Christie's vs Broad Arrow Auctions
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.
Broad Arrow Auctions
Participate in collector car auctions from your mobile device. Watch live auctions, place bids, and track items of interest with real-time notifications. The app offers a transparent and respectful auction experience for enthusiasts.
- Watch and bid in live auctions
- Place live or absentee bids
- Follow upcoming lots
- Receive push notifications
- Track bidding history
- Quick registration
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Discover & Bid on Collector Cars Broad Arrow Auctions brings a new approach to the collector car auction experience. Focusing on transparency and integrity, we provide services to our clients with the utmost respect and care while catering to them to feel as comfortable as possible with every part of the process. With the Broad Arrow Auctions app you can 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, place live or absentee bids, follow upcoming lots of interest, receive push notifications to ensure you engage on items of interest, track bidding history and auctions you have registered for, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Broad Arrow Auctions at 100% against Christie's's 36%. Broad Arrow Auctions also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.6) and ads (none vs shown). Christie's's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (55 vs 4). 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.
Broad Arrow Auctions holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Christie's has 55 ratings behind it against 4, 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 100% of Broad Arrow Auctions's.
Christie's ships an update every 2 months, Broad Arrow Auctions every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Christie's | Broad Arrow Auctions |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (55 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Christie's Inc. | Broad Arrow Group, Inc |
Customer experience
Christie's
Broad Arrow Auctions
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)
Broad Arrow Auctions
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Christie's
No in-app purchases
Broad Arrow Auctions
No in-app purchases
Questions
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