Comparison

Late Model vs Bring a Trailer Auctions

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

Head to head
About

Late Model

Discover and purchase performance and restoration parts for 1979-present Mustangs, Lightnings, and Broncos. Access exclusive sales, new part alerts, and coupon codes. Securely place orders with various payment options and track your purchases.

Highlights
  • Thousands of performance parts
  • Exclusive sales and alerts
  • Wish list functionality
  • Secure ordering
  • Multiple payment options
  • Order tracking
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Shop 1000s of 1979-Present Mustang, Lightning and Bronco performance and restoration parts. Log in or create an account to begin adding products to your cart or create a wish list for your next build. Enjoy exclusive sales and be among the first to know when new parts are available for your American muscle car! Oh, and did we mention exclusive coupon codes? Late Model for iOS highlights: • Know when new parts are available first. • Exclusive coupon codes! • Safely and securely place orders anytime/anywhere. • Check out using your credit card, PayPal, or Affirm • Log in to your account and view current/past orders. • View order processing and shipping progress

About

Bring a Trailer Auctions

Discover, discuss, and buy classic and collector vehicles through transparent auctions. Engage with a knowledgeable community and receive real-time updates on your favorite listings. Bid with confidence thanks to community vetting and sniping protection.

Highlights
  • Browse and bid on vehicles
  • Transparent auction listings
  • Community vetting and discussion
  • Custom alerts and notifications
  • Sniping protection
  • Watchlist functionality
  • Explore results with charts
Features
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Bring a Trailer Auctions are the best way to discover, discuss, and buy classic, collector, and enthusiast vehicles. We curate vehicles submitted by our users and craft transparent auction listings that present the vehicles as they are—without superlatives or dubious used-car-lot language. BaT’s knowledgeable community of more than 900,000 users and over 400,000 registered bidders help vet each listing so potential buyers can bid with confidence. The BaT app now makes it easy to browse and bid on vehicles anywhere, anytime–with streamlined vehicle submission functionality coming soon for sellers. DISCOVER AND BROWSE Find out what’s trending, see what’s ending soon, and watch the latest bids roll in on the Discover page. Know what you’re looking for? Search and filter in the Auctions tab to narrow down hundreds of listings. VARIETY OF VEHICLES BaT’s curation mirrors our eclectic taste: off-roaders are mixed with track cars, domestic makes with foreign brands, motorcycles with vintage RVs, parts with projects. We even auction re-creations, kit cars, boats, and automobilia! COMMENT THREADS We’re known for our knowledgeable and active community of enthusiasts. Easily tag other users in the app to keep the conversation going. TRANSPARENT BIDDING Place bids quickly and easily, with no surprise fees. The BaT buyer fee is 5% of the final bid price on top of the winning bid, with a minimum of $250 and a maximum of $7,500. Any additional dealer fees required by the seller will be clearly stated in the listing when applicable. SNIPING PROTECTION Each time a bid is placed at the end of an auction, the clock is extended by two minutes–giving everyone a fair chance to place their maximum bid. CUSTOM ALERTS AND NOTIFICATIONS Push notifications and the Activity Feed keep you up to date on your favorite topics, so you can stay on top of the action in real time. We can let you know when a seller adds more photos to a listing, when your favorite models go live, and when you’ve been outbid, among other things. Update settings for these events, as well as emails and sounds for bids and comments, in the More tab. NEW ENDING SOON EXPERIENCE Now you can keep an eye on multiple auctions simultaneously as they count down in the final minutes. In the new Ending Soon section, watch the comments and bids roll in for all auctions ending in the next 24 hours. EXPLORE RESULTS WITH INTERACTIVE CHARTS See the big picture or focus on what matters to you. Easily find results by adjusting the bid amount, timeframe, or vehicle year, or by making a selection right on a results chart. WATCHLIST The watchlist is home base for all of your favorite auctions, makes, models, categories, eras, and origins–just hit the bell or star to save items. We’ll even let you know when you’ve been outbid on a watched auction so you can quickly place another bid! SELLER TOOLS Quickly upload photos, reply to bidders, adjust your reserve, and see stats for your live listings. Submissions and more seller features are coming to the app soon!

Screenshots

Late Model4 screens
Bring a Trailer Auctions4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bring a Trailer Auctions at 4.9 against Late Model's 3.6. Bring a Trailer Auctions also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). Late Model's advantage is review sentiment (64% vs 35%) and monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bring a Trailer Auctions holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bring a Trailer Auctions has 7.7K ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Late Model's written reviews are positive against 35% of Bring a Trailer Auctions's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Late Model ships an update every 3 months, Bring a Trailer Auctions fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Late Model versus Bring a Trailer Auctions: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLate ModelBring a Trailer Auctions
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (35 ratings)4.9 (7.7K ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews — better35.1% of reviews
Number of ratings357.7K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB77 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLatemodel Restoration Supply, Inc.Bring A Trailer

Customer experience

Late Model

All ratings31 ratings
Positive54.8%
Neutral19.4%
Negative25.8%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral19.0%
Negative16.7%

Bring a Trailer Auctions

All ratings7,726 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews131 reviews
Positive35.1%
Neutral14.5%
Negative50.4%

Bugs and requests

Late Model

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Bring a Trailer Auctions

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login issues
  • Slow loading and freezing
  • Notifications overload

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add filter by location/distance
  • Improve bidding interface
  • Optimize for iPad

In-app purchases

None

Late Model

No in-app purchases

None

Bring a Trailer Auctions

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Late Model free?
Late Model is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bring a Trailer Auctions free?
Bring a Trailer Auctions is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Late Model or Bring a Trailer Auctions?
Bring a Trailer Auctions is rated higher. Late Model averages 3.6 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Bring a Trailer Auctions averages 4.9 from 7.7K ratings.
Do Late Model or Bring a Trailer Auctions have ads?
Late Model shows ads; Bring a Trailer Auctions does not.
Which is updated more often, Late Model or Bring a Trailer Auctions?
Late Model ships an update every 3 months, and Bring a Trailer Auctions fortnightly. Most recently, Late Model was updated on October 23, 2026 and Bring a Trailer Auctions on October 24, 2026.

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