RegWatch: Federal Rule Tracker
Comment deadline alerts
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Browse federal rules and read plain-English summaries generated on your iPhone. Upgrade to get alerted before public comment deadlines close. No account, no ads.
RegWatch turns the firehose of federal rulemaking into something you can actually follow. It pulls proposed and final rules, notices, and presidential documents straight from the Federal Register, explains them in plain English on your device, and — for Premium users — reminds you before the public comment window closes.
The free app gives you the full research experience. Upgrade to premium (one time, no subscription) when you want RegWatch to do the watching for you.
PLAIN-ENGLISH SUMMARIES (FREE)
Federal regulations are written for lawyers. RegWatch isn't. Open any rule and your iPhone generates a clear, two-to-three sentence summary using Apple Intelligence — entirely on-device. It tells you who's affected, what changes, and the deadline to comment. Nothing is sent to a server; summaries are created and stored privately on your phone. (Requires an Apple Intelligence-capable iPhone; on other devices the original agency abstract is shown instead.)
BROWSE AND SEARCH EVERYTHING (FREE)
The feed covers the latest from the Federal Register with filters for Proposed Rules, Final Rules, Notices, and Presidential Documents, full-text search, and a one-tap agency filter. Save rules to read later, share them, or open the official source on Regulations.gov.
FOLLOW THE TOPICS THAT MATTER (FREE)
Choose from eight curated topic areas — Healthcare & Drugs, Environment & Water, Finance & Banking, Food Safety, Labor & Employment, Technology & Privacy, Housing & Construction, and Small Business & Taxes. Fine-tune any topic with your own keyword and agency filters to surface exactly the rules you care about.
A CALENDAR BUILT FOR DEADLINES (FREE)
See every upcoming comment deadline on a monthly calendar with at-a-glance urgency dots, or switch to a clean list grouped by day. Tap any date to see what closes and jump straight to the details.
UPGRADE WHEN YOU'RE READY TO BE NOTIFIED
RegWatch Premium turns on the monitoring layer. You'll get a notification when a new rule matches a topic you follow, then 7-day, 3-day, and last-chance reminders before each comment period closes. Save any search — a keyword, a specific agency, a document type, or any combination — to get pinged the moment a new rule matches. Want every new EPA rule, or every new proposed rule from the FDA? Save it once and let RegWatch watch. Add the Home Screen widget to see your next deadlines without opening the app.
FREE
- Browse, search, and filter the full regulation feed
- Plain-English summaries on supported devices
- Follow topics with custom keyword and agency filters
- Comment deadline calendar (month and list views)
- Save and share rules
REGWATCH PREMIUM (via IAP)
- New-rule alerts for every topic you follow
- 7-day, 3-day, and last-chance comment deadline reminders
- Saved searches and agency watchlists with match notifications
- Small and medium Home Screen widgets
- One purchase, forever — no subscription
PRIVACY FIRST
No accounts. No ads. No analytics. No data collection. Your topics, saved rules, and summaries stay on your device. The only network traffic is to public U.S. government data sources — the Federal Register API and Regulations.gov — to fetch rules.
RegWatch is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. government, the Office of the Federal Register, or any federal agency.
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Information
- Seller
- andrewlong.com, LLC
- Size
- 4.2 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- RegWatch Premium $6.99
- Copyright
- © 2026, andrewlong.com, LLC