LEAD. vs ChMeetings
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
ChMeetings
This app helps churches manage operations and engage their communities. It allows for tracking attendance, managing member profiles, organizing events, and sending communications via email, text, and push notifications.
- Attendance tracking
- Member profile management
- Event organization
- Volunteer scheduling
- Email, text, and push notifications
- Group messaging
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Discover the power of ChMeetings Mobile, the ultimate companion app for churches worldwide. Seamlessly integrated with the ChMeetings church management software (ChMS), this app empowers modern churches to enhance their productivity and engage with their communities like never before. With ChMeetings Mobile, you can effortlessly manage and streamline your church operations on the go. From tracking attendance and managing member profiles to organizing events and scheduling volunteers, our intuitive app simplifies it all. Stay connected with your congregation by sending announcements using emails, text messages, and push notifications. You can even utilize the app's robust messaging feature to communicate with individual members or specific groups, fostering a sense of community and ensuring everyone stays informed. Designed with a focus on simplicity and efficiency, ChMeetings Mobile offers a fast and secure experience, ensuring your church's data remains protected at all times. Join over 5000 churches worldwide who rely on ChMeetings Mobile to elevate their ministry and serve their communities with greater impact. Download the app today and unlock the full potential of your church with ChMeetings Mobile.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ChMeetings at 83% against LEAD.'s 26%. ChMeetings also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.1) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). LEAD.'s advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ChMeetings holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 162 and 120 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of LEAD.'s written reviews are positive against 83% of ChMeetings's.
LEAD. ships an update every 3 months, ChMeetings every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LEAD. | ChMeetings |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (162 ratings) | 4.6 (120 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 162 — better | 120 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Church Community Builder, Inc. | Jiosdev LLC |
Customer experience
LEAD.
ChMeetings
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
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- 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
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- 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
ChMeetings
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LEAD.
No in-app purchases
ChMeetings
No in-app purchases







