GDAB vs Planning Center
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GDAB
Connect with other church leaders and access essential church resources. This app facilitates communication, resource sharing, partnership development, and event updates for pastors and leaders within the Greater Dayton Association of Baptists.
- Church leader directory access
- Resource sharing and discovery
- Partnership development tools
- Party trailer reservations
- Event updates and notifications
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Pastors and church leaders within the Greater Dayton Association of Baptists, stay connected with our new mobile app! Access the directory, share and find resources, develop Great Commission partnerships, reserve party trailers, and stay up to date with events much easier than ever!
Planning Center
Manage ministry activities from check-ins to follow-ups with a unified dashboard. Receive notifications, create tasks, and collaborate with your team seamlessly. Access all ministry products from one central hub.
- Ministry-wide notifications
- Access all ministry products
- Home dashboard with action items
- Task creation and assignment
- Team collaboration
- Mobile gestures for quick actions
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Ministry work doesn’t just happen at your desk. With the Planning Center app, church admins get mobile access to every product they use, their task lists, and notifications all in one place. The Planning Center you know and love, now easily accessible from the church lobby, the youth building, or wherever your ministry work takes you. Key Features Access any product — Use People, Giving, Services, Check-Ins, or any other product, all from within the app All admin notifications — Facilities requests, workflow updates, form submissions, and more Your Home dashboard — A clear overview of stats, information, and items that need your attention Tasks — Keep collaborating with your team whether you're in a coffee shop or hustling on a Sunday morning Requirements Login requires an existing Planning Center account. Any action you take on web or mobile will be synced. Support Questions, issues, or want to request new features? Go to your profile page by tapping your avatar and use the "Contact Support" link to let us know. Typical reply time is ~1 business hour.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GDAB at 5.0 against Planning Center's 4.6. GDAB also leads on iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 16.4). Planning Center's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (37 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
GDAB holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planning Center has 37 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
GDAB ships an update every 2 months, Planning Center every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GDAB | Planning Center |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 45.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 37 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Committed Entrepreneur LLC | Ministry Centered Technologies |
Customer experience
GDAB
Planning Center
In-app purchases
GDAB
No in-app purchases
Planning Center
No in-app purchases
