The Hill vs Current Debate
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.
Current Debate
Engage in discussions, manage your knowledge base, and build a community around trending topics. Become a thought leader and activist by converting prospects at scale through viral engagement.
- Knowledge management
- Community building
- Thought leadership
- Viral engagement
- Prospect conversion
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Manager your knowledge, win battles in the current debate, build your viral community, be a viral thought leader and viral activist, convert prospects at scale
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Current Debate at 5.0 against The Hill's 2.5. Current Debate also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). The Hill's advantage is ratings volume (287 vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Current Debate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Hill has 287 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Hill ships an update every 5 weeks, Current Debate every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Hill | Current Debate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (287 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 6.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 287 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 75 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nexstar Broadcasting | Brandon Rogers |
Customer experience
The Hill
Current Debate
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
Current Debate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
The Hill
No in-app purchases
Current Debate
No in-app purchases
