Preachup vs AlignedAI For Churches
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Preachup
This app helps organize, write, search, and present sermons. It features a calendar for planning, an organizer to analyze sermon content for topics and gaps, and a smart editor with verse and topic recommendations. It also offers a unique presentation mode and syncs across devices.
- Sermon calendar for planning and tracking
- Sermon organizer for topic analysis
- Smart sermon editor with recommendations
- Search for related passages and ideas
- Presentation mode for sermons
- Cross-device syncing
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Preachup aims to be the best place to organize, write, search and present your sermons. CALENDAR The calendar helps you plan or easily remember when you preached last preached a topic or passage of scripture. Preachup's calendar is also great for planning and creating placeholders for future sermons. ORGANIZER The sermon organizer analyzes your sermons and their verse references. It then detects topics, people, places and more. The organizer keeps track oh how repetitive you are, and can even find potential gaps. SEARCH Search is built to answer all of your questions. Search can find related passages, related topics, your sermons, and can even find ideas from the community. WRITE The sermon editor is smart and tailored for biblical notes. The editor gives you recommendations for related verses and topics. PRESENTING - Preachup is designed to make it easy to present your sermons. SYNC ANYWHERE - Preachup works on your computer, tablet or phone. Use Preachup to: * Plan * Write sermons * Effortlessly become more organized and systematic * Store your sermons in a safe place for many years to come * Present your sermons from the pulpit with a unique presentation mode
AlignedAI For Churches
This AI assistant is tailored for pastors and church leaders, aligning with specific theological beliefs and church culture. It aids in sermon preparation, ministry workflows, research, and communication, offering a personalized approach to content creation.
- Sermon outline and manuscript preparation
- AI-powered biblical exegesis and research
- Creation of Bible studies and devotionals
- Drafting church emails and communications
- Building ministry workflows and SOPs
- Training AI on church-specific documents
- Support for multiple Bible translations
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AI for pastors and church leaders, aligned with your theology and church culture. Built for sermon prep, ministry workflows, deep research and exegesis, church communications, leadership AI assistant ministry workflows and so much more! Unlike generic AI tools, AlignedAI is designed for ministry. Set your doctrine, choose your preferred Bible translations, and train your assistant on your church’s sermons, documents, website, and pastoral voice so your drafts start closer to your theology, tone, and context. Use AlignedAI to study Scripture, prepare sermons, create Bible studies, write devotionals, draft church emails, build ministry processes, and support your staff throughout the week. What you can do with AlignedAI: • Prepare sermon outlines, manuscripts, illustrations, applications, and series ideas • Study Scripture with AI-powered exegesis, cross-references, context, and word studies • Create Bible studies, small group questions, devotionals, and teaching guides • Draft church emails, announcements, guest follow-ups, newsletters, and volunteer messages • Build church SOPs, checklists, workflows, and ministry processes • Train your AI on your sermons, church documents, statement of faith, and church website • Use your preferred Bible translations, including ESV, NIV, KJV, NASB, NKJV, NLT, CSB, WEB, and ASV • Keep private journal notes and turn them into sermons, studies, devotionals, emails, or book chapters • Organize long-form writing projects, chapters, curriculum, and teaching content • Upgrade to Pro for unlimited messages, staff seats, YouTube sermon sync, and deeper study tools Built for pastors and ministry teams AlignedAI helps pastors save time without replacing prayer, study, discernment, or pastoral leadership. Every answer should be reviewed against Scripture, your doctrine, and your church’s context. Doctrine-aware, not generic Choose your theological tradition and preferred Bible translations so your assistant can better support the way your church teaches, writes, and communicates. AlignedAI is built to help reduce theological drift and keep ministry content aligned with your beliefs. Train AI on your church Upload sermons, documents, policies, study notes, and your statement of faith. Add your church website or YouTube sermon channel to help AlignedAI learn your context, vocabulary, tone, and pastoral voice. For more than sermons AlignedAI is not just an AI sermon writer. It is an AI ministry workspace for sermon prep, biblical research, devotionals, church emails, staff workflows, SOPs, church communications, and ministry operations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: AlignedAI For Churches at 100% against Preachup's 36%. AlignedAI For Churches also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.1). Preachup's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). 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.
AlignedAI For Churches holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Preachup has 32 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Preachup's written reviews are positive against 100% of AlignedAI For Churches's.
Preachup ships an update every 3 weeks, AlignedAI For Churches every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Preachup | AlignedAI For Churches |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (32 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Phillip Burch | Apollo Eleven Inc. |
Customer experience
Preachup
AlignedAI For Churches
Bugs and requests
Preachup
Reported bugs
17 issues- App completely shuts down when creating new sermons
- App crashes when tapping on a new note
- Cannot see past sermons
- Bolding, highlighting, and quoting scriptures no longer works
- App is no longer fluid to scroll through when preaching (scrolls a page at a time)
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- App freezes and requires multiple restarts
- Recent updates to formatting are confusing and not user-friendly
- Formatting seems glitchy at times
- No “send” button for feedback in the app
- Cannot change Bible version (stuck on KJV)
- Spanish Bible versions are no longer available
- Lost sermons after the update
- Bluetooth keyboard delete key not recognized in the sermon section
- Printing changes Bible versions
- Login page jumping around and not allowing sign-in
- Cannot use references offline
- No iCloud connection
Requested features
15 requests- Revert to the old version
- Bring back the old format
- Add multiple Bible versions
- Add Spanish Bible versions
- Add a Bible within the app
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- Improve split screen mode
- Add user guide (text or video)
- Improve printing functionality
- Add dark mode
- Add more editing tools (bold, italic)
- Save to computer option
- Multiple layouts
- Podium mode
- Offline reference use
- Connect to iCloud
AlignedAI For Churches
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Preachup
No in-app purchases
AlignedAI For Churches
No in-app purchases
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