LEAD. vs Olive
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
Olive
A shared family organizer for tasks, meals, calendars, and groceries. Plan your week together, capture tasks easily, and build grocery lists automatically. Designed for real families, it offers a clutter-free experience with optional AI helpers.
- Shared family planning
- Task capture and sorting
- Meal planning and grocery lists
- Instant household sync
- Routine and chore tracking
- Kid-friendly mode
- AI-powered assistants
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Olive is the shared family organizer. One calm place for your family's week — tasks, meals, calendar, and groceries — shared with your household and out of your head. WHAT YOU CAN DO • See the whole family's day on Today — the one screen that answers "what's happening?" • Just tell Olive — type or dictate what's on your mind and it sorts everything into the right place • Plan the week in minutes — priorities, meals, and events in one Sunday reset • Plan meals, then let Olive build the grocery list from your week automatically • Share one household — every change syncs instantly to everyone you invite • Give kids their own chores, routines, and rewards they'll actually check off DESIGNED FOR REAL FAMILIES Olive is built for parents tired of cluttered apps that try to do everything. No nagging notifications, no leaderboards, no turning your home into a game. Everything you add is shared with your household automatically. KID MODE Hand your phone to a kid without worry. PIN-protected exit, age-appropriate views, and no accidental edits to grown-up plans. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your data stays in your household. We don't sell or share your family's information, and we never train AI on it. OLIVE PLUS Olive is free to use. Olive Plus unlocks the AI helpers — Ask Olive brain-dump sorting, Smart Weekly Review, and Smart Grocery Auto-Build. $4.99/month or $39.99/year. Cancel anytime. — — Subscription auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple ID Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://everlight-digital.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Olive at 100% against LEAD.'s 26%. Olive also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). LEAD.'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (160 vs 3). 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
Both are free to download. Olive sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. LEAD. asks for nothing beyond the download.
Olive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LEAD. has 160 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of LEAD.'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Olive's.
LEAD. ships an update every 4 months, Olive monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LEAD. | Olive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (160 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 26.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 160 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Church Community Builder, Inc. | BRENDAN ISAAC PRATT |
Customer experience
LEAD.
Olive
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
Olive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LEAD.
No in-app purchases
Olive
- Olive Plus7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Olive Plus$39.991 Year









