Comparison

Sotheby's vs CleverCollector

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

CleverCollector

Features
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CleverCollector is for Wine, Watches, Whiskey, Vinyl, Pipe, and Car collectors, with new ecosystems in the works. For your wine cellar, CleverCollector makes it easy to upload wines -- just scan the label and all the details auto-populate in Your Cellar -- and then evaluates and prioritizes vintages, including "Drink Now / Drink Soon" analysis. Imagine you are at a restaurant and want to remember the exact bottle you just enjoyed: CleverCollector allows a quick scan and auto-entry of its details into your Wish List for later action, and offers immediate Food Pairings, Flavor Profile, Producer background, and Aging potential. CleverCollector is also a place to catalog your watch collection (or car collection, etc) by brand and model, and create a wish list, and then find blog and video links about those particular items from databases that stretch back 15 or more years. If a particular vintage car caught your eye, you could add it to your wish list and then find blog links from the leading car blogs about that specific car. There are over 200,000 story links in the car database, tagged by make and model. Each ecosystem has brand / model tagging that opens up a world of rich collector content. CleverCollector also has two ways to share content with other enthusiasts: a community scroll, much like Instagram, where users post images of their collection and whatever else interests them, and a Forums section where users post longer-form threaded discussions about topics of interest. After building and curating these databases of links, adding an extra bit of fun was easy: hit the Get Lucky button in any ecosystem and watch CleverCollector reach into the archive and serve up a random story link, random video link, or random story link about a brand you care about — a deep dive you might never have found on your own, from a publication you didn't know to search. Come join the fun!

Screenshots

Sotheby's4 screens
CleverCollector4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: CleverCollector at none against Sotheby's's shown. CleverCollector also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.4). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sotheby's ships an update every 2 weeks, CleverCollector every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sotheby's versus CleverCollector: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSotheby'sCleverCollector
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (96 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews24.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings96 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB60 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperSotheby'sRich Vinchesi

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

CleverCollector

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sotheby's

No in-app purchases

None

CleverCollector

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sotheby's free?
Sotheby's is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CleverCollector free?
CleverCollector is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sotheby's or CleverCollector have ads?
Sotheby's shows ads; CleverCollector does not.
Which is updated more often, Sotheby's or CleverCollector?
Sotheby's ships an update every 2 weeks, and CleverCollector every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sotheby's was updated on October 24, 2026 and CleverCollector on October 25, 2026.

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