# Church Center App — user reviews > 225 indexed App Store user reviews of Church Center App by Ministry Centered Technologies, rated 3.90/5 from 1,872 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/church-center-app/id1357742931/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/church-center-app/id1357742931.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,054 · 4★ 273 · 3★ 191 · 2★ 101 · 1★ 253 ## What do users think of Church Center App? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Works and comes with linked apps - 🙏 Helps people and what they can do - 💻 Easy to navigate and use - 👍 Great for older people - 💰 Accessible prices compared to other platforms **Cons** - 🐛 Buggy in places - 🔒 Age restrictions - ⏱️ Lagging - 🤯 Convoluted mess - 🔁 Keeps logging me out - 🔁 It just keeps spinning and spinning - 🔍 Can't find church - 📝 Useless for sharing documents - 🤖 It isn't in keeping with the times - 🤖 Annoying - 🤖 Clunky and a lot to wade through - 🤖 Old buggy app - 🤖 Needs a refresh - 🤖 Glitchy/Messaging lacking - 🤖 Freezes and false notification alerts - 🤖 Horrible ergonomics - 🤖 Needs to be more convenient - 🤖 App randomly signs me out - 🤖 Problems every day - 🤖 App simply isn't working - 🤖 Blank page - 🤖 Started out great took a nose dive - 🤖 When it works, it's decent…but not working - 🤖 Trouble upon trouble with this app! - 🤖 Crashes constantly **Commonly reported bugs** - Links from notifications don't always work - Insists on no internet connection when there is one - Can't log in, just spins - Clicking through from notifications makes you log in and select church each time - Can't play previous week's lesson - Can't get in again, keeps spinning - Can't log in, just says unlock with null or login again - Retry message, app crashing - Can't see giving history after update - Can't delete account - App won't open - Undefined error after phone change - URL links don't link properly after update - Can't donate, just loads forever **Most requested features** - Verse of the day - Calendar integration - Ability to add graphics/emojis to events - Ability to pin event locations - Option to not receive reminders for events you declined - Ability to delete old prayer requests - Ability to choose to receive notifications for initial posts without all replies - Multiple payment options in one giving transaction - Ability to add notes to directory contacts - Groups accessibility from the app - Ability to post sermon recordings in the app - Ability to take sermon notes in the app - Ways to contact the leadership - Place to upload featured resources - Support for multiple campuses under one account - Groups integration - Check-in integration - Dark mode option - Advanced analytics dashboard ## Newest reviews (15 of 225) ### 3/5 — iOS 16 *2026-08-15, version 2026.4.1* I enjoyed your app until two weeks ago when an update now requires iOS 16. My iPhone only goes to 15.8. Is their a way I can continue to use your app? ### 3/5 — Badges *2026-08-01, version 2026.7.22* The badges never disappear even after you read messages. I never know when I have new messages because the badges are always there from older messages that I have already read. They’re definitely needs to be an update to the app to fix this issue. ### 3/5 — not intuitive *2026-07-29, version 2026.7.22* The app gets the job done, but its lack of intuitive use makes for an unnecessarily difficult learning curve. ### 3/5 — Wants attendance too early! *2026-07-11, version 2026.7.1* Please stop asking me to take attendance for our small group meeting 15 minutes early, when our attendees usually arrive 20 minutes late! ### 4/5 — Needs search feature *2026-06-30, version 2026.6.29* Our church has used this app for several years and there are great chat and message board features for posting. PLEASE add the ability to search messages so that ppl don’t have to keep posting the same questions months later due to not being able to search for prior posts/messages with their comments based on keywords. July 2026, that functionality should be standard by now yet we’re still waiting. 🙏🙏 Please add to DEV list. 🙏 ### 4/5 — No more updates for iOS 15. Apple just released iOS 15.8.8 *2026-06-15, version 2026.5.13* No more updates for iOS 15. Apple JUST released iOS 15.8.8 and iPadOS 15.8.8 a few weeks ago. Guess I’ll be staying on the old version. 