Breeze ChMS vs Journal the Word
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.
Journal the Word
This app provides a digital space for users to engage with scripture through journaling. It offers built-in reading plans and a scripture lookup tool to facilitate reflection and prayer.
- Digital scripture journaling
- Built-in reading plans
- Scripture lookup tool
- Track reading progress
- Reflect and pray digitally
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Journal the Word exists because journaling helps us engage Scripture more deeply. Writing clarifies thought, slows the heart, and creates space to hear from God as we meditate on His Word. For those who may never reach for a paper journal or who want to keep their reflections digitally, this app offers a simple, focused place to do just that. Open your Bible. Open the app. Read. Reflect. Pray. Close it. Live it. Built-In Reading Plans Stay consistent in your time in Scripture with several built-in plans: • F260 (Foundations 260) • 5x5 New Testament • Whole Bible Reading Plan and More! Track your progress and easily journal directly from your daily reading. Scripture Lookup Quickly pull Scripture passages into your journal entries using the built-in Bible lookup tool. Multiple verses can be added to your reflection as you study.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Journal the Word at 5.0 against Breeze ChMS's 2.4. Journal the Word also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). Breeze ChMS's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
Journal the Word holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Breeze ChMS has 32 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Breeze ChMS ships an update every 6 weeks, Journal the Word monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Breeze ChMS | Journal the Word |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Breeze LLC | Jonah Elijah Chitty |
Customer experience
Breeze ChMS
Journal the Word
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
Journal the Word
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Breeze ChMS
No in-app purchases
Journal the Word
No in-app purchases
Questions
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