Comparison

Stockwave vs Southern AA Simulcast

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

Head to head
About

Stockwave

Streamline wholesale vehicle acquisition by simplifying auction sourcing. Quickly evaluate vehicles, access pricing guides, and get real-time bid guidance to make profitable decisions.

Highlights
  • VIN scanning for bid determination
  • Access to multiple price guides
  • Vehicle history reports
  • Auction condition report evaluation
  • Save vehicle notes
  • Navigate auction run lists
  • Real-time bid guidance
Features
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Stockwave is the latest innovation from vAuto for Wholesale Vehicle Acquisition. The Stockwave application will work for all existing vAuto clients that have a current AuctionGenius subscription or sign up for a new Stockwave subscription. Sourcing used car inventory at auction can drain time and money from a dealership. The searching and researching before the auction doesn’t always lead to the best buying opportunities. The bidding and buying process doesn’t always lead to profitable outcomes. Stockwave simplifies sourcing so much, you don’t have to spend time searching or researching - or waste money on the wrong bids again. The Stockwave mobile application is designed to aide in searching for Wholesale inventory from all major United States Automobile Auctions and for quickly evaluate the vehicles when at alive auction. Key Features: * Scan a VIN to quickly determine what to bid on a vehicle * Access price guides based on your current subscription such as MMR, KBB, Black Book, NADA, and Galves * Access Vehicle History Reports * Evaluate the Auction Condition Reports before you place a bid * Save Notes about each Vehicle to access your prior research * Navigate Auction Run Lists with ease while at the auction * Access real time bid guidance and profit projections Usage Requirements: * This app requires an active subscription with vAuto for AuctionGenius or Stockwave. * The VIN scanner requires access to your camera, and you can grant permissions by going to Settings -> Privacy -> Camera. * The VIN scanner requires an autofocusing camera. Some older Apple devices do NOT have autofocus cameras, so VIN scanning is NOT supported on those devices. * The Black Book and Galves price guides may require an additional subscription to access the data on a mobile device.

About

Southern AA Simulcast

Features
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Welcome to the Southern Auto Auctions Simulcast Mobile App, made for licensed dealers to access the best inventory across, New England Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York and beyond. Auctions are held every Wednesday and are conducted by professional auctioneers The Southern Auto Auctions Simulcast Mobile app features: View vehicle lists and place notes, watches and proxy bids Research vehicles and view photos Listen to real-time audio as an auctioneer calls the auction Bid on vehicles as they cross the block

Screenshots

Stockwave4 screens
Southern AA Simulcast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stockwave at monthly against Southern AA Simulcast's every 4 months. Southern AA Simulcast's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stockwave ships an update monthly, Southern AA Simulcast every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Stockwave versus Southern AA Simulcast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStockwaveSouthern AA Simulcast
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (31 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews41.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.012.0.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB1 MB
Age rating17+4+
DevelopervAuto, Inc.Auction Frontier

In-app purchases

None

Stockwave

No in-app purchases

None

Southern AA Simulcast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stockwave free?
Stockwave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Southern AA Simulcast free?
Southern AA Simulcast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Stockwave or Southern AA Simulcast have ads?
Neither Stockwave nor Southern AA Simulcast shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stockwave or Southern AA Simulcast?
Stockwave ships an update monthly, and Southern AA Simulcast every 4 months. Most recently, Stockwave was updated on October 23, 2026 and Southern AA Simulcast on September 25, 2026.

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