ManagedMissions vs Planning Center
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ManagedMissions
This app allows participants to view trip details, meetings, goals, and team communications. Leaders can manage trip and team information, with offline access to critical data like emergency contacts and allergy details.
- View trip details
- Track meetings and goals
- Manage fundraising
- View contributions
- Offline data access
- Emergency contact information
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The ManagedMissions Mobile App is here! Participants can login to view trip details, upcoming meetings, task and fundraising goals, view contributions, and keep in contact with your team. Team leaders can login to view trip details and team members and automatically have their team data saved for offline viewing in the field so that emergency contacts, allergy information, important travel numbers/info are always available.
Planning Center
Manage ministry activities from check-ins to follow-ups with a unified dashboard. Receive notifications, create tasks, and collaborate with your team seamlessly. Access all ministry products from one central hub.
- Ministry-wide notifications
- Access all ministry products
- Home dashboard with action items
- Task creation and assignment
- Team collaboration
- Mobile gestures for quick actions
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Ministry work doesn’t just happen at your desk. With the Planning Center app, church admins get mobile access to every product they use, their task lists, and notifications all in one place. The Planning Center you know and love, now easily accessible from the church lobby, the youth building, or wherever your ministry work takes you. Key Features Access any product — Use People, Giving, Services, Check-Ins, or any other product, all from within the app All admin notifications — Facilities requests, workflow updates, form submissions, and more Your Home dashboard — A clear overview of stats, information, and items that need your attention Tasks — Keep collaborating with your team whether you're in a coffee shop or hustling on a Sunday morning Requirements Login requires an existing Planning Center account. Any action you take on web or mobile will be synced. Support Questions, issues, or want to request new features? Go to your profile page by tapping your avatar and use the "Contact Support" link to let us know. Typical reply time is ~1 business hour.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Planning Center at 4.7 against ManagedMissions's 3.5. Planning Center also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 15 months) and review sentiment (47% vs 33%). ManagedMissions's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Planning Center holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planning Center has 35 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of ManagedMissions's written reviews are positive against 47% of Planning Center's.
ManagedMissions ships an update every 15 months, Planning Center every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ManagedMissions | Planning Center |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (6 ratings) | 4.7 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 47.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Managed Ministries Inc. | Ministry Centered Technologies |
Customer experience
ManagedMissions
Planning Center
In-app purchases
ManagedMissions
No in-app purchases
Planning Center
No in-app purchases
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