Election vs VoteMapper Election Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Election
Stay informed about the 2024 US presidential election with real-time poll data and election results. Track daily snapshots of the race, catering to diverse political viewpoints. Get timely updates on election day for comprehensive coverage.
- 2024 Election results
- Pre-election polls
- Daily poll updates
- Real-time election day results
- Snapshot of presidential election
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The app ranked #1 on App Store charts (paid News apps category) during the 2008 Election is now back for the 2024 election. It provides you with 2024 Election results and pre-election polls. Whether you're a New Yorker or a Texan, a moderate or independent, or a Kamalanator or MAGA, this application provides a daily snapshot of the 2024 US presidential election at your finger tips, and will provide you with election results. A one-time in-app-purchase option will give you daily poll updates (until November 8), and provide you with election results. On Election Day, November 5, and the early hours of November 6, results will be updated every 10-20 minutes. So, results will not be available instantly, and there will be a 10-20 minute delay. Without the in-app-purchase, the free version will NOT provide election results. It will give you poll results until early October.
VoteMapper Election Simulator
Simulate election outcomes by calling races and observing majority shifts. Build custom 2026 midterm and presidential election maps, track electoral votes, and replay historical elections. Save, compare, and share your forecasts.
- Simulate 2026 midterm and presidential elections
- Build custom election maps
- Track electoral vote totals
- Replay historical presidential elections
- Seal and share forecasts
- Home screen widgets for election tracking
- Offline map and historical data access
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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 as many calls as you like, one race or all of them, until 6am ET on Election Day. 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. • Each call gets a reveal card with your running record, then an election-night recap and a season scorecard to share. ELECTION NIGHT, ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • Widgets for an Election Day countdown, your Senate or House map, a live Election Night seat count against the majority line, and a scorecard of how your calls are doing. • A My Forecast button for Control Center and the Lock Screen. 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, certificates and every widget, 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, iCloud sync, your own map in the My Map widget, your score in the Scorecard widget and the full race-by-race election-night breakdown: $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 ratings and candidate data are updated through Election Day, and results are published as races are called. 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's 37%. VoteMapper Election Simulator also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Election's advantage is ratings volume (190 vs 16) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). 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. Election sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and VoteMapper Election Simulator sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
VoteMapper Election Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Election has 190 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of Election's written reviews are positive against 100% of VoteMapper Election Simulator's.
Election ships an update every 3 weeks, VoteMapper Election Simulator every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Election | VoteMapper Election Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (190 ratings) | 4.9 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 190 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | — | #117 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cascade Software Corporation | Scattered Labs |
Customer experience
Election
VoteMapper Election Simulator
Bugs and requests
Election
Reported bugs
8 issues- Results were about 6 hours behind on election night
- App locks up when refreshing election data
- App did not work on election day
- App was terribly slow in updating information
- No updates since October 25
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- App failed miserably on election day
- Did not keep promises about updating results
- Data is very stale
Requested features
4 requests- Update with current election information
- Refresh button
- More visual interface, e.g., map of US
- Improve UI to be more in-line with iPhone guidelines
VoteMapper Election Simulator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Election
- Election 2024$1.99
VoteMapper Election Simulator
- VoteMapper - Monthly Intro1 Month trial$3.991 Month
- VoteMapper - Monthly$3.991 Month
- VoteMapper - Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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- VoteMapper - Annual Intro1 Year trial$29.991 Year
- Election Pass 2026$4.99
- Election Pass 2026$5.99
- VoteMapper - Lifetime Sub$49.99
Questions
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