Bidspirit vs Sofe Design Auctions
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bidspirit
Discover and bid on a wide range of items including art, antiques, jewelry, and fashion. Participate in live auctions, place absentee bids, and receive alerts for your favorite items. Manage your selections and communicate directly with auctioneers.
- Browse auctions for items
- Bid live in auctions
- Place absentee bids
- Receive auction start alerts
- Manage favorite lots
- Contact auctioneers
- Search upcoming auctions
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Bidspirit auctions marketplace invites you to discover spectacular items of art, collectible, antique, jewelry, home and fashion. With bidspirit application you can use your phone and tablet to: - Browse auctions to find beautiful items up for sale - Bid live on live auctions - Leave absentee bids before the auction begins - Get alerts to your phone when the auction of your favorite items starts. - Manage a list of your favorite lots - Easily send questions to auctioneers - Search the upcoming auctions database - View ended auctions’ results
Sofe Design Auctions
Participate in live auctions for antiques and collectibles from your mobile device. Preview items, track bids, and receive notifications for lots of interest. Quick registration allows for on-the-go bidding.
- Live auction bidding
- Auction previews
- Lot tracking
- Push notifications
- Bidding history
- Quick registration
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Sofe Design Auctions is a full-service auction house specializing in antiques and collectables, located in Richardson, TX. We are supported by a network of experienced dealers, appraisers, and galleries, each with extensive expertise in their respective areas of specialty. Our targeted marketing and global exposure allows us to reach relevant markets and buyers for your items. Our sales span a variety of collecting interests, including these categories, and many more: Military collectables Fine Antiques & Decorative Arts Asian Works of Art Paintings Rare Collectables Books Rugs and Tapestries With the Sofe Design Auctions app, you can preview, watch and bid in our auctions from your mobile / tablet device. Participate in our sales while on-the-go and gain access to the following features: •Quick Registration •Following upcoming lots of interest •Push notifications to ensure you engage on items of interest •Track bidding history and activity •Watch live auctions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bidspirit at every 3 months against Sofe Design Auctions's every 40 months. Bidspirit also leads on ratings volume (52 vs 7). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Bidspirit against 4.4 for Sofe Design Auctions. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bidspirit has 52 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bidspirit ships an update every 3 months, Sofe Design Auctions every 40 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bidspirit | Sofe Design Auctions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (52 ratings) — better | 4.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 52 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 40 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | BIDSPIRIT (R.A.) LTD | Sofe Design Auctions LLC |
Customer experience
Bidspirit
Sofe Design Auctions
In-app purchases
Bidspirit
No in-app purchases
Sofe Design Auctions
No in-app purchases
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