Maltz Auctions vs DirectBids
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maltz Auctions
Participate in live auctions from your mobile device. Preview upcoming items, track your bidding history, and receive notifications for items of interest. This app allows you to bid on a wide variety of assets, including real estate, vehicles, and jewelry, from anywhere.
- Live auction bidding
- Preview upcoming lots
- Track bidding history
- Push notifications for items
- Quick registration
- Watch live auctions
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Maltz Auctions, located in Long Island, NY was established in 1980. With $2 billion+ in gross sales and average annual sales of $125+ million, you will find an impressive variety of interesting and exciting opportunities. Maltz offers an array of assets for auction on behalf of bankruptcy courts, lendings institutions and various government agencies, amongst many others. With a core concentration in real estate, and ten additional different auction divisions, you are bound to find something of interest as we sell everything from real estate, automobiles and jewelry to heavy equipment, taxi medallions and boats. With the Maltz Auctions app, you can preview, watch and bid in our auctions from your mobile / tablet device. Participate in our sales while on-the-go and gain access to the following features: •Quick Registration •Following upcoming lots of interest •Push notifications to ensure you engage on items of interest •Track bidding history and activity •Watch live auctions
DirectBids
This app provides a mobile platform for participating in online auctions of used medical, laboratory, and business assets. Users can conveniently bid, make payments, and arrange for local pickups or shipping directly from their phones.
- Bid on auctions
- Pay for won items
- Schedule pickups
- Arrange shipping
- Browse surplus assets
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DirectBids is the premium online marketplace for used medical, laboratory and business assets. Never miss an auction with the DirectBids mobile app. Conveniently bid, pay and schedule pickups on your phone. Local pickups and shipping available.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: DirectBids at 5.0 against Maltz Auctions's 4.1. Maltz Auctions's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
DirectBids holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Maltz Auctions has 67 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Maltz Auctions ships an update every 6 weeks, DirectBids every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maltz Auctions | DirectBids |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (67 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 135 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | MALTZ AUCTIONS INC. | Direct Bids, LLC |
Customer experience
Maltz Auctions
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In-app purchases
Maltz Auctions
No in-app purchases
DirectBids
No in-app purchases
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