Comparison

Change.org vs chilli

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

chilli

This app empowers users to take collective climate action by signing petitions, sending personalized emails to decision-makers, and submitting public comments. It connects creators and communities to organize movements and directly fund activists working on climate change issues.

Highlights
  • Sign petitions
  • Send personalized emails to decision-makers
  • Submit coordinated public comments
  • Launch and join climate campaigns
  • Directly fund activists
  • Organize collective action
Features
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On chilli, you can take action for causes you care about by following impact creators, joining live campaigns, and funding their work. All from your phone, in minutes. Your social media feed is full of things worth caring about with no clear routes to take action. chilli is different, we give you simple easy actions to take about issues you care about. Discover actions and campaigns from creators fighting for climate, democracy, social justice, wildlife, oceans, local communities, and more. Each campaign is designed by impact creators with the chilli team and gives you clear ways to help. You can send an email, sign a petition, leave a public comment, make a call or fund the work directly. With chilli, you can: - Follow creators working on causes that matter to you - Join live campaigns and take action in minutes - Send emails, make calls, leave comments, and support coordinated pressure - Fund creators with one-off or monthly contributions - Track the impact your community is making beyond likes and shares - Build an action streak that actually means something Creators use chilli to turn attention into action, and supporters use chilli to show up when it counts. More than 1 million actions have already been completed through chilli by people like you pushing for change across the world. From climate and ocean protection to democracy, wildlife, and local wins, chilli makes it easier to act together. And it works! Communities on chilli have helped drive real wins across data centres, whaling, women’s rights and more. This is how we win, action by action, together. There are campaigns live right now that could use your help. Download chilli today and take action on what matters.

Screenshots

Change.org4 screens
chilli4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Change.org at every 8 days against chilli's every 5 weeks. chilli's advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 65%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Change.org against 4.9 for chilli. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 224 and 630 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Change.org's written reviews are positive against 82% of chilli's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Change.org ships an update every 8 days, chilli every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Change.org versus chilli: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChange.orgchilli
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (224 ratings)4.9 (630 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.7% of reviews82.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings224630 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB73 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperChange.org, PBCREGROOP

Customer experience

Change.org

All ratings151 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.3%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral11.8%
Negative23.5%

chilli

All ratings630 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral0.8%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews96 reviews
Positive82.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative11.5%

Bugs and requests

Change.org

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

chilli

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login and onboarding issues
  • Streak counter resets
  • Unresponsive contact features
  • Compatibility problems with newer OS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • More customization options
  • Improved community features
  • Better integration with other platforms
  • Expanded local action opportunities

In-app purchases

None

Change.org

No in-app purchases

None

chilli

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Change.org free?
Change.org is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is chilli free?
chilli is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Change.org or chilli?
chilli is rated higher. Change.org averages 4.8 out of 5 from 224 ratings, while chilli averages 4.9 from 630 ratings.
Do Change.org or chilli have ads?
Neither Change.org nor chilli shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Change.org or chilli?
Change.org ships an update every 8 days, and chilli every 5 weeks. Most recently, Change.org was updated on November 11, 2026 and chilli on November 7, 2026.

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