Community Apps | Foster Fellowship & Connections

Not the Bee

A humor-based news and commentary site from the creators of The Babylon Bee, featuring real stories so absurd they read like satire — with a built-in social network, multiple podcasts, a dedicated Christianity section, and apps for iOS and Android. Site confirmed actively publishing daily as of August 10, 2026.

Plucky Filter

Plucky Filter is a self-control internet filter that blocks images and videos by default, then uses a time delay you set in advance to prevent impulsive changes — putting your best self in charge of your screen. Built by Christians, trusted by major ministries, and used in over 100 countries.

Land of Promise Minecraft Server

A Christian Minecraft server with 1:1 scale biblical landmarks where kids ages 7–12 join facilitated Bible education sessions, explore Jerusalem and the Tabernacle, and grow in faith through interactive gameplay — now also offering a 12-month Builders Program, an Ambassador Program, and the Beyond Survival Advanced Camp (Genesis 1-themed) to equip churches and families worldwide to launch their own Minecraft ministry.

Flocknote

All-in-one church communication, household database, and online giving platform from a 100% employee-owned Catholic company. Trusted by 10,000+ churches, 50+ diocesan partners, and 200,000+ ministry leaders. Web-based — no app download required.

GiveSendGo

A free Christian crowdfunding platform where every campaign creator receives a personal prayer call from the Hope Team, with 0% platform fees, a Giver Army supporting campaigns without community backing, and a 501(c)(3) charity arm that deployed $667K+ in relief in 2025 with Candid Platinum Transparency.

Live Free Community App

A private community app for men seeking freedom from pornography and lust, offering peer accountability, weekly teaching content, free and premium courses, direct messaging, 27+ small group hosts, and church partnership options — founded by pastor and recovery advocate Carl Thomas, with the refreshed X3pure Rewired workshop and an actively maintained recovery blog through 2026.

Grow: Christian Social App

A free Christian social app that pairs an Instagram-style feed with hundreds of multimedia devotionals, seven Bible translations, and a community built around worship, prayer, and encouragement. Jamie Matthews and Grow Faith Co. run it through City Life Community Projects with no ads.

RELEVANT

The leading digital Christian media platform for twenty- and thirtysomethings — daily articles on faith, culture, justice, and intentional living, plus a weekly podcast with 1,300+ episodes featuring A-list guests. Founded in 2000 by Cameron Strang. Reaches ~5 million monthly.

One Church Software

All-in-one church management platform serving 1,000+ churches with member care, online giving, check-ins, groups, volunteer scheduling, service planning, workflow automations, and a free mobile app — now on Version 7 with customizable dashboards and multilingual support. Recent updates (June–July 2026) added Member Chat with child-safety protections, a Square point-of-sale integration, ChordPro chart support with SongSelect import, an expanded developer API (nearly 500 web services), and a text-messaging network upgrade — with a mobile app redesign (dark mode, iPad support) on the way.

MyCompassion

MyCompassion is Compassion International's official sponsor app for writing letters, sharing photos, praying for your sponsored child, and seeing updates from their community. It is free on iPhone and Android; child sponsorship itself is a separate commitment.

Holy — Christian Dating & Friends App

A Christ-centered dating and friendship app built by a married couple, featuring manual profile review, selfie verification, and Scripture-woven design to help Christians meet intentionally and grow their faith together.

Exodus 90 - Live Different

A year-round Catholic men's formation app built on prayer, asceticism, and fraternity. Over 250,000 men in 80+ countries have used Exodus 90's structured challenges — including the flagship 90-day spiritual exercise, seasonal programs like Return of the King, Weight of Glory, Holy Speech, and Exodus 40 for Lent, and the new ExodusU intellectual formation track — to break free from distractions and grow closer to God.

Nucleus Launcher

Free church website plugin that puts every next step — event signups, prayer requests, giving, group registration — in one always-visible hub. Works on any website builder. Doubles as a link-in-bio tool. Used by 4,000+ churches.

FaithTech

The largest global community for Christians in tech, now active in 50+ cities across 20 countries on six continents. FaithTech gathers developers, designers, and entrepreneurs to build redemptive technology together — hosting Awaken 2026 (its first global gathering in 10 years, Sept 24-26 in Monterey, registration now open), the annual BUILD hackathon, Story Nights in 20+ cities, and the Glocal Hackathon, while producing the Missional Tech Trends research series and a podcast exploring faith, AI ethics, and culture.

SundayU

An online training platform and resource hub for church communications leaders, offering 300+ video classes, certification courses, done-for-you design resources, and an annual planning system. Founded by Justin Dean in 2017 and acquired by Sylva, Inc. in 2021; Dean has since launched a newer companion platform, SaltyChurches.com.

X3watch 2.0

A bundled subscription combining AI-powered accountability software (with on-device content detection and blocking across social media apps on iPhone), peer community, guided video workshops, and a structured four-week Ascend recovery program to help men break free from pornography addiction.

VerseLocker

A completely free Bible memory app by Scripture Memory Fellowship with interactive tools like blur, initials, word choice, typing, and audio looping to help you memorize Scripture. Used in 100+ countries with 11.5M+ verses added since 2018, available on iOS, Android, Amazon, and web. Includes Bible Tracker, printable verse cards, and ABIDE virtual community meetings.

United Hive

A global testimony-sharing platform where Christians post real-time stories of evangelism and encounters with God on a live map spanning 50+ nations, with community tools, training content, the Contagious Faith Podcast (now 52 episodes), a blog on evangelism foundations, organization tools for churches and ministries, real-time prayer Beacons launched in January 2026, and a revival and evangelism news feed curating stories of God's movement worldwide.

Lightgliders

Lightgliders is a virtual world of Christian faith, games, and community for kids ages 6–14. Co-created by Zach Fay and Derek Holser, this 501(c)(3) nonprofit offers weekly Bible-based activities, safe multiplayer gameplay, and tools for parents — helping families redeem screen time and grow together in faith. The Lightglider Origins book series now has a third installment, "Kwan and the Armor of Light," announced for October 2026.

