MiniVAN

NGP VAN

About this app

miniVAN is a mobile canvassing application that integrates with websites provided by NGP VAN. The miniVAN system allows users to export canvassing lists from VAN onto an iOS or Android device. Canvassers can then enter data into their device as they talk to people on their list. When the canvassers connect their device to the Internet over a wireless or cellular network, they can upload their data back to the VAN with the touch of a button.

Canvassing with miniVAN allows NGP VAN clients to spend more time and resources on actually contacting people instead of on data entry. What’s more, it virtually eliminates the lag time between collecting canvass results and putting that data to work.

MiniVAN Touch is developed and maintained by NGP VAN and is not affiliated with any government agency.

Ratings and reviews

I used this a lot during 2024 canvassing. Suggestions: I would love to be able to hide voters on the map, such as to filter out the houses that I've already done. When I zoom out, it's impossible to tell. Second, I would have loved to see my totals across multiple lists because it all became a blur. How many total houses did I visit? No idea. I think the rest of the stuff I would suggest is related to how campaigns set up response options. E.g., there needs to be a "can't find address" option.

Solid app. The maping needs a bit of work as it simply selects the next nearest house regardless of streets or paths but that is easily worked around. One feature it needs is the ability to choose between light and dark mode. During the day it's hard to read the map while in Dark mode which is my system default and I would like to select light mode for this particular app without changing system default.

Worked very well for political canvassing. The lists always worked, it was perfectly capable of working without data on (synced at the beginning and end of day), and very well optimized. All I would ask for is better integration with Google Maps (one click to set the destination from the app), and better team features.

What’s new

Bug fixes and performance improvements