Breeze ChMS vs Epistle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Update profile information
- View member directory
- Manage recurring gifts
- Give one-time gifts
- Update people and events
- Send email/text messages
- Monitor contributions
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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.
Epistle
This app facilitates communication and financial support for missionaries. It allows for easy sharing of ministry updates with photos and videos, automatically sending them to ministry partners who can respond with engagement. It simplifies the process of connecting with supporters and managing ministry outreach.
- Share ministry updates with photos and video
- Automatic update distribution to partners
- Ministry partner engagement (likes, prayers, comments)
- Manage ministry sites
- Connect with ministry partners
- Automated email platform
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Epistle is used by thousands of missionaries to stay connected and funded. It has never been easier to share ministry updates with photos and video. No more hassle with email templates, scheduling, etc. Epistle sends your updates to ministry partners, automatically, using our world-class email platform and gives them the opportunity to respond with likes, prayers and comments. Both missionaries and ministry partners love Epistle: "The greatest thing I could do for my ministry partners." "HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Do the two week trial." Supporter: "I feel confident I'm investing well." With paid Epistle subscription you can manage your Epistle site, send updates, and connect with ministry partners. Ministry partners can access Epistle sites to read and respond to your updates without payment. Terms of Use: https://www.epistle.org/terms-of-use/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Epistle at 100% against Breeze ChMS's 27%. Epistle also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). Breeze ChMS's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (27 vs 9). On price, update cadence, 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. Epistle sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. Breeze ChMS asks for nothing beyond the download.
Epistle holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Breeze ChMS's written reviews are positive against 100% of Epistle's.
Breeze ChMS ships an update every 6 weeks, Epistle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Breeze ChMS | Epistle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (27 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Breeze LLC | Epistle LLC |
Customer experience
Breeze ChMS
Epistle
Bugs and requests
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
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- 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
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- 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
Epistle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Breeze ChMS
No in-app purchases
Epistle
- One Epistle Site$17.991 Month
- Two Epistle Sites$39.991 Month
- Three Epistle Sites$59.991 Month
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- Four Epistle Sites$79.991 Month
- Five Epistle Sites$89.991 Month