😬 ### 4/5 — Messages Don’t Get Marked As Read *2026-06-10, version 2026.6.3* This could be a great app, but honestly it has some really frustrating quirks. The main frustration is that when I read chats for groups that I am in, the chats still show that the messages are unread. In order to clear them I have clicked the messages icon at the top and then click “mark all as read”. That feels really clunky and inefficient because then I’m not sure if I have actually caught up on chat messages. ### 4/5 — bug for church center app *2026-06-08, version 2026.6.3* the app is great, but i have a problem. whenever i open the app it will not load and just says ‘no internet found’ even though i am connected both to wifi and have good signal ### 4/5 — RSVP was visible *2026-05-19, version 2026.5.13* At the beginning of this month (May 2026) All RSVP’s was visible for the first time for non group leaders up until today. It’s no longer visible. Looks like the latest update removed that option? Please bring that back! It’s a very helpful feature for meal planning instead of having to ask the group lead how many people have RSVP’d ### 2/5 — Code faulty *2026-04-19, version 2026.4.8* Makes me have to resend code multiple times and code comes an hour later so that it is now expired. I can’t sign in.. ### 2/5 — Software updates brick app *2026-04-15, version 2026.4.8* App forces me to re download the app way too often ### 4/5 — Question for Developers *2026-03-12, version 2026.3.4* This is a great app but is there any safety or protection measures one can take while using? Can you block people in the app? Thank you. ### 2/5 — Looks sophisticated, demands too much private info *2026-03-10, version 2026.3.4* App looks sophisticated, too many data fields are required and cannot be deleted or must contact someone at the church office (gender, marital status, birthdate). Signed up as an adult, recent app update requires actual birthdate. No church-specific privacy policy accessible from the app. App collects private information of adults (birthdate) alleging it is to protect children who use the app. I don’t see the value of collecting adult private information, need a different option. ### 4/5 — Love CC but WHY do I have so many notifications 😭 *2026-03-09* I love Church Center, we use it for so much at our church. Great from both the participant and the leader sides of things! But the app icon on my phones home screen says I have 8 notifications, and I cannot for the LIFE of me figure out what they are 😭 I scrolled all the way down to my earliest chats, I’ve RSVPed to upcoming events, I’ve clicked pretty much every button on the app, and the number has not gone down from 8. It’s such a non-issue in the grand scheme of things, but as someone who likes clearing out and dealing with notifications instead of letting them sit, I really wish it was more obvious within the app what the notifications are and what I need to do to address them, because nothing within the app is badged or highlighted or anything. Thanks for making a great app that enables our church to do so much!! **Developer response:** Thanks for the kind words, dude! We’re so glad Church Center helps your church. Sorry about the stuck badge—that would bug us too. Please write in to support@planningcenter.com, so we can figure out what's causing it and reset your notifications. — Laurie Dossett Support Agent, Planning Center Help Center | Video Courses | What's New ### 3/5 — Restrictions *2026-03-01, version 2026.2.18* Idk why its 12 and up its not leting me get in ever since the update. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No live sermons *2026-08-02, version 2026.7.22* Tapping live sermons does not allow you to watch the sermons. You can only watch archived ones. The older app was way more user friendly….. and worked. So I just left on the computer and go directly to the church’s web page and bypass the app. ### 1/5 — Older iPhone *2026-07-27* Sadly I can’t afford a new iPhone so I can no longer use this new version Robin Hill Hallett Cove Seeds ### 1/5 — Doesn't work on my IPhone 6S anymore... *2026-07-26* The App store says it works on this phone. I try to use the App, but it says I need iOS 16.0 or greater. My old 6S can't be upgraded to 16.0, so I need to buy an expensive new phone just to use this App. Not impressed with this, or the App in general. ### 1/5 — Not a good app at all *2026-07-26, version 2026.7.15* It’s awful ### 1/5 — Not working *2026-07-25, version 2026.7.15* For some inexplicably reason the app will not respond. I tried reentering my number and no code is sent. ### 1/5 — Recent update introduced bugs *2026-06-24, version 2026.6.17* It was working just fine and now it won’t load and messages won’t load either. If I try to close the messages it freezes, but if I go to close the app repeatedly, the third time I go through the sequence it usually works. Please fix ### 1/5 — Payment Failed *2026-05-30, version 2026.5.27* Luckily it was only $10, and not $300. But I tried paying with Pay, it loaded for almost a minute, I used my Apple Cash card, I get a notification of ten dollars made to my Church, yet Church Center and the Apple Pay UI said Payment Failed. But I look at my card balance and it took $10. Yet Church Center app still believes it to be unpaid. Also, side note, the UI could use a refresh, maybe with Liquid Glass in SwiftUI, consider a tool like Claude Code to try and help supercharge development. ### 1/5 — No app should