How do you keep your church family connected and growing seven days a week — not just on Sunday mornings? That's the question Apollos was built to answer. Designed specifically for churches, Apollos is a digital platform that helps congregations launch custom-branded mobile apps, TV apps, and websites that inspire daily spiritual engagement.^1
At the heart of Apollos are three Daily Habits — gratitude, prayer, and Scripture reading — proven to help people build an everyday relationship with Jesus.^1 Members can record moments of appreciation, pray for one another, and reflect on daily Scripture alongside their church community. At NewSpring Church, nearly 10,000 people use their Apollos-powered app each month for daily spiritual disciplines, with 1,000+ prayer requests a month and someone prayed for every 80 seconds on average.^1 "Almost 10k people a month use the NewSpring App for their daily spiritual disciplines. The app would not be as successful as it is without the Apollos team. I'm always looking for new ways to take advantage of our partnership!" shares Frank Grand, Technology Product Owner at NewSpring.^1
Apollos also includes Creator, an AI-powered content engine that turns a single sermon into a week's worth of devotionals, study guides, blogs, and more. One partner church reports saving 30+ hours in their first month using Creator AI, members reading 7+ content items per month, and 500+ new profiles created in the first year.^1 "Apollos AI has been incredible in helping me create the daily reading for our users and, recently, reading plans to accompany our local series. This has allowed me to streamline my workflow and productivity to create content that engages our users seven days a week, not just Sundays," shared Jeremiah Bartlett, Director of Digital Strategies.^1
The Daily Habits approach was pioneered while building Crossroads Church's app in Cincinnati — twice named the fastest-growing church in America — where the team designed what they call the world's first "Spiritual Fitness app" around reading Scripture, praying for others, and practicing gratitude as everyday disciplines.^3 Apollos grew out of that work, originally launching as an open-source initiative "built by the Church, for the Church." Today Apollos is a subsidiary of Differential, a Cincinnati-based development studio led by CEO David Woody alongside CIO Sean McCosh, COO Tyler Vance, and Conrad VanLandingham, Chief Product Officer for Apollos.^1
The platform integrates with popular church management systems for two-way people syncing and content management, and features Apollos Tap — NFC-powered tags paired with Apple App Clips that let members connect with their church through a simple tap of their phone at physical touchpoints in the building.^2
Why Christians Love It"Working with Apollos really feels like a partnership. The team wants me to win, they want CedarCreek to win and most importantly the Apollos team wants to help CedarCreek reach/connect with more people!" — Jason Jones, Executive Project Manager, CedarCreek Church^1
"The communities feature enabled us to launch a Marriage challenge in the app that resulted in 15% of our participants taking a next step with the church. We would not have been able to pull it off without the support of the Apollos team!" — Matt Brandenburg, Digital Engagement Pastor, Chase Oaks^1
Notable- Trusted by 35+ churches including NewSpring, CedarCreek, Crossroads, Liquid Church, Faith Promise, Christ Community Church Omaha, Seacoast, and Willow Creek^1
- Faith Promise Church saw new families grow over 40%, online attendance increase 10%, and website next steps up 70% within one year of launching^1
- Featured in Subsplash's "Top 10 Church Apps" and Adalo's "7 Apps for Church" roundups^5
- Creator AI is free during beta; custom Apps & Websites pricing available for churches ready to launch branded experiences^1
- Apollos Tap uses NFC tags and App Clips for instant church connection at physical touchpoints^2