BLESS App: Bless Your Neighbor

BLESS (formerly Bless Every Home) helps Christians love their neighbors through five daily practices — Begin with prayer, Listen, Eat, Serve, and share your Story. Now led by Palau, it's used by nearly 95,000 individuals and 18,000+ churches across all 50 states, with new map features that let congregations coordinate neighborhood prayer coverage.

Churchome

Free church app from Judah and Chelsea Smith offering daily guided prayers, weekly Bible-based services for all ages, real-time Pastor Chat, monthly livestream experiences (The Story of God LIVE), and ChurchKids Stories (ages 1–11). Founded 1992 in Kirkland, WA; in-person gatherings now in Los Angeles. App code last updated February 2026; content continues publishing actively.

Bible Memory Community

A free online community where over 3,000 believers encourage each other and stay accountable in memorizing Scripture, featuring weekly challenges, diverse small groups by life stage, the Memorize What Matters podcast, and founder Josh Summers' Amazon bestselling book of the same name. The Bible Memory Goal YouTube channel has grown to 43,600+ subscribers.

Tether

White-label digital experience platform for faith-driven churches, ministries, and creators. Form, disciple, train, or activate communities through courses, cohorts, and branded native apps on iOS, Android, and web — with a strategic partner to help launch and grow each digital ministry. Backed by Praxis and the Pinetops Foundation. No AI features; all content is human-authored.

Altar Live

Altar Live is an interactive online church platform combining livestreaming with virtual tables, lobby rooms, messaging, and analytics. Acquired by JX3 Digital in March 2026, it's now led by co-founders Joe Aleshire (CEO), Boyd Landis (CXO), Jason Gleim (CTO), and Joshua Aleshire (COO) — all Nazarene church ministry leaders who were customers before becoming owners. The Android app is now published under the JX3 Digital developer account (updated Jun 2026); however, the iOS app remains on version 1.0.53 (Nov 2023), now ~2.75 years without a new build. Serving 1,300+ churches worldwide.

Notebird

Pastoral care software helping church leaders and care teams track visits, conversations, follow-ups, and life milestones in one place — with recurring tasks, file attachments, end-to-end encryption, ChMS integrations, and care reporting — so no one falls through the cracks.

Text in Church

An all-in-one church communication platform (texting, email, calling) co-founded by Tyler Smith and trusted by 38,000+ church leaders, now featuring Calling as a full standalone phone system and expanded integrations with Planning Center, Tithely, Elvanto, and MinistrySafe.

SALT TABLE

TABLE by SALT is a free live audio community for Christian singles offering interactive discussion events on faith, dating, relationships, and prayer — accessible within the SALT app and via web. Runs around 10–12 sessions weekly with community-member and specialist hosts, and sits alongside SALT's matching and SALT Social feed as one of three connection layers. Recurring formats include a Book Club, therapy-informed sessions, prayer gatherings, and a Scripture-paired relationship challenge.

Restore + Revive Journal

Restore + Revive Journal is a topical Bible journaling app, paired with paper card decks, that walks you through Scripture on fear, doubt, worry, and dozens of other life topics with daily prompts, voice or SMS replies, and weekly review. Founded by Telisha Ortiz, it is free to start with optional Premium and group sessions on iOS and Android.

He Reads Truth

The men's companion to She Reads Truth — a worldwide community reading God's Word together through curated Bible reading plans, devotionals, and a full-text multi-translation Bible. Co-founded by Raechel Myers and Amanda Bible Williams; now an imprint of Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group.

CV (Christian Vision)

UK-based global Christian charity equipping the Church for evangelism through free video resources, training courses, the yesHEis app (16+ languages), the annual DigitalDay conference, a pioneering CV Pioneers program deploying culturally embedded local mission workers, Activation Hubs providing worldview-specific evangelism pathways (Hinduism, Buddhism, Uzbekistan), and an active Digital Mission Fields initiative taking the gospel into online gaming communities — with outreach campaigns that have reached over 1.5 billion people worldwide.

Nucleus

Premium all-in-one church website builder with sermon management, conversational Flows, a private Prayer Wall, online giving (no percentage taken), the signature Launcher, the Posts feature for ministry content, and Planning Center + Zapier integrations. Built by Brady Shearer (Pro Church Tools), used by 4,000+ churches, and featured in Forbes and Christianity Today. Also offers free website makeovers with professional photography. Actively developed with regular release notes.

The Freedom Fight

A holistic, Christ-centered porn addiction recovery program for men and women, blending biblical discipleship, neuroscience, and clinical training across a free 30-Day Challenge and 29-week flagship course — with 86% of completers finding lasting freedom.

Clearstream

Bootstrapped church texting, email, and voice platform trusted by 10,000+ congregations — offering mass texting, automated workflows, unlimited email with analytics, NFC tap tags, QR codes, voicemail/call forwarding, a congregant companion app (Clearstream Tap), and deep integrations with Planning Center, Rock RMS, and other major church management systems. Ranked first in Rock RMS's 2026 customer survey.

Daily Grace Co

A Bible study app by Jeremy and Kristin Schmucker offering theologically rich digital studies, teaching videos, community discussions, a blog, and weekly podcast — now celebrating 10 years with over 50 studies, 3 million+ shipped, and expanded offerings for men, couples, families, and churches under the tagline "Equipping Disciples in the Word." Recent 2026 additions include anxiety and Sermon on the Mount studies, an ESV Journaling Study Bible line, and a growing team that now includes a Theologian in Residence.

Church Online Platform

Free church livestreaming platform by Life.Church with interactive chat, live prayer, volunteer tools, customizable Moments for next steps, and a 2025 redesign featuring dark theme and enhanced prayer. 38,000+ churches since 2011. 85 million total attendees over 20 years (April 2026 anniversary). Completely free, no limits. Localized in 60+ languages.

The Porch

The Porch is the young adult ministry (ages 20s-30s) of Watermark Community Church in Dallas, TX, founded in 2006. Led by Executive Director Kylen Perry, the app streams Tuesday night gatherings, archives past messages, and hosts the "Views from The Porch" podcast. Porch Live gatherings now span 8+ cities across six states. Awaken 2026 (Sept 5–7) features Jennie Allen, Matt Chandler, David Platt, and Christine Caine.

