FastDemocracy vs Gov Glance
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FastDemocracy
Stay informed about legislative and regulatory developments across the US Congress and all 50 states. This app provides real-time alerts, bill tracking, and collaboration tools to help you manage government relations and advocacy efforts efficiently.
- Real-time legislative data
- Bill similarity detection
- Hearing notifications
- Collaboration tools
- Regulation tracking
- Bill list organization
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Track legislative bills and Regulations in Congress and all 50 states on the go! FastDemocracy's easy to use bill tracker gives you the tools for a successful government relations strategy. Our app features real-time legislative data across the country, and alerts you of new bill developments. Get real-time legislative alerts, hearing notices, bill similarity detection, collaboration and public engagement tools. We're here to save you time and give you the insights you need for government advocacy. Track legislation across US Congress and all 50 states, with best-in-class data quality and reliability. Add notes, collaborate and organize your priority legislation into bill lists. Stay on top of legislative developments with real-time alerts, hearing notifications, amendments, and news. Categorize your bills and collaborate by creating bill notes, whip lists, legislator lists, and regulatory lists. With just a few taps, you research and collaborate on bills, add hearings to your calendar, search voting records and even share your priority legislation on your website. Our patent-pending bill similarity detection algorithms detect relevant language in bills and amendments - all within seconds. Now you can even track regulations in all 50 states and Federal.
Gov Glance
Access updates from all three federal branches, 50 states, and local news. Read official government documents like bills, laws, and reports. Explore topics such as economy, environment, and health, and save items for later reading.
- View federal, state, and local government updates
- Access official documents (bills, laws, reports)
- Explore diverse government topics
- Save content for later reading
- Local data storage for privacy
- No account required
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Gov Glance is not the media; it is the citizen's tool for government transparency. With Gov Glance you will have the ability to view updates across the whole government, including all 3 federal branches, all 50 states, local news reports, and more on the way. Read official documents like bills, laws, reports, hearings, court arguments, and much more that are just a tap away. Explore topics like Economy, Environment, Foreign Affairs, Science & Technology, health, spending, regulations and more coming soon. If you find something interesting you can save it to your collection to read later. All collection data is saved locally on your device and is never shared with anyone or anything. As a non-profit we created a tool that is truly free which means we respect your privacy. You will never need an account to access Gov Glance and no data will ever be shared or sold. Government today is vast, but it is only as powerful as the people who give it strength, which at the end of the day is all of us. Many of us are frustrated with how inefficient government can be, and there is no easy solution. The way forward will never be by electing a super politician to fix all of our problems. It is our role as citizens to be as conscious as we can to steer society in the right direction. Becoming an informed citizen does not mean knowing the latest gossip from Capitol Hill, but rather understanding our communities and the actions government is taking, for better or for worse, so we can hold our representatives accountable and know how we want to move forward together.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FastDemocracy at 82% against Gov Glance's 50%. FastDemocracy also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Gov Glance's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Gov Glance holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 15 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of FastDemocracy's written reviews are positive against 50% of Gov Glance's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
FastDemocracy ships an update every 6 months, Gov Glance every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | FastDemocracy | Gov Glance |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (30 ratings) | 4.9 (15 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | FastDemocracy Corp. | Gov Glance Foundation Inc. |
Customer experience
FastDemocracy
Gov Glance
In-app purchases
FastDemocracy
No in-app purchases
Gov Glance
No in-app purchases
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