Apps and Software related to Government and Politics

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The purpose of this page is to list all apps, software and websites related to government and politics. We will also have an overview of these items. Doing this will let us know what platforms exist out there and what their features are. This will give us ideas for our own software and apps, as well serve as a database for such items.

Distinctions:

  • App: For phones, tablet
  • Software: Can be used for Desktop computers and Laptops
  • Websites: Online platform accessible from any device

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Possible Categories (to be updated later)

  • Public Service
  • Transport
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App/SW/Website name and Link (add items first) -- Experimental Table

Only fill out the first two columns for now (Name/Link and Platform type). For Apps, specify in brackets if its Android or Iphone:

Name & Link Platform Type (App, Software or Website) Category Country Short Summary Non-commercial? Pros/Cons Quotes from Reviews
Countable - Contact Congress App (Android) Government Legislation ? Provides information about bills, resolutions and other important matters related to lawmaking; and allows users participate in the process. - - -
Counties Work App (Android) Game -Government Simulation ? Helps users experience governing a county without elections. - - -
Government App (Android) Game - Political Simulation Various Features 4 different time periods (1945 Britain, 1949 Germany, 2010 Britain and 2012 USA) where users can lead their party and adjust their stance to win. - - -
President Simulator Lite App (Android) Game - Political Simulation ? Let users rule and manage a country as its president. - - -
RandomNation - Politics Game App (Android) Game - Political Simulation ? Allows users experience the life of politicians including the role of a president of a nation. - - -
All Government Websites App (Android) Site Links India Contains lists of different sites of government agencies and departments. - - -
My Government App App (Android) Site Links Kenya Allows easier access to government services through the listed sites. - - -
Kerala Government Websites App (Android) Site Links India Contains lists of government services websites of a specific state. - - -
Tamilnadu Government e-Websites and Apps App (Android) Site Links India Provide links of government websites and apps that users can access to meet their needs in health, agriculture and other state government services. - - -
E-Services Pakistan App (Android) Site Links Pakistan Tracks almost all government and private organization services. Features include Vehicle verification, passport information and driving license. - - -
Government Digital Services App (Android) Departments' Services India Provides access to some of the government services like application for voter's ID and driver's license. - - -
SingPass Mobile App (Android) Personal Data Access Singapore Provides an easy access of users data based on their transactions related to government services. - - -
Samagra mGOV Services App (Android) Personal Data Access India Provides information to services like birth certificate verification, file tracking and more. - - -
Barbados Government Directory App (Android) Directory Barbados Bears sites, contact details and address with maps of most of the government's departments. - - -
Government Directory App (Android) Directory Bahrain Shows lists of government entities with contact details, social media accounts and maps. Includes employee directory. - - -
MyGov App (Android) Social Services India Permits participation in different government activities such as policy formation and program implementation. - - -
DubaiNow App (Android) Public Services Dubai Offers unified government services from 22 entities including residency visas, public transportation and more. - - -
Saudi e-Government Mobile App. App (Android) Delete Saudi About information lacks, and outdated (updated on 2013) - - -
MyTSA App (Android) Transportation United States Provides access to information commonly asked by passengers of different airlines. - - -
Pakistan Citizen Portal App (Android) Grievance Redressal Pakistan Processes complaints and connects to all levels of government organizations from federal to provincial to resolve issues. - - -
SSS Mobile App (Android) Social Security - Finance Philippines Allows members to check records and status of benefits, apply for salary loans and more. - - -
Merged 20 entries from above
Swamy Publishers App App (Android) Employees' Manual India Shows information about different aspects of government service including Central Civil Service Rules, Office Memorandums and Case-laws for government employees. - - -
GovHKNotifications App (Android) Emergency Alerts Hong Kong Disseminates government information or alerts relevant to the users. - - -
Alberta Emergency Alert App (Android) Emergency Alerts Canada Alerts and provides critical information when approaching disasters are detected. - - -
SmartPass App (Android) Services Access UAE Allows access to multiple UAE Government services using one account. - - -
