ShelbyNEXT | Membership vs Silver Spring Assembly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShelbyNEXT | Membership
Manage church members, groups, and interactions on the go. Features include creating and editing people profiles, tracking attendance, and mass communication. Requires a ShelbyNEXT ChMS account.
- Create and manage people profiles
- View member lists and groups
- Track attendance and add visitors
- Manage interactions and notes
- Mass email, SMS, and voice messaging
- Self check-in for events
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The ShelbyNEXT Membership iPhone app allows you to access all of ShelbyNEXT Membership's core features while on the go! People Features: - Create People. - View lists of all members and groups, complete with thumbnails of profile pictures. - Use as a church directory, if enabled. - View all information for a person. Including personal, contact, dates, custom fields, and family. - Tap profile image to add a new one. - Edit all fields, including custom ones. - Add/remove people from groups. - Add/Edit notes. - Print a summary page, using AirPrint. - Add a person to your Contacts. Self Check-in: - People can check in when close to church, so labels are already printed and waiting for them, when they get inside. Interactions: - View lists of Completed, Outstanding, and My Outstanding interactions. - Edit Outstanding Interactions. - Assign/Log a new interaction. Attendance: - Add/edit attendance for a group. - Add visitors who are currently in the system. - Create and add visitors. - Swipe left on a name to see more options. Mass Contact - Mass Email a group. - Mass SMS and Voice message (Requires this to be configured via web) Please note that this app requires a ShelbyNEXT ChMS account.
Silver Spring Assembly
Connect with a diverse and growing church community. Access resources and engage with a spiritual message.
- Community connection
- Spiritual resources
- Multi-national congregation
- Engaging content
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Silver Spring Assembly is a vibrant and growing church of many nations but one Spirit!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Silver Spring Assembly at 100% against ShelbyNEXT | Membership's 15%. Silver Spring Assembly also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). ShelbyNEXT | Membership's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 56 months) and ratings volume (41 vs 1). 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.
Silver Spring Assembly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShelbyNEXT | Membership has 41 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 15% of ShelbyNEXT | Membership's written reviews are positive against 100% of Silver Spring Assembly's.
ShelbyNEXT | Membership ships an update every 2 months, Silver Spring Assembly every 56 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShelbyNEXT | Membership | Silver Spring Assembly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (41 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 15.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 56 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ministry Brands | Silver Spring Assembly of God |
Customer experience
ShelbyNEXT | Membership
Silver Spring Assembly
In-app purchases
ShelbyNEXT | Membership
No in-app purchases
Silver Spring Assembly
No in-app purchases
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