Electoral Systems Simulated vs Election Explorer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Electoral Systems Simulated
Explore the impact of various voting systems on election outcomes. Simulate pre-election coalitions and analyze proportionality with real-world examples. Understand how different electoral rules can affect party representation.
- Simulate various electoral methods
- Adjust electoral districts and thresholds
- Calculate proportionality indices
- Analyze pre-election coalitions
- Includes real country election results
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This app lets you try the effect of different electoral (voting) systems. Their task is to calculate number of seats (typically) in the parliament from given number of votes for each political party. Systems may give proportional results, or prefer larger or smaller parties. Supported parameters: - method (D'Hondt, Hare, Hagenbach-Bischoff, Imperiali, ...) - division into electoral districts - thresholds for parties and alliances - threshold may be applied to county or district result - total number of seats - bonus for winner The app also calculates several proportionality indices, and comes with a few election results in real countries. Pre-election simulator lets you try, what if some parties formed a coalition instead of competing alone. Does the electoral system assigns more mandates? How much more? Includes icons from Icons8.com
Election Explorer
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Election Explorer is an iPad application that visualizes the results of the 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022 elections for the U.S. House of Representatives. Election results may be viewed for the entire country of for an individual state. It also allows the user to simulate the effect on those elections of election rules different from those used in the United States.
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Electoral Systems Simulated at every 2 months against Election Explorer's every 26 months. Electoral Systems Simulated also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 10.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Electoral Systems Simulated ships an update every 2 months, Election Explorer every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Electoral Systems Simulated | Election Explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 10.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jan Adamec | Thomas Malloy |
In-app purchases
Electoral Systems Simulated
No in-app purchases
Election Explorer
No in-app purchases
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