IRCTC Rail Connect App (Android) Transportation India Offers train ticketing services like reservation or booking of tickets and transaction status updates. - - -
Govt e-Procurement System - NIC App (Android) Procurement India Provides access to details of tenders published by government entities. - - -
GovInfo - government schemes, jobs & scholarships App (Android) Publication and Schemes India Shows government information such as schemes, job alerts and scholarships. - - -
Schemy (Government Schemes) App (Android) Publication and Schemes India Links to information about government schemes such as application for agricultural insurance, pensions, and more. - - -
P@CGov App (Android) Social Security - Finance Singapore Provides access to information of government officers and pensioners pay, claims and medical bills. - - -
Who Should You Vote For Web App Voting Advice United Kingdom Contains simple election and political quizzes which shows which parties match with the users' quiz results. - - -
Vote for policies Web App Voting Advice United Kingdom Conducts survey based on issues important to the users, provides results that can help them decide who to vote, connects them to the parties and their pledges, and more. - - -
Whoshallivotefor.com Web App Voting Advice United Kingdom Provides quiz on different topics related to government policies, shows matching parties based on results and allows comparison to other constituency near the users' area. Encourages sharing of quiz results to social media sites. - - -
WhoGetsMyVoteUK Web App Voting Advice United Kingdom Helps users determine the political parties that match with their preferences by answering questions, and allows access of information about the positions of participating parties. - - -
euandi2019 Web App Voting Advice European Countries Matches political preferences of users with the political parties by providing statements about policy issues and political values they can react to. - - - -
Negative Vote Association Website Voting Advice Taiwan Allows users cast negative votes to politicians they do not like. - - -
Vote Compass Web App Voting Advice Various Analyse and compares response to questions provided and shows compatibility of the voters in the political landscape. - - -
spaceu2019 Web App Election Database European Countries Provides information such as electoral rights, and allows comparison of conditions and requirements in the election process based on their country of residence and citizenship, but is not available as of this moment of writing. - - -
Kieskompas Web App Voting Information The Netherlands Compares and shows information of voters' political views with the official views of political parties. - -
TrustTheVote Website Voting/Election System United States Builds election technology framework and open source software. - - -
CAVO Website Voting/Election System United States Creates open source voting software and components. - - -
Sustainable Development Goals App (Android) Local Government Spain Provides information about sustainable development goals to guide local governments. - -
Rival Regions: world strategy of war and politics App (Android) Game - War and Politics Various A simulation game where users can create their states, political parties, laws and media. They can also declare war to expand their empire and manage factories. - - -
PolitiTruth: A PolitiFact Game App (Android) Game - Fact Checker United States Helps users determine how factual the political information or stories they read or heard. - - -
Big Politics Inc. UK Edition App (Android) Game - Political Simulation United Kingdom Features include creating or running a party, winning elections and passing of laws to influence change in the political landscape. - - -
Pocket Politics: Idle Money App (Android) Game - Political Simulation United States Emphasizes on political ranks, campaign and profits. - - -
Executive Command App (Android) Game - Government Simulation ? Allows users experience the roles of a president of a nation with 4 years term. - - -
Country statistics: gdp, politics, population, etc App (Android) Political and Economic Information Various Provides various information about countries political and economic indices such as GDP, population and more. - - -
Political Leadership App (Android) Political Education ? Provides references that may widen political knowledge. - - -
American History and Political Sciences App (Android) Political eBooks United States An eBook app that contains books about American history. Helps widen political knowledge. - - -
Show of Hands App (Android) Delete ? Allows users answer questions related to different issues and publish their polls. - - -
Transparent Politics App (Android) Government Legislation United Kingdonm Helps users keep an eye on the government lawmaking activities, allows petition to the parliament and more. - - -
True Democracy App (Android) Game - Political Simulation Various Gives players a chance to be elected to lead their country and act as a true government leader. - - -
