Pocket Congress vs Integrity Index
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Congress
Access information about your representatives and Congress with this app. Track bills, view voting records, and search legislative data. Easily find your representative and stay informed about government actions.
- View recent bills
- Find your Representative by zip code
- See Congress members' votes
- Read bill descriptions and vote trends
- Call representative offices
- Follow bills for updates
- Search 30 years of historical bill data
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Congressional App Challenge Winner (CA-13, 2022) Nothing's stopping you from reading through the Congressional Record or watching C-SPAN all day, but Pocket Congress makes information on the actions of your representatives and Congress as a whole much more accessible and searchable. With the app, you can: • See recent bills in Congress • Find your Representative using your zip code • See Congress members’ votes on recent bills. • Read a brief description about them and view trends about how they vote • Call their office, straight from the app! • Follow bills & receive updates on their progress You can also search for recent bills or through 30 years of historical data. • Search by category, such as 'healthcare' or 'environmental' • Search by bill name • For advanced users: search by bill number and create advanced filters For all bills, you can see their stage in the legislative process and a summary of the bill text authored by the Congressional Research Service. Share links to specific bills and congressmembers (perfect for educating your friends or spreading the word on social media)! “Very cool.” –Congressman Jeff Jackson Created by Siddharth M. Bhatia, a senior at Piedmont High School. www.sidmb.com Contact me: siddharth@sidmb.com
Integrity Index
Track the personal and political finances of U.S. Congressional candidates. Explore the influence of big money in elections and view stock trades by members of Congress. Data is sourced from FEC and public ethics disclosures.
- Track Congressional candidate finances
- Explore election money influence
- View member of Congress stock trades
- Data from FEC and ethics disclosures
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The Integrity Index is the only place to track the personal and political finances of every Congressional candidate in the U.S. You can also explore how big money is influencing our elections and the latest stock trades made by each member of Congress. Data collected from the FEC and public ethics disclosures.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Integrity Index at 4.9 against Pocket Congress's 4.5. Integrity Index also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (92% vs 67%). 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.
Integrity Index holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 75 and 312 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Pocket Congress's written reviews are positive against 92% of Integrity Index's.
Pocket Congress ships an update every 5 weeks, Integrity Index every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Congress | Integrity Index |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (75 ratings) | 4.9 (312 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 75 | 312 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #188 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Siddharth Bhatia | Political Integrity Project |
Customer experience
Pocket Congress
Integrity Index
In-app purchases
Pocket Congress
No in-app purchases
Integrity Index
No in-app purchases
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