Activate Church vs HOCC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Activate Church
This mobile church application simplifies engagement with the church community. Users can easily access resources for involvement, giving, and spiritual growth through reading and listening to religious content.
- Community involvement
- Online giving
- Read the Word of God
- Listen to the Word of God
- Easy navigation
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The Activate Church app is the ultimate mobile church app. Getting involved, giving, reading and listening to the Word of God becomes a breeze with the Activate app, with easily accessible tabs for navigating through the app! Mobile app version: 6.20.0
HOCC
Stay connected with your church community. Access sermons, bulletins, and ministry information. Facilitates online giving and prayer requests.
- Online giving
- View bulletins and news
- Explore ministries
- Watch/listen to sermons
- Offline sermon downloads
- Push notifications
- Submit prayer requests
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This app will help our members stay connected with the day-to-day life of our church. With this app you can: - Give Online - View the HOCC bulletin and weekly news - See the HOCC ministries and opportunities to get involved - Watch or listen to past sermons - Stay up to date with push notifications - Download sermons for offline listening - Complete contacts cards for prayers requests, addresses and room reservations Mobile app version: 6.22.1
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Activate Church at 5 against HOCC's 1. On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 — 5.0 for Activate Church against 5.0 for HOCC. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Activate Church has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Activate Church ships an update every 2 months, HOCC every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Activate Church | HOCC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Activate Church App | Highland Oaks Church of Christ, Inc. |
Customer experience
Activate Church
HOCC
In-app purchases
Activate Church
No in-app purchases
HOCC
No in-app purchases
Questions
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