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Democracy Apps & Tools

Most democracy tooling lives on the web. Native mobile apps are rare — the ones that exist tend to serve specific, offline-friendly use cases. This page maps the landscape of what's usable, pointing to organisation pages for the full story on each tool.

Mobile apps

Tools with a native Android or iOS app you can install and use offline or on the go.

Tool What it does Open source
Urn Pass-the-phone offline voting using Majority Judgment — works for a friend group picking a restaurant just as well as a formal meeting. F-Droid: com.illiouchine.jm Yes (GPL-3.0)
DEMOCRACY Deutschland Shadow-vote on live Bundestag procedures; compare your choices with how your actual representatives voted. F-Droid: de.democracydeutschland.app Yes (Apache 2.0)

Deliberation & participation platforms

Web platforms (responsive, no native app) used by governments, cities, and communities for structured participation — proposals, comments, participatory budgeting, citizens' assemblies.

Tool Made by What it does
Decidim Decidim Association Full-featured participatory democracy platform; used by Barcelona, Helsinki, and hundreds of cities
Consul Madrid City Council (open source) Citizen proposals, debates, and participatory budgeting; deployed in 250+ cities
Loomio Loomio Co-op Structured proposals and consent-based decisions for groups and organisations
Your Priorities Citizens Foundation (Iceland) Policy idea generation and deliberation; used in 45+ countries
Pol.is Computational Democracy Project Opinion mapping — surfaces areas of consensus across large groups
Kialo Kialo Structured pro/con argument trees for complex decisions
adhocracy+ Liquid Democracy e.V. Participatory proposal and comment platform for municipalities and organisations
DemocracyOS Net Party / Democracy Earth founders Open-source proposal debate and structured voting; influential 2012–2017, now inactive
E-Democracy E-Democracy (Minnesota) Place-based neighbourhood forums connecting residents with local officials; running since 1994

Voting & decision tools

Web tools focused on the mechanics of reaching a group decision — alternative voting methods, multi-criteria ranking, or prediction-based deliberation.

Tool Made by What it does
MieuxVoter web app MieuxVoter Browser-based polls using Majority Judgment; also provides embeddable libraries for developers
Ethelo Ethelo Decisions Multi-criteria group decisions with analytics; used for participatory budgeting and policy design
Prediki Prediki Prediction markets applied to policy and organisational decisions
LiquidFeedback Public Software Group (Berlin) Initiative-based liquid democracy with transitive delegation; used by German Pirate Party
Democracy Earth Democracy Earth Foundation Quadratic voting and sovereign identity tools; open-source, blockchain-backed

Election monitoring & civic data

Tools for observing elections, aggregating electoral data, and building open infrastructure for democratic accountability.

Tool Made by What it does
Vote Monitor Code for Romania Mobile app for accredited election observers to submit real-time field reports
Ushahidi Ushahidi (Nairobi) Crowdsourced crisis and election monitoring maps; submit reports via SMS or web
Democracy Club tools Democracy Club (UK) Open candidate database, polling place finder, and election data infrastructure for UK elections
They Vote For You OpenAustralia Foundation Tracks and publishes how every Australian MP and Senator votes on legislation

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