Comparison

LEAD. vs Breeze ChMS

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

Head to head
About

LEAD.

This app helps ministry and lay leaders connect with their people by tracking attendance, managing schedules, and facilitating communication. It provides tools to understand individual involvement, organize events, and ensure timely follow-up for discipleship.

Highlights
  • Group member communication and connection
  • Attendance tracking and special days reminders
  • Needs assignment and event calendars
  • Detailed people profiles and involvement history
  • Schedule management and volunteer communication
  • Service plan creation and event oversight
  • Process queue management for discipleship
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The LEAD app equips you as a ministry or lay leader with the tools and information you need to know the story of your people so you can better disciple them — from wherever you are. GROUPS • Stay in touch with your Group members and facilitate communication and connection between them • Keep track of who’s staying connected and who’s slipping through the cracks by easily taking attendance from your phone • Never miss a birthday or anniversary with your group Special Days list • Create, view, and assign Needs to give your group members opportunities to support each other and their community • Use Calendars to see the events in your group and peruse the guest list to keep track of who is staying connected PEOPLE • See and edit information about your people and their family, and contact them easily with the built-in tools • Quickly understand a person's history and involvement in the church with the Timeline • Get a sense of the consistency of their connection with an overview of their Serving, Attending, and Giving patterns** • Add new people to your system with the Create Profile feature, and make sure their data is correct by importing information from your phone's Contacts and using google's address validation** SCHEDULES • See where there are holes in your schedule and easily fill them on the go • Update your volunteers' statuses for real-time schedule management • Send messages to your volunteers to keep them informed about their serving opportunities • Add more Schedule Weeks SERVICE PLANS • Create, Edit, or Add a Service Plan • Add more Schedule Weeks CALENDARS • Use Admin Calendars to see the details of all the events happening in your church across your various campuses • Hone in on your Group's events and see where things are happening and who is coming PROCESS QUEUES • Provide quick, intentional follow-up for your people, and keep them moving along the path of discipleship • Leave notes for people as you move them through a process so all leaders can stay informed about a person's journey NOTES • Use Notes to share and view vital information among ministry leaders, keeping all of that important context in one place to tell a person's story *You must have a current Church Community Builder software account in order to use this app. ** All functionality is based on your current Church Community Builder software permissions

About

Breeze ChMS

Manage your church's member directory, contributions, and communications directly from your mobile device. This app allows members to update profiles and give offerings, while administrators can oversee various church operations on the go.

Highlights
  • Update profile information
  • View member directory
  • Manage recurring gifts
  • Give one-time gifts
  • Update people and events
  • Send email/text messages
  • Monitor contributions
Features
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The Breeze app is a companion to the desktop version and puts your Breeze account in the palm of your hand. Depending on your church’s permission settings, members can: • Update profile information • View a church member directory • Manage recurring gifts • Give one time gifts Account admins can easily access their church’s Breeze account for quick insights and management on the go, including: • Updating People, Events, Contributions, and more • Accessing your church’s member directory to keep contact information on-hand • Sending email or text messages to members • Monitoring church contributions and health metrics Download the Breeze app today to get started.

Screenshots

LEAD.4 screens
Breeze ChMS3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LEAD. at 3.1 against Breeze ChMS's 2.7. LEAD. also leads on ratings volume (162 vs 27). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LEAD. holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LEAD. has 162 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 26% of LEAD.'s written reviews are positive against 27% of Breeze ChMS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LEAD. ships an update every 3 months, Breeze ChMS every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
LEAD. versus Breeze ChMS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLEAD.Breeze ChMS
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (162 ratings) — better2.7 (27 ratings)
Positive reviews26.0% of reviews27.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings162 — better27
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChurch Community Builder, Inc.Breeze LLC

Customer experience

LEAD.

All ratings162 ratings
Positive45.1%
Neutral14.8%
Negative40.1%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive26.0%
Neutral21.9%
Negative52.1%

Breeze ChMS

All ratings14 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews55 reviews
Positive27.3%
Neutral12.7%
Negative60.0%

User reviews

LEAD.

From 162 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Access to events and resources
  • 👍 Feature-rich platform
  • 👍 Useful features in Lead app
  • 👍 Landscape mode support (iPad)
  • 👍 Great tool for volunteers

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Can't log attendance from event screen
  • 🐛 Limited individual profile editing
  • 🐛 Missing customized fields in app
  • 🐛 Homebound ministry option absent
  • 🐛 Sacraments not editable

Breeze ChMS

From 27 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 💡 Customizable donor pages
  • 👍 Easy access to data
  • 👍 Good for non-tech users
  • 👍 Streamlines systems

Room to improve

  • 🐌 Extremely slow performance
  • 🐌 Unbearably slow at times
  • 🐌 Takes minutes to load
  • 🐌 Sluggish and ineffective
  • 🐌 Crawls on any network

Bugs and requests

LEAD.

