Item Compare vs Search for eBay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Item Compare
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Do you know whether to buy the product that is £4.00 or £1.50? If you knew the weights could you figure it out? 850g for £4.00 300g for £1.50 Could you do the maths to work out which was the cheapest per gram? With this app you can easily compare multiple products.
Search for eBay
This app helps eBay users find deals by identifying auctions with no bidders or best offer options. It also assists sellers by showing past sold prices to determine item value. Advanced filters and saved searches enhance the shopping experience.
- Find auctions with no bidders
- Identify best offer opportunities
- Locate auctions ending at low-traffic times
- Filter by seller history and feedback
- View sold item prices and charts
- Advanced and combined search filters
- Save searches and receive notifications
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Free search helper app for eBay. As a buyer, helps you find the bargains amongst a large number of items. As a seller, look at past sold items to see what an item may be worth. App is totally free to use with no subscriptions, limits or ads. Features: - Use the optional AI Search assistant to help you find bargains. Tell it what you are looking for and it will guide you to finding the item at a bargain price. - Find auctions with no bidders. No competition means a potential bargain! - Find auctions with no bidders and where the option of a best offer is available. They may be willing to accept a low offer. - Find auctions ending in the middle of the night, where last minute bids are much less likely. - Exclude items from sellers with no/little eBay selling history or poor feedback rating. - Find items available for collection locally. Save on postage. - Look through sold items to see what they typically sell for. Great for power sellers who want to know how much something is worth and to set a realistic starting/selling price. - View average sell price and price distribution charts. - Filter by item specific properties such as brand, model or size. - Includes standard search filters, e.g. category, condition, price range. In addition, includes filters not available via the eBay app or website. - Combine any search filters, e.g. find auctions with no bidders ending in the next 24 hours, where they are accepting a best offer and from a reliable seller with good feedback. - Save favourite searches. - Optionally receive notifications when there are new listings for a saved search. - Click on an item to jump to the eBay site to view details and make a purchase. - Supports all/most eBay sites (US, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy,…). Safety and Privacy: - App does not require you to login in to your eBay account, unless you want to search for sold items (this is an eBay requirement). - Free to use app, alongside the eBay website or app, where you can login and make purchases independently and safely. - App does not bug you with ads. - We do not collect any personal information such as your name, email address, phone number, location or eBay account details. - All of your app settings and saved searches are stored on your device - they are not stored on our servers. This app is under active development. Suggestions, bug reports and app reviews are welcome. eBay is a registered trademark of eBay Inc. This app is from an independent developer and is in no way related to eBay Inc.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Search for eBay at 5.0 against Item Compare's 4.0. Search for eBay also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1). Item Compare's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Search for eBay holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Search for eBay has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Item Compare | Search for eBay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Daniel Platt | Twiddlebit Software Ltd |
In-app purchases
Item Compare
No in-app purchases
Search for eBay
No in-app purchases
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