Christianity Today

The flagship evangelical media ministry founded by Billy Graham in 1956, now in its 70th anniversary year (2026). Reaches 40M people annually with news, theology, and 11+ podcasts (The Bulletin, The Russell Moore Show, Devil and the Deep Blue Sea). The CT mobile app (iOS and Android, launched May 2026) added comments, reactions, and a Daily Devotional in summer 2026 updates. Led by President & CEO Nicole Massie Martin and Editor-in-Chief Marvin Olasky, with Russell Moore as Editor-at-Large. The One Kingdom Campaign has raised $28.3M of its $32M goal (as of June 2026) to fund Global, Next Gen, and Big Tent initiatives.

Remember Me

Free, open-source Bible memory app by Swiss nonprofit Poimena — uses spaced repetition, interactive games, and group campaigns to help 2.2M+ believers memorize Scripture across 320+ translations in 48 languages. No ads, no cost, no limits. Actively maintained across Android (1M+ downloads), iOS, web, macOS, and Windows; now connects to Claude and ChatGPT via the Model Context Protocol for hands-free verse management by chat or voice.

Pure Desire

Pure Desire Ministries (founded 1999 by Dr. Ted and Diane Roberts; led by Executive Director Nick Stumbo) provides Christ-centered online support groups, IITAP-certified counseling, two podcasts (Pure Desire Podcast: 474 episodes; Unfiltered: 116+), and recovery resources to help men, women, and couples find freedom from compulsive sexual behavior and healing from betrayal trauma — holding a 3/4 Star Charity Navigator rating (81/100) with audited financials and a 93% clinical effectiveness rating, and hosting the annual Summit in the Nashville metro area after announcing a planned headquarters relocation from Troutdale, OR.

Faith Driven Entrepreneur

Free global community and content platform for Christ-following entrepreneurs — featuring a top-rated weekly podcast (386+ episodes), video courses, small group cohorts, coaching programs, a Fractional Pastor initiative, campus chapters, and city networks that have served 25,000+ entrepreneurs and 250 partnering churches across 140+ countries. Co-founded by Henry Kaestner (Bandwidth) and Justin Forman, with sister movements including Faith Driven Investor, Faith Driven Teens, and Solving the World's Greatest Problems.

Rule of Life Builder by Practicing the Way

A free interactive tool from Practicing the Way (John Mark Comer's ministry) that helps you build a personalized Rule of Life — daily, weekly, and monthly spiritual rhythms patterned after Jesus across nine core disciplines, with a completed companion podcast spanning all nine practices and a printable plan. Used by 23,600+ churches across 167 countries. Comer's eighth book, Into the Quiet, arrives October 6, 2026.

FaithFi - Faith & Finance

The only budgeting app that integrates biblical wisdom with practical money management — envelope budgeting, daily devotional "Rhythms," an AskFaithfully AI guidance feature, interactive Field Guides, an 880K+ listener radio and podcast audience, Kirk Cousins partnership, Faithful Steward magazine, and GuideStone SSO integration.

She Reads Truth

A worldwide community of women reading Scripture together each day through curated plans, devotionals, a weekly podcast, and printed guides. Founded in 2012 by Raechel Myers and Amanda Bible Williams; now an imprint of Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group.

Promise Keepers

A free web-based digital community from the historic Promise Keepers men's ministry, led by CEO Shane Winnings. Offers devotionals, Bible study, group discussions, prayer connections, the free weekly Overcomers virtual Bible study, and e-courses. The ministry has expanded its "Biblical Manhood" programming to include Win The Morning fitness plans, a PK Ambassadors local-leader program, and a "Proclamation on Godly Masculinity" initiative. Also runs national Wake-Up Call conferences and a college campus tour, and publishes Shane Winnings' 2026 book Men of God. The legacy iOS app remains available but has not been updated since May 2025 and the Android app is discontinued; the ministry's focus has shifted to the web-based PK Digital Community. ECFA member since 1994.

Called

An all-in-one church communication and community platform by the Newman Ministry team — combining group chat, events with RSVPs, check-in, volunteer sign-ups, prayer requests, video posts, and member engagement insights with youth-safe messaging. Trusted by 500+ churches and 50,000+ members across churches, campus ministries, high schools, and small groups. Newest feature: Event Sign-Ups (June 2026), replacing the need for separate tools like SignUpGenius.

PrayerMate

Free prayer organizing app by Discipleship Tech (UK charity) that helps you pray consistently through personalized categories, daily reminders, 500+ church and mission organization prayer feeds, group prayer sharing, and curated biblical prayer resources. PrayerMate v9 (2025) delivered a full rewrite with improved cloud sync and encryption, and v10 (May 2026) added the long-awaited ability to record and reflect on answers to prayer plus urgent-prayer-request tracking. Over 100 million prayers supported across nearly every country. Available on iOS, Android, Mac, and Apple Vision. Celebrating 15 years in 2026.

Echo Prayer

A prayer companion from The Parable Group that keeps your requests organized with reminders, answered-prayer tracking, small-group sharing, and church or ministry feeds, plus an optional ECHO+ subscription for extra group and desktop features.

Re:generation

A biblically-based, 12-step discipleship and recovery ministry from Watermark Community Church in Dallas, now active at 215 locations across the U.S. with both in-person and virtual options. 351 people completed the full program at Watermark in 2025. Developed by Nathan Graybill in 2013 from Watermark's earlier Celebrate Recovery ministry, and now directed by John Elmore (ThM, DTS). Curriculum available in English, Polish, Albanian, and Romanian, with Spanish offerings expanding to multiple U.S. locations. Also offers Re:generation for Students, a 12-week study for grades 9–12 piloted in 2019.

Faithly.co

A free networking platform built for Christians in ministry — connecting 4,000+ pastors, church staff, worship leaders, and volunteers across 650+ churches and 50+ denominations through profiles, job boards, groups, events, and resources. Continuously iterating mobile apps (now on v2.1 with image editing, event waitlists, and @mentions), a weekly podcast featuring leaders from the Jesus Film Project, Compassion International, and Ligonier Ministries, and a monthly church governance blog series.

