DirectBids vs Off The Grid Surplus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Off The Grid Surplus
Shop the latest clothing arrivals and access exclusive discounts and early collection launches. Enjoy a seamless browsing and secure checkout experience with notifications for special offers.
- Exclusive discounts
- Early access to launches
- First-to-know notifications
- Easy browsing
- Secure and fast checkout
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Download the Off The Grid app to access exclusive discounts, early access to collection launches. Everything you love, right at your fingertips. EASY BROWSING Shop the freshest new arrivals across our entire catalog. EXCLUSIVE ACCESS Be first to know about exclusive offers and launches through first-to-know notifications and app-user-only early access. SECURE CHECKOUT IN A FLASH Tap, swipe, shop and secure your new products in an instant with our super easy checkout.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Off The Grid Surplus at every 3 weeks against DirectBids's every 6 months. Off The Grid Surplus also leads on ratings volume (83 vs 6). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DirectBids against 4.9 for Off The Grid Surplus. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Off The Grid Surplus has 83 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
DirectBids ships an update every 6 months, Off The Grid Surplus every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and June 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DirectBids | Off The Grid Surplus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 4.9 (83 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 83 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Direct Bids, LLC | Off The Grid Surplus |
Customer experience
DirectBids
Off The Grid Surplus
In-app purchases
DirectBids
No in-app purchases
Off The Grid Surplus
No in-app purchases
