Comparison

Planning Center vs InBible

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Ministry-wide notifications
  • Access all ministry products
  • Home dashboard with action items
  • Task creation and assignment
  • Team collaboration
  • Mobile gestures for quick actions
Features
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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.

About

InBible

This app combines note-taking with scripture, allowing you to journal sermon reflections and Bible study insights directly alongside relevant passages. It offers tools for highlighting, underlining, and annotating text, with private iCloud syncing for your data.

Highlights
  • Note-taking alongside scripture
  • Automatic scripture linking
  • Highlight, underline, and annotate
  • Private iCloud syncing
  • Customizable personal color codes
  • Mini-Bible overlay
Features
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SCRIPTURE WITH YOUR NOTES InBible is a beautiful Bible and note-taking app. Take notes on sermons, quiet times, and Bible studies right next to the passages that inspired them. READ TRANSLATIONS TOGETHER. Download multiple translations and read them side-by-side. LINK YOUR NOTES TO SCRIPTURE The Bible stays front and center while you write. Type any reference and it becomes a link automatically. Tap to open a Mini-Bible overlay, then read the surrounding verses and swipe from one passage to the next. YOUR INSIGHTS, ON THE PAGE Every reference you write becomes a highlight in the Bible. Tap one to revisit a pastor's analogy, an interpretation you loved, or a prayer from an earlier season of life. HIGHLIGHT, UNDERLINE, ANNOTATE It is like a handful of pens and highlighters for Scripture. Add highlights, underlines, and margin callouts to the words of a passage, then save your favorite combinations as a personal color code. Perfect for an inductive Bible study. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Privacy-first: no ads, no tracking, and your data is never sold. Your work is synced privately using your personal iCloud account. INBIBLE+ Read the Bible and start taking notes for free. Subscribe to InBible+ for unlimited notes and markup. A NOTE FROM THE DEVELOPER InBible is made by me, Richard. Taking notes is an important part of how I intentionally walk the Lord. I wanted a tool that kept those reflections close at hand, resurfacing them as I read Scripture. InBible is a part of my daily life, and I hope it can support your engagement with the Word as you grow in your relationship with the Lord. ---- Terms of Service: https://www.inbible.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.inbible.app/privacy

Screenshots

Planning Center4 screens
InBible4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Planning Center at none against InBible's 2. Planning Center also leads on ratings volume (37 vs 4) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). InBible's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. InBible sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Planning Center asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

InBible 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 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Planning Center ships an update every 11 days, InBible every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Planning Center versus InBible: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanning CenterInBible
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (37 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings37 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB178 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperMinistry Centered TechnologiesInWonder

Customer experience

Planning Center

All ratings36 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive47.4%
Neutral15.8%
Negative36.8%

InBible

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Planning Center

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

InBible

Subscriptions2
  • InBible Plus14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • InBible Plus (Annual)$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Planning Center free?
Planning Center is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is InBible free?
InBible is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Planning Center or InBible?
InBible is rated higher. Planning Center averages 4.6 out of 5 from 37 ratings, while InBible averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Planning Center or InBible have ads?
Neither Planning Center nor InBible shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Planning Center or InBible?
Planning Center ships an update every 11 days, and InBible every 2 weeks. Most recently, Planning Center was updated on October 22, 2026 and InBible on October 19, 2026.

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