First of all, the tutorial content still refers to the Democratic presidential candidate as Biden. I thought her name was Harris? Also, the back arrow is there, but it’s not visible. It only worked because I guessed where it would be. It also assumed I wanted a text every day about basically nothing (Note: you can turn them off by texting STOP). Finally a problem that I can’t get back to my list of contacts after leaving it the first time. The outdated tutorials even show a button that’s not there anymore. I love the concept of this app but the reality is a bit messy.

My primary complaint, as a blind person and in a party that I hope would make accessibility a priority, this one fell very flat. Jimmy Carter's 1980 campaign did better than this. After trying to use it for 15 frustrating minutes, it was clear that this would not be a tool I would have any use for. Before the 2024 campaign, you must roll out a completely redesigned outreach tool and it must meet accessibility standards. Bad look folks, bad look. App deleted.

This app was doing wonderfully until a message was undeliverable, at which point it hung up and wouldn’t let me do anything. I finally removed it from my iPhone and will try reinstalling. Hopefully that’ll work, but I assume I’ll have lost the record of who I already messaged.

It feels difficult right now to care so much about the election and be stuck at home unable to knock doors or go to a field office. Swipe Blue is a super simple tool that’s made it easy for me to organize my friends and family members and turn them out to vote for Joe Biden and the Democratic ticket.