Flocknote
flocknote.com
What it is
Flocknote gives churches and ministries tools for communication, member records, events, and online giving. Users can send email or text messages to groups or individuals. Member records can include custom profile fields, household groupings, relationships, attendance, and documents. Signups cover registrations, RSVPs, polls, surveys, volunteering, and event payments. The Starter plan is free for life for 0–40 members; for 41–50 members it costs $10 monthly, and for 51–70 members it costs $17 monthly. Complete costs $75 a month plus the Starter price based on total members; for 0–40 members, it costs $75. Enterprise has custom pricing for diocesan and multi-campus organizations. U.S. plans include online giving without setup or monthly fees, but transaction fees are 1.1% plus 30¢ for ACH and 2.9% plus 30¢ for credit or debit cards. Administrators are advised to use a mobile browser; members can receive messages without downloading an app. Flocknote is web-based and offers email support.
Spec sheet
- What it does
- Flocknote combines church email and texting, online giving, household records, registrations and donor management in one hosted service.Read 15 Oct 2026 · flocknote.com
- Purpose
- Flocknote provides churches and ministries with communication, member management, and online giving tools.Read 4 Oct 2026 · help.flocknote.com
- Support
- Flocknote offers help from its Happiness Engineers by email at [email protected].Read 4 Oct 2026 · help.flocknote.com
- API history
- A historical development post described an HTTP JSON API for networks, lists, notes, events, replies and members, with PHP and Drupal tooling planned.Read 15 Oct 2026 · flocknote2.rssing.com
- Apple App Store compatibility
- The listed iOS app supports iPhone and iPad, requires iOS/iPadOS 9 or later and is 20.4 MB.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
- Church communications
- Admins can send unlimited standard texts and emails to unlimited groups, with analytics and reply handling.Read 15 Oct 2026 · flocknote.com
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists Flocknote as privately held, headquartered in Spring, Texas, founded in 2009, with 51–200 employees.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com
- Company ownership
- Flocknote describes itself as 100% employee-owned and serving more than 11,000 churches and 200,000 church or ministry leaders.Read 15 Oct 2026 · flocknote.com
- Data protection
- Flocknote says data sent to and from its service uses TLS and is encrypted and authenticated using SHA-256 with RSA encryption.Read 4 Oct 2026 · flocknote.com
- Documentation
- The Help Center lists 23 getting-started articles, 19 group/admin articles, 52 email/text articles, 22 household-database articles and dedicated giving and reporting sections.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.flocknote.com
- eCatholic integration
- eCatholic websites can embed Flocknote subscribe forms and latest-note feeds using a network shortname, URL and group ID.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.ecatholic.com
- Email and texting
- Users can send email or text messages to a group, multiple groups, or individual people.Read 4 Oct 2026 · help.flocknote.com
- Events and registration
- Signups can be used for registrations, RSVPs, polls, surveys, volunteering, and event payments.Read 4 Oct 2026 · help.flocknote.com
- Free trial
- The homepage advertises an unlimited free trial with no credit card required and says setup takes two minutes.Read 4 Oct 2026 · flocknote.com
- Giving fees
- Online giving has no monthly or setup fee; transactions cost 1.1% plus $0.30 for ACH or 2.9% plus $0.30 for cards, and chargebacks incur $15.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.flocknote.com
- Giving records
- Complete admins can record gifts in batches, import spreadsheets, split gifts across funds and issue receipts.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.flocknote.com
- Household database
- Complete adds households, custom profile fields, proxy contacts, family registration, attendance and sacrament tracking.Read 15 Oct 2026 · flocknote.com
- Integrations and exports
- Flocknote says users can export data for accounting software, connect signup forms and RSS feeds to a church website, and post notes to social media.Read 4 Oct 2026 · flocknote.com
- Intended customers
- Flocknote describes its software as built for churches and ministries, including diocesan and multi-campus organizations.Read 4 Oct 2026 · flocknote.com
- Licence and hosting
- Flocknote is presented as a proprietary hosted service; the reviewed pages provide no source code, open-source licence or self-hosting package.Read 15 Oct 2026 · flocknote.com
- Limit: Apple app maintenance
- The iOS listing shows version 2.5.2 last updated October 14, 2018; reviewers report unusable controls, confusing login and poor mobile usability.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
- Limit: Capterra workflow
