Election Tracker vs VoteMapper Election Simulator
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 90-day 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, the generic congressional ballot, governor races and the 2028 presidential primaries. Every poll shows its pollster, sample size, population (likely voters, registered voters, adults) and field dates, because a poll without those is just a number. Each race opens on its three newest polls; expand it for the full list. AN AVERAGE THAT SHOWS ITS WORK Each race gets a 30-day polling average with a plain method: same-pollster duplicates collapsed to their strongest sample, linear recency weighting, and a minimum number of appearances before a candidate is included. The leader's margin sits on every race as a chip. Races with enough polling over enough time also get a trend line drawn to scale, so a quiet fortnight is as wide as a busy one. PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL Approve, disapprove and the net number as a 7-day average of every published poll — so one pollster's loud week does not move the headline — with a 30- or 90-day chart and the individual polls underneath. Drawn from VoteHub, with the New York Times polling average as a fallback source. PIN THE RACES YOU FOLLOW Star a race and it stays at the top of its tab. Filter a long list of races by name. Share any race average or the approval number as text, with its poll count and dates attached. 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. Pull to refresh. Light and dark themes that follow your device. Every screen labels how fresh its data is, and says so plainly when it is showing you something older. Pollster releases open in an in-app browser and bring you straight back. WORKS WHEN THE SIGNAL DOESN'T The last good response for every screen stays on your device, so opening the app on a plane or a bad connection shows you the most recent numbers you had, clearly marked as such, instead of a spinner. ELECTION REMINDERS Optional local reminders at 30 days, a week, a day out and on election day itself. They are scheduled on your device; nothing is sent to a server. 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 is supported by a small banner. A single one-time purchase in Settings removes every ad, forever — it is not a subscription, and nothing in the app is gated behind an ad or a purchase. WHERE THE NUMBERS COME FROM Polls and approval from VoteHub, approval fallback from the New York Times polling average, 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.
VoteMapper Election Simulator
Explore and simulate U.S. electoral outcomes with this interactive tool. Customize state results, analyze historical trends, and strategize your path to victory in elections, including the 2026 midterms. It's an engaging way to learn about the election system.
- 2026 Midterm election simulation
- Customizable electoral scenarios
- Historical election data analysis
- Interactive Electoral College strategy
- Educational tool for civics
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Call every race yourself. Watch the majority move. Build the 2026 map you actually believe in. VoteMapper is a hands-on election simulator for all your devices. Start from the consensus forecast, change your mind about the races you think the models have wrong, and see exactly what has to happen for either party to take Congress. THE 2026 MIDTERMS • All 100 Senate races, with current candidates and a chamber count that updates with every call you make. • All 435 House districts. Tap a state on the House map and it opens to that state's real congressional districts, drawn from official 2026 boundaries, including the states that redrew their maps this year. • Start from the consensus forecast, or from a blank map, and build the outcome from scratch. THE ROAD TO 270 • The Electoral College map that started it all. Assign states, split Maine and Nebraska by district, and watch the electoral vote total move. • Replay every presidential election since 1788. All 60 maps carry the real electoral roster and nominees, reconciled against the National Archives. Load any of them, rewrite the result, reset to history in one tap, and compare one election against another to see how the map and the math have shifted over more than two centuries. SEAL A FORECAST BEFORE ELECTION NIGHT • Lock in your predictions and get a shareable certificate with a public verification link. • Your calls are scored against real results as races are called, so there is a record of who saw it coming. SAVE, COMPARE, SYNC • Name a scenario and come back to it. Saved maps remember their year and their third-party candidates. • iCloud sync keeps your maps in step across all your devices. • Maps and historical data work offline. A connection is only needed to pull updated race data and published results. BUILT TO BE READ • A scoreboard with a balance bar that shows the majority at a glance, rating badges and race rows you can scan in a second, and a legend on every map. • VoiceOver reads every state's rating and the call you have made on it, on every map. FREE, AND PRO The 2026 midterms, the Electoral College map, forecasts and certificates, the three most recent presidential elections and five saved scenarios are free, with no ads. VoteMapper Pro adds every election back to 1788, unlimited saved scenarios and iCloud sync: $3.99 a month, $29.99 a year with a 7-day free trial, or $49.99 once for life. Family Sharing included. WHO IT IS FOR People who follow elections closely enough to disagree with the forecasts. Students and teachers working through how 435 districts and 100 Senate seats add up to control of Congress. Anyone who would rather do the math than be handed the answer. VoteMapper ships with a consensus forecast as a starting point and then gets out of the way. Every call is yours, and you can throw the starting point out entirely. It is a tool for thinking with, not a news feed. Race and candidate data is updated through the primary season and into the general election, including primary results as they are certified. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.scatteredlabsapps.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VoteMapper Election Simulator at 100% against Election Tracker's 46%. VoteMapper Election Simulator also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5) and ads (none vs shown). Election Tracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (39 vs 8). On price 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. VoteMapper Election Simulator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Election Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
VoteMapper Election Simulator holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 39 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Election Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of VoteMapper Election Simulator's.
Election Tracker ships an update every 2 months, VoteMapper Election Simulator every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Election Tracker | VoteMapper Election Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (39 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 46.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 39 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Nelson Lai | Scattered Labs |
Customer experience
Election Tracker
VoteMapper Election Simulator
In-app purchases
Election Tracker
No in-app purchases
VoteMapper Election Simulator
- VoteMapper - Monthly$3.991 Month
- VoteMapper - Annual$29.991 Year
- VoteMapper - Lifetime Sub$79.99
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