SCOTUSWatch vs Informed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SCOTUSWatch
Receive instant push notifications for new Supreme Court documents, including opinions and rulings. Track specific cases, access dockets, and get AI-powered summaries of legal decisions. Stay informed about the Court's actions without manual checking.
- Push notifications for new documents
- Watched cases tracking
- Built-in PDF viewer for dockets
- AI-generated plain-language summaries
- Full document type coverage
- Searchable Term overview
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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 polling. No refresh. 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, get notified when new docket entries are filed, or the Court issues an order affecting them. Also 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. 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
Informed
This app provides a daily brief of congressional activities, including bills, votes, and hearings, explained in plain English. It allows users to track legislation, view member voting records, and receive push notifications for updates. An AI feature offers plain-language summaries and context for legislative content.
- Daily congressional activity brief
- Bill tracking and status updates
- Member voting records and contact info
- AI-powered legislative summaries
- Live and on-demand committee hearings
- Personalized watchlist and push notifications
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Know what Congress actually did today — every bill, every vote, every hearing, explained in plain English. Informed turns the official congressional record into a clean, readable daily brief. No pundits, no spin — just the primary source, beautifully organized. WHAT CONGRESS DID TODAY Your Home feed is a chronological brief of the day on Capitol Hill: new bills, roll-call votes, committee markups, reports, and hearings. Filter by the policy topics you care about, or search bills, members, and amendments in seconds. READ THE ACTUAL TEXT Open any bill for its full text, sponsors and cosponsors, committee actions, and nonpartisan CRS summaries. A five-stage Bill Journey tracker shows exactly where it stands — from first filed to signed into law. SEE EVERY VOTE Browse House and Senate roll calls with complete tallies, and see how every single member voted — not just the headline result. KNOW WHO SPEAKS FOR YOU Enter your address or use your location to find your representatives and senators. Explore any member's voting record, sponsored bills, and years in office — then call their office straight from the app. FOLLOW WHAT MATTERS Follow bills and members to build My Briefing, your personal watchlist. Push notifications ping you the moment a followed bill moves, gets voted on, or becomes law. ASK AI ANYTHING Stuck on legislative jargon? Tap Ask AI on any bill, vote, or member for plain-language summaries, impact analysis, and context. On supported devices, bill briefs are generated privately on-device — they never leave your iPhone. WATCH CONGRESS AT WORK Stream committee hearings live or on demand right in the app, with full searchable transcripts of past hearings. Add upcoming hearings to your calendar with one tap. BUILT FOR iPHONE AND iPAD A newsroom-quality reading experience: home-screen and lock-screen widgets, full dark mode, and a native design that feels at home on iOS. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No tracking. No third-party analytics. Sign in with Apple supported. Informed is free to use. Optional subscriptions remove ads and expand AI usage. Democracy is public record. Read it. Get informed, stay informed. Terms of Use: https://getinformed.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://getinformed.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: SCOTUSWatch at 18.0 against Informed's 26.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 and Informed sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SCOTUSWatch against 5.0 for Informed. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively.
| Parameter | SCOTUSWatch | Informed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Scott Angstreich | Skybridge Labs, Inc |
Customer experience
SCOTUSWatch
Informed
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
Informed
- Small token pack$3.99
- Medium token pack$6.99
- Large token pack$26.99









