Christie's vs Piguet
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.
Piguet
Browse upcoming auctions, register for sales, and bid live or in advance on artworks and estate items. Track items of interest and access all sale information online.
- Browse upcoming auctions
- Register for sales
- Bid live and in advance
- Track items of interest
- Access sale information
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Piguet Hôtel des Ventes is a private auction house established in Geneva in 1978. Since its takeover in 2006 by Bernard Piguet, a specialist in the art market for over 20 years, the auction house has become a fixture on the Swiss market as well as international markets. Piguet transformed the traditional auction house into a decidedly modern business using the latest management methods and introducing a high level of professionalism with services offered to buyers and sellers. Piguet Auction House in Geneva specializes in auctions, estimates of artworks and estate advice. We auction close to 100,000 objects per year. Use our app to browse upcoming auctions, register for a sale, bid live and in advance, and track items of interest. You can also find all the information on our sales on www.piguet.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Piguet at 4.0 against Christie's's 2.6. Piguet also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Christie's's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (57 vs 6). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Piguet holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Christie's has 57 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Christie's's written reviews are positive against 50% of Piguet's.
Christie's ships an update every 2 months, Piguet every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Christie's | Piguet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (57 ratings) | 4.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.7% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 14 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 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Christie's Inc. | HDV HÔTEL DES VENTES SA |
Customer experience
Christie's
Piguet
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)
Piguet
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Christie's
No in-app purchases
Piguet
No in-app purchases
