Planning Center Services vs Yapp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Planning Center Services
This app allows users to manage their schedules, accept or decline requests, and block out dates. Musicians can access music for rehearsals via a media player or attachments. It's designed for staff and volunteers involved in service planning and scheduling.
- Manage schedules
- Accept/decline requests
- Block out dates
- Access rehearsal media
- Add/reorder service items
- Real-time plan updates
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You must already have an account at Planning Center to use this mobile app. The Planning Center Services app is the best way to access your Planning Center Services account on your iOS device. Planning Center Services is an online scheduling and worship planning application to keep your staff and volunteers connected. With our native app, you get an optimized Planning Center experience wherever you are. Manage your schedule, accept or decline scheduling requests, blockout dates, upload your user picture, and if you are a musician, use the media player or attachments section to access music for rehearsals. If you are responsible for scheduling volunteers or planning services, the app has features just for you! Add users to your schedule, check for conflicts, and email them at any time. Add items, songs, media or headers to your order of service and drag and drop them to reorder. Plus, the plan page and your schedule update in real time even without having to refresh! Have any questions? Use the app's built-in "Help" to email us details.
Yapp
Create custom mobile experiences for events, groups, or organizations. Share schedules, connect with people, and access important documents. Stay updated with social feeds and photo sharing, even offline.
- Customizable event apps
- Event schedules
- Attendee and sponsor bios
- Social feed with push notifications
- Document sharing
- Photo sharing and gallery
- Real-time polls
- Offline content access
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With Yapp, you can view the mobile experience for your conference, social event, group, sports team, school, local business, and more. Haven’t been invited to a Yapp? To see a sample, enter CONFERENCE as your Yapp ID. Yapp features include: • Schedule – See up-to-the-minute information so you know where to be when, and create your personal schedule • People – Get bios on people, sponsors, and key contacts • Social Feed – Connect with others and receive breaking news via push notifications • Documents – View important documents right in the app • Photo sharing – Take and share photos. See official photos in the Gallery • Polls – Vote and see the results in real-time • Video - Playback video the Yapp creator has posted • Tickets – Buy tickets through Eventbrite • Offline browsing – See your content even if you are out of network range Have feedback? Email feedback@yapp.us Made with love by Yapp, Inc. and You
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Planning Center Services at 2.2K against Yapp's 100. Planning Center Services also leads on chart position (#40 vs unranked) and update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Yapp's advantage is review sentiment (56% vs 45%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for Planning Center Services against 3.6 for Yapp. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planning Center Services has 2.2K ratings behind it against 100, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 45% of Planning Center Services's written reviews are positive against 56% of Yapp's.
Planning Center Services ships an update weekly, Yapp fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Planning Center Services | Yapp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (2.2K ratings) — better | 3.6 (100 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.0% of reviews | 56.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.2K — better | 100 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #40 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ministry Centered Technologies | Yapp, Inc. |
Customer experience
Planning Center Services
Yapp
Bugs and requests
Planning Center Services
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Yapp
Reported bugs
16 issues- App crashes when watching videos
- App freezes frequently
- Last cell in daily schedule cut off
- App deletes events
- App locks up, requires reboot
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- Cannot refresh news feed (iOS 9)
- Cannot create a username
- Blank white screen after update
- App stops working, shows blank screen
- Doesn't work properly on iPhone 5
- Asks for Yapp ID without providing one
- Cannot create a password
- App asks for Yapp ID with unclear instructions
- App never loads, crashes
- Website not compatible with iPhone
- Requires Facebook to create an event
Requested features
20 requests- Grey out past events
- "You might like" suggestions
- Tag events
- Create groups and group chats
- Group notifications
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- Schedule tagging
- Respond to comments/tag users
- Option to "like" posts
- Swipe left for agenda items
- Edit Yapps in the app
- View other apps people made
- Upload videos to news feeds
- Bookmark schedule events
- Change date format (UK)
- Longer cover page display
- Smaller photo loading
- Edit Yapps on mobile
- Add more social features
- Better design and typography
- More flexibility in app creation
In-app purchases
Planning Center Services
No in-app purchases
Yapp
No in-app purchases
