C vs The Daily Buffoon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
C
Access live and on-demand video and audio coverage of U.S. political events, including House and Senate proceedings, congressional hearings, and White House activities. Listen to C-SPAN Radio and explore political podcasts. Stay informed with the latest news and schedule information.
- Live U.S. Congress streams
- On-demand event access
- C-SPAN Radio
- Political podcasts
- Schedule information
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Watch live and on demand C-SPAN's complete coverage of the House and Senate, congressional hearings, White House events, the courts, the campaigns and more from the world of politics. Listen to C-SPAN Radio and discover a variety of informative podcasts. Watch the three C-SPAN TV networks* and the latest episodes of "Washington Journal" and "Q&A". Find current schedule information for C-SPAN’s TV networks and C-SPAN Radio. From your mobile device, on C-SPAN Now you'll find anywhere, anytime access to: - Live streams of U.S. Congress floor proceedings - Live streams of each day's key congressional hearings and other top political events - On-demand access to the latest events - Featured clips driving the news - C-SPAN Radio - Podcasts on politics, history and nonfiction books - C-SPAN, C-SPAN2 and C-SPAN3* - Latest episodes of "Washington Journal" and "Q&A" - Up-to-date schedule information for C-SPAN TV networks and C-SPAN Radio *Access to the livestreams of C-SPAN's three television networks is reserved for authenticated cable and satellite TV customers. C-SPAN Now...Washington Unfiltered.
The Daily Buffoon
This app delivers real news headlines, with an original musical score for each story that reflects its absurdity. Explore archived articles, opinion pieces, and a collection of over ninety tunes.
- Real news headlines
- Musical scoring for absurdity
- Signed op-eds
- Searchable back issues
- Jukebox of tunes
- Absurdity filter
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The Daily Buffoon is a newspaper with one opinion a day. Each morning the Editorial Board of Record files a single op-ed on the news, rates its absurdity from one clown to five, and scores it with a tune that grows sillier as the clowns climb. Inside the paper: • Today — the dated, numbered edition. Tap it to read in full, or turn back to yesterday's. • Back Issues — every edition ever filed, with the Morgue's search on top. • “Truths” — the President's posts, clipped verbatim, four clowns and up, each with the desk's reply. • The Wire — raw headlines from the cited outlets, checked every four hours, left unedited. • The Desk — your Scrapbook of clippings, the Music Desk jukebox, reader settings, and two simple bells: one when the edition is set, one when a “Truth” hits five clowns. On iPad the paper opens into a full broadsheet. Clip anything to your Scrapbook, keep today's edition offline, and share a pull quote as a card. Satire with receipts. The clowns and the kazoo are the opinion.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: The Daily Buffoon at 5.0 against C's 3.9. The Daily Buffoon also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). C's advantage is ratings volume (634 vs 1) and chart position (#184 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
The Daily Buffoon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: C has 634 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
C ships an update every 2 months, The Daily Buffoon weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | C | The Daily Buffoon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (634 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 634 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #184 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | C-SPAN | Fried Grouper Creative Studio |
Customer experience
C
The Daily Buffoon
Bugs and requests
C
Reported bugs
4 issues- Video playback issues on older devices
- Inability to switch between live channels
- App gets stuck on last viewed video
- Inconsistent behavior when rotating device
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for Chromecast and Apple TV
- Implement background audio playback
- Introduce a search feature to find past content
- Develop a dedicated iPad app with optimized layout
- Offer a paid, ad-free version
The Daily Buffoon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
C
No in-app purchases
The Daily Buffoon
No in-app purchases
