Comparison

AA Grapevine vs Civic Stream

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AA Grapevine

Access the international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous, featuring articles, a podcast, and a daily quote. Enhance your sobriety journey with a calculator, events calendar, and exclusive spiritual maintenance tools. Share your experiences and connect with a supportive community.

Highlights
  • Monthly magazine access
  • Article archives
  • Podcast player
  • Daily quote
  • Sobriety calculator
  • AA events calendar
  • Spiritual maintenance checklist
Features
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The Grapevine app is all things Grapevine right on your smartphone. The monthly magazine, the articles archives, the podcast, the daily quote, an enhanced sobriety calculator, and the AA events calendar. App-exclusive features include a spiritual maintenance checklist and the ability to share articles, and your own experience, strength, and hope with other Grapevine app users. The app allows for more content each month too. Service-oriented members will find easy ways to be a part of the AA Grapevine Community in our Get Involved section. You’ll be able to read Grapevine anonymously wherever you go. You can also listen to each month’s articles on a playlist, and listen to the podcast playlist right on the app. Terms of Use / End User License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

Civic Stream

Access live streams of government proceedings at all levels, from federal to local. Stay informed with curated news, find your representatives, and contact them directly. All data is sourced from official government websites.

Highlights
  • Live government streams
  • Curated civic news
  • Find your representatives
  • Direct contact information for officials
  • State and local government hubs
  • Live alerts for important proceedings
Features
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Civic Stream brings government coverage straight to your pocket. Stream Congress, state legislatures, city councils, and every chamber in between — for free, with no ads and no signup required. LIVE GOVERNMENT, EVERY LEVEL 250+ live government streams in one app The U.S. House, Senate, and committee hearings (sourced from house.gov and senate.gov) Every state legislature in session (sourced from each state's official legislative .gov site) City councils from coast to coast (sourced from municipal .gov broadcast feeds) Federal agencies, courts, and press briefings (sourced from the relevant agency .gov channels) Every stream displays a link to its originating .gov source on the same page. DAILY CIVIC NEWS Stay informed without the noise. Civic Stream News curates what actually matters in government — concise, trustworthy, updated all day. Every story links back to its official .gov source on the same page so you can read the record yourself. Filter by category, search any topic, and never miss a story that shapes your community. KNOW WHO REPRESENTS YOU Enter your address and instantly meet your representatives. From your U.S. Senators down to your city council member, see every official who works for you — with bios, voting records, committees, and district maps pulled from public government records. Each profile cites its source (congress.gov, the appropriate state legislature .gov site, or the local government .gov directory) directly on the page. REACH THEM DIRECTLY Call, email, or write your reps without digging through dozens of websites. Civic Stream pulls official contact info from public .gov directories — and links to the originating directory on the same page — so making your voice heard takes seconds, not hours. EXPLORE BY HUB Every state — plus the federal government — has its own hub. See what's on the ballot, who represents your region, and which streams cover what's happening in your area. Jump from federal to state to local without leaving the app. Every hub lists the .gov sources backing its data. LIVE ALERTS Get push notifications the moment important streams go live in your area. Never miss a vote, a hearing, or a moment that matters. WHY CIVIC STREAM Free for everyone, forever No ads. No paywalls. No accounts required. Every level of government, all in one place Real-time streams, not after-the-fact recaps Built for citizens, by an independent team All government data is sourced from official .gov channels and cited on the same page where it's displayed Whether you're a news junkie, a student, an organizer, a journalist, or just a citizen who wants to know what's actually happening in government — Civic Stream makes democracy visible. DISCLAIMER Civic Stream is an independent, privately-operated civic data product. We are NOT a government entity and are NOT affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or operated by any government agency, elected official, political party, or campaign. Civic Stream operates as a private civic-data publisher: all government information shown in the app is aggregated from publicly available official sources, and each source citation (with a link to the original .gov page) appears on the same page where the corresponding data is displayed in the app. Sources may include All government data is sourced directly from official government channels, including: • U.S. House — https://www.house.gov • U.S. Senate — https://www.senate.gov • Congress (bills, members, votes) — https://www.congress.gov • Federal courts — https://www.uscourts.gov • White House briefings — https://www.whitehouse.gov • State legislatures — each state's official .gov legislative site (e.g. https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, https://nyassembly.gov) • Local government — each municipality's official .gov broadcast/clerk page For a complete list of sources visit https://civicstream.tv/api/sources/ Download Civic Stream and start watching today.

Screenshots

AA Grapevine4 screens
Civic Stream4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Civic Stream at 100% against AA Grapevine's 31%. Civic Stream also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). AA Grapevine's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (84 vs 2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. AA Grapevine sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Civic Stream asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Civic Stream holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AA Grapevine has 84 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of AA Grapevine's written reviews are positive against 100% of Civic Stream's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
AA Grapevine versus Civic Stream: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAA GrapevineCivic Stream
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (84 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings84 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#53 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB26 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAA Grapevine, Inc.Civic Stream LLC

Customer experience

AA Grapevine

All ratings84 ratings
Positive73.8%
Neutral4.8%
Negative21.4%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive31.0%
Neutral13.8%
Negative55.2%

Civic Stream

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

AA Grapevine

Subscriptions2
  • Grapevine Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Grapevine Annual Subscription$29.991 Year
None

Civic Stream

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AA Grapevine free?
AA Grapevine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Civic Stream free?
Civic Stream is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AA Grapevine or Civic Stream?
Civic Stream is rated higher. AA Grapevine averages 4.1 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while Civic Stream averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do AA Grapevine or Civic Stream have ads?
Civic Stream shows ads; AA Grapevine does not.

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