Christie's vs Acker Auction
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Christie's
Access the world's leading art and luxury business. Browse and bid on extraordinary items across over 70 categories, including jewelry, handbags, and precious artifacts. Track your favorite items and manage your account.
- Browse auctions
- Explore works to buy
- Search upcoming and sold lots
- Follow favorite lots
- Bid in auctions
- View auction results
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The world’s leading art and luxury business at your fingertips. With the Christie’s app, you can browse and bid on extraordinary art and luxury objects in over 70 categories, including jewellery, handbags and precious artefacts. • BROWSE auctions of the finest art, collectibles and luxury brands • EXPLORE works to buy now • SEARCH upcoming and sold lots • FOLLOW your favourite lots from any auction • BID in our auctions • VIEW RESULTS from past auctions and monitor results of live auctions in real time • MANAGE your Christie’s online account and keep track of all of your purchases, bids and registered auctions Founded in 1766, Christie’s is a world-leading art and luxury business with a physical presence in 46 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific. Renowned and trusted for our expert live and online-only auctions, as well as bespoke Private Sales, Christie’s unparalleled network of specialists offers clients a full portfolio of global services.
Acker Auction
Access a vast selection of rare and sought-after wines from around the world. Browse upcoming auctions, filter by vintage and region, and place bids directly from your device. Consign items and follow your favorite producers.
- Wide selection of rare wines
- Filter by vintage and region
- Place bids on auctions
- View upcoming and past auctions
- Consign wine items
- Follow favorite producers
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The new Acker Merrall & Condit mobile app offers access to the widest selection of the rarest and most highly sought-after wine by enthusiasts, collectors and burgeoning wine lovers worldwide. Filter your search by vintage, region, high or low estimate and leave bids all from your mobile phone or tablet. View upcoming or past auctions. Consign items, watch lots of interest and follow your favorite producers from anywhere you are in the world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Acker Auction at none against Christie's's shown. Acker Auction also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Christie's's advantage is review sentiment (36% vs 17%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
Acker Auction holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 57 and 26 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 36% of Christie's's written reviews are positive against 17% of Acker Auction's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Christie's ships an update every 2 months, Acker Auction every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Christie's | Acker Auction |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (57 ratings) | 2.8 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.7% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Christie's Inc. | Acker, Merrall & Condit Company |
Customer experience
Christie's
Acker Auction
Bugs and requests
Christie's
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login screen freezes or crashes
- Inability to view or manage tracked lots
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
- Unreliable connection and offline mode issues
Requested features
4 requests- Add search functionality for upcoming and past auctions
- Implement landscape mode support for iPads
- Improve stability and reduce crashes
- Introduce more customization options (e.g., dark mode)
Acker Auction
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Christie's
No in-app purchases
Acker Auction
No in-app purchases
Questions
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