Your church’s app, in your church’s name.
Most church apps put your church inside the vendor’s: your members download something called Church Center and hunt for you in it. With Churchory One, yours is listed under your own name, so they search for your church and your church is what installs.
Get the app.
Free on iPhone and Android for every church on Churchory. Members sign in once and everything you run (announcements, groups, events, serving) is in their pocket.
A custom church app usually costs more than the software.
Most vendors treat “your own app” as the premium tier, quote it separately, and then hand you a publishing process nobody explains.
The branded tier
Priced on a quote, so you find out what it costs on a sales call.
Store accounts nobody explains
Apple developer enrolment, signing certificates, review rejections. It stops churches cold.
A shell around a website
Plenty of “church apps” are a browser window with an icon. People can tell within a day.
Your Own Mobile App, in detail.
Two ways to ship, the same products inside
Churchory Mobile is on both stores right now, free with Core. Your church can be live in it this week, showing whichever products you run. When you want your own listing, move to Churchory One and the same app publishes under your church’s name from your own developer accounts. Identity changes; the products inside don’t.
- Live on Churchory Mobile immediately, free with Core
- Your own listing on the App Store and Google Play, under your church’s name, with Churchory One
- The same products in both: nothing a member uses is gated behind branding
- A guest mode in branded builds, so visitors can look before they belong
A publishing wizard, and us on the call
Getting an app into two stores means developer accounts, certificates, screenshots, and a review process. There’s a wizard for the parts that can be automated, and there are two founders on the phone for the parts that can’t. You will not be handed a PDF and wished luck.
- Step-by-step publishing wizard inside the product
- We walk your team through Apple and Google enrolment
- Your church owns its own store listings and developer accounts
- Updates ship to your branded app as we ship them
You decide what the app even is
Three of the five bottom tabs carry labels you choose, and member-facing tabs can be switched off entirely. A church that doesn’t do online giving doesn’t have a Giving tab. A church that calls sermons “Messages” has a Messages tab. The app should sound like your church, not like our product.
- Rename the Sermons, Community, and Giving tabs to your language
- Hide member tabs your church doesn’t use
- Your logo, your colours, your name
- No two churches’ apps look the same. That’s the design, not a workaround
Everything in it is something you author
Announcements, sermons, and custom pages are written from the web app by your staff, with no ticket to us, no developer, no redeploy. Push notifications deep-link straight to the thing they’re about, so tapping “Picnic sign-ups close tonight” opens the sign-up, not the home screen.
- Announcements, sermons, and custom mobile pages, authored by your team
- Push notifications that open the exact screen they refer to
- Mobile analytics so you can see what people actually use
- Changes appear in the app without a store update
What comes with the app.
Where this connects
Churchory Mobile is free with Core and shows whichever products you run; Churchory One puts your church’s name on it, with every product inside. Every product shares one directory, so the app grows with whatever you add.
Every Churchory plan includes Churchory Mobile on the App Store and Google Play, showing whichever products your church runs. Churchory One adds your church's own app (listed under your church's name, from your church's own developer accounts) at no extra charge from us.
What problem does Your own app solve?
Most church apps put your church inside the vendor's app, so members download something with another company's name and hunt for you in it. A custom church app is usually priced as a premium tier on a quote, and then the church is left alone with Apple enrolment, certificates and review rejections.
How does it work?
Go live in Churchory Mobile
Your church can be live in Churchory Mobile this week: members sign in with the email your church has for them and see your church's products.
Author your content
Staff write announcements, sermons and custom pages from the web app. No developer, no app update needed.
Choose Churchory One for your own app
Churchory One includes your church's own app, with your name, icon, colors and tab names.
Publish with the wizard
A publishing wizard handles what can be automated, and we join a call for Apple and Google enrolment. Your church owns its listings and developer accounts.
Keep it current
Updates ship to your app as we ship them; push notifications deep-link straight to the thing they're about.
Common situations
A visitor wants to look around before Sunday
In your own app, guest mode lets them browse (for example to plan a visit) before they create an account.
Sign-ups close tonight
Send a push notification that opens the sign-up itself, not the home screen.
Your church calls sermons "Messages"
Rename the Sermons, Community and Giving tabs to your church's language, and hide member tabs you don't use.
A member uses a Mac all day
Churchory for Mac brings chat and the directory to the desktop (macOS 26 or later).
What should you expect during setup?
Churchory Mobile needs no setup beyond inviting your members. For your own app, allow a few weeks: your church enrols in the Apple Developer Program ($99 a year, paid to Apple) and Google Play Console (a one-time fee to Google), then the publishing wizard and a call with us take care of the build and listing. Apple's review timing is outside anyone's control.
Who uses it?
More questions
Is the mobile app included?
Yes. Churchory Mobile on the App Store and Google Play is free with Core.
Can we have our own app under our church's name?
Yes, with Churchory One. It isn't sold on its own.
Who owns the app listing?
Your church does. The app is published from your church's own Apple and Google developer accounts.
Do members get fewer features in Churchory Mobile than in our own app?
No. Both show the same products; the difference is identity (your name, icon and listing), not features.
Does it work on Android?
Yes, Churchory Mobile and church apps are on both the App Store and Google Play.