Mx. Democracy App (Android) Game - Election Education India Lets a player "embarks upon a quest to learn all about elections in India." - - -
Laws of Civilization App (Android) Game - Political Simulation Various Provides an experience of being a politician leading a nation based on the users choice. Features include running for elections, approving/abolishing laws, brainwash other politicians and more. - - -
POWER - Political Strategy MMO App (Android) Game - Political Simulation Various Allow users play as a politician or a businessman who "can seize the highest offices in the land through free and fair elections, or dirty tricks and deals." - - -
Democracy - Polls and Votes App (Android) Poll Various Permits anyone to start a poll then vote on it, and "crowd sources topics/issues from users and provides a forum for general population to share their point of view. " - - -
VocalEyes - Community organising App (Android) Community Engagement ? A "platform for participatory democracy" that focuses on "Helping organisations, groups and communities turn good ideas into action." - - -
Democracy App (Android) Government Legislation Germany "...makes the whole parliamentary database searchable for you and shows you in real time all current, past and future votes of the German Bundestag..." - - -
Democracy History App (Android) Democracy Reference Various Provides references and other details related to democracy. - - -
UP NOAH App (Android) Delete Phiipines Provides weather updates and emergency alerts, but the government stopped funding the project so it was not updated. - - -
MMDA for Android App (Android) Traffic Navigation Philippines Shows traffic situation in different views, road incidents, problem areas to avoid and more. - - -
Forms PH App (Android) Government Processes Forms Philippines "A centralized repository for all government processes, which you could access offline while you process your papers." - - -
BC Highways - Road Conditions App (Android) Traffic Navigation Canada Provides information on Highway Network such as road condition and incidens, traffic status and more. - -
My GHMC App (Android) Government Services India Gives integrated services including payment of property tax, trade license fee, and accepts civic related grievances. - - -
Qlue - Smart City App App (Android) Social Services Indonesia "A social media app that allows users to report problems directly to the city government and businesses, as well as sharing informations to the neighbors around them in order to help creating Smart City." Sends reports to the concerned officials in real time. - - -
VoiceMap AudioTours App (Android) Delete Various Works like a map and at the same time a tour guide. - - -
VoteUp - Senate Elections Philippines 2019 App (Android) Voting Guide Philipines Collects and shares available information about candidates, and allows users to vote for the candidate they prefer before the election to show/share rankings. - - -
HelloVoter App (iPad) Political Engagement United States Provides information of politicians in office allowing users to contact them, and permits canvassing. - - -
FactStream App (iPad) Fact Reference United Sates Gathers "together the work of the three largest U.S. fact-checking organizations – the Washington Post, PolitiFact and FactCheck.org." and shows those information based on users' preferences. - - -
Political App App (iPad) Social Networking Unites States Helps People find, communicate and evaluate representatives. - - -
Goods Unite Us - Open Politics App (iPad) Political Guidance United States Assists finding out political contribution of brands and companies. - - -
Election the Game App (iPad) - - - - - -
We Vote Ballot Guide, @WeVote App (iPad) Voting Guidance United States Helps people learn for voting. - - -
The Political Quarterly App (iPad) Education United Kingdom Provides research and viewpoint on politics. - - -
WeVote by Committee of 70 App (iPad) Social Networking United States Assists people get required information for voting. - - -
1776 - U.S. Politics App App (iPad) Political Information United States Helps people track politicians and stay updated about politics. - - -
The Congressional Record App (iPad) News United States Provides news and activities from the daily edition of the congressional record. - - -
Debt Clock - USA, World Countries National debt App (iPad) News United States Provides insight into the debts of the countries. - - -
TrackBill: Legislation Tracker App (iPad) - - - - - -
Ballottrax App (iPad) Political Engagement United States Helps people track their ballot information and connect representative. - - -
Congress Contact App (iPad) Social Networking United States Assists people connect with representatives. - -
Engaging Congress App (iPad) - - - - - -
Powerline App (iPad) Community Engagement United States Assists leaders and communities with communicating through polling, petitions and discussion,alerts, microblogging, groups, fundraising and social sharing. - - -
CivicMobile App (iPad) Local Government Services United States Provides information about local government services. - - -
HearMyVoice-Mobile democracy for the civic minded. App (iPad) - - - - - -
Brigade: Make Change Together App (iPad) - - - - - -
