Church Presenter vs Holyrics

Church Presenter is a free, open-source presentation platform for churches, ministries, missionaries, nonprofits, and educational institutions. Schedules can combine Bible verses, songs, videos, presentations, announcements, and web pages, with up to six Bible translations displayed at once. It opens PowerPoint, Keynote, and PDF files without Microsoft Office or Apple Keynote. Android and iOS apps can control the desktop version remotely or present independently to a TV, projector, or browser. Production connections include automatic OBS Studio scene changes, upstream key control for Blackmagic ATEM switchers, and mapping actions to Stream Deck buttons through Bitfocus Companion. Attendees can submit questions by QR code for administrators to moderate, approve, display, and optionally put to a vote. The software tracks displayed songs and Bible verses and exports CCLI usage data as CSV or Excel. Most project data and presentation content remain local. Desktop use needs no account; mobile apps use anonymous crash and usage reporting. It is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android under the GNU GPL v3.

Holyrics is presentation software for churches that display lyrics and Bible verses at worship services and events. It can present song lyrics, scripture, text, images, audio, video, countdowns, alerts and stage-view content. The audio and video player supports VLC Media Player, while the mobile app can access program data and control presentations. Cloud synchronization shares program data and media files between computers but leaves local settings out. Telegram features include questions, polls, draws, chat synchronization and file transfer through a chatbot; direct chat file transfers are limited to 20MB, with Google Drive links suggested for larger files. The Advanced plan includes an online API for HTTP requests from other applications. Holyrics does not stream directly, though it is compatible with streaming programs. Desktop versions are available for Windows, Linux and Mac and require Java 8; Java 9 does not work. The software plan is free; Basic is $5 a month, Advanced is $10 a month, and Advanced + Worshipwide is $25 a month. The iOS app is $0.99, paid once.