eBid vs SGC Grading
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eBid
This app allows users to buy and sell a wide variety of items through online auctions and fixed-price listings. It offers a low-cost marketplace with minimal selling fees and zero listing fees for most items, making it easy to reach a global audience.
- Buy and sell items
- Online auctions
- Fixed price marketplace
- Low selling fees
- Zero listing fees
- Global reach
- Easy selling system
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eBid - Buy or Sell Just About Anything using our online auction and fixed price marketplace. Access the eBid Online Marketplace from the comfort of your iPhone, iPad or iPod. eBid is the low cost eBay alternative with sale fees never higher than 3% and listing fees set to zero for nearly all listings. Sell your stuff using the simple selling system built into the app, just add a title, price and photo and your items will be placed up for sale on just your home eBid site or all eBid sites around the world as well as onto the largest comparison shopping sites at no extra cost for millions of extra eyeballs. Buy via our millions of listings and auctions. Grab a bargain 24 hours a day from the thousands of sellers that make up the eBid community. All this is now accessible via your fingertips in our easy to use app.
SGC Grading
Manage your trading card collection and grading submissions. Submit orders, track their progress, and build a digital inventory of your graded cards. Access detailed information and verification for your collection.
- Submit and track grading orders
- Build and manage digital card collection
- Verify card certifications and access images
- Search and view pop report data
- Find current services and pricing
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Enhance the way you collect with SGC. Submit and track orders. Easily access Cert Code and Pop Report data. Build, manage, and enjoy your SGC collection. SMOOTH SUBMISSION PROCESS Submit orders directly from the SGC app and track your submissions throughout the entire grading process. MY CARDS FEATURE Build, manage and enjoy your collection in the palm of your hands with the new My Cards feature. SIMPLE & QUICK CERT VERIFICATION Find high-resolution images and information about your SGC graded cards. EASY TO USE POP REPORT A fast and easy way to find pop report data on cards in your collection or cards you’re looking to add to your collection. App features include: Submit orders directly from the SGC app and track the progress of your orders as they go through the grading process Build, manage and enjoy your collection with the My Cards feature Use the Cert Verification feature to access high-resolution images and look up important information about your SGC cards such as graded-on dates Search Pop Report data with ease Download high-resolution images of cards you submit for grading Find current services and pricing Contact our Collector Support Team For more information please visit https://gosgc.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SGC Grading at 4.1 against eBid's 2.1. SGC Grading also leads on review sentiment (41% vs 15%) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 2 months). eBid's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
SGC Grading holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 46 and 111 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of eBid's written reviews are positive against 41% of SGC Grading's.
eBid ships an update every 2 months, SGC Grading every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.
| Parameter | eBid | SGC Grading |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (46 ratings) | 4.1 (111 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.3% of reviews | 41.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 46 | 111 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | eBid Ltd | SGC Grading |
Customer experience
eBid
SGC Grading
User reviews
eBid
From 46 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Works as intended
- 💰 Affordable selling fees
- 💡 Potential to rival eBay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent errors and crashes
- 🐛 Search function is a joke
- 🐛 Difficult navigation
- 🐛 App not updated
- 🐛 Incompatible with newer iPhones
SGC Grading
From 111 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Fast service (company)
- 👍 Good company reputation
- 👍 Nice app addition
- 👍 Competitive pricing
Room to improve
- 🐛 App is buggy
- 🐛 Constantly freezing
- 🐛 Slow performance
- 🐛 Login issues
- 🐛 Requires frequent re-login
Bugs and requests
eBid
Reported bugs
29 issues- Download doesn't work
- Cannot set shipping method
- Runtime errors
- Errors upon launch
- Cannot upload photos from iPhone
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- Error connecting to internet
- App doesn't start up
- Contact Us page error
- App doesn't work on iPhone
- Frozen screen
- Error messages on logon
- Cannot register
- App crashes
- Search feature error
- Variations not shown properly
- Cannot read text/pinch zoom
- 400 clicks from search to item
- Cannot filter listings
- PPPay credit card test issues
- Cannot log in
- Password reset issues
- Lags
- Errors that do not allow listing updates
- Prefixed shipping and payment option
- Stuck on shipping screen
- App won't open
- Error message regarding search feature
- App crashes after initial use
- Bad UI
Requested features
16 requests- Streamline listing process
- Improve search functionality
- Make app more user-friendly
- Update app regularly
- Improve photo tools (brighten, crop, rotate)
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- Option to add listing to mystore
- Show number of views per listing
- Social share option
- Smoother touch and page switching
- Fix variations display
- Allow searching by UPC or model
- Advertise on TV
- Make app smoother
- Improve UI and responsiveness
- More testing and user groups
- More advertising for the platform
SGC Grading
Reported bugs
11 issues- App freezing upon opening
- Need to log back in every time
- Wrong password/username errors after reset
- App kicks out after failed login attempts
- Spinner does not stop on login
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- Cards not transferring to 'My Cards' after completion
- Screen locks up on sign in
- Clicks card without user input
- Loading issue after login (continuous load)
- App crashes on older devices/OS versions
- App stalls on login, requires force close
Requested features
8 requests- Walk-in drop-off service
- Reveal feature like PSA app
- Sort cards after import
- Better order tracking within the app
- iPad/landscape orientation support
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- Face ID login
- Option to add photos for older graded cards
- QR code option for adding cards to registry
In-app purchases
eBid
No in-app purchases
SGC Grading
No in-app purchases
