Comparison

ADESA vs ListCentral

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ADESA

This app offers a digital auction platform for wholesale car buying. It provides a streamlined experience for bidding and purchasing vehicles from various sales channels, anytime and anywhere. Enhanced search and personalized recommendations help users find and decide on inventory efficiently.

Highlights
  • Digital auction platform
  • Bid on timed and live auctions
  • Search and filter vehicle inventory
  • Vehicle valuation tools
  • Personalized recommendations
  • Saved search alerts
  • Real-time push notifications
Features
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ADESA is revolutionizing the wholesale car buying experience by bringing buyers a more efficient, transparent & streamlined digital auction platform. Get better results with less effort on the newly redesigned ADESA mobile app—anytime, anywhere. One place to bid & buy: Find inventory across all ADESA sales channels! Bid 24/7 on ADESA Clear timed digital auctions any day of the week, and join live daily sales at one of our 56 locations or view auction run lists on ADESA Simulcast—all in one optimized app. Enhanced search & filter functionality: Expanded filters, Condition Report summaries, vehicle valuation tools and more make it easy to research vehicles and find exactly what you’re looking for. We help you do the work: Get personalized vehicle recommendations, saved search alerts, real-time push notifications and more to stay informed and make quick decisions. Discover a new way to buy wholesale with ADESA.

About

ListCentral

Features
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ListCentral helps car dealerships and salespeople sell more on Facebook Marketplace, straight from their phone. ADD VEHICLES IN SECONDS • Look up a VIN and the year, make, model, trim, body, drive train, fuel and transmission fill in by themselves • Import a vehicle from a CarGurus link, photos included • Add photos from your phone or your ListCentral gallery • See exactly what's still needed before a vehicle can be listed POST AND MANAGE LISTINGS • Post to Marketplace from your phone, choosing which of your accounts to post from • Keep track of what you've listed, and mark vehicles sold when they go • Write listing descriptions with AI, using your own templates PHOTOS THAT STAND OUT • Replace busy backgrounds with clean studio or lot backgrounds using AI WORKS WITH THE REST OF LISTCENTRAL Your inventory, listings and accounts are shared with the ListCentral web app, desktop app and Chrome extension. Start with the free plan (3 posts a day), or try any paid plan free for 7 days. Paid plans are purchased on our website.

Screenshots

ADESA4 screens
ListCentral4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ListCentral at 5.0 against ADESA's 2.8. ListCentral also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). ADESA's advantage is ratings volume (159 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ListCentral holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ADESA has 159 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ADESA ships an update weekly, ListCentral every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ADESA versus ListCentral: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterADESAListCentral
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (159 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews9.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings159 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperADESAListCentral

Customer experience

ADESA

All ratings159 ratings
Positive42.8%
Neutral2.5%
Negative54.7%
Written reviews151 reviews
Positive9.3%
Neutral0.7%
Negative90.1%

ListCentral

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

ADESA

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Constant log-outs and need to re-enter credentials
  • Inaccurate vehicle status and location information
  • Inability to filter and search inventory effectively

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to sort watchlist by lane and run number
  • Restore access to past sale reports and vehicle values
  • Improve real-time vehicle location tracking

ListCentral

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

ADESA

No in-app purchases

None

ListCentral

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ADESA free?
ADESA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ListCentral free?
ListCentral is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ADESA or ListCentral?
ListCentral is rated higher. ADESA averages 2.8 out of 5 from 159 ratings, while ListCentral averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do ADESA or ListCentral have ads?
Neither ADESA nor ListCentral shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ADESA or ListCentral?
ADESA ships an update weekly, and ListCentral every 5 days. Most recently, ADESA was updated on October 25, 2026 and ListCentral on October 28, 2026.

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