Election Tracker vs Michigan Elections
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Election Tracker
Stay updated on US elections with real-time polling data, presidential approval ratings, and prediction market sentiment. Access detailed poll breakdowns and trend charts. The app features a clean interface and offline access to cached data.
- Presidential election polls
- Approval/disapproval ratings
- Prediction market sentiment
- Offline data caching
- Pull-to-refresh functionality
- Intuitive interface
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Every published US poll, grouped by race and averaged by a method short enough to print. Senate, House, governor and 2028 primary polls; presidential approval as a 7-day average with a one-year chart; prediction-market sentiment labelled as exactly that. No account, no feed, no editorial — and the source named on every screen. POLLS, GROUPED BY RACE Senate races, the generic congressional ballot and every polled House district, governor races and the 2028 presidential primaries. Each race is one line — who leads, by how much, how recently polled — that opens to its average, its trend and its polls. Every poll shows its pollster, sample size, population (likely voters, registered voters, adults) and field dates, and partisan-sponsored polls are labelled. Order races by most polled, closest, latest or A–Z. AN AVERAGE THAT SHOWS ITS WORK Each race gets a 30-day polling average with a plain method: a pollster's same-day versions collapsed to one (the one about the current matchup, then likely voters first), linear recency weighting, and a minimum number of appearances before a candidate is included. A race polled only every few weeks averages its five newest polls instead, with the dates on the card. Races with enough polling over enough time also get a trend line drawn to scale. The whole method is one tap away. PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL Approve, disapprove and the net number as a 7-day average with each pollster counted once — so one pollster's loud week does not move the headline — with a 30-day, 90-day or one-year chart and the individual polls underneath. Drawn from VoteHub, or from the polls The New York Times collects whenever VoteHub falls behind; the screen says which. The other major averages sit beside it, and beside the generic ballot, for comparison. PIN THE RACES YOU FOLLOW Star a race and it stays open at the top of its tab. Find any race by state, district or candidate. Share any average as text, with its poll count and dates. NEW SINCE YOUR LAST VISIT New polls are counted at the top of each list and marked on their race and on the poll itself, so a quick look shows what changed. PREDICTION MARKET SENTIMENT Current Polymarket prices for the races people are watching, with 24-hour moves on the leading outcomes and a filter by race type. Market prices are trader sentiment, not forecasts, and the app says so on the screen. Election Tracker does not take wagers, hold funds, or facilitate any transaction. BUILT TO BE READ QUICKLY A countdown to election day that becomes links to find your polling place and follow official results on election night. Light and dark themes that follow your device. Every screen labels how fresh its data is. WORKS WHEN THE SIGNAL DOESN'T The last good response for every screen stays on your device, so offline you see the most recent numbers you had, clearly marked, instead of a spinner. ELECTION REMINDERS Optional local reminders at 30 days, a week and a day out, on election morning, and as polls close. They are scheduled on your device; nothing is sent to a server. IN YOUR LANGUAGE The app speaks English, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Vietnamese, Korean, Arabic, French, Portuguese and Russian, following your iPhone's language. NO ACCOUNT, NO SIGN-UP There is nothing to log into. No profile, no tracking of what you read, no newsletter. FREE, WITH A WAY TO TURN THE ADS OFF Election Tracker shows a banner and full-screen ads. A single one-time purchase in Settings removes every ad, forever — not a subscription, and nothing in the app is gated behind an ad or a purchase. WHERE THE NUMBERS COME FROM Polls from VoteHub; approval and the generic ballot from VoteHub, or from the polls The New York Times collects when VoteHub falls behind; other averages from Wikipedia; market prices from Polymarket. Every screen names its source. This app is for information only. Polling data comes from third parties, reflects the moment it was taken, and does not predict an outcome.
Michigan Elections
Access comprehensive information on Michigan state and federal elections. Get candidate bios, campaign finance details, district maps, and competitive race analysis. Stay informed with regular updates and breaking news alerts.
- Candidate biographical information
- Searchable candidate database
- Push notification alerts
- Direct contact tools for campaigns
- U.S. House, Senate, and House district maps
- Campaign finance information links
- Competitive race analysis and sorting
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Download the Michigan Elections app for your one-stop source for information on state and federal elections in Michigan this year. Powered by Gongwer News Service, Michigan’s most trusted independent news source on state government and politics, the app allows users to easily access information about candidates for the Legislature, Congress and statewide offices. There is no other source on the elections in Michigan that combines so much detail with the portability of an app. The app will update regularly throughout the year. Key features: •Biographical information about candidates, including education, age, family, employment, community involvement and track record in running for elected office. Gongwer’s unmatched database provides that history for any candidates running this year who ran for state and/or federal office going back to 2002. • A search function enabling users to more easily find a specific candidate • A push-messaging alert system to let users know when Gongwer has uploaded new information to the app as well as provide some breaking news; •Contact tools enabling users to reach the candidates’ campaigns via email, phone and U.S. mail. •Links to maps for all 14 U.S. House districts, 38 Michigan Senate districts and 110 Michigan House districts. •Links to candidates’ campaign finance information. •Candidate photos. •A button that allows users to view only those races for the August primary and November general election that Gongwer considers legitimately competitive. •A chart sorting all U.S. House, Michigan Senate and Michigan House races by competitiveness, labeling them as safe Republican, lean Republican, toss-up, lean Democrat or safe Democrat as determined by Gongwer’s staff. •A snapshot analysis of what to expect in each state and federal race in Michigan from Gongwer’s staff. •Lists of endorsements for candidates as groups issue those endorsements. Gongwer welcomes your questions and feedback. Reach us at gongwer@gongwer.com. Follow us on Twitter: @GongwerMichigan. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gongwermi
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Michigan Elections at none against Election Tracker's 4. Michigan Elections also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). Election Tracker's advantage is chart position (#198 vs unranked) and ratings volume (17 vs 3). On price, rating 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. Election Tracker sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Michigan Elections asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Election Tracker against 5.0 for Michigan Elections. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Election Tracker has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Election Tracker ships an update monthly, Michigan Elections fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Election Tracker | Michigan Elections |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #198 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nelson Lai | Gongwer News Service, Inc. |
Customer experience
Election Tracker
Michigan Elections
In-app purchases
Election Tracker
- Small Tip$5.00
- Remove Ads$9.99
- Medium Tip$10.00
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- Large Tip$20.00
Michigan Elections
No in-app purchases
Questions
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