Bonhams Skinner vs Freeman’s
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bonhams Skinner
Discover and bid on thousands of collector items across dozens of categories in monthly auctions. Participate in live sales directly from your mobile device with features like high-resolution image viewing, lot tracking, and push notifications for items of interest.
- Search and browse upcoming auctions
- View high-res images with zoom
- Follow upcoming lots
- Push notifications for items of interest
- Track bidding history
- Watch and bid live
- Quick registration
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Skinner is the place for buyers, sellers, and the passionately curious. Search, browse, and bid directly from your mobile or tablet with the Skinner Auctions app. We offer thousands of items across dozens of collector categories for auction monthly. Participate in our sales while on-the-go from your phone or tablet. Skinner attracts top consignments and commands record-breaking prices in the international auction marketplace. With renowned expertise and extraordinary service. Skinner appraisers are familiar faces on PBS's 17-time Emmy Award-nominated ANTIQUES ROADSHOW. Visit us in Boston, Marlborough, New York, Maine, Florida, or online at https://www.skinnerinc.com. FEATURES INCLUDE •Quick Registration •Search, browse and view all upcoming auctions •View high-res images with zoom feature •Follow upcoming lots •Push notifications to ensure you engage on items of interest •Track bidding history and activity •Watch live auctions •Bid live using our simple "swipe to bid" interface
Freeman’s
Explore current and upcoming auctions for fine art, jewelry, and more. Stream live events and place bids in real time directly from your mobile device. Track lots, receive notifications, and leave absentee bids.
- Browse upcoming auctions
- Stream live auction events
- Real-time bidding
- Track lots and receive notifications
- Leave absentee bids
- Monitor bidding activity
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Browse current and upcoming auctions, stream live events, and bid in real time—all from your mobile device. With regional offices nationwide and more than 140 auctions each year, Freeman’s presents fine art, jewelry, modern design, books & manuscripts, furniture, decorative arts, couture, Asian works of art, antiquities, and the arts of the American West— encompassing the legacy formerly found in the Hindman Auctions and Cowan’s apps. App features include: Quick registration for upcoming auctions Track lots and receive push notifications Leave absentee bids in advance Bid live Watch auctions as they happen Browse our calendar of past and upcoming auctions Freeman’s brings the international art market directly to you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Freeman’s at 4.0 against Bonhams Skinner's 3.5. Freeman’s also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Bonhams Skinner's advantage is review sentiment (44% vs 25%). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Freeman’s holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 70 and 83 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of Bonhams Skinner's written reviews are positive against 25% of Freeman’s's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Bonhams Skinner ships an update every 2 months, Freeman’s monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bonhams Skinner | Freeman’s |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (70 ratings) | 4.0 (83 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.4% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 70 | 83 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 148 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Skinner, Inc. | Hindman LLC |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Bonhams Skinner
No in-app purchases
Freeman’s
No in-app purchases
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