Smith Mountain Lake Level vs VPAP General Assembly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smith Mountain Lake Level
Track the water level of Smith Mountain Lake with hourly updates and historical graphs. Set custom alerts for specific water levels and view current trends, including water temperature. Explore data for various date ranges and tap the graph for precise readings.
- Hourly lake level updates
- Historical data graphs
- Current level and trend
- Water temperature display
- Customizable date ranges
- SMS/email alerts
- Custom level markers
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Smith Mountain Lake level graph, updated hourly. Also shows current level and trend (rise or fall rate), and now water temperature! Brought to you by the author of SmithMountainLakeLevel.com. Select date ranges: 3 days, 1 week, 1 month, 1 year, or a custom range. Sign up for free text (SMS) and/or email alerts. Tap anywhere in the graph to see the exact date, time, and level at that moment. Custom Level Markers! Define your own colored level lines for the chart. Access this feature from the new Settings screen. Tap any special level (any that are surrounded by a blue box) on the Y axis (right side) to see its meaning.
VPAP General Assembly
Access a comprehensive, up-to-date directory of all 140 Virginia General Assembly members. Quickly find legislative contacts, committee assignments, and district details for each representative. Data is sourced directly from official legislative services.
- Virginia General Assembly directory
- Legislative contact information
- Committee assignments
- District details
- Up-to-date data
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Explore a comprehensive, up-to-date directory of all 140 members of the Virginia General Assembly, brought to you by the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP). Quickly access essential information, including: U+2022 Legislative contacts U+2022 Committee assignments U+2022 District details Data is kept current and made available as soon as possible, as provided by the Virginia General Assembly and Virginia Legislative Information Services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: VPAP General Assembly at every 3 days against Smith Mountain Lake Level's every 11 days. Smith Mountain Lake Level's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Smith Mountain Lake Level against 5.0 for VPAP General Assembly. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Smith Mountain Lake Level ships an update every 11 days, VPAP General Assembly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smith Mountain Lake Level | VPAP General Assembly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shawn Lipscomb | Virginia Public Access Project, Inc. |
Customer experience
Smith Mountain Lake Level
VPAP General Assembly
In-app purchases
Smith Mountain Lake Level
No in-app purchases
VPAP General Assembly
No in-app purchases
