Clearstream vs Planning Center Headcounts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clearstream
This application provides church leaders with powerful SMS communication tools. Easily send mass texts to your congregation, respond to individual messages, and access valuable statistics to enhance engagement. Seamlessly integrates with Planning Center for streamlined operations.
- Send mass texts
- Reply to individual messages
- View statistics
- Syncs with Planning Center
- iPhone integration
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Powerful texting software for your church. Connect with your members via SMS from your iPhone. Send mass texts, reply to individual numbers, view useful statistics and more! Syncs with Planning Center. Requires a Clearstream account.
Planning Center Headcounts
This app simplifies attendance tracking for organizations using Planning Center Check-Ins. It allows users to quickly record total numbers for events, either by entering a final count or using a live counting tool. Data is instantly synced to your account for reporting.
- Track attendance without individual identification
- Enter final headcount or use live counting
- Instant data sync with Planning Center
- Supports multiple users on different devices simultaneously
- Simplified and accessible attendance taking
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You must already have a Planning Center account with Counter permissions and Planning Center Check-Ins enabled to use this app. ===== Planning Center Headcounts: ====== Planning Center Headcounts is an online mobile application that works with Planning Center Check-Ins to help keep track of any type of attendance, without needing to track specific individuals. Choose an existing event and a headcount type and start keeping track of your people. You can track them by entering the final number, or use the live counting tool. You won't need to write down your totals manually when you're done, since saving will instantly update your headcount total in Planning Center Check-Ins. Multiple people can even track headcounts on two different devices at the same time. Taking attendance is made simpler, more accessible, and your data is instantly saved to your account & can be included in your attendance reports.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Clearstream at 83% against Planning Center Headcounts's 40%. Clearstream also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 7). Planning Center Headcounts's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Clearstream holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clearstream has 1.4K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Clearstream's written reviews are positive against 40% of Planning Center Headcounts's.
Clearstream ships an update every 2 weeks, Planning Center Headcounts every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clearstream | Planning Center Headcounts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (1.4K ratings) — better | 4.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better | 40.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Clearstream | Ministry Centered Technologies |
Customer experience
Clearstream
Planning Center Headcounts
Bugs and requests
Clearstream
Reported bugs
1 issue- Subscriber activity not recorded properly
Requested features
1 request- Ability to edit or delete scheduled messages directly from the app
Planning Center Headcounts
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Clearstream
No in-app purchases
Planning Center Headcounts
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Is Planning Center Headcounts free?
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