Church Compass vs Churchory

Church Compass combines a church member app with a web admin portal for church operations, communication, donations, and discipleship content. Members can RSVP to events, watch live streams or archived sermons, and add timestamped notes to videos. Small groups, private messaging, and prayer requests support congregant communication; prayer requests can be anonymous or public. Members can check in by QR code or manually, while administrators track attendance and coordinate volunteer roles and shifts. Giving supports designated funds and recurring gifts through Stripe-powered checkout, or a church can link its own giving page. In-app donations carry a 0.25% Church Compass platform fee per donation, with Stripe processing fees charged separately. Worship Compass provides a song library, set lists, rehearsal scheduling, collaborative songwriting, and SongSelect integration for CCLI-licensed music. The service runs on Android, iOS, and the web. Plans start at $19/mo for up to 500 members, with a 30-day trial; there is no free plan. Church registration and payment-related actions must be handled on the website, and each church has one lead admin for billing.

Churchory combines church administration, communication, giving, and care features in an app for guests, members, deacons, elders, and pastors. Its tools include a searchable people directory, groups, attendance, events, serving, worship, kids check-in, youth, chat, leader forums, bulletins, documents, prayer requests, insights, and communications. Churches can rename or hide member-facing tabs and use their own name, logo, and colors. Churchory Mobile is available on iOS and Android, and churches can have store listings under their own name. The plan for up to 250 people costs $89 a month and includes all features and 1,500 text messages monthly. The plan for more than 250 people costs $208 a month and includes all features and 3,000 messages monthly. A 45-day trial includes every feature, requires no credit card, and does not charge automatically. Churchory says churches can export records and delete account and church data in settings or request deletion by email within 30 days. It also says it performs data imports at no cost and charges no setup or migration fees.