MLS vs RefBid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MLS
This mobile application provides real estate agents with comprehensive MLS access on their devices. It allows for property searches, viewing listing details, managing client interactions, and sharing listings. The app aims to keep agents connected to their business and clients from any location.
- Property search by address, map, and criteria
- View full listing details and history
- Send listings and request showings
- Post listings to Facebook
- Import contacts and brand your app
- Track client activity and communications
- Synchronize contacts and listings with Matrix
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** AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY TO REAL ESTATE AGENTS AT PARTICIPATING MLS ** MLS-Touch puts your MLS in the palm of your hand! It’s the most advanced mobile app for Agents, with loads of features to keep you connected to listings and engaged with your leads and clients from wherever you are. - Quickly search properties by address, map location, and other criteria. - Hotsheet activity and market stats at your fingertips. - Full listing details including property history and agent-only info. - Tools to take action – send listings, view comparables, request a showing. - Automatically post your listings and open houses on Facebook. - Import your contacts and invite them to use your own branded app. - Collaborate like never before! Suggest listings and get notified of client favorites. - Track client activity and communications in one place. - With MLS-Touch you can manage your business from anywhere! For CoreLogic® Matrix™ users: - Advanced integrations with Matrix and Client Portal. - Contacts, suggested listings and favorites all synchronize. - Access Realist® tax data where available. We’d love to hear from you! Email your feedback or questions to Support@MLS-Touch.com.
RefBid
This platform facilitates real estate agent referrals through a unique auction system. Verified agents compete for leads, with the best fit chosen based on profile and history, not just bid amount. It streamlines the referral process with legally binding in-app agreements.
- Realtor verification via state commissions and Stripe
- Auction-based agent bidding for leads
- In-app, legally binding referral agreements
- Agent market rankings and verified transaction history
- Nationwide coverage across all 50 states
- Real-time notification system
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RefBid is the first - patent-pending - full auction marketplace built exclusively for Realtor-to-Realtor referrals. You post the lead. Verified agents compete for it. The winner isn't chosen by bid amount - they're chosen by fit at your discretion. The agent with the best profile, the strongest market history, and the most compelling case for your client. A legally binding referral agreement is signed inside the app, instantly, by both sides, the moment you reach an agreement. Every step that used to happen informally, chaotically, and on the faith of a stranger's recommendation now has structure, accountability, and enforcement. Instead of cold-calling 2-3 agents and hoping one clicks, or worse going off the name most listed on Facebook, you have a field of verified professionals coming to you - resume in hand, ready to compete. Review the top candidates, then do something no Facebook group ever let you do: bring your client into the decision. Show them the 3 or 4 best fits. Let them weigh in. Clients who help choose their agent are far less likely to walk - because they're committed to someone they helped select, not someone assigned to them. And when you explain it to your client upfront, it lands completely differently. "I'm going to find you a top agent in that market through a verified professional network where agents compete for your business" is a different conversation than "I'll ask around on Facebook." One builds trust. One erodes it. Receiving Agents - Bid on leads that match your market Browse referral listings in the markets you serve. Each listing gives you enough detail to know whether the opportunity is worth pursuing before you ever place a bid. If you're awarded the referral, you pay a $185 acceptance fee and receive a signed referral agreement - not a DM, not a handshake. A real contract, executed inside the app, the moment the deal is made, as well as all contact information for the realtor and their broker. Every agent on RefBid is verified through their state Real Estate Commission and/or ARELLO, as well as ID & facial verification through Stripe upon registration, before they can post or bid. License confirmed. Brokerage confirmed. Identity confirmed. No anonymous profiles. No guessing whether someone is actually active and in good standing. Just verified professionals, competing on merit. Key Features Real Estate Commission / ARELLO License Verification - Stripe identity verification - every agent confirmed before they can participate Auction-Based Bidding - best agent wins, not first to comment, not always the highest bid In-App Referral Agreements - signed, stored, enforceable Market Rankings - see which markets the agent considers their primary turf, ranked 1-10 Track Record - past 10 closed transactions verified and displayed on every profile All 50 States - post or bid anywhere in the country Email, SMS + Push Notifications - know the moment a bid comes in or your referral is awarded No Subscriptions - ever. Post free. Bid free. Pay only when you get business. The Fee Structure - Simple. Transparent. Fair. Posting a listing - Free (once a bid at or above your minimum is placed, a $45 charge will be applied once to the referring realtor) Placing a bid - Free Accepting a referral award if selected - $185 flat, one time No monthly fees. No setup fees. No percentage of your commission. You only pay when you win a referral - and by then, you've already seen exactly what you're getting. RefBid's complete referral auction model is patent-pending. There is no other platform like this. Built for Realtors. By those who saw the problem firsthand. The referral process in real estate has been broken for decades - running on handshakes, near blind trust, DMs, and Facebook comments. RefBid brings it into the open, gets the client as involved as they'd like, makes it competitive, and makes it enforceable. RefBid. The referral network Realtors have always needed
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: MLS at 13K against RefBid's 2. RefBid's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for MLS against 5.0 for RefBid. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MLS has 13K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MLS ships an update every 3 weeks, RefBid every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MLS | RefBid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (13K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 152 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Prospects Software Inc. | Refbid LLC |
Customer experience
MLS
RefBid
Bugs and requests
MLS
Reported bugs
5 issues- Search results not loading properly
- Inability to clear previous searches
- Frequent sign-outs and need to re-login
- Incompatibility with certain devices and OS versions
- Inaccurate or missing property data
Requested features
5 requests- Add dark mode option
- Improve saved search and search history features
- Integrate with more MLS systems
- Allow editing of listing photos within the app
- Provide more detailed property and neighborhood information
RefBid
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MLS
No in-app purchases
RefBid
No in-app purchases