Seed Bible by AO Lab

A free, open-source web platform by AO Lab (501c3) that turns Bible reading into a shared, real-time experience inside group chats and messaging apps. Following a 2026 refactor, it features fast multiplayer sessions, a polished mobile UI, full-text search, immersive 3D reading, a live Discord bot, and live AI chat integration with the Apologist Project (GotQuestions, Kenboa, Apologetics Canada) — all powered by the Free Use Bible API (1,256 translations, 1,004 languages, now ~14M monthly hits, up from 7M). The 'Today' welcome screen is now live, and bible-api now supports importing commentaries. No downloads, no paywalls, no ads.

connect.

A private, branded communication and community engagement app for churches, schools, ministries, and sports organizations — with customizable channels, monitored messaging, event ticketing, fundraising campaigns, push notifications, calendar sync, polls, video posts, and resource sharing. Built by Connect – ITZ (MAP Sports Co-Mission, LLC) in Lexington, KY, it received a major redesign in 2026 and operates from a clear orthodox Christian statement of faith.

Through the Word

Through the Word is a free nonprofit Bible app that pairs every chapter of Scripture with a short audio guide and organizes the whole Bible into 19 Journeys. Founded by pastor Kris Langham, it is available on iOS, Android, YouVersion, and podcast feeds, with no ads and no paywalls.

Love God Greatly

A global women's Bible study ministry offering free studies in 45+ languages using the SOAP method — with an app featuring daily reading plans, guided journaling, memory verses, and a worldwide community of women studying Scripture together. Newest study: The Fruit of the Spirit (Galatians).

Spf.io

AI-powered translation and accessibility platform by TheoTech that delivers real-time captions, audio interpretation, and translations in 100+ languages for church services, civic meetings, conferences, and conversations — all web-based, no download needed. New: real-time ProPresenter integration with OCR slide translation, civic government adoption (City of Elgin, IL), full-length book translation in spf.io studio 2.0, and a free pastor's guide to multilingual ministry.

Switchboard

A nonprofit digital missions platform from Tentmakers Network matching 8,000+ skilled believers with Gospel workers across 100+ countries — volunteer your professional skills for the Kingdom via one-time consults, ongoing virtual roles, and the new Prayer Circles feature. Free for individuals and Great Commission organizations; partners include Pioneers, Cru, Christar, Lausanne, and the Colson Center.

WordGo

Free Bible study app from Bible Study Fellowship with 50+ guided courses (1–6 weeks) in English, Spanish, and Chinese. Features daily readings, audio teachings, private journal, and group study tools. Completely free. Available on iOS and Android, with new studies added regularly.

Prayer for Designers

A prayer ministry and Slack community of ~225 Christian designers offering confidential prayer support, Bible verse art for social media, virtual Bible studies (5+ years on Zoom), and fellowship across design disciplines. Founded by award-winning brand/UI designer Brian White in Lawrence, KS.

Krew Social

An enterprise-grade community-building platform that helps churches, hospitals, universities, and military organizations fight loneliness by connecting members through shared interests, spontaneous micro-events, and a friend-suggestion algorithm — with Planning Center integration for churches, growing government partnerships for veteran suicide prevention, and Kirby, an in-app AI assistant for planning hangouts and answering app questions (shipped Aug 2026, the consumer debut of Krew's pending agentic-AI patent). A Tampa Bay Chamber 2026 Small Business of the Year finalist.

StudyChurch

A free web-based platform where small groups collaborate on Bible study lessons online — leaders build studies with embedded questions, members share answers and discuss before meeting in person, and churches manage all their groups from one dashboard.

Bible Verse Bot for Discord

A free Discord bot from the nonprofit Bible SMS ministry that delivers beautifully designed KJV Bible verse images on demand and auto-posts daily devotionals to your server via announcement channels.

Babylon Bee

The world's most-visited Christian satire site, delivering daily satirical headlines on religion, politics, and everyday life — with a weekly New York Post feature, ongoing free speech court victories (9th Circuit appeal pending), and a Heritage Foundation award-winning CEO who keynoted the ARC 2026 conference.

Apollos

Apollos is a digital platform that helps churches launch custom-branded mobile apps, TV apps, and websites built around three daily spiritual habits — gratitude, prayer, and Scripture reading — plus an AI-powered content engine (Creator) that turns one sermon into a week of devotional content, with traceable roots in Crossroads Church's pioneering "Spiritual Fitness app" work and a growing customer base that now includes The Church of Eleven22.

Join the Journey

A free daily Bible reading and discipleship plan from Watermark Community Church, studying Acts in 2026 with guided spiritual practices, a weekly video podcast, a kids edition, and a community reading together under the theme Abiding in Jesus Together.

theWell

theWell (formerly BePerk) is a free Christian social media platform combining short-form videos, photo sharing, stories, live streaming with co-hosts, prayer requests, and testimonies — rebuilt as theWell 2.0 in May 2026 and expanded through summer 2026 with multi-image posts, Dove reposts, and cross-posting to other social platforms, protected by an enterprise-grade CSAE detection partnership with Checkstep.

The Waha Discovery Bible Study App

Waha is a free, audio-based Discovery Bible Study app that facilitates small group meetings in 63 languages — just press play and discuss. Includes a full Disciple Making Course, Micro Lessons for personal growth, a read-along mode for following along in different Bible translations, full Bible access with verse navigation, karaoke-style verse highlighting, and encryption for sensitive regions.

Memory Verses

MemoryVerses is a completely free Scripture memorization platform with six typing- and voice-based practice methods, seven interactive Bible games (including the daily Wordle-style Scriptle puzzle and a fresh Daily Bible Crossword), an auto-paced Memory Plan with custom rest days, family accounts, and free Church Pages that let pastors lead their whole congregation in memorizing the same verse each week — now available natively on iOS, Android, and the web with 30+ Bible translations including Spanish and Portuguese. Ranked #1 Bible Memory App of 2026 by ChristianAppReviews.com (92/100).

3-16

3-16 is a free Christian prayer network app for sharing requests, joining prayer groups, attending live global prayer events, and connecting congregations through Ministry Pages. Andrei Baburin built it for iOS and Android.

