LobbyTools vs BillTrack50
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LobbyTools
Stay informed with instant bill notifications and detailed meeting reports. Manage your schedule with an expert-curated calendar and track critical updates on a daily dashboard. Access legislator information and stay connected to Capitol speed.
- Instant bill notifications
- Meeting insights and reports
- Expert-curated calendar
- Today dashboard
- Legislator directory
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Stay ahead of the Session with instant Bill Notifications and polished reports in Meeting Insights. Use the expert-curated Calendar and Today dashboard to track and share critical updates without returning to the office. LobbyTools Mobile delivers the trusted accuracy you rely on, built for the speed of the Capitol. Capabilities: - Notifications & Summaries - Expert-Curated Calendar - Legislator Directory - Meeting Insights - Today Dashboard
BillTrack50
Stay informed about your civic duties. This app allows you to find your representatives, track sponsored bills and votes, and research legislation by keyword. You can also view campaign contributions and district demographics.
- Find your representatives by address
- Track sponsored bills and votes
- Research legislation by keyword
- View campaign contributions
- Access district demographic data
- Contact your representatives
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BillTrack50 wants to help you get involved and live up to your civic duties. Look up who represents you based on your address. See upcoming elections. Review the bills your legislators have sponsored and review their votes on issues that matter to you. Learn how to contact your representatives to share your opinions on how they are doing. Research bills by keyword in your state, Congress, or across the whole country at once to stay on top of exactly what is really happening. You can also view who is contributing to your representatives and how they are are spending that money. And you can view census data to understand the demographics of your representative's district. End User License - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LobbyTools at none against BillTrack50's 4. LobbyTools also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5). BillTrack50's advantage is review sentiment (73% vs 50%) and ratings volume (21 vs 5). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. BillTrack50 sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. LobbyTools asks for nothing beyond the download.
LobbyTools holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 21 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of LobbyTools's written reviews are positive against 73% of BillTrack50's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LobbyTools | BillTrack50 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 4.5 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LOBBYTOOLS INC. | LegiNation, Inc. |
Customer experience
LobbyTools
BillTrack50
In-app purchases
LobbyTools
No in-app purchases
BillTrack50
- Citizen (Monthly)3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Organization (Monthly)3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Citizen (Yearly)3 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- Organization (Yearly)3 Days trial$49.991 Year
