Crown Cast vs FreeShow
Crown Cast
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freeshow.appSide by side
| Figure | Crown Cast | FreeShow |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Church Presentation Software | 8.1 (#11) | 8.3 (#7) |
| Audience | The maker describes Crown Cast as made for churches, from small rural congregations to large churches, and designed for volunteer use. | The maker describes FreeShow as presentation software for worship and says its mission is to provide church software free of charge. |
| Platforms | Windows 4.0.9 supports Windows 10 and 11 64-bit; macOS and Linux 1.0.0 are development releases. | The documentation says FreeShow is available on Windows, macOS, and Linux. |
| Purpose | Crown Cast is church presentation software for Bible verses, worship lyrics, sermon slides, service planning and OBS live-stream overlays. | FreeShow is an open-source presenter for creating and showing lyrics, slides, scripture, and media. |
| Support | The maker lists [email protected] for help and says most replies go out within 24 hours. | The maker lists [email protected] and links to GitHub for bug reports and feature requests. |
Plans
In their own words
Crown Cast
Crown Cast has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
FreeShow
FreeShow is free, open-source presentation software for lyrics, slides, scripture, and media, with a focus on worship presentations. Its editor changes text font, size, and color, adds outlines and shadows, and allows edits during a presentation. Slides can autoplay on timers; countdowns and MIDI commands can control slide changes or external actions. FreeShow supports simultaneous output views, web output for mobile devices, NDI output, and mobile remote control. Images and videos can serve as slide backgrounds, and built-in YouTube and Vimeo players are listed. Users can look up scripture passages and create song slides from song-title searches; the features page describes access to over 200 Bibles through API.Bible. The software imports from PowerPoint, ProPresenter, EasyWorship, and OpenSong and exports content in multiple formats. Cloud sync supports collaborative work across computers, covering songs and settings; media uses a repository linked to the local file system. FreeShow runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. The project began in late 2021, and its first release was in February 2022.