Pate Auction vs Gardner Auction
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pate Auction
Stay informed about upcoming auctions, track properties, and receive outbid notifications. Bid live from anywhere or set a maximum bid for automatic bidding.
- Upcoming auction information
- Watchlist for properties
- Outbid notifications
- Live mobile bidding
- Set maximum bids
- Automatic bidding
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Welcome to the Pate Auction mobile bidding app! This dynamic app allows you to (1) stay informed about our upcoming auctions; (2) watch properties 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 rating: Gardner Auction at 5.0 against Pate Auction's 3.6. Gardner Auction also leads on update cadence (every 9 months vs every 31 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 11.0). Pate Auction's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). 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.
Gardner Auction holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pate Auction has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pate Auction ships an update every 31 months, Gardner Auction every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pate Auction | Gardner Auction |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 31 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 | 11.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PATE AUCTION SERVICES INC | Gardner Auction Service Inc. |
Customer experience
Pate Auction
Gardner Auction
In-app purchases
Pate Auction
No in-app purchases
Gardner Auction
No in-app purchases
