Comparison

LEAD. vs SyncIt Together

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

SyncIt Together

Easily coordinate schedules for groups by comparing availability, creating polls, and sending invitations. Find the perfect time for events without endless back-and-forth messages. Keep all your plans organized in one place.

Highlights
  • Group availability comparison
  • Time polls and voting
  • Invitation sending
  • Calendar integration
  • Recurring event creation
  • Privacy controls
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Stop chasing “when works for you?” messages. SyncIt brings calendars, groups, availability, polls, and invitations together so friends, families, and teams can find a time that actually works. FIND A TIME TOGETHER • Create a group and compare shared availability. • Choose who needs to attend, how long you need, and the date window. • Rank one-time or recurring options, then schedule the winner. PLAN WITH OR WITHOUT A CONNECTED CALENDAR • Share the times you’re free. • Create time polls and collect votes. • Invite friends and email guests; guests can respond without a SyncIt account. KEEP EVERY PLAN IN ONE PLACE • View month, week, and day calendars. • Create recurring events, RSVP to invitations, and manage group schedules. • Connect supported calendars and keep availability current. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Group members can see availability without seeing private event details unless you choose to share them. • Manage calendar visibility and group sharing controls. • Report unsafe content and block unwanted contact. SyncIt includes a free plan. Optional Plus and Pro subscriptions add higher limits and advanced scheduling and calendar-sync features. Subscription terms and prices are shown before purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

LEAD.4 screens
SyncIt Together4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SyncIt Together at 100% against LEAD.'s 26%. SyncIt Together also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). LEAD.'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (162 vs 2). 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. SyncIt Together sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. LEAD. asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SyncIt Together holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LEAD. has 162 ratings behind it against 2, 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 SyncIt Together's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LEAD. ships an update every 3 months, SyncIt Together every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
LEAD. versus SyncIt Together: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLEAD.SyncIt Together
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.1 (162 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings162 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB18 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperChurch Community Builder, Inc.SyncIt Software LLC

Customer experience

LEAD.

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

SyncIt Together

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
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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

SyncIt Together

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

LEAD.

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

SyncIt Together

Subscriptions4
  • SyncIt Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
  • SyncIt Pro Monthly14 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • SyncIt Plus Yearly$39.991 Year
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  • SyncIt Pro Yearly14 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is LEAD. free?
LEAD. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SyncIt Together free?
SyncIt Together is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LEAD. or SyncIt Together?
SyncIt Together is rated higher. LEAD. averages 3.1 out of 5 from 162 ratings, while SyncIt Together averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do LEAD. or SyncIt Together have ads?
Neither LEAD. nor SyncIt Together shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LEAD. or SyncIt Together?
LEAD. ships an update every 3 months, and SyncIt Together every 3 days. Most recently, LEAD. was updated on October 6, 2026 and SyncIt Together on October 9, 2026.

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