Every release, in plain language — what was added, what changed, and what we fixed. 26 releases from April 26, 2026 to October 8, 2026.
1.1.5LatestAuctionMate Go for iPhone
Added
Sold prices in Browse. An Upcoming | Sold switch shows what cars actually sold for at Copart and IAAI, with photos, the sale date and the typical price for similar cars. Filter by price, make, model, year, damage, title and auction, and share any sale.
Replay this sale. Open a sold car and run your own numbers at the price it sold for: resale, repairs, damage level, title, mileage, fees and margin, or pick wholesale, private or retail as the resale. Each damage level shows its repair cost, and nothing is saved.
Share a car. A Share button on every car page sends its name, condition and sale day, never your max bid, notes or settings. Shared links open straight in the app.
Find a car by lot number or VIN from the Browse search box, and save your searches to see what is new in them.
Changed
Filters sit beside the search box, and Browse opens on Upcoming or Sold, whichever you used last.
New filters: when it sells, run condition and seller type.
Faster car pages. Opening a car no longer waits on the photo check; one button reads the photos when you want it, and an unchecked damage level is marked as an estimate.
The Dashboard lists only cars selling today or later.
Canadian sales show CA$ and km, as the yard lists them.
Sold cars read clearly: model names keep their capitals (ES 350, RAV4, CX-50 2.5) and a clean title says so.
Fixed
A market value that needs a second try appears without reopening the car.
Dark maker logos stay visible on the dark themes.
Notification settings show only alerts the app actually sends.
1.5.163
Changed
Photo read in the side panel. One button on the lot's status line reads the listing's photos to judge the damage. It works on lots that hide the VIN, on cars you opened before, and on lots with no VIN at all.
An unchecked damage level is marked as an estimate, so you can tell a reading of the car from a starting point.
A lot whose sale is days away reads Upcoming, not "Live now", and a relisted car shows its current listing.
Fixed
Look Up no longer hides damage or mileage when a listing leaves a field blank.
Recent shows the cars you actually opened, by name, and saved lists fill in their details.
New support address: support@auctionmateapp.com.
1.1.4AuctionMate Go for iPhone
Changed
A clearer Dashboard. Each car shows the one thing left to do — usually "confirm the title" — and reads "You've checked this one" once you have. Cars without a sale date, and cars that have already sold, are grouped instead of disappearing. Back returns you to where you came from, and a car with no photo shows its maker's logo.
"Result pending" instead of a stale Live. A car whose sale has passed with no result yet reads "Result pending" with the last bid, instead of still looking live.
Sold prices match your car. A clean car with no real damage is compared with cars that sold with cosmetic damage only — or the app says the comparison does not apply — instead of an average that mixed in wrecked cars. When there is not enough for a single figure, you see the range.
Your repair estimate counts toward the max bid. The recommended max bid now subtracts your own repair number, as the web already did.
"Parts only" comes only from the title. Fire, flood and rollover damage now come with a note that the repair is hard to size and to inspect before bidding.
Fixed
Missing mileage reads "Unknown", not 0, and a mileage the auction marks as not actual no longer earns a low-mileage premium.
"This car at auction" counts every past sale, so the text and the chart agree.
A damage type the app does not recognise is labelled as such, instead of quietly being averaged.
"Photograph the VIN" reads the VIN, not other text from the label that happened to look like one.
Redoing setup starts from your saved answers, and settings you change on the web show up when you open Settings.
1.5.157
Changed
Signing in picks up the car you already have open. Before sign-in the panel says "Sign in to see this lot's numbers" instead of trying and failing, and the moment you sign in it analyses the open lot — no reload, no changing cars.
The sign-in banner speaks to a new user. It reads "Sign in to see market data for your lots" rather than telling someone who never signed in that their session expired.
Sold prices match the car. A clean car with no real damage is compared with cars that sold with cosmetic damage only, or the panel says the comparison does not apply. When there is not enough for a single figure, the panel shows the range.
"Parts only" comes only from the title document.
A lot past its sale reads "Result pending" with the last bid, never Live on a bid that stopped updating.
