CanvassLocal
John Edwards Utilities iPhoneiPadiPod touch
CanvassLocal is a free Utilities app for iPhone and iPad by John Edwards. Requires iOS 15.1. Updated September 15, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 33 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 15
- 2026 · v1.3.0
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About CanvassLocal
Win your local race without party infrastructure. CanvassLocal is the field platform for down-ballot campaigns — a mobile-first, door-to-door canvassing tool built for independent, nonpartisan, and third-party candidates running for local office. It gives grassroots campaigns the capability that big-money operations buy from enterprise vendors, in a tool a first-time volunteer can pick up at the curb. KNOCK THE RIGHT DOORS Import the voter file your county clerk already sends, cut turf on a map, and route volunteers to the highest-value doors first. No backtracking, no guesswork. WORKS AT THE DOOR — EVEN WITH NO SIGNAL The field has dead zones, so CanvassLocal is offline-first. Knock, record how each voter is leaning, add notes, and navigate turf with zero bars. Everything syncs the moment you're back online — no lost doors, no duplicate work. SEE THE RACE MOVE Every recorded conversation updates turf-by-turf support and your live win probability, so a volunteer sees their effort matter and a candidate watches the odds change with each shift. Honest numbers, never inflated. BUILT FOR VOLUNTEERS, NOT CONSULTANTS One primary task per screen, big touch targets for one-handed use in bright sun, and an interface that needs no training. Power lives under a surface a first-timer can use. RUN YOUR TEAM Invite volunteers with a join code, assign territory, and track coverage in real time. NONPARTISAN BY DESIGN CanvassLocal is built for local races and works the same for every campaign — no party machine, no insider playbook, no budget required. CanvassLocal is free to download. A campaign account is required to sign in; create one in the app or join an existing campaign with an invite code. Questions? Visit canvasslocal.com/support.
What’s new
Version 1.3.0 · Updated September 15, 2026
Your walk list is now a real route. • Routes built on the dashboard now arrive as an actual walking route — door to door, in order, drawn on the map. Previously a routed turf showed every voter in the campaign with the routed doors floated to the top. • Turfs your campaign hasn't routed yet get routed on your phone, offline, so you're never handed an alphabetical list at the door. • Fixed a crash that could close the app while you were panning and zooming the map mid-shift. • Doors added to a turf after it was routed now stay in your shift instead of disappearing partway through the walk. • Pull to refresh on Walk Lists now fetches routes on their own, and your own "nearest door from here" reroute sticks until the campaign regenerates the route.
App privacy
The developer, John Edwards, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: User ID
- Contact Info: Physical Address, Email Address, Name, Phone Number
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Sensitive Info: Sensitive Info
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
Used for: App Functionality