Comparison

Salvek vs Yard Link Auctions

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

Head to head
About

Salvek

Discover a marketplace for repairable vehicles, including salvage, rebuilt, and damaged cars. Find detailed information, filter by damage type, and connect directly with buyers for local, person-to-person deals. Includes free tools for project cost estimation.

Highlights
  • Marketplace for salvage, rebuilt, and damaged cars
  • Filter by damage type, title status, and key availability
  • Detailed vehicle damage and repair information
  • Connect directly with buyers
  • Free car project cost estimation tools
  • Local, person-to-person trading
Features
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Your marketplace for salvage, repairable, and rebuilt cars. -From salvage, rebuilt, and water-damaged to vandalized, theft-recovered, ex-rental, and parts cars—find repairable vehicles for your next project, resale, or personal use. *More transparency, better decisions. -Filter by damage type, key availability, title status, airbag deployment, and more. -Get detailed information regarding the vehicle's damage, repairs, or provenance that no other marketplace provides. Sell easily to the right buyers. -List in minutes and connect with buyers who are actually looking for vehicles like yours. *No auction or membership fees. -Trade salvage cars locally, person-to-person, and close better, fairer, and safer deals. *Free & powerful tools. -Powerful, free calculators to manage your next car project or estimate the final costs of vehicles from major auction houses in the USA, Canada, and Mexico.

About

Yard Link Auctions

Discover and bid on a wide variety of vehicles from tow yards and impound lots. Find project cars, parts vehicles, or rebuildable deals through live auctions or buy now options. Access inventory typically unavailable to the public.

Highlights
  • Browse live auctions from tow yards and impound lots
  • Place bids on salvage, impound, and clean-title vehicles
  • Manual and auto-bid options
  • Buy Now options for instant purchase
  • Filter by auction type, title status, and vehicle details
  • Search by year, make, and model
  • Save vehicles to watchlist and receive alerts
Features
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Yard Link is the marketplace for salvage, impound, and clean-title vehicles. Browse live auctions from tow yards, impound lots, and dismantlers across the country, place bids in seconds, and find your next project car, parts vehicle, or rebuildable deal — all from your phone. WHY YARD LINK - Real listings from real yards. Every vehicle comes straight from tow yards, impound lots, and dismantlers. - New auctions every day. Salvage, impound, non-runners, clean titles, and parts-only cars and trucks. - Bid with confidence. See the current bid, time remaining, title status, mileage, location, and photos before you commit. - Manual or auto-bid. Set your maximum and let Yard Link bid for you up to your limit, so you never miss a deal. - Buy Now options. Skip the wait on select listings and lock in the vehicle instantly. FIND THE RIGHT VEHICLE - Filter by auction, Buy Now, clean title, or impound. - Search by year, make, and model. - Browse by state to find vehicles near you and cut down on transport costs. - Save vehicles to your watchlist and get alerts before auctions end. FOR BUYERS Whether you're a dealer, dismantler, exporter, parts store, or an individual hunting for a project, Yard Link gives you direct access to inventory that usually never reaches the public. Create a free account, get verified, and start bidding today. FOR YARDS AND SELLERS List your impound, salvage, and surplus vehicles in front of serious, ready-to-buy bidders. Reach buyers nationwide and turn idle inventory into cash. HOW IT WORKS 1. Browse live auctions and open any vehicle for full details and photos. 2. Place a bid or use auto-bid to set your maximum. 3. Win the auction, pay the marketplace fee, and get the yard's pickup details. 4. Arrange pickup directly with the yard. Download Yard Link and start bidding on salvage, impound, and clean-title vehicles today. Questions? Visit https://yardlinkauctions.com/help

Screenshots

Salvek4 screens
Yard Link Auctions4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Yard Link Auctions at none against Salvek's shown. Yard Link Auctions also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Salvek against 5.0 for Yard Link Auctions. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Salvek ships an update every 6 days, Yard Link Auctions weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Salvek versus Yard Link Auctions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSalvekYard Link Auctions
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size129 MB43 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperLynden-Blaine Inc.LAITH MONTHER KOFAHI

Customer experience

Salvek

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Yard Link Auctions

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Salvek

No in-app purchases

None

Yard Link Auctions

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Salvek free?
Salvek is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Yard Link Auctions free?
Yard Link Auctions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Salvek or Yard Link Auctions?
Salvek and Yard Link Auctions are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Salvek or Yard Link Auctions have ads?
Salvek shows ads; Yard Link Auctions does not.
Which is updated more often, Salvek or Yard Link Auctions?
Salvek ships an update every 6 days, and Yard Link Auctions weekly. Most recently, Salvek was updated on October 3, 2026 and Yard Link Auctions on October 15, 2026.

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