Change.org vs ActBlue Field Tools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Change.org
Empower your voice for social change with a leading platform. Easily launch, track, and amplify your petition campaigns on issues you care about. Stay informed with real-time updates and engage directly with your supporters.
- Launch and grow petitions
- Track petition stats (signatures, views, shares)
- Real-time milestone updates
- Share petitions easily to social media
- Access personalized social media assets
- View and engage with supporters
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Change.org is the world’s leading platform for social change, empowering over 500,000,000 people to raise their voice on issues they care about. Our new app gives you everything you need to launch and grow a successful petition. Whether you’re fighting for local change or global impact, our app makes it simple to track, share, and amplify your campaign—all in one place. Stay informed with real-time updates when your petition reaches key milestones, so you can celebrate and engage with supporters right away. TRACK PETITION STATS Watch your signatures, comments, and supporter activity update in real time. See how many people chipped in to promote your petition. GET REAL-TIME UPDATES Get notifications on your phone about key signature milestones. See every time someone supports your cause through comments and videos. SHARE YOUR PETITION ANYWHERE Easily share to Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, messaging apps, and email—on the go. Get ready-to-post images and templates tailored to your campaign for every platform. Create a custom URL and QR code to spread your petition faster. UPDATE YOUR SUPPORTERS Keep your community informed and energized. Choose from message templates, add photos, and send directly to your supporters—without leaving the app.
ActBlue Field Tools
This app serves as a central platform for organizing online volunteer efforts for campaigns, advocacy groups, and nonprofits. It facilitates relational organizing, peer-to-peer texting, phone banking, and social media outreach to help users make a significant impact.
- Relational organizing
- Peer-to-peer texting
- Phone banking
- Social media amplification
- Volunteer coordination
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Welcome! Have you been invited to download ActBlue Field Tools by a campaign or organization? You’re in the right place: ActBlue Field Tools is your all-in-one hub for organizing online: volunteer for your favorite campaign, advocacy organization, nonprofit, union, and more. Get involved with relational organizing (reaching out to your friends and family with information about the campaign/organization you’re volunteering for), peer-to-peer texting, phone banking, social media amplification, and more. ActBlue Field Tools empowers activists with technology that makes it easy to make an impact. We’re trusted by thousands of campaigns and organizations, like Biden for President 2020, the DCCC, SEIU, Voters of Tomorrow, Community Change, and many more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Change.org at every 8 days against ActBlue Field Tools's every 2 months. Change.org also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). ActBlue Field Tools's advantage is ratings volume (3.5K vs 205). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Change.org against 4.7 for ActBlue Field Tools. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ActBlue Field Tools has 3.5K ratings behind it against 205, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Change.org's written reviews are positive against 70% of ActBlue Field Tools's.
Change.org ships an update every 8 days, ActBlue Field Tools every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Change.org | ActBlue Field Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (205 ratings) — better | 4.7 (3.5K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | 70.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 205 | 3.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Change.org, PBC | Outvote Inc |
Customer experience
Change.org
ActBlue Field Tools
Bugs and requests
Change.org
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ActBlue Field Tools
Reported bugs
4 issues- Login screen freezes
- Inability to add new organizations
- Outdated contact data
- Incompatibility with older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to mark messages as seen or completed
- More comprehensive list of causes and organizations
- Improved accessibility (font size, layout, etc.)
- Ability to group message contacts
- Bipartisan approach, not just left-leaning
In-app purchases
Change.org
No in-app purchases
ActBlue Field Tools
No in-app purchases
Questions
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