Stockwave vs PipeRiver
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
PipeRiver
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PipeRiver is the mobile CRM built for sales teams that live inside WhatsApp Business, Instagram, and Messenger. Bring every lead conversation into a single, fast inbox — and turn replies into closed deals. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Unified inbox — WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger threads, all in one place. Stop switching apps to keep up with leads. • Pipeline kanban — Move leads through your custom stages with a swipe. See hot leads at a glance. • Real-time alerts — Push notifications for new messages, hot leads, and stale follow-ups. Nothing slips through the cracks. • Notes & tasks — Internal notes, follow-up reminders, and tags on every lead. Build a complete history without leaving the chat. • Team collaboration — Assign leads to reps, track who replied and how fast. Manager-level KPIs on the dashboard. • Multi-language — Available in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. • Secure by default — Biometric sign-in, TLS encryption, role-based access, complete audit log. BUILT FOR HIGH-VELOCITY TEAMS PipeRiver is designed for real estate brokerages, auto dealers, and any sales team that runs on messaging. Stop losing deals to slow replies and forgotten follow-ups. HOW IT WORKS 1. Your organization signs up and an administrator sets up WhatsApp Business, Instagram, and Messenger connections through Meta's official Business APIs. 2. Sales reps get invited and download the iOS app. 3. Conversations start flowing — every message, lead, and note in one place. PRICING PipeRiver is sold as a B2B subscription, billed monthly per user. Contact our team for pricing tailored to your organization. PRIVACY We don't sell your data. Your conversations stay on isolated tenant infrastructure with TLS encryption in transit. You can delete your account at any time from inside the app: Settings → Danger zone → Delete my account. Read our full Privacy Policy at piperiver.com/privacy and Terms at piperiver.com/terms. SUPPORT Email support@piperiver.com — we reply within one business day. Operated by Saru LLC, Florida, USA.
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Verdict
Stockwave and PipeRiver are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | Stockwave | PipeRiver |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (31 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | vAuto, Inc. | Rafael Garcia Saru |
In-app purchases
Stockwave
No in-app purchases
PipeRiver
No in-app purchases