Fixed
Settings stay in step with the web. An edit made in the panel can no longer overwrite one you made on the web, and the panel shows your latest settings every time it opens.
Updating the extension with a Copart tab open no longer stops the panel — it picks the lot up again.
1.1.3AuctionMate Go for iPhone
Changed
Values now match the web. The same car could be worth noticeably different amounts on the phone and on the web. It is now valued the same way everywhere.
The recommended max bid accounts for the fee that bid would trigger, so it clears the margin you asked for. Recommended maximums move down on most auction cars — that is the correct direction.
Shipping counts toward profit by default, the same as on the web. You can still switch it off per car or in Settings.
The profit bar marks the same max bid as the screen recommends.
The total investment adds up. Your repair always counts, and the total matches the rows above it.
Fixed
An old sale no longer looks live weeks after it ended.
Buy Now shows whenever the listing has one.
"Similar cars that sold" no longer plots this car at a retail price beside real auction sales, and the chart shows the same cars as the list under it.
The browse countdown is right, and it ticks.
The seller chip no longer guesses. When the seller type is not known, it is not shown.
One copy icon for the VIN, which keeps the VIN on screen when you tap it.
The title discount row names the title it comes from, and the as-is figure says whether it is from sold cars or our estimate.
Signing out clears the previous account's settings from the app.
1.5.151
Changed
The panel tells you when it does not recognise a damage type, says plainly that the repair figure is a general one rather than a reading of that car, and points you at My repairs to use your own figure instead.
1.5.150
Changed
The panel follows you again. If you are on Look Up and the Copart or IAAI page moves to a different car, the panel switches to that car by itself. It still stays put when you are reading a saved car.
"No damage" now means no damage. Picking None used to be treated as "we don't know", which priced the car as if something unknown were wrong with it. It is now read as your answer, and the panel says so.
Shipping you excluded is really excluded, so the all-in and the profit agree with the rows above them.
A corrected odometer reaches every number it should.
Fixed
Switching cars on Copart no longer shows a half-loaded car or freezes the tab.
A hyphen in a title no longer changes what a car is worth.
A title that was never actually read is no longer treated as branded.
The recommended maximum respects your target margin.
Recalls can be folded away.
1.1.2AuctionMate Go for iPhone
Changed
Browse shows cars near you first, using the ZIP in Settings, and the front page changes daily so you see different inventory.
Average sold price appears on its own — you no longer have to open "Similar cars that sold" first.
Shipping is off by default. Turn it on in Settings or per car in the Deal Sheet.
Setup asks three questions — how you sell, where you are, and how you handle shipping — and the walkthrough moved onto the first real car you open.
Fixed
Flood titles are no longer valued as clean.
A damage severity you set now sticks, and the value and the repair estimate agree about what it means.
The same auction yard is priced the same way however its name is written.
Search finds a car when your spelling does not exactly match — order, case, punctuation and extra words no longer matter.
A listing with no asking price no longer reads as the best deal on the page.
Clearing the search box returns you to all cars, and long trim names no longer run off the edge of the screen.
1.5.140
Changed
Title discounts now match the web and the iPhone app. The panel could value the same car differently from the other screens. Some title discounts change as a result; the panel updates them for you.
When there is nothing to show for a section, it says so. "Similar cars that sold" and "This car at auction" stay on screen with a plain line — "No sold records for this 2017 Tundra yet" — instead of quietly vanishing.
A section that is still loading says it is loading, and never reports "none" while an answer is still on its way.
Fixed
The sold average no longer appears and then disappears.
"This car at auction" no longer vanishes on most cars. A car with no prior auction history now says so.
A recalls check that never came back is no longer shown as a green all-clear. The panel now says when it could not complete the recall check.
Market value no longer says "Loading…" forever in the classic layout, and a value that is on its way shows as loading instead of a blank dash.
After updating the extension, a car you had already opened no longer shows a stale "no records" answer.
1.5.135
Added
"Most likely salvage" warning. When a car's record points to salvage but the title shown says otherwise, the panel says so. It is a warning only — it never changes the title, and your number stays yours.
