Live Source vs The Party Source
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Live Source
This app provides a live auction experience for sporting, entertainment, and fundraising events. It allows fans to bid on memorabilia and unique experiences in real-time during events, facilitating instant payment and collection.
- In-the-moment live auctions
- Bid on event memorabilia
- Purchase unique experiences
- Instant payment and collection
- Easy auction creation
- Connect buyers and sellers
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Your in-the-moment marketplace. Live Source is a better auction experience enhancing all sorts of live sporting, entertainment and fundraising events. Events are filled with excitement. Live Source helps capture this excitement instantly by creating opportunities for fans to own the memorabilia they value most - while the event is taking place. Live Source auctions are created during events so fans can participate instantly. Easy to create auctions means more items are available for fans to bid on. Fans are excited by new opportunities to own memorabilia or purchase unique experiences. Fans then bid from their seats. The app selects the winning bid as well as arranging payment and collection moments later. Live Source opens up a new world of opportunities for memorabilia buyers and sellers to connect.
The Party Source
Browse a wide selection of wines and spirits available at a local store. Order your selections for convenient delivery or in-store pickup directly through the app.
- Browse wine and spirits
- Order for delivery
- Order for pickup
- View in-store availability
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A store located at 95 Riviera Dr, Bellevue, KY 41073, USA. With the App you can browse for the Wines and Spirits available in the store, and also order a delivery or pickup.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Live Source at free against The Party Source's free with in-app purchases. Live Source also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). The Party Source's advantage is review sentiment (91% vs 79%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
The Party Source holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 125 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Live Source's written reviews are positive against 91% of The Party Source's.
Live Source ships an update every 3 weeks, The Party Source every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Live Source | The Party Source |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (43 ratings) | 4.7 (125 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 | 125 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Live Source, LLC | The Party Source Inc |
Customer experience
Live Source
The Party Source
Bugs and requests
Live Source
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
The Party Source
Reported bugs
8 issues- App is egregiously slow, buggy, and lack of async makes it painful to use
- Lag is extremely extremely bad, like a 5 second hang delay where the app locks up because they aren't using async operations
- Issue when you want to remove items from your cart. If you swipe to delete it stays on this swiped action/delete for the items left in the cart until you fully exit/close the app and go back in.
- Tried to search my favorite cigar using the app and no products were found
- Needs an option to sort price high-low, low-high.
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- Also would be better if the same amount of product information on the website was included in the app.
- The app is so touch sensitive unlike any other I have ever seen on ios.
- Anytime there has been a big release on allocated liquor the app and site crash.
Requested features
3 requests- Bulk save for later
- Sort price high-low, low-high
- Include more website product information in the app
In-app purchases
Live Source
No in-app purchases
The Party Source
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Live Source free?
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Which has better reviews, Live Source or The Party Source?
Do Live Source or The Party Source have ads?
Which is updated more often, Live Source or The Party Source?
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