Pollsition vs Current
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pollsition
This app allows users to communicate directly with their Congressional legislators, vote on upcoming legislation, and share their political preferences. It aims to provide a timely and trusted source of voter data to help shape democracy and counter special interests. Users can anonymously contribute to aggregated data to inform their representatives.
- Communicate with US House and Senate legislators
- Vote on upcoming legislation
- Share district, state, and national data
- Receive legislative updates based on interests
- Send voting guidance to legislators
- Participate in anonymous aggregated data collection
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Political participation in America has become increasingly polarized, negative, and violent. If you've ever - feared to protest, but still wanted to be seen - worried of cancellation, but still wanted to be heard - been unable to donate, but still wanted to have a say Download Pollsition to communicate quickly and directly with your Congressional legislators from the US House of Representative and US Senate. Help us let legislators and media sources know what you see from our government. Help us build the most timely and trusted source of voter preferences. Help us direct our democracy and save from lobbyists, special interests, and billionaires. Complete surveys for the political topics that matter to you. Vote on upcoming legislation. Share the data from your district, your state, and the nation. Pollsition pulls data from Congress.gov to provide you the latest updates on upcoming legislation. Pollsition uses your personal data (Title, First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone Number, Birthday, Address) to confirm your identity, your voting district, and your legislators (US House of Representatives and Senate) so that they will know that you are a real constituent. When you register, you will be able to be anonymously counted in the aggregated publicly available data of Pollsition users to help US legislators understand the political preferences and views of their constituents. After you register, you will be able to receive updates on upcoming legislation based on your interests, and indicate to your legislators how you want them to vote. You will have the option to send your voting guidance to your legislators. Congress requires that petitions from constituents, whether through Pollsition or individual legislators' webpages, include personal information so that legislators will know that the data reflects the opinion of their legitimate constituency. After you vote, you will have the opportunity to share your activity on Pollsition with others in your social media networks so that others can be inspired to join you in using Pollsition to strengthen America's democracy.
Current
This app offers a peaceful way to consume RSS feeds without the pressure of unread counts or overdue articles. It prioritizes a calm, unhurried reading experience with beautiful typography and intuitive navigation. Sync with various providers or use local feeds for a personalized content stream.
- No unread counts or badges
- Calm and unhurried design
- Beautiful article presentation
- Support for multiple sync providers
- Full-text article extraction
- Universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac
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Current is an RSS reader built on a simple idea: your feed should never make you feel behind. There are no unread counts. No red badges. No number climbing while you sleep, silently tallying everything you haven't read. Current shows you what's new right now, and that's it. Nothing is owed. Nothing is overdue. You open it when you want to read, and whatever's there is what's there. The design is intentional. Every screen, every interaction, every animation was built to feel calm and unhurried. Articles are presented beautifully with clean typography and generous whitespace. Navigation is fluid and intuitive. The app gets out of the way and lets you focus on what matters: the writing. Current supports multiple sync providers so you can bring your existing subscriptions: - Feedbin - Inoreader - MiniFlux - FreshRSS - The Old Reader - NewsBlur - Local RSS (on-device, no account needed) Features: - Universal app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Beautiful article reader with smart formatting - Full-text article extraction - Light and dark themes - Background refresh - OPML import and export - Share extension - Keyboard shortcuts on iPad and Mac - iCloud sync for local feeds Current is a one-time purchase. No subscription. No ads. No tracking. Just an app you buy once and own forever. Built by an indie developer who wanted to love RSS again.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pollsition at Free against Current's $9.99. Pollsition also leads on iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 18.0). Current's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Pollsition is free to download; Current costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Current holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Current has 111 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pollsition ships an update every 6 months, Current every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pollsition | Current |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) | 4.5 (111 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 68.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 111 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #23 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 14.0.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pollsition, Inc | Jupiter Interactive Group LLC |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Pollsition
No in-app purchases
Current
No in-app purchases









