Best Apps for Small Groups | Support Activities

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.

BibleBoard

A free visual Bible study web app that lets you lay out verses, notes, interlinear Greek/Hebrew words, and worship plans on a shared canvas — built for visual learners, seminary students, and small group leaders who want to see how everything connects.

Engage Spaces

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

Knowing Him

A free 50-day chronological study through the life of Jesus with 42 on-location videos from Israel, supplemental podcasts, and deep-dive reflections — built by Power to Change Australia and Sonlife for individuals, small groups, and ministry teams across 95+ countries.

Holy Reads

The first app built exclusively for Christian book summaries — offering 1,000+ bestselling titles in written, audio, and animated video formats, now with Spanish language support and over 1 million downloads on Google Play.

Family ID Assessment

A free faith-based family assessment that identifies your household as one of 16 family types through four core principles — Identity, Purpose, Direction, and Application — helping Christian families discover who they are, define their values, and lead with shared vision.

TUVU

TUVU is a subscription-based, ad-free Christian social networking app for connecting with believers 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.

Study Gateway

Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service from Zondervan and Thomas Nelson (HarperCollins Christian Publishing), offering thousands of teaching videos from trusted Christian authors and pastors. Subscription plans are available for individuals, small groups, and churches across iOS, Android, web, and smart TV platforms.

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.

Called

An all-in-one church communication and community platform by the Newman Ministry team — combining group chat, events with RSVPs, prayer requests, member engagement insights, and youth-safe messaging. Trusted by 500+ churches and 50,000+ members. Free 30-day trial, then tiered annual pricing by community size.

Open Network

Free library of 100K+ church resources from Life.Church — sermon videos, kids/youth curriculum, worship music, graphics, training, and leadership tools. 45 ministry partners including Bible Project, Elevation Church, and YouVersion. Serving 1M+ pastors and leaders worldwide since 2006. Completely free, no strings attached.

ICF EQUIP

Free resource-sharing platform from the ICF church movement offering sermon series, ministry manuals, leadership videos, job descriptions, and small group studies to equip local church leaders across 12 countries.

The Waha Discovery Bible Study App

Waha is a free, audio-based Discovery Bible Study app that facilitates small group meetings in 51 languages — just press play and discuss. Includes a full Disciple Making Course, Micro Lessons for personal growth, Waha Notes for group commitments, offline support, and encryption for sensitive regions.

Altar Live

Altar Live is an interactive online church platform combining livestreaming with virtual tables, lobby rooms, messaging, and analytics — helping churches build real community online rather than just broadcasting sermons. Scaled to $100K ARR in its first 9 months.

Flare - for Groups

All-in-one group communication app combining chats, events, calendars, photo albums, attendance tracking, polls, Venmo payments, and emergency check-in. Used by 500,000+ users across student organizations, ministries, and community groups. Free on iOS and Android.

Zaia

Zaia is a Christian social networking app on a mission to unite believers worldwide. 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, uplifting space. Founded by a former Amazon Prime Video CMO, the app also birthed Glimpse of Heaven, a nonprofit hosting cross-denominational worship events.

Share the Struggle

Share the Struggle is a Christian nonprofit offering certified discipleship coaching (1-on-1 and group) across 284+ focus areas and expert-led video courses on anxiety, trauma, grief, shame, and more — trusted by churches like Church of the Highlands and organizations like Chick-fil-A and FCA.

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's currently in Early Access with personal onboarding for founding churches.

Bible Times Bible Game

A free chronological card game with 150 hand-illustrated biblical event cards. Play solo against the clock or compete with up to 4 players to place Scripture's events in order — from a growing Tennessee studio that now spans six family-friendly titles.

Zúme Training

Free, self-facilitated online discipleship course for small groups covering 32 disciple-making and simple church planting concepts across 10 sessions in 52 languages. iOS app available; Android app removed from Google Play. Built by a volunteer community through Gospel Ambition, with offline distribution via solar-powered LightStream devices for restricted-access areas.

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. Now with real-time voice gender switching, civic government adoption (City of Elgin, IL), and a free pastor's guide to multilingual ministry.

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. Free with optional subscription. Available on iOS and Android.

Pure Desire

Pure Desire Ministries provides Christ-centered support groups, certified counseling, podcasts, and recovery resources to help men, women, and couples find freedom from compulsive sexual behavior and healing from betrayal trauma — now headquartered in Nashville, TN with 30+ years of ministry, a Barna-partnered research study, and an annual summit.

Church.Chat

An event-oriented group messaging platform for church volunteer teams — combining chat, scheduling, roster management, and task tracking in one web app with smart notifications that only alert members when they're scheduled to serve.

Krew Social

A map-based community-building platform that helps churches, universities, hospitals, and military organizations fight loneliness by connecting members through shared interests, micro-events, and a friend-suggestion algorithm — with Planning Center integration for churches and growing government partnerships for veteran wellness.

Sola — Bible companion app

Bible reading companion with fully customizable reading plans (up to 24 months), group sharing via link or QR code, interactive maps, historical timelines, and embedded BibleProject videos — free on iOS and Android with optional supporter tiers.

