Congress Pro User Reviews

Name: Congress Pro
Rating: 4.1 (23 reviews)

Congress Pro

Cohen Research Group

📚 Education

🔍 Reference

Customer Experience

Positive experience76.7% of reviews

Neutral5.5% of reviews

Negative experience17.8% of reviews

~ Based on 73 written reviews from the US App Store.

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Top reviews

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Invaluable Resource I Use Every Day

As someone who works in public policy, mostly with Congress, it is essential to have access to well organized, up to date information about Members, their staffs, Committee assignments and other important data. Congress Pro has been an invaluable part of my toolkit for years. They are incredible pro-active when it comes to updating info. I use this incredible tool all day every day. I cannot recommend it highly enough!

Moflatley

8 months ago

Best tool for reaching out to legislators

This is an indispensable tool for obtaining good and up to date contact information for our congressional representatives.

SA Genie

a year ago

As promised.

Reliable developer. Valuable tool.

JImbo-san

a year ago

Location

What happened to the location section?

Paulie Barnes

a year ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the five-star review! There was a change in the latest operating system in how location services were approved by users, and it was crashing the app. We’re trying to figure out a way to bring it back (without the crash).

Very Good A

As a user of this app from nearly day one I used it successfully on the Hill. If I found a change of personnel they were responsive to make the change. Over time it became an excellent tool for individuals as most congressional and Whitehouse information for an individual, small firm or small nonprofit is very expensive. Today it is a very worthy tool. If the enterprise app was available for $10 a month would be well worth it. Even the 10 person program is bargain.

JBG6

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much!

No members are shown

List of members is not showing

Timelord

2 years ago

Response from developer

This was a result of the latest update. With the new update, it has been fixed and the 119th Congress will no populate on installation. Reminder, if you want the updates to continue, you will have to pay for a subscription.

Misleading charges

Buyer beware! I purchased this app for $9.99. When opening the app, I chose "use old version". The app wouldn't work. After communicating with the developer, it became clear that you MUST ALSO purchase a subscription for the app to work. This was not communicated. "Subscribe for Updates" is misleading. More accurate would be "Monthly subscription fees also required for app to function".

Ft. Collins CO

2 years ago

Response from developer

We agree this isn’t fair. It appears to have been a bug of sorts (apparently Bluesky was a culprit) and then just a mistake by our team. That’s on me. The latest update shows the 119th Congress up to the point you’ve purchased it, but if you want pay updates that will still be the subscription. We have clarified the description on the latest update. - MC

Helpful

Very responsive to all changes and very helpful in general. Thank you for the personalized response and for taking the time.

sc20007

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks so much!

Excellent Congressional Directory

The Best

Very Respectful

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you!

An Outstanding, Must-Have Resource

I have over 15 years of government relations experience, and I’ve seen many different solutions for engaging with Congress. Most of them lackluster and painfully expensive. This resource is phenomenal for anyone needing to interface with congressional staff seamlessly. Also tremendously helpful for tracking legislation and election cycles. A must have - 5 stars all day!

JK Gov Consultant

2 years ago

Owner Native Strategy Group, LLC

Congress Pro is one of the most effective tools for Congress, as all of the pertinent information about a member of Congress AND their staff is right at your fingertips. It’s updated regularly. And, if you need technical support, a real person (the owner) calls you back. This is one of the best values among Apple apps.

cmcneil

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you so much for your review and supporting our app!

Best ever customer service and app

Just got off the phone with Mike because I was having some issues with updates- he called me back within a 24 hour Period. He walked me through my issue and corrected it all with a manner of minutes. This app is a wealth of information needed for those that work in Washington DC or those that may be interested in contacting their Member of Congress. There are tons of extras under the more section, making it even more worthwhile to have this app.

peggyN123456

2 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks so much for your support!

Good App, but

It’s a good app but does not work on Apple Watch 7. Please fix! It worked well with my prior SE Watch. Fix this and I’ll give it 5 stars.

Dr.MikeM

4 years ago

Response from developer

Please update the iOS app, which should fix the Watch app, too. We definitely had an issue with the WatchOS that was super frustrating and believe we’ve fixed it. If not, please email us directly and we’ll work with you to get it right.

Great App

This app is so convenient, organized well and is kept up to date. When I send an update it is responded to quickly.

Women's Mining Coalition

5 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks so much — looking forward to working with you!

My go to app for staff and member info

I’ve been using this app for 5 years now. It is constantly updated and this worth every penny. The beauty is it’s quick, easy and accurate. I literally use it every day.

PJH2000

5 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you! As for staff, that’s a fair suggestion and we’ve had to balance how many folks we cover to keep the pricing reasonable.

Don't buy this app

I just bought this app for $9.99 just to find out that to keep it up to date it will cost you $.99 a month F$&@ me!!! I just download a free one instead. Lesson learn

all ears12345678910

5 years ago

Response from developer

It’s in the first line of the app description. Sorry you missed it. The monthly fee is mainly so we can continue to hire folks to make calls to keep the staff up to date so you can email them directly, something no other app offers.

Couldn’t find what I was looking for

I wrote an email to the Cohen Research Group and was extremely please to receive a reply within minutes with the answer to my question.
I’ve used their apps for a very long time and have not been disappointed.

RevRonaldG

5 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks so much! We answer EVERY email! - MC

Great app, well designed layout, efficient, sufficient, and accessible with voiceover

This app is indispensable for me. I use it for member info, and committee lists. Of course The basics like a brief biography and bill sponsor and cosponsor information is also available. It has enough detail to be useful, and it is very efficiently designed which is very useful when you need information fast. What makes the app stand out is the technical and information support. Michael Cohen has always responded immediately to any requests or corrections that I have offered. I don’t know of many other apps that I use that have support that is so quick and responsive. And for those who care about accessibility, it works very well with voiceover.

Paulschro

6 years ago

Response from developer

Thanks so much — you rock. I remember when a someone asked us about voiceover about 10 years ago. We just want to make sure that everyone has access to this information and it’s great to see you find it so helpful. I answer every single email because I respect everyone who buys this app and we learn so much from our users. - MC

117th update problems

Fantastic app, thank you to the tram who built it. Sadly, when I click “update” in the App Store or on my subscription page or inside the app, it won’t update to the 117th Congress. In the app, updating does nothing, other than to tell me my subscription will renew a month from now. In the App Store, clicking “update” appears to download something quickly, then starts over, the second tome downloading a larger file. The update repeatedly stops at about 60%. App Store app stops the download and the button reverts to “update”. What do we need to do to update to the new Congress?

pdavisx

6 years ago

Response from developer

Thank you for the awesome review. Let me try to help. I’m Mike and I own the company. I have answered every review and email since we launched 12 years ago with the first iPhone. You appear to have downloaded the wrong app. This is for groups and subscriptions are on a different app. Try deleting what you have now and reinstalling CongressPro. From there, when prompted, tap on Restore (or do that in More) and your subscription should unlock the current Congress until your subscription expires. If you have any questions email us at updates@congressinyourpocket.com. I’ll make sure you’re set. Thanks again!

An excellent public service!

Packed with data, easy to use and regularly updated. Members, committees, biographies, staff, contact telephone numbers, links to congress.gov for all legislative activity and much more - even floor plans of the Congressional office buildings. If you want to navigate Congress, this will be your go-to application.

Chot E