Comparison

Find Bids vs InstantMarkets

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

Head to head
About

Find Bids

This app aggregates government contracting opportunities from federal, state, and local agencies, as well as Canada. It allows users to filter bids by category, location, keyword, and bid type, saving time spent searching numerous agency websites. An active account on the companion website is required for access.

Highlights
  • Government bid aggregation
  • Federal, state, and local bids
  • Canadian government bids
  • Advanced search filters
  • On-the-go access
  • Companion to StateAndFederalBids.com
Features
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FindBids … the first government bids mobile app … has been developed! Without spending hours and hours scouring tens of thousands of agencies for these bids, we have done all the work for you! A companion to StateAndFederalBids.com’s site, the FindBids app is not a stand-alone app. It is just another way that subscribers can get the most relevant and winnable bids … all at their fingertips … and on-the-go! The FindBids app connects users to a plethora of government contracting opportunities. Search for bids from the Federal government, as well as your state and local governments and even Canada. Our search allows users to make their results as broad or specific as they like, filtering by category, location, keyword and bid type. Every government vendor or anyone interested in becoming a government vendor needs this app! - Please note that an active account at www.stateandfederalbids.com is required to use this app!

About

InstantMarkets

Discover new business opportunities, including RFPs and contracts, that match your products and services. Monitor public sector customers, understand their needs, and gain insights to strategize and increase your chances of winning bids. Access a vast database of procurement transactions from thousands of agencies.

Highlights
  • Discover new business opportunities
  • Access RFPs, RFQs, and contracts
  • Monitor public sector customers
  • Analyze competitor strategies
  • Receive new opportunity alerts
  • Search thousands of agencies
Features
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Would you like to be the first to learn of new business opportunities that best fit your products/services, are already budgeted and will be awarded soon, either to you or to your competitor? InstantMarkets provides the widest exposure to procurement and sourcing transactions from across the web. Find active and past opportunities (RFP, RFQ, RFI, ITB, IFB, CSP, CSB, pre-bid notices), MBE/WBE set-asides, contracts, awards, SOWs, purchase orders – even invoices. With the insights you gain from InstantMarkets, you monitor all your public sector customers from one location, understand your customers better, target your competitors, and maximize your chances of winning. InstantMarkets sources include thousands of public websites such as sam.gov, fpds.gov, and others listed at https://www.instantmarkets.com/agency (it may take a minute to load this searchable list of 25000+ agencies). Instant Markets is an advanced and comprehensive Business Search Engine: * Free: Absolutely no cost for all search and notification features. * Advanced search algorithms help you find the best opportunities for your products and services. * Alert/Notification of new opportunities. * Instant access to tens of thousands of current and historical RFx transactions from thousands of prospective customers. Find awards and contracts for similar RFx transactions and use that insight to help strategize how to prepare your RFx response. IMPORTANT: Instant Markets is a private organization without any affiliation with public sector/government agencies nor it represents any government agency

Screenshots

Find Bids4 screens
InstantMarkets4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: InstantMarkets at 100% against Find Bids's 0%. InstantMarkets also leads on rating (3.7 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 25 months). Find Bids's advantage is iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

InstantMarkets holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: InstantMarkets has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Find Bids's written reviews are positive against 100% of InstantMarkets's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Find Bids ships an update every 25 months, InstantMarkets every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Find Bids versus InstantMarkets: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFind BidsInstantMarkets
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)3.7 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings211 — better
Update frequencyEvery 25 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB37 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperOnline Data Services, LLCInstant Systems, Inc.

Customer experience

Find Bids

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative83.3%

InstantMarkets

All ratings11 ratings
Positive63.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Find Bids

No in-app purchases

None

InstantMarkets

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Find Bids free?
Find Bids is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is InstantMarkets free?
InstantMarkets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Find Bids or InstantMarkets?
InstantMarkets is rated higher. Find Bids averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while InstantMarkets averages 3.7 from 11 ratings.
Do Find Bids or InstantMarkets have ads?
Neither Find Bids nor InstantMarkets shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Find Bids or InstantMarkets?
Find Bids ships an update every 25 months, and InstantMarkets every 2 months. Most recently, Find Bids was updated on September 20, 2026 and InstantMarkets on October 29, 2026.

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