Back Mountain Auctions vs History Hunter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Back Mountain Auctions
Participate in live auctions from your mobile device. Preview upcoming items, track your bids, and receive push notifications for items you're following. Experts are available for coins, jewelry, antiques, and more.
- Preview upcoming auctions
- Bid in live auctions
- Track bidding history
- Receive push notifications
- Watch live auction streams
- Quick registration
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Located in Dallas, PA, Back Mountain Auctions brings together 30 years of auction experience. Our auctions feature fresh to market estate items, clean quality antiques, household, collectibles and more. We have on-site specialists expert in coins, jewelry, antiques, firearms, militaria and more. With the Back Mountain 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 our 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
History Hunter
Discover and bid on high-quality military antiques with robust buyer protections. Enjoy low opening bids, no buyer's premium, and no reserve auctions. A lifetime guarantee ensures confidence in your collecting.
- High-quality military antiques
- Buyer protections
- Low opening bids
- No buyer's premium
- No reserve auctions
- Lifetime guarantee
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History Hunter Auctions brings you the finest quality military antiques on the planet with the best buyer protections anywhere. Low opening bids. No buyer’s premium. No reserve. Lifetime Guarantee. We take the guesswork out of collecting.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: History Hunter at every 5 days against Back Mountain Auctions's every 14 months. History Hunter also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Back Mountain Auctions's advantage is ratings volume (41 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, 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.
History Hunter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Back Mountain Auctions has 41 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Back Mountain Auctions ships an update every 14 months, History Hunter every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Back Mountain Auctions | History Hunter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (41 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| 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 | Back Mountain Auctions | CRAIG GOTTLIEB MILITARIA |
Customer experience
Back Mountain Auctions
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In-app purchases
Back Mountain Auctions
No in-app purchases
History Hunter
No in-app purchases
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