What is the best car buying app for iPhone?

AutoScout24: Buying & leasing, S tier, ranked #1 of 23, rated 4.8 by 24,072 people.

Which car buying apps are free?

23 of 23 are free to download: AutoScout24: Buying & leasing (S), CarGurus: Used & New Cars (S), Copart - Online Auto Auctions (S), Edmunds - Shop Cars For Sale (A) and more. 3 of them sell in-app purchases. 13 report no in-app purchases.

Which car buying app has the best App Store rating?

Cars & Bids Auctions at 4.9 from 5,630 ratings.

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Best Car Buying Apps for iPhone (2026)

23 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

AutoScout24: Buying & leasing is the top-ranked of 23 car buying apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 24,072 ratings.

1
AutoScout24: Buying & leasingS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 24,072 ratings · score 97
2
CarGurus: Used & New CarsS
Free · ★ 4.9 · 677,880 ratings · score 93
3
Copart - Online Auto AuctionsS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 188,088 ratings · score 92
4
Edmunds - Shop Cars For SaleA
Free · ★ 4.7 · 25,830 ratings · score 88
5
Cars & Bids AuctionsA
Free · ★ 4.9 · 5,630 ratings · score 88

What belongs in this list

Find and buy a new or used car from listings.

Not here: car selling tools alone; car repair guides alone; a car-themed game alone; a car design or customization app alone; a loan calculator alone

More lists: Best Car Marketplace Apps

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
AutoScout24: Buying & leasingS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 24,072 ratings · score 97 · best in class
2
CarGurus: Used & New CarsS
Free · ★ 4.9 · 677,880 ratings · score 93 · best in class
3
Copart - Online Auto AuctionsS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 188,088 ratings · score 92 · best in class
4
Edmunds - Shop Cars For SaleA
Free · ★ 4.7 · 25,830 ratings · score 88 · excellent
5
Cars & Bids AuctionsA
Free · ★ 4.9 · 5,630 ratings · score 88 · excellent
6
ContactCars: Buy & Sell CarsA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 5,224 ratings · score 88 · excellent
7
Cars.com - New & Used CarsA
Free · ★ 4.8 · 621,762 ratings · score 86 · excellent
8
CARFAX - New & Used CarsA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 371,388 ratings · score 86 · excellent
9
CarMax: Used Cars for SaleA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 408,602 ratings · score 86 · excellent
10
Carvana: Buy/Sell Used CarsA
Free · ★ 4.8 · 321,867 ratings · score 86 · excellent
11
Autotrader - Shop & Buy CarsB
Free · ★ 4.7 · 354,246 ratings · score 85 · good
12
Autolist - Used Cars for SaleB
Free · ★ 4.8 · 76,285 ratings · score 84 · good
13
CoPilotB
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 14,543 ratings · score 84 · good
14
Auto Navigator New & Used CarsB
Free · ★ 4.9 · 62,157 ratings · score 84 · good
15
eBay Motors: Parts, Cars, moreB
Free · ★ 4.8 · 47,842 ratings · score 83 · good
16
Bring a Trailer AuctionsB
Free · ★ 4.9 · 7,687 ratings · score 82 · good
17
IAA Buyer Salvage AuctionsB
Free · ★ 4.4 · 21,247 ratings · score 78 · good
18
TrueCar Used Cars and New CarsC
Free · ★ 4.7 · 46,724 ratings · score 78 · situational
19
K-SELLC
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 5,471 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
20
Hatla2eeC
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,457 ratings · score 66 · situational · provisional
21
ADESA MarketplaceC
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,233 ratings · score 62 · situational · provisional
22
DriveTime Used Cars for SaleD
Free · ★ 4.8 · 10,497 ratings · score 57 · weak
23
HemmingsF
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 7,301 ratings · score 44 · avoid · provisional

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What is the best car buying app for iPhone?: AutoScout24: Buying & leasing, S tier, ranked #1 of 23, rated 4.8 by 24,072 people.
Which car buying apps are free?: 23 of 23 are free to download: AutoScout24: Buying & leasing (S), CarGurus: Used & New Cars (S), Copart - Online Auto Auctions (S), Edmunds - Shop Cars For Sale (A) and more. 3 of them sell in-app purchases. 13 report no in-app purchases.
Which car buying app has the best App Store rating?: Cars & Bids Auctions at 4.9 from 5,630 ratings.
How many car buying apps reach S or A tier?: 10 of 23. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.