Sotheby's vs Star Wine List
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sotheby's
Access extraordinary art, precious objects, wine, and jewelry from auctions worldwide. Track bids, register for auctions, and explore past and upcoming sales with expert insights.
- Bid in live and online auctions
- Track bids and registrations
- Browse open, upcoming, and past auctions
- Search past and present lots
- Manage profile and view purchases
- Access favorite auctions and lots
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Extraordinary auctions. Exceptional finds. Anytime, anywhere. The Sotheby’s iOS app provides collectors with exceptional access to the world’s most extraordinary art, precious objects, wine and jewellery, together with the unparalleled expertise of our world-class specialists. Track your bids and registrations effortlessly. Bid in live and online auctions. Browse open, upcoming, and past auctions. Browse fixed price retail items in search results. Quickly access your favorite auctions and lots. Search past and present lots. Manage profile, view purchases, and customize your settings.
Star Wine List
Discover top wine bars and restaurants globally, curated by wine professionals. Explore by map, guides, or lists, and view updated wine lists. Search for specific wines to find where they are served.
- Curated wine bar and restaurant guides
- Interactive map discovery
- City-specific wine lists
- Searchable wine database
- Wine professional recommendations
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Star Wine List is the guide to great wine bars and wine restaurants. We started in Stockholm in 2017 are now rapidly growing across the world. In every city wine professionals select their favourite places to drink wine. The app allows you to find great wine places either through maps, curated wine guides or lists like the best wine places in Los Angeles and Cape Town. You can also read the updated wine lists of most of the places we recommend, and even search for a particular wine and see where it is listed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Star Wine List at 100% against Sotheby's's 24%. Star Wine List also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and ads (none vs shown). Sotheby's's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (96 vs 5). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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.
Star Wine List holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sotheby's has 96 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Sotheby's's written reviews are positive against 100% of Star Wine List's.
Sotheby's ships an update every 2 weeks, Star Wine List every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sotheby's | Star Wine List |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (96 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 96 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Sotheby's | Star Wine List |
Customer experience
Sotheby's
Star Wine List
Bugs and requests
Sotheby's
Reported bugs
10 issues- Cannot sort auction lots
- Cannot follow, view, or bid
- App crashes on launch
- ID verification camera not focusing
- Photo upload issues
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- Saved objects not displaying correctly
- App freezes or crashes during use
- Lot details never load
- AppleTV app fails to open
- App thinks it's on an iPhone on iPad
Requested features
8 requests- Allow sorting of auction lots
- Improve search functionality
- Enable calendar integration
- Make app landscape compatible
- Simplify personalization options
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- Improve account integration
- Allow file uploads for ID verification
- Fix AppleTV app issues
Star Wine List
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sotheby's
No in-app purchases
Star Wine List
No in-app purchases
