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Cars.com - New & Used Cars vs Autotrader – Shop All the Cars

An honest comparison based on real user reviews. Both are popular Car Buying apps — but which one do users complain about less?

Cars.com - New & Used Cars

Main Weakness

Frequent updates have led to user dissatisfaction and confusion.

"The new update is horrendous. Can’t click anything, constantly freezing."
"This update is the worst you guys took out the year filter."

Autotrader – Shop All the Cars

Main Weakness

Crashes frequently and has unreliable search functionality.

"App keeps crashing and going from 1000+ results to 394 results."
"The search function is completely broken since the update."

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