The Hill vs Texts From Bernie
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Hill
Stay informed on Congress and politics with in-depth news, analysis, and opinion pieces. Covers business, lobbying, campaigns, and Capitol Hill happenings. Includes video reports and political talk shows.
- Congress and politics coverage
- Business and lobbying news
- Campaign updates
- Capitol Hill reporting
- Video clips and talk shows
- Topic-based push notifications
- Save stories for later
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Covering congress & politics with a focus on business and lobbying, political campaigns, and goings on on Capitol Hill. Read news, analysis, and opinion pieces across a variety of categories, including Senate, House, Administration, Campaign, Business & Lobbying, and topical blogs. Watch video clips of reporting from the capitol, as well as full episodes of our political talk shows. Follow topics to get push notifications on breaking news. Save stories to read later.
Texts From Bernie
Access a curated collection of memorable quotes from Senator Bernie Sanders. Receive a daily quote automatically and easily share them across various platforms. Explore hundreds of quotes covering his political career, with options to remove ads.
- Hundreds of Bernie Sanders quotes
- Daily quote delivery
- Share quotes via text, Twitter, etc.
- Today Widget and Apple Watch support
- Spotlight search integration
- Love/hate quotes on Facebook
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This app collects some of the most memorable quotes from Senator Bernie Sanders. This free app offers hundreds of hand-picked publicly available quotes from the man himself. Get a new quote delivered to your phone automatically every day! The quotes are pulled from many public online sources and cover most of Bernie's political career. This app is free but ad-supported. If you wish, ads can be removed through a simple in-app purchase. FEATURES: - Hundreds of Bernie quotes, updated regularly. - Quickly love or hate a quote on Facebook. - Share quotes easily with any other service, including as a text message, Twitter, and more. - Get the quote of the day in the Today Widget, or on your Apple Watch. - All quotes are indexed in Spotlight and available for search on your device. DISCLAIMER: This application is not affiliated with nor endorsed by any political campaign, candidate or political action committee.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Texts From Bernie at 88% against The Hill's 7%. Texts From Bernie also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.5) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). The Hill's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Texts From Bernie sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. The Hill asks for nothing beyond the download.
Texts From Bernie holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 286 and 264 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of The Hill's written reviews are positive against 88% of Texts From Bernie's.
The Hill ships an update every 5 weeks, Texts From Bernie fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Hill | Texts From Bernie |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (286 ratings) | 4.9 (264 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.5% of reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 286 — better | 264 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. | Catloaf Software LLC |
Customer experience
The Hill
Texts From Bernie
User reviews
The Hill
From 286 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 📰 Balanced and unbiased news reporting
- ✍️ High-quality journalism and writing
- 🎯 Good content for political news junkies
- ⚡ Responsive developer support
- 📱 Functional app when working properly
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive video ads
- 🛑 Constant pop-up advertisements
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes
- 📜 Poor text readability and font sizing issues
- 🔄 Jittery and glitchy scrolling
Texts From Bernie
From 264 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Informative and succinct talking points
- 👍 Great quotes from Bernie Sanders
- 👍 Inspiring and hopeful messages
- 👍 Real and on-the-mark content
- 👍 Insightful and thoughtful information
Room to improve
- 👎 One user quotes Churchill negatively on socialism
- 👎 One user expresses a critical view of Democrats
Bugs and requests
The Hill
Reported bugs
15 issues- App crashes when opening articles
- App crashes when scrolling too quickly
- App freezes during initialization
- App won't load on some devices
- Text cut off in landscape mode
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- Text cut off by notch on iPhone X
- Articles don't display completely
- Ads cover article text
- App stutters and jumps to ads
- App jumps to end of articles
- App won't progress past notification setup screens
- Jittery scrolling performance
- High CPU and battery consumption
- Incompatibility with accessibility settings
- Recent update breaks core functionality
Requested features
11 requests- Search functionality for articles
- Bookmark/save articles feature
- Breaking news notifications
- Ad-free subscription option
- Ability to disable auto-play videos
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- Adjustable font size and zoom
- Filter articles by topic/policy
- Chronological article sorting
- Author attribution in articles
- Ability to listen to music while using app
- Improved accessibility features
Texts From Bernie
No bugs or feature requests surfaced in reviews.
In-app purchases
The Hill
No in-app purchases
Texts From Bernie
- Premium Texts7 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Premium Texts (promo)7 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Premium Texts14 Days trial$1.991 Month
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- Premium Texts (promo)1 Month trial$1.991 Month
- Premium Texts14 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Premium Texts (promo)1 Year trial$19.991 Year
- Remove all ads$0.99
