Church App vs CalvaryNow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Church App
Connect with your faith community through this comprehensive app. Access sermons, engage in group chats, and stay updated on church events. It offers a centralized platform for spiritual growth and community interaction.
- Listen to sermons and podcasts
- Chat with small groups
- View live streams and recorded videos
- Access event and calendar information
- Use the Prayer Wall
- Receive push notifications
- Free E-Giving
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The Tithe.ly church app is trusted by 5,000+ churches across the world! Listen to sermons, take notes, chat with your small groups, and much more with our free-to-use church app. It’s part of Tithely’s connected church technology platform, alongside Tithely Church Management and other tools built to help churches stay connected and organized. Download and connect with your church today! If your church is not on Tithe.ly please go to https://get.tithe.ly/church-app and signup today! What does the Tithe.ly Church App offer my church? • Customized app icon to match your church brand. • Listen & download sermon audio and podcasts. • Watch your church's live stream and recorded videos. • Event and calendar information and add them directly to your device or share them with a friend. • Use your church's Prayer Wall to post and reply to prayer requests. • Read Blog entries or bulletins posted by your church or pastor. • View photos posted by your church or ministry. • Keep up to date on your church's Facebook & Twitter streams. • Receive important alert push notifications. • Map integration to your church and church events. • Add bulletins and announcements. • Free E-Giving and instant one click access. • More!
CalvaryNow
Connect with faith, community, and hope through worship and shared experiences. This app fosters acceptance and peace by bringing ordinary people together in their love for Jesus.
- Connect with Christ
- Build community
- Find acceptance and hope
- Shared worship experiences
- Transformative connections
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Welcome to Calvary. Our mission is to "Connect People to Christ and Community." When a community of ordinary people come together to worship an extraordinary God, we find acceptance, peace, and hope. Although we have diverse backgrounds and life experiences, we are connected by a common love for Jesus. Together, through Christ, we are drawn together and launched out to a broken world. The connections we make at Calvary are transformative—you and me, together, in Christ.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Church App at every 2 weeks against CalvaryNow's every 4 months. Church App also leads on ratings volume (993 vs 6). CalvaryNow's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 52%). 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 — 4.3 for Church App against 4.3 for CalvaryNow. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Church App has 993 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 52% of Church App's written reviews are positive against 67% of CalvaryNow's.
Church App ships an update every 2 weeks, CalvaryNow every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Church App | CalvaryNow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (993 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.2% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 993 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 290 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Your Giving, Inc. | Calvary Baptist Church of Winston-Salem, Inc. |
Customer experience
Church App
CalvaryNow
Bugs and requests
Church App
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login issues
- Inability to update account information
- Disappearing notifications and messages
- Incompatibility with older devices
- Unreliable livestream and sermon playback
Requested features
6 requests- Dark mode option
- Landscape mode support for tablets
- Improved group chat functionality
- Better notification system
- Ability to edit and delete posts
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- More customization options
CalvaryNow
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Church App
No in-app purchases
CalvaryNow
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Church App free?
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