Every Man Ministries

Every Man Ministries: Founded by Kenny Luck in 2000, now Lead Pastor at Mariners Church Trabuco Canyon. EMM offers streaming Bible study series, small group curriculum, weekly livestream teaching, and a podcast with 594 episodes — equipping men for spiritual maturity and godly leadership. Distributed through Pray.com, RightNow Media, and God Behind Bars.

Journeys - Custom Discipleship App

A tiered digital discipleship platform that lets churches and ministries launch branded mobile apps, group facilitation tools, and multi-platform content delivery — with Bible integration, AI translation into 30+ languages, and engagement analytics.

The Church Co

The Church Co is a complete digital platform for churches, offering drag-and-drop website building, custom branded mobile apps, online giving, sermon libraries, livestreaming, prayer requests, small groups, and integrations with Planning Center, PushPay, Tithely, and ChurchSuite. Trusted by 5,000+ churches worldwide, with free website build included in every plan.

Echo Prayer

A prayer app that helps you organize, track, and share prayer requests with reminders, small group sharing, church prayer feeds, guided prayers, and a focused "Pray Now" mode — stewarded by The Parable Group to help you pray without ceasing.

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, and premium group management tools.

Prayvine

Prayvine is a free, nonprofit prayer platform that helps missionaries stay connected with supporters through secure, encrypted prayer circles — trusted by workers with Cru, InterVarsity, and Food for the Hungry, with an active Learning Center and built-in tools for crafting engaging prayer requests.

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 — available in 46+ languages with offline support and encryption.

Subsplash

All-in-one church engagement platform offering custom mobile/TV apps, websites, ad-free media hosting, live streaming, online giving, church management, group messaging with integrated group management, Workflows, and AI-powered tools (Pulpit AI for sermon repurposing, Trends AI for data analytics) — trusted by 20,000+ churches. Acquired by Roper Technologies in 2025 for $800M. Ranked #1 ChMS on G2.

Gracely

All-in-one church management platform with unlimited members, online giving via Stripe, event planning, attendance tracking, volunteer scheduling, built-in accounting, and a native iOS/Android member app — purpose-built by a Christian entrepreneur to be affordable for churches of any size.

still: pray together & gospel

A prayer-focused iOS app named after Psalm 46:10 that helps Christians track every prayer's journey, grow alongside their community through shared Prayer Groups, pray with Scripture-led guidance, and see the bigger picture of their walk with God through trends and personalized devotionals.

Donkey Mobile

A church community platform from the Netherlands that gives each congregation its own branded iOS, Android, and web app with group messaging, one-on-one chat (Donkey Chat), digital giving at 0% commission, calendars, a member directory, and AI-powered sermon summaries — now serving 600+ churches across Europe.

Re:generation

A biblically-based, 12-step discipleship and recovery ministry from Watermark Community Church, active in 207 locations across the U.S. with 300+ partner churches. 351 people completed the full program at Watermark in 2025. Helps people find freedom from addictions, anxiety, past hurts, and destructive patterns through daily Scripture curriculum and authentic small-group community.

Soul Refiner

Soul Refiner by KingdomWorks Studios is a cinematic discipleship streaming platform offering Bible-based courses on sexual integrity, betrayal recovery, and marriage restoration — trusted by over 60,000 churches and reaching nearly 3 million men through the Conquer Series alone.

Alpha

A free course exploring the basics of the Christian faith through food, a short talk, and open conversation — running in 175+ countries and 100+ languages. 2024 was its biggest year ever: 2 million+ participants, 81,000+ courses, 43,000+ churches. Over 37 million people have tried Alpha since 1977.

Relay: Quit Porn Addiction

A Y Combinator-backed, therapist-designed recovery program that helps men and women quit porn addiction through anonymous group accountability, interactive video lessons, and evidence-based tools — with a faith-focused track for Christian users who want spiritual healing alongside clinical recovery.

Lome

Lome is an ad-free sign-up and community coordination platform — offering shared calendars, volunteer scheduling, meal trains, AI-powered form creation, and event RSVPs — built for churches, schools, and community groups by a faith-driven founder through the Praxis venture community.

LifeWay Women App

A free companion app for Lifeway's women's Bible studies, featuring daily Scripture plans, journal prompts, private study groups, a prayer wall, and the MARKED podcast — designed to keep women connected to God's Word and each other between group meetings.

connect.

A private, branded communication and community engagement app for churches, schools, ministries, and organizations — with customizable channels, monitored messaging, event ticketing, fundraising campaigns, push notifications, and resource sharing. Built by Connect – ITZ, LLC in Lexington, KY.

Bible Words

A Christian word guessing party game with 2,000+ words across five themed packs. Hold up your phone, get clues from friends, and race to guess Bible and church words in 60 seconds — perfect for family nights, small groups, and youth events.

Memory Verses

MemoryVerses is a Scripture memorization platform with six interactive practice methods (typing, first letters, flash cards, voice, and more), automatic weekly training plans, family accounts, church groups with challenges, and five Bible memory games — available on web and iOS with 30+ translations.