DemocracyDelivered App (iPad) - - - - - -
empowr App (iPad) - - - - - -
Puritan Boston Tests Democracy App (iPad) - - - - - -
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign App (iPad) - - - - - -
Outvote App (iPad) - - - - - -
KĀKOU App (iPad) - - - - - -
Digital Democracy App (iPad) - - - - - -
USA Simulator App (iPad) - - - - - -
VoterPal App (iPad) Voter Registration United States Helps people register for voting. - - -
Politics Classics HD App (iPad) Political References Various Books and Literature about politics and government. - - -
Kratos Build your democracy App (iPad) Voter (?) United States "track legislation that you care about, and allows you to engage with your elected representatives" (app website) - -
Vote Clicker: America's Next President App (iPad) Game - Political Simulation United States Run an election campaign, "Upgrade election campaign assets to earn more votes per second" - - -
V Democracy App (iPad) Delete UK (not significant: app website is down, no downloads, screenshots are not final) - - -
Voatz App (iPad) Online Election United States "vote in all kinds of elections or voting events" - - -
Scars of Democracy App (iPad) Art etc. Various Paintings of political leaders with tattoos representing various things. - - -
GovernEye App (iPad) Discussion/Engagement India "discussions about governance, politics and social issues", "conduct public discussions, get lawmakers' updates, organize and participate in an online protest march, understand the trends in opinions on national issues and most importantly, receive alerts about fake news - - -
Democracy 3 App (iPad) - - - - - -
CivicMobile App (iPad) - - - - - -
Boston Trash Schedule & Alerts App (iPad) - - - - - -
Commonwealth Connect App (iPad) - - - - - -
Pure Force Citizens App App (iPad) - - - - - -
Sakay.ph – Commute Directions App (iPad) - - - - - -
BOS:311 App (iPad) - - - - - -
ParkBoston App (iPad) - - - - - -
Street Bump App (iPad) - - - - - -
Boston PayTix App (iPad) - - - - - -
My Local Services App (iPad) - - - - - -
Supercívicos - Neighborhood Report App (iPad) - - - - - -
Nextdoor - Neighborhood App App (iPad) - - - - - -
Gov2Gov App (iPad) - - - - - -
Snap Send Solve App (iPad) - - - - - -
The Noise App App (iPad) - - - - - -
Coalichain App (iPad) - - - - - -
politiscope App (iPad) - - - - - -
UMANG App (iPad) - - - - - -
VoteSpotter App (iPad) - - - - - -
VoxVote App (iPad) - - - - - -
VoteUp: Fast group voting App (iPad) - - - - - -
VoteInfo App (iPad) - - - - - -
WISER Response App (iPad) - - - - - -
IEC South Africa App (iPad) - - - - - -
Code for All Software - - - - - -
Code for Romania Software - - - - - -
Civic Labs Software - - - - - -
Tech For Social Good Software - - - - - -
iCompass Software - - - - - -
TurboTax Software - - - - - -
Vote Monitor Software - - - - - -
Code for Canada Software - - - - - -
Citizens Foundation Software - - - - - -
Democracy OS Software - - - - - -
Open States ? - - - - - -
Student Vote ? - - - - - -
Civis ? - - - - - -
Vote411.org ? - - - - - -
Represent ? - - - - - -
Ushahidi ? - - - - - -
Global Open Data Index (GODI) ? - - - - - -
Decidim ? - - - - - -
Democracy Earth ? - - - - - -
Consul ? - - - - - -
Liquid ? - - - - - -
Nesta ? - - - - - -
D-CENT ? - - - - - -
MiVote ? - - - - - -
Electoral Reform Society ? - - - - - -
Democracy Club ? - - - - - -
Web Roots Democracy ? - - - - - -
TheyWorkForYou ? - - - - - -
myGov ? - - - - - -
Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development ? - - - - - -
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ? - - - - - -
International IDEA ? - - - - - -
Asia-Europe Foundation ? - - - - - -
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Philippines ? - - - - - -
SEED - Solution for Environment, Economy, and Democracy ? - - - - - -
ACE Electoral Knowledge Network ? - - - - - -
Foundation for Democracy and Sustainable Development ? - - - - - -
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ? - - - - - -
Grade.DC.gov ? - - - - - -
Elucd ? - - - - - -
Peer City Identification Tool (PCIT) ? - - - - - -
Transform Rockford ? - - - - - -
E-Democracy ? - - - - - -
Data.gov ? - - - - - -
OpenGov Foundation ? - - - - - -
Demand Progress ? - - - - - -
Rootstrikers ? - - - - - -
Sixteen Thirty Fund ? - - - - - -
Capital Research Center ? - - - - - -
The Neighborhood Empowerment Network’s Empowered Communities Program (ECP) ? - - - - - -
OpenProject ? - - - - - -
Better Government Association ? - - - - - -
CitySourced ? - - - - - -
The Public Square website ? - - - - - -
Involve Website ? - - - - - -
Write To Them Website ? - - - - - -
Alaveteli Software ? - - - - - -
Find N' Fix ? - - - - - -
mySociety ? - - - - - -
the RSA ? - - - - - -
Government Digital Services ? - - - - - -
CIVICgov ? - - - - - -
Agora ? - - - - - -
Adhocracy.de ? - - - - - -
Appgree ? - - - - - -
LiquidFeedback ? - - - - - -
Loomio ? - - - - - -
Rousseau ? - - - - - -
Sovereign ? - - - - - -
Epitome ? - - - - - -
CHVote ? - - - - - -
Open Government Partnership ? - - - - - -
IBM Center for The Business of Government ? - - - - - -
FOSSASIA ? - - - - - -
Vevox ? - - - - - -

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