Christendom

A free Catholic video platform that curates content from over 150 creators and channels — watch, follow, build playlists, and discover new voices, all in one place. Built by Longbeard Creative, the team behind Magisterium AI (used in 190+ countries, 75+ languages) and the Builders AI Forum (BAIF), a nonprofit convening AI leaders and Catholic Church leadership.

Missio

A security-first communications platform for missionaries and ministry workers that turns social-media-style posts into automated email newsletters — with end-to-end encryption, face blur, Invisible Mode for sensitive contexts, auto-generated landing pages, giving integration, Groups for team feeds, draft posts, hands-free voice posts via Siri, and email analytics. Free and donation-supported; available on iOS, Android, and web.

The Odin Project

A free, open-source full-stack web development curriculum with nearly 1.9 million learners. Covers HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Node.js, and Ruby on Rails through project-based learning and a 60,000+ member Discord community. Self-funded by donations via Open Collective since 2023. Curriculum GitHub repo has 12,900+ stars and was last updated August 2026.

Focus on the Family App

Free Christian family resource app from Focus on the Family featuring the daily broadcast with Jim Daly, articles, devotions, assessments, group messaging, and community tools for every season of life — marriage, parenting, and beyond. Founded by Dr. James Dobson in 1977, now serving families in 98 countries, with the animated Adventures in Odyssey feature film *Journey into the Impossible* arriving in theaters in 2027.

Families Arising App

A free faith-based app by Families Arising offering Christian moms a structured Growth 360 Curriculum, devotionals, Bible studies, coaching, community features including group events, and family resources — reaching 349K+ people across 205+ countries. Now paired with a three-level Family Ambassador Mentoring Experience, the Mom 360 Café community on Mighty Networks, and the Shift Into Legacy Institute led by founder Oluseye Ashiru.

Pastor Notes App

Pastor Notes App helps pastors share sermon notes, live polls, prayer requests, and an invitation to accept Jesus with their people through the free companion Bible Notes app. Concierge Contacts Pty Ltd in Australia maintains the congregation-size subscription for iOS and Android.

Bible Glide

Bible Glide is a focused Scripture reader and small-group discipleship app that lets you open any passage, scroll through surrounding context without losing your place, and chat with Bible Glide AI for study questions, prayer, and cross-references — now extended with a free 1,189-chapter summary library, a Sermon Companion tool, a communities leaderboard with reading streaks, and a remote MCP server that brings Bible readings and AI chat into ChatGPT, Claude, and other MCP-compatible clients.

Undershepherd

Pastoral care software helping pastors and care teams log interactions, track life events, assign tasks, and stay organized — with privacy-first design, Planning Center/Breeze/ChurchTrac integrations, a scholarship program for under-resourced pastors, and active blog resources. By Sabbath Ventures.

yesHEis

Free evangelism app from CV (Christian Vision) with practical tools, training courses, interactive challenges, a global activity map, and a "My People" tracker — helping everyday Christians share their faith with confidence in 20+ languages, backed by nearly 5 million social media followers and actively maintained by CV Digital through 2026.

Keep in Touch (kit)

An open-source launchpad for Christian creators to share in-progress work, capture email leads, and get promoted on faith.tools — with shared sign-in and AI spam moderation. Still in beta as a faith.tools experiment.

Foster the City

A free app for churches partnering with Foster the City, connecting Foster Parents, Support Friends, and Advocates through shared calendars, prayer requests, messaging, an Inspiration and Hope screen, and curated foster care resources. Since launching in 2015, the movement has grown to 368 partner churches, 527 foster families, and 1,117 children welcomed into loving homes — with foster family retention nearly double the national average.

Gatherly

Gatherly is a church communication platform with Fellowship Circles, a Prayer Wall, Daily Scripture, and Planning Center integration — designed to keep faith communities connected beyond Sunday with no ads or algorithms. Co-founded by Erik and Joaquin Llenado, it remains in an invite-only Early Access program with flat monthly pricing for unlimited members.

Anor

Anor is an AI-powered intelligence layer for churches and nonprofits that unifies people data from tools like Mailchimp, Fundraise Up, and Planning Center into one profile — with engagement scoring, network mapping, automated Intelligence Briefings, and Claude-powered insights so no one gets overlooked. Founded by Stephen McCaskell (Compassion International, Ligonier Ministries, Missionary.com, co-author of Spirit and Circuit: Seeking Wisdom for the Church in the Age of AI) with a team rooted in ministry and technology.

Relay: Quit Porn Addiction

A Y Combinator-backed, therapist-designed recovery program that helps men and women quit porn and compulsive sexual behavior through anonymous group accountability, interactive video lessons, and evidence-based tools — with a faith-focused track, a companion podcast, dedicated programs for therapists and churches, and a new million-person 'November Project' challenge.

ActsSocial

A free, ad-free, algorithm-free Christ-centered social platform founded on Acts 2:42–47 by Shawn Whitson, offering a gratitude-first feed, prayer walls, human-moderated community groups, AI-deepfake-scanned short-form video (Real Acts), minister-written daily devotionals, a 12-translation Bible reader, an Events hub, curated Christian news, and free church/business/nonprofit pages — with 100K+ prelaunch signups, $3.5M in faith-aligned funding, and active development since its June 2025 global launch.

Here's My Church

A free, open-source interactive map of 422,000+ Christian churches across 19 countries — with attendance estimates, denomination filters, language tracking, country/state/metro directory pages, seasonal worldwide data reports, and community-driven corrections.

OurChurchCare

A web-based church care management tool that helps deacons, elders, pastors, and volunteers assign families, log personal outreach, track follow-ups, and see who needs care before anyone quietly slips through the cracks. Now actively expanding with a resources library and Founding Cohort program as founder John Hicks transitions into full-time pastoral ministry.

Jesus.net Online Courses

Free online courses from Jesus.net covering faith, prayer, the Bible, identity in Christ, anxiety, finances, marriage and family, the character of God, and Jesus — with optional personal e-coaching or a self-chosen Accountability Partner using a WATCH-APPLY-SHARE model. Part of a global network of 120+ ministries in 40+ languages reaching hundreds of millions worldwide; flagship courses include Identity, The Character of God (with Bible Project videos), and companion courses for all five seasons of The Chosen.