Changed
The photo read no longer decides a car's condition. It stays on screen as a note you can act on.
Shipping is a real distance now, measured from the yard the car is actually in.
Airbags deployed always counts as heavy damage.
A title that cannot be read is labelled NOT VERIFIED on every screen, instead of quietly taking whatever default title type you had set.
Sold prices search is far more forgiving. The make and the year can sit anywhere in what you type — "2019 BMW X5" and "X5 BMW 2019" both work — and a trim that is not recognised is dropped and named, instead of returning nothing at all.
Fixed
The first car you open after signing in no longer loads without a sold average.
Market values no longer give up while they are still loading.
Sold comparisons wait for your plan to load instead of giving up early.
Setting damage to "none" now clears a hidden secondary damage that could still be counted in the estimate.
A salvage car is valued the same in the panel as on every other screen.
Auction and private-listing cars are told apart the same way in the extension, on the web and on the phone — so a private listing no longer gets the auction bidding view.
A title you set no longer erases the damage you entered, the fee on a non-auction car is a real number, and the fee explanation is back.
One set of damage severity words everywhere, and a car is never shown before your settings have loaded.
The app opens faster.
1.5.118
Added
Inspection mode. A guided walkthrough for the car in front of you, ordered by where you stand rather than by category — one pass around the vehicle, with the checks that match its damage brought to the top. Includes a parts sheet with quantities and used / aftermarket / OEM pricing, a labour line, and notes. Open it from the lot panel; it runs on the web and everything saves against the VIN.
What to bring. A short, honest tool list — what each one actually tells you and what it cannot.
Comps page. A dedicated view of what cars like yours really sold for, and where the evidence ran out.
Changed
The lot panel now opens Inspection mode where it used to offer a report.
Sold-price figures now count only cars that actually sold, so a bid the seller turned down no longer drags the average down.
Fixed
Your parts sheet now follows you to your other devices.
Title Discount now saves to your account too.
Clearing the Title Discount field no longer inflates the car. Clearing it now restores the default, and the row stays put so you can change it again.
Sold prices now show for many more cars that had been showing no price at all.
The comps trail no longer says "no sales" when a step was deliberately skipped.
1.5.109
Added
Faster, steadier Browse. Search is quicker and keeps working when the auction sites are slow.
Filter counts that are real. Each filter shows how many cars actually match before you apply it, and you can pick several at once.
Nearest-first sorting by your own ZIP, worked out in the browser — the ZIP never leaves your device.
Colour and vehicle type now filter properly.
Fixed
An ended lot no longer says "Current bid" for a sale that finished.
Trailers no longer appear among the cars.
1.5.105
Fixed
Auction fees were badly understated. Fees now reflect what you will actually pay, so profit figures do too.
A slow response no longer empties the grid. You see what loaded and a note that something is slow.
The outage banner no longer sits under a "0 lots" heading that contradicted it.
Cars that ended now record how they sold.
1.5.99
Added
Analysis is explicit. Cars are analysed when you press Analyze this car, not automatically on every page you happen to open.
Reports generate from what is on screen, so the document can never disagree with the panel you were reading.
Comp rows link back to the original listing and carry a Copart / IAAI chip.
Auction history is part of the lot view rather than a separate lookup.
Changed
Your weekly allowance is silent until you reach it. No counter following you around; a clear message when you hit the limit.
1.5.69
Added
The modern lot view is now the default — collapsible sections, a proper theme system, and the full mobile layout on both modes.
Confirm / Adjust banners on title and condition, because both are the seller's claim until you verify them.
BUY NOW marker on the profit bar, matching web and mobile.
Settings folded into a drill-in, so the panel is not one long scroll.
A condensed watchlist filter bar — three rows down to one, with chips.
Fixed
A crash in the lot view that shipped in an earlier build.
Ended lots now show a clear "No record" state instead of an empty space.
1.5.19
Added
A more realistic implied repair cost.
In the mobile app: push notifications, a new default theme, recalls on auction lots, and a bookmark confirmation that tells you which list a car went to.