- Capterra reviewers mention payment-link insertion problems and losing unsaved writing after session timeouts.Read 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
- Limit: G2 texting
- G2 reviewers report a 140-character text limit, occasional missing reply notifications and costly premium features.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
- Limit: GetApp depth
- GetApp reviewers mention navigation friction, a learning curve and wanting more advanced features; its API feature has zero reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
- Limit: Trustpilot representativeness
- Trustpilot says Flocknote has had only one review in the last 12 months and no recent review-invitation history, so the score may not represent current users.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
- Long texts and images
- SuperTexting supports messages up to 480 characters or an image, while standard texts are limited to 160 characters.Read 15 Oct 2026 · flocknote.com
- Member management
- Its member tools include customizable profile fields, household grouping, relationship tracking, attendance tracking, and document storage.Read 4 Oct 2026 · flocknote.com
- Mobile access
- Flocknote tells members they do not need an app and recommends that administrators use the mobile browser version.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.flocknote.com
- Online giving
- Giving supports Text-to-Give, Reply-to-Give, recurring gifts, fund pages, QR codes and email Smart Buttons.Read 15 Oct 2026 · flocknote.com
- Payment security
- Online giving is processed through Stax, which Flocknote identifies as a Level 1 PCI service provider; its security page says card information is encrypted and not stored after a transaction.Read 4 Oct 2026 · help.flocknote.com
- Praise: G2 usability
- G2 reviewers repeatedly praise the simple interface, quick group creation and sending email and text from one place.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
- Praise: GetApp support
- GetApp reviewers commonly cite easy church-wide email/text communication, flexible groups and responsive support.Read 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
- Rating on Apple App Store
- 2.1 out of 5 from 131 ratings.Read 15 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
- Rating on Capterra
- 4.7 out of 5 from 149 reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · capterra.com
- Rating on G2
- 4.6 out of 5 from 53 reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · g2.com
- Rating on GetApp
- 4.7 out of 5 from 149 reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · getapp.com
- Rating on Trustpilot
- 4.9 out of 5 from 310 reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com
- Rating on TrustRadius
- 7 out of 10 from 1 review.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustradius.com
- Security architecture
- Flocknote says it uses geographically distributed servers with failover, TLS with SHA-256/RSA encryption, point-in-time backups and data export.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.flocknote.com
- Signup types
- Signups support general events, reserved seats or tickets, polls, item lists and volunteer schedules.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.flocknote.com
- Social and web integrations
- Flocknote can post notes to Facebook or X, embed signup forms, publish public URLs and provide RSS feeds.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.flocknote.com
- Text-to-Join
- Text-to-Join keywords let people join groups by text; Starter includes one keyword and Complete includes five, with additional keywords costing $5 monthly each.Read 15 Oct 2026 · help.flocknote.com
- Word on Fire integration
- Complete includes Word on Fire ENGAGE videos, prewritten messages and Digital Library content without requiring members to log in.Read 15 Oct 2026 · flocknote.com
Plans and prices
Strong points and limits
Strong points
- Sends email and text messages to groups or individuals.
- Member records support households, relationships, and attendance.
- Signups cover events, surveys, volunteering, and payments.
- Starter is free for life for 0–40 members.
- Members need no app to receive messages.
Limits
- ACH giving fees are 1.1% plus 30¢.
- Card giving fees are 2.9% plus 30¢.
- Complete costs $75 a month plus Starter pricing.
- Administrators are advised to use a mobile browser.
Who it suits
Flocknote is intended for churches and ministries, including diocesan and multi-campus organizations. It suits teams that need messaging, member records, event signups, or online giving.
Verdict
Flocknote combines church communications with member management, event signups, and giving tools. The Starter price depends on member count above 40, while Complete adds a monthly charge and online giving carries transaction fees.
Where Specifiction places it
- Nonprofit Text Messaging Software#2 of 278.9
- Church Text Messaging Software#3 of 258.7
- Church Event Management Software#6 of 468.8
- Nonprofit Text-to-Give Software#7 of 418.9
- Church Giving Software#5 of 268.8