work this way *2026-05-24, version 2026.5.13* This app woks better when you don't log in. As a guest you are able to skip the broken log in which doesn't work randomly. One church I was able to log in and see, the other I couldn't Iwas sent back to log in over and over. This app works as if it was someone's first class project. It doesn't work and it has little functionality. ### 1/5 — Can’t delete control deletion of my account *2026-02-17* Unfortunately I was not made aware of this prior to signing up.I wanted to delete my account and it seems I have no control? states the church controls deletion of my account and needs to be done by a church pastor or I need make a request to the church for deletion. **Developer response:** Thanks for sharing your feedback with us. If you are unable to make contact with the church to have your profile deleted, please let us know, and we can share more on next steps. We are unable to disclose, delete, or modify any information in an account without the account owner's (the church's) instruction. If you need further assistance, we are here: support@planningcenter.com. MC Tanksley Support Agent | Planning Center Help Center I Video Courses I What's New ### 1/5 — Churches *2026-01-24* Can’t find the one I goes to on this app Victory Church Community **Developer response:** Thanks for sharing! It may be that your church's app is not fully set up yet. We can help locate your church if you would like to write into support@planningcenter. We are here to help! MC Tanksley Support Agent | Planning Center Help Center I Video Courses I What's New ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Really Good *2026-07-19, version 2026.7.8* I’m really thankful for this app because it allows the church to maintains a connection even from home and it has functioned for me really good! ### 5/5 — Amazing tool for managing church *2026-07-15, version 2026.7.8* Planning Center is such a great company, and I love how responsive their support team is, and how often developers actually listen to user feedback and incorporate in changes, sometimes within weeks or months via YEARS for other types of applications. ### 5/5 — App unresponsive *2026-06-21, version 2026.6.12* When viewing group members, and ordering members by last name, all links on page are unresponsive, on iPad Air 5th gen, iPadOS 26.5 ### 5/5 — Simple *2026-06-21, version 2026.6.12* So easy to follow all of my church I attend. ### 5/5 — Great developer response *2026-05-31, version 2026.5.27* I am on staff at a large church in Arizona. We use this app to communicate with all of our volunteers (we call them different makers) - and for so many other things. Recently, I found a small bug in the app. I contacted support and got a reply in just a few hours. They reproduced the problem, and fixed it in their next update. I love this app for all the features. I love it even more for the great support from the development team behind it. ### 5/5 — I love this app *2026-05-11, version 2026.5.6* I love this app a lot it works with my church and it is perfectly smooth not laggy at all. I do wish you could send private messages to leaders but other than that it’s great! ### 5/5 — Great App - Suggested Improvement *2026-04-27* Church Center is a great app, everything it offers is well designed. I’d like to see a polling option added with a choice for how the results are viewed. Either viewed by all or just leaders, with the option for the leader later sharing the results. Also, it would be nice if texting or direct messages could be sent in the app instead of how it currently works. There's probably a reason it is designed like that.m **Developer response:** Thank you for the kind words! It sounds like you want to know more about the Chat feature and private messages. If you have a use case you would like to share, we would love to hear it! You can reach us here to submit your official feature request: support@planningcenter.com. Have a great day! MC Tanksley Support Agent | Planning Center Help Center I Video Courses I What's New ### 5/5 — 5 Star App *2026-02-18, version 2026.2.11* What what an incredible app ### 5/5 — Works well for me *2026-02-10, version 2026.2.7* The red notification dot that appears on the app icon - it won’t go away unless I view the message/event twice. I have restarted my phone. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app. It’s irritating! I see the dot, I open the app and open whatever message/calendar reminder. I close the app. I wait. Red dot is still there. Then I open the app again. I open whatever message/reminder again. I close the app again. Zip- the red dot is gone. Yes, I have clicked the “mark all messages as read” button. Still happens. ### 5/5 — Ccwc *2026-01-21, version 2026.1.14* Home on trouble creek! Range set to heaven , endless possibilities for a tree on the spring of life! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*