Auction Masters vs Gardner Auction
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Auction Masters
Stay updated on upcoming auctions and view items of interest. Receive outbid notifications and place bids remotely, or set maximum bids for automatic bidding. This app provides real-time auction information.
- Upcoming auction updates
- Item browsing
- Outbid notifications
- Remote bidding
- Automatic maximum bidding
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This dynamic app allows you to (1) stay informed about our upcoming auctions; (2) view items that interest you; (3) get notifications when you’ve been outbid; (4) bid no matter where you are located (or set and forget your maximum bid to let our platform automatically bid the lowest possible winning bid for you). This is the go-to-source for up-to-the-minute information on all of our auctions.
Gardner Auction
Browse and participate in upcoming auctions from your mobile device. Register, bid live or in advance, and track items of interest across a wide variety of categories including vehicles, equipment, and collectibles.
- Browse upcoming auctions
- Register for auctions
- Bid live
- Bid in advance
- Track items of interest
- Wide variety of item categories
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Use our app to browse upcoming auctions. Register for and auction, bid live or in advance and track items you are interested in. Literally thousands of items to browse including: vehicles, equipment, sporting goods, tools, antiques, collectibles, coins, firearms, ammo and more!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Gardner Auction at every 9 months against Auction Masters's every 32 months. Gardner Auction also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). Auction Masters's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Auction Masters against 5.0 for Gardner Auction. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Auction Masters has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Auction Masters ships an update every 32 months, Gardner Auction every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Auction Masters | Gardner Auction |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 32 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Auction Masters Inc. | Gardner Auction Service Inc. |
Customer experience
Auction Masters
Gardner Auction
In-app purchases
Auction Masters
No in-app purchases
Gardner Auction
No in-app purchases
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