Sparks Chinese Bible

Sparks (火花) is a freemium digital Bible platform by the Bible Society (British & Foreign Bible Society) offering 60+ Bible translations (40+ Chinese versions), original-language tools, an AI-powered cross-referencing assistant, structured courses (including a new Romans series), 186+ Bible Land video lessons, podcasts, daily devotionals, a Chinese Bible translation timeline, bookstore, and community features for Chinese-speaking Christians worldwide. Optional VIP subscription tier launched in 2026 unlocks advanced AI study features.

Lightdao

LightDao is a faith-driven NFT marketplace on Solana that connects Christian digital artists with supporters, directing art proceeds toward charitable causes. As of August 2026, the platform remains in internal testing with no public launch; the team signaled continued building in a July 3, 2026 post but has not announced a founding artist cohort.

Dear God - Prayer Diary

A prayer journal app where you write personal letters to God, each one blooming as a flower in your digital prayer garden. Includes daily Scripture-based devotional prompts, calm background music, anonymous community sharing, and a Fellowship membership with premium flowers and devotional content.

myChelper

A free, all-in-one church engagement platform offering a branded mobile app, drag-and-drop website builder, mobile giving, and small-group communication — built by a YouVersion engineer and operated by Faith Software, Inc., a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN: 42-3505436) that also builds the SOAPaDay Bible journaling app and the Agpeya Coptic Orthodox prayer book app.

Sermon Central

The world's largest free sermon research library — with AI-powered sermon outlines, research assistants, and funeral sermon generators, plus a free sermon editor, built-in Bible reading tool, and Barna-backed church flourishing resources — equipping 250,000+ church leaders weekly in 100+ countries to preach with excellence.

ARMA Courses

ARMA Courses is an online Bible education platform founded by Dr. Manny Arango and Dr. Aaron Ross, offering 55+ video courses on Scripture, theology, and cultural topics with workbooks, quizzes, a private community, and live calls — helping thousands of Christians understand the Bible for themselves. Available via web and an iOS app.

ChurchSoftware

Free all-in-one church management platform for 501(c)3 churches and ministries, covering people, giving, worship planning, accounting, check-in, groups, and a mobile app. A nine-person team keeps a free core, with optional paid add-ons and eight languages.

Scripture Forge

A free, open-source web app by SIL International for collaborative Bible translation — featuring AI-powered draft generation (powered by the open-source Serval model, now used in nearly 500 projects worldwide), Paratext integration, and community checking tools that connect translation teams with language speakers across the globe, including an emerging oral Bible translation workflow. Currently v5.62.0 (August 2026).

Fext

Fext is a mass texting app for iPhone and iPad that sends personalized, private SMS messages to each recipient individually — no group chats or reply-all. Widely used by pastors, churches, and community leaders for devotionals, event updates, and outreach.

Crossgrid

A Christian "Kingdom economy" network from Long Island, NY whose flagship product is LocateFaith (a Christian business directory across all 50 states) alongside Daily Growth Journal (a streak-based spiritual-discipline app). Rebranded in 2026 from a software-consulting firm to its current "Gather, Multiply, Deploy" vision.

Rava: Discover God's Story

Rava is a free, group-centric Discovery Bible Study app from the makers of Waha. Press play, listen to Scripture and discussion questions, and discover God's story together — now available across the Waha platform's 63 languages with offline support, encryption, a security mode, and a read-along mode for following along in different Bible translations.

Flare - for Groups

All-in-one group communication platform combining chats, event calendars, attendance tracking, photo albums, polls, Venmo payments, cross-group connections, and a flexible points system. Used by 500,000+ people across student organizations, ministries, Rotary clubs, and community groups. Free on iOS and Android with frequent updates and an active scholarship program for students.

Reformed Hours of Prayer

A free app guiding church communities through seven daily liturgical prayer hours with psalms, Scripture readings, real-time prayer connections, and Bible tracking — available on iOS, Android, and web.

Kingdom Cents

Kingdom Cents is a Christian budgeting app that calculates your tithe first when income arrives, then budgets what remains, with prayer circles, devotionals, and giving reflections alongside.

Engage Spaces

Engage Spaces is an all-in-one operations platform for ministries, multisite churches, and nonprofits that combines communication, training, reporting, compliance tracking, and team management with location-based pricing and unlimited users across North America.

The Chip Ingram App

The official app from pastor Chip Ingram and Living on the Edge, delivering free daily Bible teaching, radio broadcasts, message notes, devotionals, discipleship videos, and group messaging to help Christians grow deeper in their faith — now backed by five ministry pillars including Next Gen discipleship and international pastor training.

Prayer Global

A free, community-driven prayer app that divides the world into 4,770 regions and guides you through Scripture-based, location-specific prayers for each one. Inspired by the Moravians' 100-year prayer movement, it coordinates global intercessors to complete prayer laps around the world (59 laps by 33,000+ intercessors), with active Prayer Relays for churches and groups. Built by Gospel Ambition alongside Disciple.Tools, Zúme Training, and Prayer.Tools.

Tassel

A free discipleship app that matches seekers with trained disciple makers through a personal interview process, supporting ongoing spiritual growth through daily conversations, activities, group gatherings, and leadership assessments. Founded by design leader Edmund Azigi and available on iOS and Android.

Epistle

A missionary communication and Ministry Partner Development platform that sends auto-bundled email updates to supporters and now includes donor management, CRM, commitment tracking, and AI-powered MPD coaching — built by missionaries for missionaries.

Acts2Track

Acts2Track is a web-based care ministry management tool for churches, using AI-powered pre-visit briefings and visit tracking to help volunteer teams coordinate widow care, homebound visits, and benevolence outreach. Subscription-based with a flat rate for unlimited users.

StraightText - Church Texting

A desktop app for Mac and Windows that lets churches send personalized bulk iMessages and SMS from their own phone number — no new number, no per-message fees, and replies land right in the pastor's Messages app. Can also send iMessages directly to email addresses without phone numbers.

