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| Metric | Auction Now: Live Bidding | Auction Today |
|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.8 ★ | ★ 4.9 ★ |
| Total reviews | 15 | ★ 331 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing | Free to install | Free plan available |
| Built for Shopify | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing tiers | 1 tier | ★ 4 tiers |
| Listed features | 5 | 5 |
On the measured data here, Auction Today leads on more dimensions (4 vs 1). Pick Auction Now if one of the points where it leads is what you need.
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Read each app's audit: Auction Now: Live Bidding audit • Auction Today audit
| Field | Auction Now | Auction Today |
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| Tagline | ||
| Listing audit | 92/100 listing audit | 94/100 listing audit |
| Screenshots | images | images |
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| Developer |
| Languages |
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| 1 supported |
| 9 supported |
| Listed since | Aug 2025 | Aug 2022 |
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| Keyword | Auction Now | Auction Today |
|---|---|---|
| live auction bidding | #2 | #1 |
| auctions | #4 | #1 |
| auction | #5 | #1 |
| charities | #20 | #5 |
| charity | #22 | #9 |
Both Auction Now: Live Bidding and Auction Today offer a free plan. Auction Now: Live Bidding lists no paid plan with a published price; Auction Today lists no paid plan with a published price. Prices are as listed on the Shopify App Store; check what each tier includes in the Pricing section above.
Auction Today has the higher average rating (4.9★ from 331 reviews) compared to Auction Now: Live Bidding (4.8★ from 15 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.
Auction Today holds the higher average rating (4.9★ vs 4.8★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.
Both apps are one-click installs from the Shopify App Store. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly; Auction Today has more published reviews to read for user-reported install experience (331 vs 15).
AppRanks cannot say which fits a larger or smaller operation — there is no store-size measurement in the Shopify App Store data. What it can show: Auction Now: Live Bidding has 15 published reviews; Auction Today has 331 published reviews. Compare plan limits and pricing tiers against your own volume.
Migration support varies by app and category. Auction Now: Live Bidding and Auction Today both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Auction Now: Live Bidding" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.