Congress Pro vs BillTrack50
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Congress Pro
Access a comprehensive directory of members and committees, track legislation with AI-powered summaries, and record meeting notes. Stay informed with real-time updates and campaign information for the current Congress.
- Member directory with contact info and bios
- Committee and subcommittee listings
- Legislation tracking and search
- AI-driven bill summaries
- Secured meeting notes
- Home screen widgets
- Apple Watch integration
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Introducing Congress in Your Pocket, Professional Edition, for the second session of the 119th Congress (2025-26). Note: The app ships with the 119th Congress but only updates with a 99¢ monthly subscription as an in-app purchase. Get the app members of Congress and their staff, pros and activists, rely on to engage on Capitol Hill. With your paid monthly subscription, this app updates every time you use it so you'll always get the very best information we have. In addition to having the most complete mobile directory of members and committees available, you'll be able to track legislation and your interactions with Congress like never before. MEMBERS Each bookmarkable member page offers a thumbnail and high-resolution photo, contact information, district maps, a short bio, social media links, capitol staff names and email addresses with LinkedIn pages where available, committee and subcommittee assignments, and interest group ratings. Campaign information includes links to news, fundraising, recent opponents, election results, and win margins. We include analysis from the Cook Political Report, Inside Politics, and Sabato's Crystal Ball. COMMITTEES Full committees have their own bookmarkable pages, and include the majority and minority office, contact, social media accounts, and a description of jurisdiction. Members are listed in seniority order. Staff director names, telephone numbers, and email addresses are included. Subcommittees can be bookmarked and have website links as well as members listed by seniority. LEGISLATION Learn about and track legislation with the ability to search and bookmark all bills introduced in the 119th Congress. Where available, each bill has the official descriptions, our AI-driven summaries you can share by email, current status, sponsors and cosponsors, list of actions, and subject matter. Full bill text is linked to Congress.gov. NOTES Record or type secured meeting notes with members or committees. Edit and download all of them for use in outside the app. MORE Add widgets to your home screen showing when the House and Senate are in session. Search covers staff and biographical information and you can see members of the House or the Senate by last name or state/district. View lists of Freshmen, Open Seats, Vulnerable Seats, members by Political Party. Reorder bookmarks and navigation, get office maps, and Mehlman’s strategic presentations. APPLE WATCH Add a quick-launch complication to your watch face and access the 118th Congress from your wrist, and bookmarks from your iPhone. Tap on the thumbnail photo and get a full screen picture. Tap to call, check the Twitter/X feed, dictate or choose a short note, or get the DC office map. Information includes office address, what percent they won their last election with, Sabato's Crystal Ball for the upcoming race, and a short bio. REVIEWS Our award-winning Congress apps were launched on the first iPhone and have been featured 11 times by Apple as well as by CNN, POLITICO, Washingtonian, National Journal, The Atlantic, and Macworld. ABOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS: Payment is charged to your iTunes Account at the confirmation of your purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. You can manage subscriptions and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after purchase. The privacy policy for this application is available at http://cohenresearchgroup.com/CRGPrivacyPolicy.pdf, and the Terms of Use can be found at http://cohenresearchgroup.com/CRGTermsOfService.pdf. Additionally, both links can be found in the application's Subscriptions section.
BillTrack50
Stay informed about your civic duties. This app allows you to find your representatives, track sponsored bills and votes, and research legislation by keyword. You can also view campaign contributions and district demographics.
- Find your representatives by address
- Track sponsored bills and votes
- Research legislation by keyword
- View campaign contributions
- Access district demographic data
- Contact your representatives
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BillTrack50 wants to help you get involved and live up to your civic duties. Look up who represents you based on your address. See upcoming elections. Review the bills your legislators have sponsored and review their votes on issues that matter to you. Learn how to contact your representatives to share your opinions on how they are doing. Research bills by keyword in your state, Congress, or across the whole country at once to stay on top of exactly what is really happening. You can also view who is contributing to your representatives and how they are are spending that money. And you can view census data to understand the demographics of your representative's district. End User License - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: BillTrack50 at Free against Congress Pro's $9.99. BillTrack50 also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
BillTrack50 is free to download; Congress Pro costs $9.99 up front. Congress Pro sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month and BillTrack50 sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BillTrack50 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 21 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Congress Pro's written reviews are positive against 73% of BillTrack50's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Congress Pro ships an update monthly, BillTrack50 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Congress Pro | BillTrack50 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (23 ratings) | 4.5 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.7% of reviews — better | 72.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cohen Research Group | LegiNation, Inc. |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Congress Pro
- Ongoing Congressional updates$0.991 Month
BillTrack50
- Citizen (Monthly)3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Organization (Monthly)3 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Citizen (Yearly)3 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- Organization (Yearly)3 Days trial$49.991 Year
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