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Realm vs Aplos Comparison (2026)

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Realm

Aplos

Overview

Realm by ACS Technologies is a church management system with an emphasis on online community

Aplos provides the robust accounting framework necessary to track restricted vs unrestricted funds and generate comprehensive, auditor-friendly reports. Our features are crafted to aid budgeting, automate complex allocations, and provide real-time insights into your financial health.

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

No pricing info

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.4

273

152

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

78%

would recommend this app

4.4

189

115

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

81%

would recommend this app

Pros

“I can also use reports to sort out particular types of members, members by age, and so on and I can create labels from the report inside of Realm itself.”

Michelle B.

Office Administrator

“We can create News Posts that allow comments and/or email notifications and send them to all members or separate groups.”

Michelle B.

Office Administrator

“Maintaining a clean database is easy to do with Realm, especially using the "merge profile" feature and the Dashboard that flags any duplicates or unrecognized addresses.”

Janet M.

Ministry Coordinator for Finance and Operations

Pros

“The search functionality within registries is excellent, and I really appreciate being able to click on a transaction and open up multiple new tabs under the same registry.”

Justice E.

Strategic Development Coordinator

“We can manage multiple different accounts under one host account, filter by different funds, and access operations.”

Justice E.

Strategic Development Coordinator

“They did, however, in the 3-4 years we used Aplos, like many CRMs, I imagine, switch from live human chat support to AI chat support, and email human support.”

Paul L.

Founder and Director

Cons

“Features work differently in Realm as the admin than a regular congregant on connect - it becomes confusing trying to learn two different ways of accessing what I need and communicating that to congregants.”

Kim S.

Realm admin, membership secretary

“Their main complaint with the app is that the pictures are really difficult to see. ”

Janet M.

Ministry Coordinator for Finance and Operations

“For our church members, the initial process of creating their accounts was difficult. ”

Janet M.

Ministry Coordinator for Finance and Operations

Cons

“The person who followed up indicated that my phone apparently has spam blockers and was not able to connect via phone and never tried to reach out via the way the chat indicated (email) until 6 days later. How their customer service gets high ratings is beyond me. When we originally implemented the system we had the same long lag in response time and they indicated they've had unusually high call volumes...if that were the case a year ago and still the case today I would STRONGLY suggest hiring more support persons.”

Greg W.

Volunteer

“Some functions have caused manual input where we once had automation and we have to lgo in and out of the merger products to get work done.”

Natalie L.

Director of Communications and Events

“APLOS prides in being the number #1 church accounting software. But it's donation (main revenue for a church) processing system is terrible. ”

Raffi S.

Financial Manager