Fixed
Signing out now fully ends your session.
1.5.18
Added
AI photo read on the lot page — condition assessed from the auction's own images.
Vehicle specs: generation, configurations, recalls and safety ratings.
"Likely salvage" warning when a title looks clean but the record does not support it.
Salvage and rebuilt discounts that account for age — a 3-year-old salvage car and a 15-year-old one do not lose the same share of value.
1.5.17
Fixed
Auction History no longer freezes at 0 on a car you open for the first time. It shows "Checking…" until the history arrives.
1.5.16
Changed
"Email the founder" is now "Email support" in the Help sheet — same inbox, and the wording matches the web app's Help button.
1.5.7
Added
Buyer Mode — a simplified, read-only report you can share with a co-buyer, partner, or customer. It hides your editable inputs and your private cost figures.
Share button in the report toolbar.
Changed
Cleaner PDF / print layout — no orphan headings, no cut-off rows, consistent margins across every section.
Values you change in Look Up now carry into the report.
Fixed
The market value in the panel and in the printed report always agree.
1.5.6
Fixed
Your cars and their details stay put across devices. Details you had seen on one computer no longer disappear on another, and long-time users' saved cars now carry over correctly.
Watchlist cards show the car's name, lot number and VIN again, and Select mode works on them.
The downloaded report matches the panel — current bid (or Buy It Now when there is no bid), mileage, estimated repair and odometer now read the same in both.
Added
Changes reach your other devices within seconds, and a daily refresh catches anything that was missed.
1.5.5not released
Added
Your settings, recent VINs and watchlist follow you across devices.
Saved cars refresh when you come back to the panel.
Fixed
Reliability fixes for keeping your devices in sync.
1.5.4live on Chrome Web Store
Changed
More accurate title discounts for Salvage, Rebuilt, Flood and Theft Recovery titles.
The repair range is labelled as a rough estimate, with an explanation, so it is not mistaken for a repair quote.
Est. Repair is hidden on clean-title cars with no damage, where an old listing's figure no longer applied.
1.5.3
Changed
Profit & Decision card redesigned around a single horizontal bar with green, yellow and red profit zones, a "Your Costs" section (Bid · Buyer Fee · Shipping · My Repairs) and a single "Est. Profit" headline.
My Sales Price is editable. Click the right end of the bar to type your own resale target.
Bid and My Sales Price markers are draggable, and the profit zones update as you drag.
My Repairs is opt-in for the headline profit. Tick "Include in profit" to fold it in; the verdict follows the same choice.
1.5.2
Fixed
Turning Pro tips off now sticks after the panel restarts.
Side damage is recognised. Listings that say "Left Side", "Front Left", "Rear Right" and similar are now counted as damage.
Finance-company sellers are no longer labelled as bank repossessions. Lease returns and bank repos carry different risks.
Changed
"Standalone" tab renamed to "Look Up", and the VIN button now reads "Go".
Tidier Watch List, toolbar and Recently Viewed cards that read more easily at narrow widths.
Refreshed header, status indicator and icons.
Added
"Off" option in Settings → Default Reminder hides the reminder bell on every watchlist card. Reminders you already set still fire.
1.5.1first public release
Highlights
Salvage profit that reflects the rebuilt resale value, with a visible "→ Rebuilt resale" label. Your own repair estimate ("My Repair Estimate") is used in the suggested max bid.
One profit headline instead of two competing numbers.
Per-lot notes — one auto-saving note per car that follows the VIN between Look Up, Copart and IAAI.
Watch Lists — bulk select, archive and move between lists, CSV export per list, a profitable-only filter and sorting.
Full VIN on the auction tab once you have looked the car up.
The panel stays put when you open IAAI's full-screen photo viewer.
Display size picker — Compact, Default or Comfortable.
Recently Viewed VINs with the lot, bid, title and damage at a glance.
Help bubble for feedback, how it works and email support.
"Likely salvage" warning when damage is present but the title brand is not confirmed.
A disclaimer on every page — estimates only, no guarantees.