Comparison

Church Metrics vs LEAD.

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

Head to head
About

Church Metrics

This app provides a centralized platform for churches to track key ministry metrics like attendance, salvations, and giving. It allows for real-time data input, customizable dashboards, and detailed reports to inform decision-making and keep teams informed.

Highlights
  • Track attendance, salvations, giving, and custom metrics
  • Real-time data input
  • Customizable dashboards and reports
  • Access statistics from anywhere
  • Support for multiple campuses and service times
  • Team collaboration and informed decision-making
Features
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Church Metrics is a free tool for tracking attendance, salvations, giving, and more so you can make better ministry decisions. App Features: • Access your church statistics from anywhere, any time at the touch of a button. • Drill down to individual service times or categories for specific metrics. • Input your ministry numbers in real time—upload info like parking lot tallies, kids ministry numbers, salvations, and main auditorium attendance in real time during your services. • Stay organized when your entire ministry inputs data in the same place. • Keep team members informed with instant, account-wide stats. • Easily toggle between multiple service times or campuses. • Integrates seamlessly with your existing Church Metrics account. About Church Metrics: Better information helps you make better decisions. Church Metrics is an easy-to-use web tool and app that helps you track church statistics like attendance, salvations, baptisms, giving, and more. Customize unlimited additional categories to track anything that matters to you, from cars in the parking lot to volunteers. Your dashboard displays the real-time information, and charts and reports help you make data-driven decisions. • Track any metric you choose—if you can count it, you can track it! • Adjust your fully-customizable dashboard to display the numbers that matters to you. • See a visual representation of trends and patterns with interactive charts. • Track metrics for a single-site church or multiple campuses. • Get automatic email reports. • Transform metrics into sleek, easy-to-understand reports. • Keep pastors, board members, or other key leaders in the loop with reliable metrics. • Import and export reports using Excel. • Support multiple users, roles, and permissions with varying levels of access. • Switch between accounts easily. • Integrate with external apps. • Create private, invitation-only Church Metrics Groups to manage and review data for an entire denomination, church plant group, network of churches, or other association if needed. If you already use Church Metrics, download the app and log in to your dashboard. If you don’t yet have a Church Metrics account, download the app and get started! Connect with Church Metrics: Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/churchmetrics Use Church Metrics online: https://churchmetrics.com Get Church Metrics support: https://support.churchmetrics.com/

About

LEAD.

This app helps ministry and lay leaders connect with their people by tracking attendance, managing schedules, and facilitating communication. It provides tools to understand individual involvement, organize events, and ensure timely follow-up for discipleship.

Highlights
  • Group member communication and connection
  • Attendance tracking and special days reminders
  • Needs assignment and event calendars
  • Detailed people profiles and involvement history
  • Schedule management and volunteer communication
  • Service plan creation and event oversight
  • Process queue management for discipleship
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The LEAD app equips you as a ministry or lay leader with the tools and information you need to know the story of your people so you can better disciple them — from wherever you are. GROUPS • Stay in touch with your Group members and facilitate communication and connection between them • Keep track of who’s staying connected and who’s slipping through the cracks by easily taking attendance from your phone • Never miss a birthday or anniversary with your group Special Days list • Create, view, and assign Needs to give your group members opportunities to support each other and their community • Use Calendars to see the events in your group and peruse the guest list to keep track of who is staying connected PEOPLE • See and edit information about your people and their family, and contact them easily with the built-in tools • Quickly understand a person's history and involvement in the church with the Timeline • Get a sense of the consistency of their connection with an overview of their Serving, Attending, and Giving patterns** • Add new people to your system with the Create Profile feature, and make sure their data is correct by importing information from your phone's Contacts and using google's address validation** SCHEDULES • See where there are holes in your schedule and easily fill them on the go • Update your volunteers' statuses for real-time schedule management • Send messages to your volunteers to keep them informed about their serving opportunities • Add more Schedule Weeks SERVICE PLANS • Create, Edit, or Add a Service Plan • Add more Schedule Weeks CALENDARS • Use Admin Calendars to see the details of all the events happening in your church across your various campuses • Hone in on your Group's events and see where things are happening and who is coming PROCESS QUEUES • Provide quick, intentional follow-up for your people, and keep them moving along the path of discipleship • Leave notes for people as you move them through a process so all leaders can stay informed about a person's journey NOTES • Use Notes to share and view vital information among ministry leaders, keeping all of that important context in one place to tell a person's story *You must have a current Church Community Builder software account in order to use this app. ** All functionality is based on your current Church Community Builder software permissions

Screenshots

Church Metrics4 screens
LEAD.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Church Metrics at 4.1 against LEAD.'s 3.1. Church Metrics also leads on review sentiment (66% vs 26%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). LEAD.'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Church Metrics holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LEAD. has 160 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 66% of Church Metrics's written reviews are positive against 26% of LEAD.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Church Metrics ships an update every 5 weeks, LEAD. every 4 months. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Church Metrics versus LEAD.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChurch MetricsLEAD.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (18 ratings) — better3.1 (160 ratings)
Positive reviews65.8% of reviews — better26.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18160 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGloo LLCChurch Community Builder, Inc.

Customer experience

Church Metrics

All ratings18 ratings
Positive72.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.8%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive65.8%
Neutral10.5%
Negative23.7%

LEAD.

All ratings160 ratings
Positive45.6%
Neutral15.0%
Negative39.4%
Written reviews73 reviews
Positive26.0%
Neutral21.9%
Negative52.1%

Bugs and requests

Church Metrics

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

LEAD.

Reported bugs

22 issues
  • Logged out every time app is closed
  • Have to sign in every time
  • New version logs out and doesn't save settings
  • App forgets church association
  • Face ID no longer enabled
Show 17 more
  • App won't find churches when searching
  • App stopped working after update
  • App won't find church after reinstalling
  • App won't allow locating church or domain
  • App won't bring up church
  • Newest update took out schedules
  • App tells user they don't have permission
  • App crashes frequently
  • Face ID login removed/having issues
  • App doesn't rotate on iPad with keyboard
  • Buttons tangled with status bar on iPhone
  • App won't load (spinning wheel)
  • Latest update keeps crashing and losing attendance
  • App is really slow
  • Login screen freezes
  • White screen after splash page
  • Loading screen for minutes on end

Requested features

17 requests
  • Access notes on resources
  • Update database on the fly
  • Ability to upload new songs to song library
  • Ability to attach documents in group email messages
  • Add push notifications
Show 12 more
  • Ability to share contact info quickly via text/email
  • Support for landscape mode on iPad
  • View serving options from phone
  • iOS notifications instead of email
  • Subscribe to iCal/webcal feed for calendars
  • Full calendar options (church calendar, add events, add photos)
  • Ability to view schedule within each group
  • Second app for volunteers or modify for all members
  • Mail merge feature via app
  • Group schedules functionality
  • Assign roles and tasks to members
  • Full calendar options including adding events and photos

In-app purchases

None

Church Metrics

No in-app purchases

None

LEAD.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Church Metrics free?
Church Metrics is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is LEAD. free?
LEAD. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Church Metrics or LEAD.?
Church Metrics is rated higher. Church Metrics averages 4.1 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while LEAD. averages 3.1 from 160 ratings.
Do Church Metrics or LEAD. have ads?
Church Metrics shows ads; LEAD. does not.
Which is updated more often, Church Metrics or LEAD.?
Church Metrics ships an update every 5 weeks, and LEAD. every 4 months. Most recently, Church Metrics was updated on September 22, 2026 and LEAD. on September 22, 2026.

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