Ascend

Gamified Bible study game ("Duolingo for the Bible") where you raise a phoenix companion through five evolution stages while completing daily quizzes, verse memorization, and devotional readings. Free-to-play with an energy-battery system (Premium unlocks unlimited study and a monthly Battle Pass); a 2026 v3.0+ expansion added phoenix evolution, dens, relics, co-op crusades, a prayer hub, and community group chat. Founded by SMU student Gideon Mackay (Pharah LLC), now called "Ascend: Bible Game." Available on iOS, Android, Mac, and Apple Vision.

Prayse

Prayse is a free, open-source prayer journal app that helps you organize prayers into folders, set customizable reminders (including monthly), journal your thoughts, add voice prayers, connect with other believers through prayer groups and biblical Q&A, and notify friends you're praying for them — available on iOS and Android.

GAPP

GAPP (Gospel to All Peoples and Places) is a mission-tracking platform by Ta Ethni that helps agencies, churches, and missionaries log activities, monitor church health, and coordinate strategy across teams and languages — trusted by organizations like the International Mission Board and featured in the peer-reviewed International Bulletin of Mission Research.

TUVU

TUVU is a subscription-based, ad-free Christian social networking app where believers connect through posts, prayer requests, groups, and church communities. Available on iOS, Android, and web with a free 30-day trial, it also offers TUVU Communities for churches to manage events, livestreams, giving, and private content libraries.

Zemare

Zemare is a community-driven Ethiopian gospel lyrics platform with thousands of songs in six languages, in-app audio playback with YouTube fallback, personalized and trending feeds, vocal training, and line-by-line biblical annotations — built for worship teams, choirs, and diaspora Christians to understand the deeper meaning behind what they sing.

Stello

Stello is a free, open-source desktop app for sending secure and interactive newsletters. Built by a non-profit for workers in sensitive contexts, it encrypts messages on your device and lets recipients view rich, interactive updates in their browser — no accounts or apps needed.

The Chosen

The first multi-season TV series about the life of Jesus — 900M+ episode views, 350M viewers reached across 190+ countries, 127+ languages. All five seasons stream free in the official app and on Prime Video — no ads, no paywalls. Season 6 (Crucifixion, covering Good Friday) premieres Nov 15, 2026 on Prime Video (teaser out now; app arrival 2027), finale in theaters March 12, 2027. Season 7 (Resurrection) has wrapped Jerusalem-set filming; theatrical premiere March 31, 2028. Chosen Universe: Bear Grylls docuseries premiered Aug 9, 2026; Joseph of Egypt in post-production. Created by Dallas Jenkins, produced by 5&2 Studios.

Church.Chat

Involv Chat, also listed as church.chat, is an event-oriented group messaging platform for church volunteer teams that combines chat, scheduling, rosters, and tasks with notifications that fire only when someone is scheduled to serve. It is free for verified churches on the web and iOS; Android users use the browser.

God Listens

A free digital prayer wall platform by Hope Media Group (KSBJ, WayFM, Worship 24/7, and more) that lets churches, radio stations, and small groups create branded, customizable spaces for community prayer — with analytics, a dedicated Prayer Team covering every request, and a daily prayer newsletter.

FlockConnect

A Church Relationship Manager (ChRM) that tracks relational connections between church members — not just attendance — to flag isolation before people drift away. Features an AI companion (Collie) with human-in-the-loop approval, official Planning Center two-way integration, visual network ring, and a dedicated security transparency page. Founded July 2025 as FlockConnect LLC by a seminary-trained pastor; Starter plan at $9/mo with Small through Network tiers coming soon.

Marco Polo

A private, ad-free video messaging app for staying close to the people who matter most. Send videos back and forth on your own schedule — with AI transcription, Sharecast, and group chats. Widely adopted by churches, small groups, and faith communities for ministering and connection.

Accountable2You

A cross-platform accountability app founded in 2006 by Ben and Alissa Lawrence that monitors device activity across six platforms — including Linux and Chromebook — and shares transparent reports with trusted partners through a dedicated Reports app. Used by more than 100,000 people worldwide and trusted by institutions like Oral Roberts University, The Master's University, and the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, it serves individuals, families, churches, and schools grounded in a gospel-centered vision of proactive transparency rather than reactive shame.

Seedling - Prayer Platform

A prayer management platform that helps churches track, follow up on, and gain AI-powered pastoral insights from prayer requests — with voice/text/QR/card submission, auto-assign intercessors, prayer campaigns, and ChMS integrations so no one slips through the cracks.

Champion Prayer

A faith-based social prayer app by Pastor David Harrelson that lets users record and share audible prayers within open or closed groups, track answered prayers, and build digital prayer chains with Bible verse matching and daily guided prayers. Free with optional subscription. Available on iOS and Android.

Pray the Bible

Scripture-rooted prayers powered by AI and the Barker Chain-Reference™ system (7,464 topics, 550,000+ verse mappings). Four prayer modes, a Discovery Library spanning eight content types (including the newer Resound, Persona, and MyOB modules), a My Journey wellbeing centre with validated psychometrics and an AI-generated pastoral summary, a Living Prayer Chain community, Voice Mode, and PrayOS architecture unifying every module under one Scripture spine. Marketed to "Deep Seekers."

Bible365

A free community Bible reading program that guides believers through the entire Bible in one year (or two years at a slower pace) with daily readings from OT, NT, Psalms, and Proverbs, pastoral teaching from Calvary Chapel, and multiple ways to follow along including app, text, and podcast. Readers can join any time of year and roll missed readings into the next cycle.

The Robloxian Christians

A pioneering youth-led online church that served the Roblox gaming community from 2011 to 2023, founded by 11-year-old Daniel Herron. TRC grew to 54,000+ members across 85+ countries, holding over 1,400 services with 203,000+ visits. The Roblox group remains an actively managed community of 54,100+ members; as of August 2026 no gatherings are scheduled, but TRC is exploring monthly events for verified adult users.

CRTVCHURCH

The largest job board for church creatives, connecting designers, videographers, worship leaders, and production techs with churches and mission-based organizations. Part of a 100K+ global community founded by Nik Goodner in 2015, with a free CRTVMEMBERSHIP offering devotionals, career guides, discoverable profiles, and early job alerts. Published the first comprehensive salary report for church creatives in 2026 (458 surveyed, 1,700+ listings) and continues to expand a Toolkits suite for hiring and career development.

