ChurchSoftware.com Mobile App vs SermonAudio Church App

ChurchSoftware.com Mobile App brings church members, visitors, and volunteers together around giving, events, groups, check-ins, and sermon media. Members can make tithes, offerings, and special gifts, view services and events, and stream or replay sermons. Families can use mobile check-ins, while churches can send push notifications and updates. The app also supports viewing or sharing audio and video content. ChurchSoftware.com offers a Standard App and a Custom Branded App, for iOS and Android. Its free Church Mobile App plan includes access to events, sermons, giving, groups, and more. The Branded Mobile App is listed at $149/mo and includes giving, check-ins, communication, calendars, and events. The maker says its core platform is free for 501(c)3 churches, parachurch organizations, nonprofits, and mission organizations; there is no trial. Email support typically receives a reply within 1–2 business days.

SermonAudio Church App, also called ChurchOne, gives a church’s members access to that church’s sermons through Android, iOS, and web apps. Members can browse and sort the library by date, series, year, Scripture, speaker, or category, and download audio or video for offline use. The app also carries live audio and video webcasts. Members can opt in to alerts for live broadcasts and new sermons; broadcasters can send push notices from the Dashboard. ChurchOne is activated for SermonAudio broadcasters and requires no setup or maintenance work. The ChurchOne App plan is free for eligible broadcasters. A SermonAudio Broadcaster account costs $59.95 a month, plus a one-time signup fee of $150.00; it includes ChurchOne, while some optional broadcaster features may cost extra. SermonAudio’s broadcaster platform supports cross-publishing sermons to Facebook and YouTube. The company describes its audience as theologically conservative churches and ministries.