Comparison

Congregate Members vs Sermon.ly

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Congregate Members

Access your church's member content, public sermons, and articles on your mobile device. Features include a member directory, calendar, announcements, news, and a virtual library. Requires an active Congregate service plan and a user account with member access.

Highlights
  • Member directory
  • Calendar and announcements
  • Sermons and articles
  • Shared files and virtual library
  • Attendance and finance tracking
  • Integrated Bible
Features
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The Congregate Members app brings your website's member content plus public sermons and articles to your mobile device. For church websites powered by Congregate, use the Congregate Members app to access all your member content, including: • Member directory • Calendar • Daily announcements • News • Job assignments • Sermons • Articles • Shared files • Message center • Virtual library • Attendance tracker • Song tracker • Finance tracker • Class tracker • User-added member pages • Integrated Bible • Visitor tracker • And more! The Congregate Members app requires the following: • An active Congregate service plan/Congregate-powered church website • A user account with member access • An internet connection

About

Sermon.ly

This app streamlines the sermon creation process for pastors. It offers a clean interface for researching, planning, writing, and delivering sermons, helping users organize their work and connect with other preachers.

Highlights
  • Sermon research and planning
  • Minimalist writing interface
  • Organized sermon storage
  • Connect with other preachers
  • Easy sermon delivery
Features
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We reinvented sermon writing from the ground up: creating a new way to research, plan, write, and deliver your sermons.

Sermonly is an all-in-one sermon writing tool for pastors who love to preach: We are revolutionizing the way sermons are being written. With Sermonly, you can focus on writing your best sermon. All from a neat, minimal space. --- The best sermon writing experience – ever.
Writing a sermon is hard but the software you use to write it in shouldn't be. We've created Sermonly to be a breeze to use because it was designed for writing sermons. --- Easily Organize and Store Your Sermons
Let's keep sermons organized and easy to access. No more losing Word files or trying to hunt through Dropbox to find your sermon. --- Social is at the core We want to connect 1,000s of preachers together. So, you can write better sermons together.

Screenshots

Congregate Members4 screens
Sermon.ly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Congregate Members at 44% against Sermon.ly's 0%. Congregate Members also leads on rating (3.9 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (19 vs 4). Sermon.ly's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Congregate Members holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Congregate Members's written reviews are positive against 0% of Sermon.ly's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on August 18, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Congregate Members versus Sermon.ly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCongregate MembersSermon.ly
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (19 ratings) — better2.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDP Media GroupYour Giving, Inc.

Customer experience

Congregate Members

All ratings19 ratings
Positive68.4%
Neutral10.5%
Negative21.1%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral22.2%
Negative33.3%

Sermon.ly

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

Congregate Members

No in-app purchases

None

Sermon.ly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Congregate Members free?
Congregate Members is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sermon.ly free?
Sermon.ly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Congregate Members or Sermon.ly?
Congregate Members is rated higher. Congregate Members averages 3.9 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Sermon.ly averages 2.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Congregate Members or Sermon.ly have ads?
Neither Congregate Members nor Sermon.ly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Congregate Members or Sermon.ly?
Congregate Members ships an update every 2 months, and Sermon.ly every 2 months. Most recently, Congregate Members was updated on August 18, 2026 and Sermon.ly on September 17, 2026.

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