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Requires iOS 9.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
16 reviewers had the following to say about SimpleChurch CRM's features:
Affordable database management - organized several needs in one place (including attendance reports, online giving statements, check-in, mass contact, etc.)
This platform has helped me realize the importance of effective contact and follow-up to help increase retention in my Church.
Pros
Being able to create/edit on my phone and computer makes keeping our database up to date a lot easier.
Cons
Maybe something like volunteer scheduling management or online giving.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Pros
The software's reporting system is excellent too, providing regular attendance reports and reports of members to whom we need to reach out for whatever reason.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Pros
Integrations with mail chimp, IOS native and ability to have many volunteers in the church use the software to perform their functions in serving god are wonderful.
Cons
Limited reporting and database custimistion - I think that hopefully this can be improved in time but overall t he benefits far outweigh this small detail.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
There customer support was very kind, but always gave me the same answer of "we will have to send that to our design team" and I would never hear back.
Pros
Very easy interface and simple design. Quick and easy to learn.
Cons
Too low of a ceiling. For a church that is just looking to get started this is a great software, but they were too slow with a lot of their major updates for us to continue. Administrators felt hamstrung with the way that the system ran. The things that they do they do really well, but not practical for larger churches that are looking for a more fully functional system.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Our experience with Simple Church has been amazing, their giving software as well as the reliability of the management software is amazing.
Pros
Simple Church is a very easy but powerful software that it works great with any size church.
Cons
It would be great if they had it where you can change language, like spanish etc.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Overall, there are better platforms than SimpleChurch. It worked well enough, but
Pros
You can also track giving records and attendance. The best feature allowed you to break up people into groups, making it easier for certain leaders to contact people.
Cons
In my experience, it was buggy and lacked support.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Occasionally
Likelihood to recommend
I believe every ministry, in our expression of the church uses Simple Church on some level: Children's Ministry (check-in), Community Groups (attendance), Finance Team (tracking giving), and our Elders (contacting and reporting).
Great software. I have had a good experience with this program.
It is a good software to organize your membership information and share it among your staff.
Pros
You can access the program from anywhere to get information.
Cons
I have used other software that is easier to use regarding connecting individuals to families.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
I always get quick responses from the on-line support people but they often can't help, tell me that I can't do what I want to do with the software or don't seem to understand the problem. They are nice but I have been unsuccessful is solving my most pressing problems.
Pros
The software was not difficult to learn and was pretty easy to use for most of our daily needs.
Cons
Changes made by the administrator do not automatically update on users' apps unless they reload the entire app itself.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
As Office Manager and Financial Administrative Assistant, online giving, individual giving records and reports are a great help to me.
My favorite feature personally is the "Interactions" feature which allows for very thorough guest follow-up.
Pros
I really like how easy it is to find other members of our church to be able to connect with them.
Cons
So far, I have not found anything that I do not like about this software. The only downside is when church members are not signed up, but that is not the fault of the app.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Frequency of use: Weekly
