FreePlay puts church curriculum and media on the TV in the room, without a computer, cables, or playlists to manage. A teacher browses lessons on the TV itself, downloads what the class needs with one click, and starts it with a single press on the remote.^1
Providers include B1 Church, BibleProject, Dropbox, Jesus Film, Lessons.church, and SignPresenter, with more listed as coming, so a church can play the curriculum it already uses alongside media it stores itself.^1
Downloads happen ahead of time and everything plays offline after that, which suits classrooms and churches with limited or unreliable internet. FreePlay is built for the big screen: Apple TV, Fire TV, and Android TV. It is not a phone app, and it is not available on Roku.^1
FreePlay is made by ChurchApps, the ministry behind B1 Church, Lessons.church, and FreeShow. ChurchApps is operated by Live Church Solutions, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit ministry in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and its tools are built by volunteers and funded by partner churches and donors.^2 FreePlay is open source.
FreePlay is free for all churches, with no subscriptions, hidden fees, or limits, in the maker's words: no cost, ever.^1
Notable- One-click download and one-press play, controlled entirely with the TV remote.^1
- Plays offline after download, so the lesson does not depend on the room's internet.^1
- Works with several curriculum providers instead of locking a church into one library.^1
- From the same nonprofit ministry as B1 Church, Lessons.church, and FreeShow, and open source.^2
