Comparison

Sotheby's vs Seed & Garden

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
Features
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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 and lots. Browse fixed price retail and private sale items in search results. Quickly access your favorite auctions and lots. Manage profile, view purchases, customize your settings and view additional services.

About

Seed & Garden

Features
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Seed & Garden is a journal for your garden. Write down what you planted, what you picked and what you did, then find it again three seasons later. What did I plant last spring? Which tomato variety actually performed best? When did I last feed the citrus? Which packets need using up before they go past their date? **Everything stays on your phone.** No account, no sign-up, no cloud. It works with no connection at all, which matters down the back of a garden. **Gardens and beds.** Organise the vegetable patch, the herb garden and the orchard separately. Measure your beds and find out which one actually produces the most per square metre. **Plants.** Sowing, germination, transplanting, harvest, removal - a timeline for every plant, with photos, notes and a full care history. **The seed box.** Every packet, with what is left, where it came from and when to use it by. The app tells you what is running low and what needs sowing this season. **Harvests.** Weigh it or count it, whichever you actually did. Season totals, yields by crop and variety, and a straight answer on which variety did best. **Reminders.** Watering, feeding, pruning, sowing, pest checks. Local notifications only, with Done and Snooze straight from the lock screen, and "Done" writes a real entry into your care history. **Crop rotation.** What grew in each bed, year by year, with a nudge when the same crop family keeps coming back. **Reports.** A printable garden journal, harvest report, seed inventory, maintenance history and season summary. Plus CSV export for a spreadsheet. Australian English. Southern-hemisphere seasons by default, northern if you prefer.

Screenshots

Sotheby's4 screens
Seed & Garden4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sotheby's at none against Seed & Garden's 1. Sotheby's also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (17.4 vs 26.6). Seed & Garden's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Seed & Garden sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sotheby's asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sotheby's ships an update every 2 weeks, Seed & Garden every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sotheby's versus Seed & Garden: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSotheby'sSeed & Garden
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (97 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews24.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings97 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.4 — better26.6
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB43 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSotheby'sSchmapps PTY LTD

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

Seed & Garden

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sotheby's

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Seed & Garden

One-time1
  • Seed & Garden Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Sotheby's free?
Sotheby's is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Seed & Garden free?
Seed & Garden is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sotheby's or Seed & Garden have ads?
Sotheby's shows ads; Seed & Garden does not.
Which is updated more often, Sotheby's or Seed & Garden?
Sotheby's ships an update every 2 weeks, and Seed & Garden every 2 months. Most recently, Sotheby's was updated on November 11, 2026 and Seed & Garden on November 6, 2026.

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