WineBid vs Spectrum Wine Auctions
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WineBid
Participate in weekly online auctions to buy and sell fine wines. Discover a wide selection from vintage Bordeaux to contemporary California releases. Sellers benefit from a quick auction-to-payment process.
- Weekly online wine auctions
- Buy fine and vintage wines
- Sell fine wines
- Fast auction to payday for sellers
- Discover Bordeaux and California wines
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Buy and sell wine in weekly online auctions. Find vintage Bordeaux to California new releases. For sellers we have the fastest turnaround auction to payday.
Spectrum Wine Auctions
This app provides access to extensive wine auction resources, allowing users to search, view, and bid on fine wines directly from their mobile devices. Users can track their bids, save searches, and manage their profiles and billing information.
- Search auctions and sessions
- View auction lot images
- Filter searches by wine details
- Place bids on lots
- Track bids and watched lots
- Save bids and search phrases
- Update profile and billing
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Spectrum Wine Auctions is committed to offering buyers and sellers alike the most accessible and expansive auction opportunities for what is simply the world’s greatest consumable and collectible product—wine. Now you can have complete access to all of Spectrum Wine’s resources and functions through your iPad and iPhone. The Spectrum Wine Auctions application makes finding and buying fine wine easier than ever! * Search auctions and sessions. * View images of auction lots. * Filter searches by bottle size, type, vintage, and more. * Place bids on lots. * Track lots you have bid on, have consigned, or are watching. * Save bids to your device to place later. * Save your favorite search phrases to your device. * Update profile and billing information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spectrum Wine Auctions at 100% against WineBid's 29%. Spectrum Wine Auctions also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.3). WineBid's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (22 vs 6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Spectrum Wine Auctions holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of WineBid's written reviews are positive against 100% of Spectrum Wine Auctions's.
WineBid ships an update fortnightly, Spectrum Wine Auctions every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | WineBid | Spectrum Wine Auctions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (22 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | WineBid | Spectrum Wine Auctions |
Customer experience
WineBid
Spectrum Wine Auctions
In-app purchases
WineBid
No in-app purchases
Spectrum Wine Auctions
No in-app purchases
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