Comparison

Called to Serve vs Called

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Called to Serve

Connect with LDS missionaries and their families. Share mission experiences, track service progress with countdowns and location maps, and send messages, photos, and audio recordings directly to missionaries.

Highlights
  • Track unlimited missionaries
  • Countdown to departure/return
  • Map missionary locations
  • Send messages, photos, audio
  • View local time and weather
  • Access mission information
Features
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Called to Serve™ is the perfect app for LDS missionaries and their families! This powerful new app gives the families and friends of LDS missionaries an impressive set of tools to: (1) Share their missionary experience with others, (2) Follow their missionary service, (3) Send messages to any missionary on the go. I. Share Your Mission Experience Called to Serve is easy to setup and fun to use. Just create an account then add your missionary's name, picture, departure date, return date, and select their mission. These simple steps create a missionary profile that you can then share with others. You control everything including who can see what. Keep everything private or share it with your family and friends. II. Follow Your Missionary Service Called to Serve is the ultimate LDS missionary tracker! This powerful app gives the friends and families of LDS missionaries – quick and easy access their missionary's profile, picture, departure date, return date, location details and mission information. Track as many missionaries as you like. See how long they've been gone and how much time they have left including their departure date, return date, days served, days remaining and percent complete. Everything including the current time, temperature, weather and weather forecast information. III. Send Messages to Missionaries on the Go Called to Serve is also the fastest and easiest way to send messages to any missionary! Whether you’re at home, at work, or on the go – users can send emails, photographs, even audio recordings directly from the app to any missionary. Use voice-to-text to dictate an email then tap send. Take a picture then then tap send. Record a message then tap send. Your messages are sent immediately and a copy is also sent back to you. Called to Serve is designed to honor LDS missionaries and missionary service. It was specifically designed and crafted to resemble the "FamilySearch Tree" mobile app's user interface; thus creating a powerful family heirloom that is visually attractive, easy to use, and already familiar to a large number of people. Called to Serve’s features include: - Track an unlimited number of missionaries - Count up/down until missionary leaves/returns home - Map each location your missionary serves - Send emails, pictures or audio recordings directly to missionaries from the app - View local time, day/night and the missionary's schedule - View local weather conditions and forecast information - View mission information, including the Mission President, mission pictures and more Called to Serve will provide you and your family a rich missionary experience. It's the perfect app for missionary moms, families, friends, youth leaders and bishops to organize and track LDS missionaries serving around in the world. Get it NOW!

About

Called

This app helps Christian leaders build authentic communities by connecting people, fostering belonging through small groups, and facilitating discipleship. It streamlines communication and management for churches and ministries, ensuring every member feels known and valued.

Highlights
  • Build authentic Christian communities
  • Connect members and foster belonging
  • Facilitate discipleship journeys
  • Streamline communication for leaders
  • Organize small groups and events
  • Track member engagement
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Build an authentic Christian community where every person feels needed and known. Have you ever stood at the door after a great ministry event, celebrating what God just did, only to watch someone leave alone who no one really knows? Many leaders can feel overwhelmed with too many platforms, group texts, and several disconnected systems. Ministry has become scattered across emails, social media, spreadsheets, and apps, making it difficult to truly know your people and keep them connected throughout the week. Called gives you one simple place to reach your people, build real community, and guide them in their discipleship journey. From outreach to small groups to Sunday reminders, it all finally lives in one app built specifically for churches, ministries, campus ministries, and Christian communities. Every person deserves to feel needed and known. This is the heart of Called—and every feature exists to help leaders make that happen. Grow your ministry in 30 days. Guaranteed. Launch 3–5 active groups in your first month, or you don’t pay. Get your first 50 members onboarded automatically. With Called, Christian leaders will: • Know who’s engaged, new, or may need care • Help people find belonging through small groups • Stay connected beyond Sunday with prayer, chat, and discipleship • Turn communication into real engagement • Lead in a safe, trusted environment built for ministry • Spend less time managing tools and more time shepherding people Replace GroupMe, Facebook Groups, Remind, Flocknote, Eventbrite, and endless text threads. Called puts it all in one place. Whether you’re a pastor, ministry leader, small group leader, campus minister, or part of a Christian organization, Called helps build communities where people don’t just attend; they belong. “Finally, I found my people.” Your calling is to build disciples. Our calling is to make it simple. Join thousands of ministry leaders building stronger, more connected communities with Called. Download Called today. Connect with us: Support: https://support.called.app/knowledge Email: info@called.app

Screenshots

Called to Serve4 screens
Called4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Called at 4.8 against Called to Serve's 3.4. Called also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months). Called to Serve's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Called to Serve sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.00 per month. Called asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Called holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Called has 370 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of Called to Serve's written reviews are positive against 75% of Called's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Called to Serve ships an update every 2 months, Called every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Called to Serve versus Called: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalled to ServeCalled
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (25 ratings)4.8 (370 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.1% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25370 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLatter-day AppsCalled LLC

Customer experience

Called to Serve

All ratings25 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative36.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive47.1%
Neutral5.9%
Negative47.1%

Called

All ratings370 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Called to Serve

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Called

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Cannot upgrade members to leader status
  • Cannot add members to existing group chats
  • App opens slow
  • Notifications don’t show correctly and clear
  • Text does not adjust with phone text adjustments
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  • Harder to navigate after update
  • Does not go to dark mode
  • Constantly shows notifications that are not there
  • Have to manually scroll emojis instead of searching

Requested features

2 requests
  • Ability to reply to individual messages in a thread
  • Search bar for emojis

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Called to Serve

Subscriptions4
  • Premium1 Month trial$12.001 Month
  • Smart1 Month trial$20.001 Month
  • Premium$119.991 Year
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  • Smart$200.001 Year
None

Called

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Called to Serve free?
Called to Serve is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Called free?
Called is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Called to Serve or Called?
Called is rated higher. Called to Serve averages 3.4 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Called averages 4.8 from 370 ratings.
Do Called to Serve or Called have ads?
Neither Called to Serve nor Called shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Called to Serve or Called?
Called to Serve ships an update every 2 months, and Called every 4 days. Most recently, Called to Serve was updated on November 1, 2026 and Called on November 7, 2026.

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