Swann Auction vs Broad Arrow Auctions
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swann Auction
Explore upcoming and past auctions, search for items, and save your favorites. Register for auctions, receive reminders, and place absentee or live bids directly from your mobile device. Track all your bidding activity in one place.
- View Auction Calendar
- Search and Save Lots
- Register for Auctions
- Receive Bid Reminders
- Place Absentee Bids
- Bid Live
- Track Bidding Activity
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The Swann Auction App lets you view our Auction Calendar and Bid Live in our Auctions from your mobile device. Participate in our Auctions from anywhere using your mobile device and unlock the following features: - View the Auction Calendar of Upcoming and Past Auctions. - Search Lots. - Save Favourite Lots. - Register for Upcoming Auctions. - Receive reminders to ensure you never miss a chance to Bid in an Auction. - Leave Absentee Bids. - Bid Live. - Track your Bidding Activity.
Broad Arrow Auctions
Participate in collector car auctions from your mobile device. Watch live auctions, place bids, and track items of interest with real-time notifications. The app offers a transparent and respectful auction experience for enthusiasts.
- Watch and bid in live auctions
- Place live or absentee bids
- Follow upcoming lots
- Receive push notifications
- Track bidding history
- Quick registration
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Discover & Bid on Collector Cars Broad Arrow Auctions brings a new approach to the collector car auction experience. Focusing on transparency and integrity, we provide services to our clients with the utmost respect and care while catering to them to feel as comfortable as possible with every part of the process. With the Broad Arrow Auctions app you can watch and bid in our auctions from your mobile / tablet device, participate in our sales while on-the-go and gain access to our following features: Quick Registration, place live or absentee bids, follow upcoming lots of interest, receive push notifications to ensure you engage on items of interest, track bidding history and auctions you have registered for, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Broad Arrow Auctions at 100% against Swann Auction's 42%. Broad Arrow Auctions also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Swann Auction's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
Swann Auction holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of Swann Auction's written reviews are positive against 100% of Broad Arrow Auctions's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Swann Auction ships an update every 4 months, Broad Arrow Auctions every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swann Auction | Broad Arrow Auctions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Swann Galleries, Inc. | Broad Arrow Group, Inc |
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Swann Auction
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In-app purchases
Swann Auction
No in-app purchases
Broad Arrow Auctions
No in-app purchases
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