifications altogether no matter what you do. I will be just using the official BIDFTA app from here on out. My friends use and it and like it. ### 1/5 — Takes your money *2024-09-24, version 2.0.3* I used to love this app, but My subscription is no longer working even though it's current, I have sent several emails with no response, I lost faith In this developer!!! Stay away ### 1/5 — Unbelievable *2024-04-24, version 2.0.3* I bought the app over two years ago and accidentally deleted it from my phone. Now I try to use all the functions and it is charging me $9.99. I've already tried to contact you and you haven't responded. ### 1/5 — Pay For Notifications? *2024-03-12, version 2.0.3* Without warning, the app now wants a $10 annual subscription to be notified of ending auctions. I purchased the app years ago, but now I’m being asked to pay again with a subscription fee for a basic app function. Disappointed to say the least. ### 1/5 — Paid to BUY the app, now I need to pay a subscription and it still doesn’t work *2024-03-11, version 2.0.3* I had previously PURCHASED the premium version of the app and functionality disappeared so I paid the subscription to get functionality back and it still doesn’t even work. The Watch feature is completely broken and doesn’t work which is extremely frustrating especially after both buying and subscribing to the premium version of the app. ### 1/5 — Paid for this app and now they want more money *2024-03-09, version 2.0.3* Charging in app fees after I paid for it and it wasn’t disclosed. Ape should refund all purchase fees. Fast track has become a total joke. Poorly managed. Crazy junk fees. Don’t use them. ### 1/5 — Now a sub all *2024-03-08, version 2.0.3* Without warning, an app update comes out for the app I paid for and breaks the notifications, making it a subscription model costing three times the app price. I didn’t know the app update would end notifications because the notes didn’t clearly state that. This is no longer worthwhile. The official bidfta app has improved. Just use that. Disappointed. ### 1/5 — Greed took over the app *2024-03-06, version 2.0.3* I love the app and paid in full for the app a few years ago. Now the app is on a subscription model (with no warning or option to bypass for paid users) for features I paid in full to use, now I will have to continuously pay for something I purchased outright. Seems like bait and switch to me. ### 1/5 — Not worth $ *2023-04-27, version 1.19.1* I am currently paying $2.99 a month for this app with no instructions on how to cancel. Please help! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app, would love an update *2026-05-23, version 2.2.3* It’s a great app and has worked well for quite a while! I would like to see an update to where the conditions now match what Bid FTA uses as their standard. An example is new/like new so that we can filter properly. They changed their condition types about a year ago ### 5/5 — Fasttrack *2022-05-02, version 1.17.3* I’ve been bidding on items through Fasttrack since 2019. I always check Fasttrack it before shopping anywhere. Most of my purchases have been as expected. Great company. ### 5/5 — Excellent Web Crawler *2022-03-19, version 1.17.3* Great. ### 5/5 — Happy Customer *2021-09-20, version 1.16.1* Great prices, easy to use site ### 5/5 — Search Feature! *2021-09-09, version 1.16.1* Love the search feature and notification settings! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2021-05-14, version 1.15.1* Great app to follow the auto on. The search function is powerful and links easily to the auction site. ### 5/5 — I CAN SEARCH!!!!!!!!! *2021-03-05, version 1.15.1* Seriously, scouring the BIDFTA website is terrible if you’re looking for a specific thing. I was looking for a lathe and the website will show any auction that has “lathe” including words like lather (as in soap). But this app pulled up a lathe. Looks like there are more features on here too but seriously, being able to do a simple search and get direct results is totally worth the $3. ### 5/5 — Best way to search Fast Track It Auctions! *2021-01-18, version 1.15.1* Fortunately I found this app very early on with fast track it & it has helped me tremendously, when searching auctions! I also requested a couple of enhancements a while back & he implemented them in a couple days, if that. Thanks!! ### 5/5 — Please update for new locations *2020-12-29, version 1.15.1* App is great and I use weekly but BIDFTA added a handful of sites and I would love to have added to the app. ### 5/5 — Must Have! *2020-12-09, version 1.15.1* This is a must have app, if you frequently search Fast Track. This app makes it so much easier, to find things you are looking for. The app is easy to navigate, and very well designed. I would like it even better, if watched items synced between devices. When I am not at home (ie. away from my iPad), i can’t check on items I have saved 😥 --- *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 2026-08-10.*