SOTE.life

A Christ-centered short-form video platform with curated faith content, Christian news via SOTE.report, and daily prayer and gratitude tracking tools — social media with a faith filter, backed by the century-old Church Budget family company in Salem, Ohio. iOS is the only maintained platform but has had no update since August 2024 (2 years); the Android listing has been abandoned since 2021.

Mooch

Free sharing-economy app by believers in Edmond, Oklahoma (Okie Apps) — now branded 'the social economy' — that lets you lend, borrow, and track items with friends you trust, turning your friend group into a lending library for tools, gear, books, and more. No ads, no fees. Church groups and small groups use it to share resources and save money together.

Prayvine

Prayvine is a free, donor-funded prayer platform that helps missionaries share encrypted requests with private supporter circles. Orlando missionaries Ian and Kim Hsu built it for field workers and the churches that stand with them.

Change The Map

A prayer movement and Mighty Networks app that helps Christians pray specifically for the Buddhist world through weekly Prayer Moments, worker updates, a podcast, and a vision of 50,000 regular intercessors. Founded in 2013 by Assemblies of God missionary Mark Durene.

Word on Fire Institute

Bishop Barron's Word on Fire Institute forms confident Catholic evangelists through 55+ courses in nine categories, 15 expert-led Evangelical Charism Communities, monthly live seminars with Q&A, a quarterly print journal, all of Barron's films and study programs, and an accredited Master of Arts in Evangelization & Culture — all in one app for iOS and Android.

Hide The Word

Hide The Word is a free-to-download Bible memory app with guided micro-lessons, a personal Scripture Companion, spaced review, and community challenges. Optional premium features unlock additional lessons and advanced tracking.

Alpha

A free course exploring the basics of the Christian faith through food, a short talk, and open conversation — running in 158 countries and 100+ languages. 2025 was its biggest year ever: 2.8 million+ participants (31% increase), 105,000+ courses, with the Alpha Youth Series accounting for 45% of all courses. Over 37 million people have tried Alpha since 1977. A brand-new Alpha Series (15 episodes, reimagining the Alpha Film Series) is in production for a 2027 launch.

Y'allVersion

A Bible translation that uses "y'all" for plural "you" and "YHWH" for God's name, recovering the communal heart of Scripture. Created by DTS professor John Dyer under the Y'all Version Bible Society, available free online, on YouVersion (version 4108), and in multiple print formats on Amazon. Translation in draft status with active corrections. Endorsed by scholars at SMU and DTS; featured on Passion Equip and in Tim Wildsmith's Bible review content.

Heroic Men

A free Catholic streaming and brotherhood-building platform for men, offering curated podcasts, video series, audiobooks, a quarterly magazine, a searchable map of 2,000+ local men's groups, a 31-day Renew Men challenge, and a certification program for parish leaders — powered by the Catholic Men's Leadership Alliance with papal recognition from Pope Leo XIV. Following its June 2026 Convocation at the University of Dallas, the movement launched the Million Man Pledge, calling one million men to commit by 2033, the 2,000th anniversary of the Resurrection.

RockReader

RockReader is a free, ad-free daily devotional and Bible study app with built-in cross-references, classic commentaries, original-language word study, and SOAP-method journaling. Your reflections stay private and encrypted by default, shared only with the friends, small group, or church circle you choose. Available on Android and in any web browser.

Tabella.app

Free Catholic app uniting parishes, dioceses, and ministry groups with instant communications, automated weekly emails, Mass and event scheduling, donation integrations, a rich library of prayers and Catholic podcasts, and a parish-supporting debit card — all without paywalls.

Develop.Me

A learning management platform built for churches, Christian businesses, and academic institutions — offering on-demand courses, cohort-based learning, gamification, white-label branding, and peer discussions powered by Cultivate Leadership Institute. Now serving 2,000+ learners; subscription-based with tiered plans. Founder Dr. Eric Freeman is a Harvard-educated bishop and ethicist.

Doxa

A prophetic encouragement app from the UK (“Know the God who speaks”) that saves, weighs, and remembers the words spoken over you against the full Bible and 1,700+ verified testimonies from church history — free across iOS, Android, and web with daily Engage (AI) interactions, free small-group courses, and low-cost paid tiers for unlimited text and voice.

PRAYR App

A prayer-focused social platform that helps small groups, ministries, and churches stay connected through shared prayer requests, one-tap "I prayed for you" notifications, Scripture-based encouragement, premium group management tools, and customizable branding for ministry partners.

SALT - Christian dating app

The largest independent Christian dating app worldwide — connecting millions of singles across 50+ countries with faith-centered profiles, live audio events (TABLE), free matching and messaging, video calling, a "date ready switch" for mutual opt-in, and original YouTube content including Third Wheel Dates. Founded in London by Paul Rider, the team prays for users weekly. Freemium model with 24/7 human moderation.

Donkey Mobile

A Dutch church community platform giving each congregation its own branded iOS, Android, and web app with group messaging, one-on-one chat (Donkey Chat), digital giving at 0% commission, shared calendars, a member directory, Donkey Inspire devotionals, and AI-powered sermon summaries (Donkey Echo). Post-Kerkdienstgemist acquisition, the combined company serves 160,000+ active users across 2,000+ churches, targeting 3,000+ churches across the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Switzerland by 2030.

Zaia

Zaia is a free Christian social network on a mission to unite 2.6 billion believers worldwide in obedience to Jesus' prayer in John 17:23. Share your faith through photos, video, and words, join community "Tribes," read the Bible in-app, post prayer requests, and connect across denominations — all in one clean, ad-free space. Founded by former Amazon Prime Video CMO Ukonwa Ojo, the app also birthed Glimpse of Heaven, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit hosting cross-denominational worship gatherings including events in January and May 2026.

Glorify: Devotional & Prayer

Glorify is a free Christian iOS and Android app from Tupoe LTD that guides a short daily quiet time — quote, Scripture, devotional, and meditation — then adds worship music, courses, prayer, journaling, and community, with a Glorify Plus subscription for fuller access. The same company has merged with Confidein and introduced the Glorify Ring.