If you've ever spent a Sunday morning running USB sticks between classrooms or troubleshooting ProPresenter for a panicked volunteer, Playlister was built for you. It's a cloud-based presentation app designed specifically for Kids Ministry that streams curriculum and media directly to Apple TVs — no flash drives, no laptops, no complicated AV rigs.^1
CTO Kevin Smith invented Playlister in 2018 while serving at his church in Indiana. Frustrated by the cost and complexity of running ProPresenter across ten classrooms, he built a simple Apple TV app that replaced all that gear. CEO Grant Glas, a former substitute teacher who knew firsthand the chaos of managing a room full of kids with unreliable tech, saw the potential immediately. Together they launched what has grown into a platform trusted by over 10,000 churches in 53 countries, including Life.Church, Elevation Church, NewSpring, and The Salvation Army.^2
Playlister integrates directly with Orange curriculum so lessons sync automatically — no downloads required. But it works with any curriculum: The Gospel Project, Grow, Wonder Ink, or your own custom media. Drag content into a playlist, schedule it for your rooms, and when volunteers walk in on Sunday morning, everything is already on screen and ready to go. The Apple TV remote is the only controller they need, and training takes about ten seconds.^1
Beyond kids' classrooms, churches use Playlister for digital signage in hallways, overflow rooms, lobby displays, and even live-streaming services to cry rooms — all managed from one dashboard, from anywhere.^3
Why Churches Love It"Playlister has transformed our Kids Ministry. Before Playlister, creating quarterly video lessons for just one department took me up to a week. Now I can create lessons for all departments — infants, preschool, and elementary — in just minutes." — Stephanie Correa^4
"It has completely changed how we do kids' ministry. What used to be a complicated setup with lots of moving parts is now a simple system anyone on our team can use." — Jonathan Basquez, Church on the Move^3
"The volunteers last night in the four rooms had never heard of an Apple TV and could do it. Thanks for making me look good." — David Schleyer, Executive Director at New Hope Church^1
Notable- Official integration partner with Orange (Think Orange) curriculum^5
- Rated well on Trustpilot and highly rated on G2^4
- Founded in Indiana by Kevin Smith (CTO) and Grant Glas (CEO); developed by App Press LLC^2
- Apple recognizes the App Press team as one of the top development teams in the world, having built 300+ apps^7
- Offers a 30-day free trial with Lite plan; ships a free Apple TV with monthly subscriptions^2
