BillTrack50 vs VARE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
VARE
This app connects voters with their elected officials by comparing user views to representative policies. It helps users understand how their elected officials align with their interests and informs voting decisions. Users can quickly assess representation and identify suitable candidates.
- Match voter views with representative policies
- Understand policy alignment
- Identify voting interests
- Influence representative actions
- Discover candidates
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VARE is a matching tool between voters and their representatives. It allows voters to see how their views align with the people who represent them, based on policies that directly affects the voters. As a voter, you will know within seconds if the representative truly stands for your interest. Voters can use the VARE App and services to influence the actions of those representing them as well as help identify who to vote for in elections.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: VARE at none against BillTrack50's 4. VARE also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. VARE asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for BillTrack50 against 4.7 for VARE. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 12 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of BillTrack50's written reviews are positive against 75% of VARE's.
BillTrack50 ships an update every 2 months, VARE every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BillTrack50 | VARE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (21 ratings) | 4.7 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LegiNation, Inc. | VareTech Ltd |
Customer experience
BillTrack50
VARE
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
VARE
No in-app purchases
