Church Center vs GyfBox
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Church Center
Connect with your church community throughout the week. Access events, sermons, giving options, and manage family check-ins. Explore groups and register for activities, all powered by your church's Planning Center subscription.
- Event calendar
- Sermon access
- Online giving
- Family pre-check
- Church directory
- Group participation
- Event registration
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Church Center by Planning Center is where you can explore, engage, and get involved with your church throughout the week. See a calendar of events, access sermons, give, pre-check your family, browse the directory, join groups, and register for events on iOS. Each feature is powered by one of our products, based on what your church has subscribed to. Privacy Policy: https://www.planningcenter.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.planningcenter.com/terms
GyfBox
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GyfBox is a social gifting platform—making local businesses giftable globally. Send someone a gift to a real local business—a coffee at the corner cafe, dinner at their favorite neighborhood spot, or a spa day they've been meaning to book. Pick a place, choose an amount, and send it in seconds. They get the value instantly in their in-app Wallet and redeem it in person. Thoughtful for them. Great for local business.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: Church Center at #31 against GyfBox's unranked. 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.
Church Center ships an update weekly, GyfBox every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Church Center | GyfBox |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (2.7K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.7K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #31 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ministry Centered Technologies | GyfBox, Inc |
Bugs and requests
Church Center
Reported bugs
14 issues- Links from notifications don't always work
- Insists on no internet connection when there is one
- Can't log in, just spins
- Clicking through from notifications makes you log in and select church each time
- Can't play previous week's lesson
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- Can't get in again, keeps spinning
- Can't log in, just says unlock with null or login again
- Retry message, app crashing
- Can't see giving history after update
- Can't delete account
- App won't open
- Undefined error after phone change
- URL links don't link properly after update
- Can't donate, just loads forever
Requested features
19 requests- Verse of the day
- Calendar integration
- Ability to add graphics/emojis to events
- Ability to pin event locations
- Option to not receive reminders for events you declined
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- Ability to delete old prayer requests
- Ability to choose to receive notifications for initial posts without all replies
- Multiple payment options in one giving transaction
- Ability to add notes to directory contacts
- Groups accessibility from the app
- Ability to post sermon recordings in the app
- Ability to take sermon notes in the app
- Ways to contact the leadership
- Place to upload featured resources
- Support for multiple campuses under one account
- Groups integration
- Check-in integration
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
GyfBox
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Church Center
No in-app purchases
GyfBox
No in-app purchases
