ChurchBuddy vs Connection Card Pro Check-Ins
ChurchBuddy
church.worshipbuddy.org
Connection Card Pro Check-Ins
connectioncardpro.comSide by side
| Figure | ChurchBuddy | Connection Card Pro Check-Ins |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $29/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 8 |
| Spec score · Church Scheduling Software | 8.2 (#13) | 8.3 (#11) |
| Integrations | The ChurchBuddy site lists connections to WorshipBuddy songbooks and BibleBuddy resources, along with cloud storage, background checks, live streaming, and automated workflows. | Connection Card Pro can connect to Mailchimp to export contacts and to Slack to send crew notifications and updates to channels. |
| Intended users | The maker describes ChurchBuddy as built for churches of all sizes and for ministry scheduling and team coordination. | The maker presents the product as church software and identifies church plants, small ministries, growing churches, established churches, and multi-site or large churches as audiences for its plans. |
| Security | The maker says data is stored on AWS with encryption at rest and SSL in transit, and production data access is limited to a few trusted team leads. | The maker says it follows PCI DSS guidelines, does not store donors’ card and account details on its servers, and uses SSL encryption for data transfers. |
| Support | The maker provides a ChurchBuddy guide for documentation and setup help. | The maker describes human support and lists online help and sales phone support at 1-888-777-0928. |
Plans
Connection Card Pro Check-Ins
- Ministry LiteFree
- Ministry Core$29 a month
- Ministry Core (pricing from September 26)$40 a month
- Ministry Plus$49 a month
- Ministry Plus (pricing from September 26)$70 a month
- Ministry Unlimited$99 a month
- Ministry Pro (pricing from September 26)$100 a month
- Ministry Unlimited (pricing from September 26)$150 a month
In their own words
ChurchBuddy
ChurchBuddy is a free church management platform for coordinating ministry work across web, Android, and iOS. It handles volunteer scheduling, worship-service planning, recurring service templates, availability, conflict detection, automatic and bulk scheduling, and schedule export or printing. Churches can maintain congregation directories, family links, teams, groups, profiles, and Excel imports, with granular access control. Event tools provide registration forms, CSV responses, QR and badge check-in, plus transportation, housing, and meal management. Sunday school functions cover classes, curricula, teacher, parent, and student portals, attendance, gradebooks, report cards, and check-in scanners. The platform also lists announcements, push notifications, texts, email, targeted messaging, a unified calendar, room and resource booking, service timers, dashboards, analytics, form building, and online giving with payment processing. Integrations include WorshipBuddy songbooks, BibleBuddy resources, cloud storage, background checks, live streaming, and automated workflows. The maker says data is encrypted at rest and in transit, with no ads or data sales. The plan is free, billed Forever, with no hidden fees, premium tiers, or add-ons.
Connection Card Pro Check-Ins
Connection Card Pro Check-Ins helps churches record attendance for children, students, and adults at services, classes, small groups, and events. Staff can check people in using a computer, tablet, or mobile app, or set up kiosks where people identify themselves with a plastic card, phone number, or photo. Attendance is recorded automatically. The system prints customizable name tags and optional parent pickup tags on supported Dymo and Brother printers, and produces reports for organizations, groups, services, events, or classifications. It provides a web interface for desktop, laptop, or tablet and apps for iOS and Android. Connections to Mailchimp support contact exports, while Slack can receive crew notifications and channel updates. The maker describes SSL encryption for data transfers, PCI DSS guideline compliance, backups across multiple secure data centers, and configurable roles covering more than 30 permission types. The free Ministry Lite plan is free and includes 250 contacts, three admin users, and 1 GB storage. Paid plans start at $29 a month; any plan can be tried free for 30 days without a credit card.