Reported bugs

22 issues
  • Logged out every time app is closed
  • Have to sign in every time
  • New version logs out and doesn't save settings
  • App forgets church association
  • Face ID no longer enabled
Show 17 more
  • App won't find churches when searching
  • App stopped working after update
  • App won't find church after reinstalling
  • App won't allow locating church or domain
  • App won't bring up church
  • Newest update took out schedules
  • App tells user they don't have permission
  • App crashes frequently
  • Face ID login removed/having issues
  • App doesn't rotate on iPad with keyboard
  • Buttons tangled with status bar on iPhone
  • App won't load (spinning wheel)
  • Latest update keeps crashing and losing attendance
  • App is really slow
  • Login screen freezes
  • White screen after splash page
  • Loading screen for minutes on end

Requested features

17 requests
  • Access notes on resources
  • Update database on the fly
  • Ability to upload new songs to song library
  • Ability to attach documents in group email messages
  • Add push notifications
Show 12 more
  • Ability to share contact info quickly via text/email
  • Support for landscape mode on iPad
  • View serving options from phone
  • iOS notifications instead of email
  • Subscribe to iCal/webcal feed for calendars
  • Full calendar options (church calendar, add events, add photos)
  • Ability to view schedule within each group
  • Second app for volunteers or modify for all members
  • Mail merge feature via app
  • Group schedules functionality
  • Assign roles and tasks to members
  • Full calendar options including adding events and photos

Breeze ChMS

Reported bugs

50 issues
  • Pop-ups block app
  • Login does not stay logged in
  • Login requires re-entry every time
  • App says 'something went wrong'
  • Cannot make a donation
Show 45 more
  • App no longer has search features
  • Continual warning about Javascript license
  • White screen on app launch
  • App is extremely slow
  • App is sluggish
  • App is unresponsive
  • App crashes
  • App gets stuck
  • App is non-responsive
  • App takes minutes to load
  • App disconnects constantly
  • Profile edit shows blank screen
  • App is not optimized for newer iPhones
  • App has black bars on iPhone Xs Max
  • Mobile app not loading properly
  • Integration with Tithely is slow and confusing
  • Confusion about different app versions
  • Features not working
  • Repeated answer 'use the website'
  • Events and People refresh or reset when scrolling
  • Cannot get email for account recovery
  • App is slow to the point of uselessness
  • Cellular connectivity is even worse
  • Navigation is confusing
  • UI elements lack consistency
  • Authentication shows multi-tenant implementation
  • People searching and tags are disjoint
  • Save person/group to Contacts not supported
  • App not updated in 2 years
  • Editing text is arduous
  • Scrolling function is inconsistent
  • Menus are cumbersome
  • App is slow and cumbersome
  • Finding church specific link is a pain
  • App search function is extremely slow
  • Features are not intuitive
  • HTML wrappers are slow and clumsy
  • Lacks native support for deeper integration
  • Logs out frequently
  • Interface is older looking
  • Limited functionality
  • Sorted by individual persons rather than family
  • Having to log in every time is annoying
  • Function icons inside the app do not line up
  • Profile pages look like desktop website

Requested features

12 requests
  • Finish Tithely integration
  • Add Face ID/Touch ID login
  • Improve search functionality
  • Add swipe feature for members
  • Improve calendar view in landscape
Show 7 more
  • Allow typing in time selection
  • Integrate with iOS Calendar
  • Add Apple Pay support for giving
  • Add card reader function for payments
  • Improve family organization
  • Add Touch ID authentication
  • Add 3D Touch shortcuts

In-app purchases

None

LEAD.

No in-app purchases

None

Breeze ChMS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LEAD. free?
LEAD. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Breeze ChMS free?
Breeze ChMS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LEAD. or Breeze ChMS?
LEAD. is rated higher. LEAD. averages 3.1 out of 5 from 162 ratings, while Breeze ChMS averages 2.7 from 27 ratings.
Do LEAD. or Breeze ChMS have ads?
Neither LEAD. nor Breeze ChMS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LEAD. or Breeze ChMS?
LEAD. ships an update every 3 months, and Breeze ChMS every 6 weeks. Most recently, LEAD. was updated on October 6, 2026 and Breeze ChMS on October 12, 2026.

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