SCOTUSWatch vs MobileTrac
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SCOTUSWatch
Get instant notifications for new Supreme Court documents, including opinions and orders. Offers AI-generated summaries, case tracking, and a reader with customizable text and themes. Listen to opinions with distinct voices for each Justice and share audio clips.
- Push notifications for new documents
- AI-generated plain-language summaries
- Watched case tracking with custom alerts
- Live Activities for Opinion Day
- Reflowable reader with customizable text
- Listen to opinions with distinct Justice voices
- 30-second audio clip sharing
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The Supreme Court doesn't always announce when it publishes. SCOTUSWatch does. SCOTUSWatch monitors the Supreme Court's website and sends you a push notification the moment new documents appear — slip opinions, order lists, shadow docket rulings, miscellaneous orders, and more. No refreshing. Just alerts when the Court acts. WHAT YOU GET • Push notifications for every new Supreme Court document • AI-generated plain-language summaries of opinions and orders, with topic tags for quick identification (optional) • Watched Cases — track specific cases and choose how you're notified: everything, Order List activity only, or muted. Get alerted when new docket entries are filed, when the Court issues an order affecting a case, or when a case considered at conference is missing from the Order List. Sort by case number or recent activity, view the full docket, and read filings in the built-in PDF viewer • Opinion Day Live Activities — on decision days, follow slip-opinion releases in real time from your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Reader — read opinions in a clean, reflowable view with your own font, text size, margins, spacing, and light/sepia/dark theme • Listen — hear slip opinions read aloud with a distinct voice for each Justice, with background play, speed control, chapter navigation by author, and offline downloads • Audio Clips — share a passage of up to 30 seconds as a video, straight from the player • Full document type coverage: Slip Opinions, Order Lists, Opinions Relating to Orders, Miscellaneous Orders, and In-Chambers Opinions • Full Term overview — searchable and sortable by document type, month, and Slip Opinion author READ, LISTEN, AND SHARE Every opinion can be read the way you like it. Switch from the raw PDF to Reader for clean, reflowable text tuned to your own typography and theme. Prefer to listen? SCOTUSWatch reads slip opinions aloud with a distinct voice per Justice — play in the background, adjust the speed, skip ahead, and jump between authors by chapter, online or off. When a passage stands out, clip up to 30 seconds and share it. FOR LAWYERS, JOURNALISTS, AND COURT WATCHERS Whether you're a litigator tracking cert grants, a reporter covering the Court, a law student following a landmark case, or just a curious citizen — SCOTUSWatch puts you in the front row, no matter where you are. WATCHED CASE ALERTS By default, watched-case alerts are built on your device. You can optionally have the SCOTUSWatch server build them instead for more reliable delivery; in that mode the server stores your watched cases (muted ones are never sent). ABOUT AI SUMMARIES When enabled, SCOTUSWatch uses AI to generate plain-language summaries of new opinions and orders, along with a short topic tag identifying the area of law. Summaries are clearly labeled and intended to help you quickly understand what was decided — not to replace the original document. AI summaries may contain errors or omissions; always refer to the official Court document for authoritative text. SCOTUSWatch is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Supreme Court of the United States. Terms of Use: https://scottsapps.angstreich.net/TOS.html
MobileTrac
Stay informed about the Massachusetts legislature with real-time updates on bills, legislators, and hearings. Organize your interests, receive timely alerts, and get a personalized overview of legislative activity.
- Real-time bill access
- Legislator profiles
- Committee and hearing tracking
- Custom tracking lists
- Push and email notifications
- Personalized dashboard
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Stay on top of the Massachusetts legislature from your phone. MobileTrac gives you real-time access to bills, legislators, committees, and hearings - so you never miss an important vote or deadline. Track the bills that matter to you Search thousands of bills by keyword, number, or sponsor. See where each bill stands with visual progress indicators showing its path through the legislature. Organize bills into custom tracking lists to monitor the issues you care about. Know your legislators Browse every member of the Massachusetts House and Senate. View their district, party, leadership roles, committee assignments, and sponsored legislation - all in one place. Follow committees and hearings See which committees are meeting, when, and where. Browse committee membership and track bills assigned to each committee. Get alerted when things change Receive push notifications when tracked bills get new actions, text amendments, or hearing dates. Configure email alerts for daily summaries, floor debates, and oral testimony opportunities. Your personalized dashboard See today's legislative calendar, upcoming hearings, and recent activity on your tracked bills - all at a glance. MobileTrac is built by InstaTrac, the trusted platform used by lobbyists, advocacy organizations, and government affairs professionals to track state legislation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MobileTrac at none against SCOTUSWatch's 5. MobileTrac also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). SCOTUSWatch's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. SCOTUSWatch sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. MobileTrac asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SCOTUSWatch against 5.0 for MobileTrac. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
SCOTUSWatch ships an update weekly, MobileTrac every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SCOTUSWatch | MobileTrac |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scott Angstreich | InstaTrac |
In-app purchases
SCOTUSWatch
- Monthly Support$0.991 Month
- Annual Support$9.991 Year
- Double Espresso$2.99
- Cold Brew$4.99
- Grande Macchiato$9.99
MobileTrac
No in-app purchases
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